1961–62 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1961-62 season was Aberdeen's 49th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 51st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1961–62 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	23 August	Stirling Albion	H	7–0	Little (3), Cummings (2), Baird	9,000
2	9 September	St Johnstone	A	1–4	Little	10,500
3	16 September	Dundee	H	3–1	Kinnell, Brownlee, Cooke	12,000
4	23 September	Airdrieonians	A	1–7	Mulhall	3,000
5	30 September	Partick Thistle	H	1–3	Ewan	6,000
6	7 October	St Mirren	A	2–3	Cooke, Herron	5,000
7	14 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2		10,000
8	21 October	Falkirk	A	1–0	Little	6,000
9	28 October	Motherwell	H	3–0	Little (2), Callaghan	7,000
10	4 November	Hibernian	A	1–1	Callaghan	5,000
11	11 November	Third Lanark	H	2–0	Callaghan (2)	8,000
12	18 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–4		7,998
13	25 November	Celtic	H	0–0		15,000
14	2 December	Kilmarnock	A	2–4	Baird, Little	7,500
15	16 December	Dundee United	H	1–3	Baird	7,000
16	23 December	Rangers	A	4–2	Brownlee, Mulhall, Cooke, Kinnell	28,000
17	6 January	Stirling Albion	A	0–3		4,313
18	10 January	St Johnstone	H	1–1	Little	4,500
19	13 January	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	Little	4,200
20	17 January	Dundee	A	1–2		13,000
21	20 January	Partick Thistle	A	2–4	Pearson, Little	10,000
22	23 January	Raith Rovers	H	3–3	Callaghan, Cooke, Mulhall	7,000
23	3 February	St Mirren	H	3–1	Little (2), Cooke	8,000
24	10 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Little	14,000
25	24 February	Motherwell	A	3–1	Little (2), Mulhall	5,000
26	3 March	Hibernian	H	1–2	Callaghan	6,000
27	17 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–4		5,509
28	20 March	Third Lanark	A	5–3	Brownlee (2), Cummings, Callaghan, Allan	6,000
29	24 March	Celtic	A	0–2		21,000
30	28 March	Falkirk	H	2–2	Little, Mulhall	3,000
31	31 March	Kilmarnock	H	3–3	Cummings, Mulhall	3,000
32	7 April	Dundee United	A	2–2	Mulhall, Ewan	7,000
33	25 April	Rangers	H	1–0	Cummings	22,000
34	28 April	Raith Rovers	A	1–3	Mulhall	5,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Third Lanark	34	13	5	16	59	60	–1	31
12	Aberdeen	34	10	9	15	60	73	–13	29
13	Raith Rovers	34	10	7	17	51	73	–22	27

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1961–62 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Little, Brownlee	12,000
2	16 August	Motherwell	H	3–4	Brownlee, Little, Kinnell	18,000
3	19 August	Dundee United	A	3–5	Cooke (2), Cummings	10,000
4	26 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		10,000
5	30 August	Motherwell	A	1–2	Little	7,000
6	2 September	Dundee United	H	2–2	Baird, Cooke	7,000

Section 2 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	6	4	1	1	9	8	1	8
2	Dunfermline Athletic	6	2	3	1	7	3	4	7
3	Aberdeen	6	1	2	3	11	14	–3	4
4	Dundee United	6	1	2	3	10	15	–5	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1961–62 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	9 December	Airdrieonians	H	5–2	Callaghan (3), Kinnell, Little	8,800
R2	27 January	Clyde	A	2–2	Cummings, Little	10,000
R2R	31 January	Clyde	H	10–3	Cummings (5), Little (2), Mulhall (2), Fraser	16,400
R3	17 February	Rangers	H	2–2	Kinnell, Little	41,139
R3R	21 February	Rangers	A	1–5	Cummings	57,600

References

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
AFC Heritage Trust

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1961–62 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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