1960–61 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1960-61 season was Aberdeen's 48th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 50th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	24 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–4	Davidson	12,000
2	10 September	Dundee	A	3–3	Burns, Hamilton (own goal), Little	12,000
3	17 September	St Johnstone	H	4–2	Mulhall, Hogg, Davidson, Brownlee	10,000
4	24 September	Celtic	A	0–0		18,000
5	1 October	Ayr United	A	1–1	Mulhall	5,000
6	8 October	Third Lanark	H	5–3	Davidson (2), Cooke, Kinnell, Little	11,000
7	15 October	Clyde	H	1–1	Cooke	11,000
8	22 October	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	Mulhall, Little, Cooke	5,000
9	29 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	Cooke	13,000
10	5 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–3	Cooke, Mulhall, Davidson, Little	20,000
11	12 November	Motherwell	H	3–3	Davidson (2), Little	11,000
12	19 November	Hibernian	A	2–2	Brownlee (2)	12,000
13	26 November	Dundee United	H	1–3	Kinnell	13,000
14	3 December	Rangers	A	0–4		25,000
15	10 December	Kilmarnock	H	3–2	Brownlee (2), Little	13,000
16	17 December	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Donlevy (own goal), Cooke	13,000
17	24 December	St Mirren	A	3–1	Mulhall (2), Cooke	9,000
18	31 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	6–2	Brownlee (4), Cooke, Kinnell	8,335
19	2 January	Dundee	H	2–1	Brownlee, Mulhall	23,000
20	7 January	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Brownlee	11,000
21	14 January	Celtic	H	1–3	Brownlee	20,000
22	21 January	Ayr United	H	3–1	Bennett, Little, Brownlee	9,000
23	4 February	Third Lanark	A	1–5	Brownlee	8,500
24	18 February	Clyde	H	4–2	Little (2), Brownlee, Mulhall	12,000
25	1 March	Raith Rovers	H	0–1		8,000
26	4 March	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Little	5,000
27	11 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–4	Mulhall	8,000
28	14 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2		11,500
29	18 March	Motherwell	A	0–1		7,000
30	25 March	Hibernian	H	1–4	Coutts	6,000
31	1 April	Dundee United	A	3–3	Cummings (2), Brownlee	5,000
32	8 April	Rangers	H	6–1	Cummings (3), Little, Brownlee, Cooke	20,000
33	22 April	Partick Thistle	A	4–3	Cooke, Cummings, Mulhall, Brownlee	8,000
34	28 April	St Mirren	H	1–0	Little	8,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Motherwell	34	15	8	11	70	57	13	38
6	Aberdeen	34	14	8	12	72	72	0	36
7	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	8	13	51	53	−2	34

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Ayr United	H	4–3	McIntyre (own goal), Herron, Brownlee, Davidson	14,000
2	17 August	Raith Rovers	A	1–4	Little	6,000
3	20 August	Dundee	H	1–4	Hamilton (own goal)	18,000
4	27 August	Ayr United	A	1–1	Mulhall	4,000
5	31 August	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	Davidson (2), Mulhall	8,000
6	3 September	Dundee	A	0–6	Baird, Cooke	14,500

Section 4 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	6	6	0	0	23	2	21	12
2	Aberdeen	6	2	1	3	10	18	–8	5
3	Raith Rovers	6	2	1	3	7	14	–7	5
4	Ayr United	6	0	2	4	7	13	–6	2

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	11 February	Deveronvale	H	4–2	Brownlee (2), Ewan, Hosie	14,200
R3	25 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–6	Brownlee (2), Coutts	18,000

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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1960–61 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(Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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

Club seasons

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

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

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