1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1965-66 season was Aberdeen's 53rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 55th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	25 August	Stirling Albion	H	2–2	Winchester, Little	7,000
2	11 September	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Shewan, Ravn	6,000
3	18 September	Dundee	H	2–3	Little, Wilson	8,000
4	25 September	Celtic	A	1–7	Winchester	20,000
5	2 October	St Mirren	H	4–1	White, Shewan, Riddell (Own goal), Finnie	5,000
6	9 October	Hamilton Academical	A	4–0	Little, Wilson, White, Finnie	2,500
7	16 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Winchester, Whyte	7,000
8	23 October	Clyde	A	2–2	Scott, Winchester	1,500
9	30 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Whyte	10,541
10	6 November	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	Melrose	8,000
11	13 November	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	Little (2), Winchester	5,000
12	20 November	Falkirk	H	2–0	Winchester, Wilson	4,000
13	27 November	Morton	A	3–1	Winchester, White, Wilson	6,000
14	11 December	Dundee United	H	0–0		10,000
15	18 December	Motherwell	A	0–1		5,500
16	25 December	Hibernian	H	1–3	White	9,000
17	3 January	St Johnstone	H	2–3	Wilson, Little	6,000
18	8 January	Stirling Albion	A	1–2	Little	3,035
19	15 January	Celtic	H	3–1	Ravn, Winchester, Little	18,000
20	22 January	St Mirren	A	0–1		4,500
21	29 January	Hamilton Academical	H	5–2	Winchester (3), Ravn, Wilson	8,000
22	26 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		12,000
23	2 March	Clyde	H	2–0	Winchester	6,000
24	9 March	Kilmarnock	A	3–1	Beattie (Own goal), Melrose, D. Smith	5,000
25	12 March	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Little, Winchester	8,500
26	19 March	Falkirk	A	0–3		4,000
27	21 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–2	Wilson, Lunn (own goal), Winchester	6,000
28	4 April	Morton	H	5–3	Melrose, Winchester, D. Smith, Little, Wilson,	3,500
29	9 April	Rangers	A	0–1		18,000
30	13 April	Rangers	H	1–2	Melrose	16,000
31	16 April	Dundee United	A	0–3		7,000
32	20 April	Dundee	A	2–1	J. Smith, D. Smith	5,500
33	23 April	Motherwell	H	1–2	Melrose	4,000
34	30 April	Hibernian	A	1–0	Melrose	8,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	12	9	56	48	8	38
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	54	7	36
9	Dundee	34	14	6	14	61	61	0	34

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Clyde	A	2–1	Scott, White	4,000
2	18 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	White	18,000
3	21 August	Rangers	H	2–0	Little, Ravn	24,000
4	28 August	Clyde	H	3–0	Winchester, Wilson	12,000
5	1 September	Hearts	A	0–2		11,000
6	4 September	Rangers	A	0–4		45,000

Section 2 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	6	4	0	2	13	7	6	8
2	Heart of Midlothian	6	3	1	2	10	7	3	7
3	Aberdeen	6	3	1	2	7	8	–1	7
4	Clyde	6	1	0	5	5	13	–8	2

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	5 February	Hamilton Academical	A	3–1	Melrose, Ravn, Winchester	2,600
R2	23 February	Dundee United	H	5–0	Petersen (2), Whyte, Ravn, Winchester	14,000
QF	5 March	Dumbarton	A	3–0	Wilson, Little, Winchester	10,000
SF	26 March	Rangers	N	0–0		49,350
SFR	29 March	Rangers	N	1–2	Melrose	40,850

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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1965–66 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 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion

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

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