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Charlie Cooke Squad Index
Information:
1963-64 Squad Number:
10
Position:
Inside Left
Date of Birth:
14th October 1942
Birthplace:
St. Monance, Fife
Nationality:
Scottish
Height:
5' 8 1/2
Weight:
10st 9lbs
Signed:
26th October 1959
Career History:
NOTE: Player Career history has been temporarily removed for data cleanse.
 
Profile:
A shining light at Pittodrie in the bleak days of the early 60's. Charlie Cooke emerged as a player of rare talent and a clever ball juggler, going straight from school to full time football and straight into the first team. He earned himself a great reputation as an entertaining footballer with immaculate footwork and defence splitting passes, that endeared him to the fans of all the clubs that he played for. One of an impressively long line of Bobby Calder discoveries Cooke was honoured at U-23 level while at Pittodrie before a record Scottish transfer of £44,000 took him to Dundee. Went on to play for Chelsea and Crystal Palace in England and played out his onfield career in American football as a player/coach. An original winner of a European Cup Winners Cup medal winner, an honour he gained whilst playing at Stamford Bridge.

After he stopped playing, Charlie went on to run the Coerver Soccer School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Appearances: show debut only
Date Result Competition Venue Att. Age at Debut Type
13/08/1960
Aberdeen 4-3 Ayr United
League Cup G4 14,000 17 Start
20/08/1960
Aberdeen 1-4 Dundee
League Cup G4 18,000 17 Start
24/08/1960
Aberdeen 1-4 Dunfermline Athletic
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 17 Start
27/08/1960
Ayr United 1-1 Aberdeen
League Cup G4 4,000 17 Start
31/08/1960
Aberdeen 3-0 Raith Rovers
League Cup G4 8,000 17 Start
03/09/1960
Dundee 6-0 Aberdeen
League Cup G4 14,500 17 Start
10/09/1960
Dundee 3-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 17 Start
12/09/1960
Aberdeen 3-2 Bahia
Friendly 15,000 17 Start
17/09/1960
Aberdeen 4-2 St. Johnstone
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 17 Start
24/09/1960
Celtic 0-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 18,000 17 Start
27/09/1960
Aberdeen 2-0 Bahia
Friendly 5,000 17 Start
08/10/1960
Aberdeen 5-3 Third Lanark
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 17 Start
15/10/1960
Clyde 1-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 18 Start
22/10/1960
Raith Rovers 0-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 18 Start
29/10/1960
Aberdeen 1-1 Airdrie
Div 1 (Old) 13,000 18 Start
05/11/1960
Heart of Midlothian 3-4 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 20,000 18 Start
12/11/1960
Aberdeen 3-3 Motherwell
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 18 Start
15/11/1960
Aberdeen 5-4 British Army XI
Friendly 18 Start
19/11/1960
Hibernian 2-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 18 Start
26/11/1960
Aberdeen 1-3 Dundee United
Div 1 (Old) 13,000 18 Start
03/12/1960
Rangers 4-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 25,000 18 Start
10/12/1960
Aberdeen 3-2 Kilmarnock
Div 1 (Old) 13,000 18 Start
17/12/1960
Aberdeen 2-1 Partick Thistle
Div 1 (Old) 13,000 18 Start
24/12/1960
St. Mirren 1-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 18 Start
31/12/1960
Dunfermline Athletic 2-6 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,335 18 Start
02/01/1961
Aberdeen 2-1 Dundee
Div 1 (Old) 23,000 18 Start
07/01/1961
St. Johnstone 2-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 18 Start
14/01/1961
Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic
Div 1 (Old) 20,000 18 Start
21/01/1961
Aberdeen 3-1 Ayr United
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 18 Start
28/01/1961
Blackpool 1-2 Aberdeen
Friendly 4,430 18 Start
04/02/1961
Third Lanark 5-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,500 18 Start
11/02/1961
Aberdeen 4-2 Deveronvale
Scottish Cup R2 14,200 18 Start
18/02/1961
Aberdeen 4-2 Clyde
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 18 Start
25/02/1961
Aberdeen 3-6 Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish Cup R3 18,000 18 Start
01/03/1961
Aberdeen 0-1 Raith Rovers
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 18 Start
04/03/1961
Airdrie 3-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 18 Start
11/03/1961
Kilmarnock 4-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 18 Start
14/03/1961
Aberdeen 0-2 Heart of Midlothian
Div 1 (Old) 11,500 18 Start
25/03/1961
Aberdeen 1-4 Hibernian
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 18 Start
01/04/1961
Dundee United 3-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 18 Start
08/04/1961
Aberdeen 6-1 Rangers
Div 1 (Old) 20,000 18 Start
22/04/1961
Partick Thistle 3-4 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 18 Start
29/04/1961
Aberdeen 1-0 St. Mirren
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 18 Start
12/08/1961
Dunfermline Athletic 1-2 Aberdeen
League Cup G2 12,000 18 Start
16/08/1961
Aberdeen 3-4 Motherwell
League Cup G2 18,000 18 Start
19/08/1961
Dundee United 5-3 Aberdeen
League Cup G2 10,000 18 Start
23/08/1961
Aberdeen 7-0 Stirling Albion
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 18 Start
26/08/1961
Aberdeen 0-0 Dunfermline Athletic
League Cup G2 10,000 18 Start
02/09/1961
Aberdeen 2-2 Dundee United
League Cup G2 7,000 18 Start
09/09/1961
St. Johnstone 4-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,500 18 Start
16/09/1961
Aberdeen 3-1 Dundee
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 18 Start
23/09/1961
Airdrie 7-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 3,000 18 Start
25/09/1961
Aberdeen 5-2 British Army XI
Friendly 3,000 18 Start
30/09/1961
Aberdeen 1-3 Partick Thistle
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 18 Start
07/10/1961
St. Mirren 3-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 18 Start
10/10/1961
Aberdeen 2-0 Le Havre
Friendship Cup 1L 18 Start
14/10/1961
Aberdeen 0-2 Heart of Midlothian
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 19 Start
21/10/1961
Falkirk 0-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 19 Start
24/10/1961
Aberdeen 3-3 C. A. R. La Paz, Bolivia
Friendly 19 Start
28/10/1961
Aberdeen 3-0 Motherwell
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 19 Start
04/11/1961
Hibernian 1-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 19 Start
11/11/1961
Aberdeen 2-1 Third Lanark
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 19 Start
18/11/1961
Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 7,998 19 Start
09/12/1961
Aberdeen 5-2 Airdrie
Scottish Cup R1 8,800 19 Start
16/12/1961
Aberdeen 1-3 Dundee United
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 19 Start
23/12/1961
Rangers 2-4 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 28,000 19 Start
06/01/1962
Stirling Albion 3-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 4,313 19 Start
10/01/1962
Aberdeen 1-1 St. Johnstone
Div 1 (Old) 4,500 19 Start
13/01/1962
Aberdeen 1-1 Airdrie
Div 1 (Old) 4,200 19 Start
23/01/1962
Aberdeen 3-3 Raith Rovers
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 19 Start
27/01/1962
Clyde 2-2 Aberdeen
Scottish Cup R2 10,000 19 Start
31/01/1962
Aberdeen 10-3 Clyde
Scottish Cup R2 REP 16,376 19 Start
03/02/1962
Aberdeen 3-1 St. Mirren
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 19 Start
10/02/1962
Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 14,000 19 Start
17/02/1962
Aberdeen 2-2 Rangers
Scottish Cup R3 41,139 19 Start
21/02/1962
Rangers 5-1 Aberdeen
Scottish Cup R3 REP 57,600 19 Start
24/02/1962
Motherwell 1-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 19 Start
03/03/1962
Aberdeen 1-2 Hibernian
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 19 Start
20/03/1962
Third Lanark 3-5 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 19 Start
24/03/1962
Celtic 2-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 21,000 19 Start
28/03/1962
Aberdeen 2-2 Falkirk
Div 1 (Old) 3,000 19 Start
31/03/1962
Aberdeen 3-3 Kilmarnock
Div 1 (Old) 3,000 19 Start
07/04/1962
Dundee United 2-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 19 Start
25/04/1962
Aberdeen 1-0 Rangers
Div 1 (Old) 22,000 19 Start
28/04/1962
Raith Rovers 3-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 19 Start
06/05/1962
Le Havre 2-5 Aberdeen
Friendship Cup 2L 2,000 19 Start
11/08/1962
Partick Thistle 1-2 Aberdeen
League Cup G3 12,000 19 Start
15/08/1962
Aberdeen 4-0 Motherwell
League Cup G3 11,500 19 Start
18/08/1962
Aberdeen 3-0 Falkirk
League Cup G3 12,500 19 Start
22/08/1962
Aberdeen 2-1 Airdrie
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 19 Start
25/08/1962
Aberdeen 0-3 Partick Thistle
League Cup G3 14,500 19 Start
29/08/1962
Motherwell 4-1 Aberdeen
League Cup G3 8,000 19 Start
01/09/1962
Falkirk 1-2 Aberdeen
League Cup G3 4,000 19 Start
08/09/1962
Dundee 2-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 19 Start
15/09/1962
Aberdeen 4-0 Dunfermline Athletic
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 19 Start
22/09/1962
Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 29,000 19 Start
29/09/1962
Aberdeen 4-1 Third Lanark
Div 1 (Old) 14,000 19 Start
06/10/1962
St. Mirren 2-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 19 Start
13/10/1962
Aberdeen 10-0 Raith Rovers
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 19 Start
20/10/1962
Queen of the South 2-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,500 20 Start
27/10/1962
Aberdeen 2-3 Rangers
Div 1 (Old) 36,000 20 Start
03/11/1962
Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 20,000 20 Start
10/11/1962
Aberdeen 3-0 Hibernian
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 20 Start
21/11/1962
Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 3,000 20 Start
24/11/1962
Aberdeen 1-0 Falkirk
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 20 Start
08/12/1962
Dundee United 3-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 20 Start
15/12/1962
Aberdeen 1-1 Partick Thistle
Div 1 (Old) 15,000 20 Start
22/12/1962
Aberdeen 1-0 Kilmarnock
Div 1 (Old) 14,000 20 Start
01/01/1963
Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee
Div 1 (Old) 15,000 20 Start
05/01/1963
Aberdeen 1-5 Celtic
Div 1 (Old) 15,000 20 Start
16/02/1963
Aberdeen 0-1 St. Mirren
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 20 Start
09/03/1963
Aberdeen 2-1 Heart of Midlothian
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 20 Start
13/03/1963
St. Johnstone 1-2 Aberdeen
Scottish Cup R2 9,000 20 Start
16/03/1963
Hibernian 2-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 20 Start
20/03/1963
Aberdeen 4-0 Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish Cup R3 20,000 20 Start
23/03/1963
Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwell
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 20 Start
26/03/1963
Aberdeen 4-1 Queen of the South
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 20 Start
30/03/1963
Raith Rovers 2-1 Aberdeen
Scottish Cup R4 8,000 20 Start
03/04/1963
Falkirk 2-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 20 Start
06/04/1963
Aberdeen 0-2 Clyde
Div 1 (Old) 4,000 20 Start
17/04/1963
Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 3,716 20 Start
27/05/1963
Rangers 2-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 14,000 20 Start
17/08/1963
Hibernian 2-2 Aberdeen
League Cup G2 10,000 20 Start
21/08/1963
Partick Thistle 1-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 9,000 20 Start
24/08/1963
Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee United
League Cup G2 16,000 20 Start
28/08/1963
St. Mirren 0-3 Aberdeen
League Cup G2 7,000 20 Start
31/08/1963
Aberdeen 0-2 Hibernian
League Cup G2 20,000 20 Start
07/09/1963
Aberdeen 2-4 Dundee
Div 1 (Old) 12,500 20 Start
14/09/1963
St. Johnstone 3-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,700 20 Start
21/09/1963
Aberdeen 0-2 St. Mirren
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 20 Start
28/09/1963
Airdrie 1-7 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 20 Start
05/10/1963
Aberdeen 1-1 Third Lanark
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 20 Start
19/10/1963
Kilmarnock 2-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 21 Start
26/10/1963
Aberdeen 3-0 Falkirk
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 21 Start
02/11/1963
Heart of Midlothian 0-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 21 Start
09/11/1963
Rangers 0-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 34,000 21 Start
16/11/1963
Aberdeen 6-2 Motherwell
Div 1 (Old) 8,500 21 Start
19/11/1963
Aberdeen 2-0 Stoke City
Friendly 10,000 21 Start
23/11/1963
Queen of the South 2-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 21 Start
30/11/1963
Hibernian 2-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 21 Start
07/12/1963
Aberdeen 4-1 East Stirlingshire
Div 1 (Old) 7,000 21 Start
14/12/1963
Dundee United 1-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 21 Start
28/12/1963
Aberdeen 0-5 Partick Thistle
Div 1 (Old) 8,500 21 Start
01/01/1964
Dundee 1-4 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 15,000 21 Start
02/01/1964
Aberdeen 0-1 St. Johnstone
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 21 Start
04/01/1964
St. Mirren 3-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 21 Start
11/01/1964
Aberdeen 5-2 Hibernian
Scottish Cup R1 15,000 21 Start
18/01/1964
Aberdeen 2-2 Airdrie
Div 1 (Old) 7,500 21 Start
25/01/1964
Aberdeen 1-1 Queens Park
Scottish Cup R2 13,300 21 Start
29/01/1964
Queens Park 1-2 Aberdeen
Scottish Cup R2 REP 6,100 21 Start
01/02/1964
Third Lanark 1-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 21 Start
08/02/1964
Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic
Div 1 (Old) 15,000 21 Start
15/02/1964
Aberdeen 1-2 Ayr United
Scottish Cup R3 10,300 21 Start
01/08/1964
Aberdeen 3-2 Hibernian
Summer Cup F 1L 22,000 21 Start
05/08/1964
Hibernian 2-1 Aberdeen
Summer Cup F 2L 28,000 21 Start
08/08/1964
Rangers 4-0 Aberdeen
League Cup G1 45,000 21 Start
12/08/1964
Aberdeen 2-1 St. Johnstone
League Cup G1 10,000 21 Start
15/08/1964
St. Mirren 3-3 Aberdeen
League Cup G1 5,000 21 Start
19/08/1964
Aberdeen 2-1 St. Mirren
Div 1 (Old) 11,000 21 Start
22/08/1964
Aberdeen 3-4 Rangers
League Cup G1 30,000 21 Start
26/08/1964
St. Johnstone 1-1 Aberdeen
League Cup G1 4,000 21 Start
29/08/1964
Aberdeen 2-2 St. Mirren
League Cup G1 7,000 21 Start
02/09/1964
Aberdeen 1-3 Hibernian
Summer Cup F REP 21 Start
05/09/1964
Dundee 3-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 8,000 21 Start
12/09/1964
Aberdeen 5-5 St. Johnstone
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 21 Start
19/09/1964
Hibernian 4-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,000 21 Start
26/09/1964
Aberdeen 5-1 Partick Thistle
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 21 Start
03/10/1964
Third Lanark 4-1 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 3,000 21 Start
10/10/1964
Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic
Div 1 (Old) 13,000 21 Start
17/10/1964
Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 22 Start
24/10/1964
Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 22 Start
31/10/1964
Aberdeen 2-1 Falkirk
Div 1 (Old) 4,000 22 Start
07/11/1964
Rangers 2-2 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 30,000 22 Start
14/11/1964
Aberdeen 2-1 Morton
Div 1 (Old) 5,000 22 Start
21/11/1964
Aberdeen 1-1 Kilmarnock
Div 1 (Old) 10,000 22 Start
28/11/1964
Dundee United 0-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 6,000 22 Start
12/12/1964
Heart of Midlothian 6-3 Aberdeen
Div 1 (Old) 12,117 22 Start

Appearances
Season League League Cup Scottish Cup Europe Total Other
  App Sub Goals App Sub Goals App Sub Goals App Sub Goals App Sub Goals App Sub Goals
1964-65
15
0
1
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
2
3
0
1
1963-64
22
0
3
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
3
1
0
0
1962-63
27
0
8
6
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
8
0
0
0
1961-62
29
0
5
5
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
39
0
7
4
0
4
1960-61
32
0
10
5
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
39
0
10
4
0
2
Totals:
125
0
27
26
0
3
14
0
0
0
0
0
165
0
30
12
0
7
Total Appearances/Goals: 165 30