1919–20 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1919–20 season
ManagerSandy MacFarlane
StadiumDens Park
Division One4th
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Bell (28)
All: John Bell (28)

The 1919–20 season was the twenty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, and their first since 1916–17, after being asked by the Scottish Football League to leave due to travel difficulties imposed by World War I. In the interim, Dundee has competed in the Eastern Football League, before being readmitted after the war in 1919. Their return to the national level would be under a new manager in former long-time player Sandy MacFarlane, following the resignation of William Wallace in 1919 for health reasons.[1] They would finish in 4th place, their highest finish since 1908–09.[2] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup for the first time since its restart, and were knocked out in the 2nd round by Celtic.[3]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1919–20 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[3]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 16 August Motherwell A 1–3 D. Brown 10,000
2 23 August Third Lanark H 3–1 Buchan, McDonald, Thomson 12,000
3 30 August Partick Thistle A 0–1
4 3 September Airdrieonians A 2–1 D. Brown (2)
5 6 September St Mirren H 1–2 D. Brown 13,000
6 13 September Falkirk A 1–2 D. Brown
7 20 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 D. Brown 16,000
8 22 September Aberdeen A 0–2 12,000
9 4 October Airdrieonians H 1–1 Troup 14,000
10 6 October Motherwell H 3–0 D. Brown (2), Slade 14,000
11 11 October Dumbarton A 3–0 D. Brown (2), McLaughlan
12 18 October Hamilton Academical H 1–0 D. Brown
13 25 October Rangers H 0–2 28,000
14 1 November Clydebank A 3–3 Slade (2), Bell
15 8 November Clyde H 3–0 Bell (2), Troup 12,000
16 15 November Raith Rovers A 3–1 Rawlings, Bell (2)
17 22 November Albion Rovers H 3–2 McDonald, Bell (2) 15,000
18 29 November Ayr United H 7–1 Bell (3), Nicol, Slade (2), McLaughlan 14,000
19 6 December Greenock Morton A 0–0
20 13 December Raith Rovers H 5–4 Bell (2), McLauglan, Slade (2) 12,000
21 20 December Queen's Park A 2–3 Bell, Slade 20,000
22 25 December Third Lanark A 0–2 16,000
23 27 December Hibernian H 3–1 Slade, Bell (2) 14,000
24 1 January Aberdeen H 1–3 Troup 20,000
25 3 January Albion Rovers A 2–0 Bell, McLaughlan
26 10 January Kilmarnock H 3–2 Bell, Gibson (o.g.), Hamilton (o.g.) 10,000
27 17 January Clyde A 2–3 Bell (2)
28 31 January Celtic H 2–1 Bell, McLauglan 20,000
29 14 February Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Slade 20,000
30 21 February Falkirk H 1–0 Troup 10,000
31 28 February St Mirren A 3–1 Bell (3)
32 13 March Kilmarnock A 2–4 Jackson, Slade
33 20 March Dumbarton H 3–1 Bell, Cowan, Rawlings 10,000
34 27 March Queen's Park H 1–1 Bell 14,000
35 3 April Hamilton Academical H 2–1 Downie (2) 12,000
36 10 April Ayr United A 3–5 Bell (2), Downie
37 12 April Clydebank H 1–0 Nicol 15,000
38 17 April Partick Thistle H 2–1 Rawlings, McDonald 18,000
39 21 April Greenock Morton H 2–0 Bell, McDonald 16,000
40 24 April Rangers A 1–6 Slade 25,000
41 26 April Celtic A 1–1 Slade 7,000
42 1 May Hibernian A 0–0 7,000

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Celtic 42 29 10 3 89 31 +58 68
3 Motherwell 42 23 11 8 74 53 +21 57
4 Dundee 42 22 6 14 79 65 +14 50
5 Clydebank 42 20 8 14 79 65 +14 48
6 Morton 42 16 13 13 71 48 +23 45
Source: "1919-1920 SFL - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1919–20 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[3]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 24 January Airdrieonians H 1–0 Slade 25,000
2nd round 7 February Celtic H 1–3 McLaughlan 34,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO John Bell 30 28 28 28 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Brown 13 11 13 11 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Brown 6 0 6 0 0 0
FW England ENG Colin Buchan 6 1 6 1 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Tom Capper 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Connelly 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Cowan 5 1 5 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Downie 3 3 3 3 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ernie Ferguson 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Adam Fleming 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Henderson 7 0 7 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Davie Hutcheson 23 0 22 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO John Jackson 22 1 20 1 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave McDonald 23 4 23 4 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Roy McDonald 8 0 8 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bert McIntosh 41 0 39 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim McLaughlan 19 6 18 5 1 1
MF Scotland SCO Bill Nairn 3 0 3 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Nicol 35 2 33 2 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Orr 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Paterson 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Raitt 43 0 41 0 2 0
FW England ENG Archie Rawlings 29 3 27 3 2 0
FW England ENG Donald Slade 31 14 29 13 2 1
MF Scotland SCO George Stuart 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Thomson 42 1 40 1 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec Troup 42 4 40 4 2 0
GK Scotland SCO John Vallis 5 0 5 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO James Watson 32 0 30 0 2 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sandy MacFarlane | Manager Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1919-20". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 31 January 2021.