1983–84 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1983–84 season
ManagerDon Mackay (until Dec. 1983)
Archie Knox (from Dec. 1983)
Premier Division8th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Walker McCall (13)
All: Iain Ferguson (20)

The 1983–84 season was the 82nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and would make it to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Aberdeen.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 20 August Aberdeen A 0–3 14,304
2 3 September Dundee United H 1–4 McCall 13,656
3 10 September St Mirren A 0–0 2,808
4 17 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–2 Ferguson (pen.) 6,765
5 24 September Celtic H 2–6 Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) 11,467
6 1 October Motherwell A 3–1 McCall, MacLeod (o.g.), Carson (o.g.) 2,931
7 8 October St Johnstone A 2–0 McCall, Geddes 3,709
8 15 October Rangers H 3–2 Ferguson (2), McCall 11,945
9 22 October Hibernian A 1–2 Mackie 6,838
10 29 October Aberdeen H 1–3 Glennie 7,849
11 5 November Dundee United A 1–0 Mackie 14,813
12 13 November Heart of Midlothian A 3–1 McKinlay, McCall (2) 12,271
13 19 November Motherwell H 2–0 Fraser, Stephen 4,638
14 26 November Celtic A 0–1 14,583
15 3 December St Mirren H 2–2 McCall, Stephen 4,572
16 10 December Hibernian H 0–3 4,628
17 17 December Rangers A 1–2 Geddes 16,500
18 27 December St Johnstone H 0–1 6,650
19 31 December Aberdeen A 2–5 Mackie, Ferguson 18,250
20 7 January Heart of Midlothian H 4–1 Glennie, McCall, Ferguson, Fraser 5,960
21 11 February St Mirren A 0–4 3,187
22 25 February Rangers H 1–3 Harris 11,750
23 29 February Hibernian A 1–3 McCall 2,601
24 3 March St Johnstone A 0–1 2,824
25 20 March Celtic H 3–2 McCall (2), Stephen 7,746
26 28 March Motherwell A 4–2 Kidd, MacDonald, McKinlay, Ferguson 1,828
27 31 March Hibernian H 1–2 McInally 4,355
28 2 April Dundee United H 2–5 Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) 12,732
29 7 April St Mirren H 2–5 Harris, Fraser 3,582
30 18 April Motherwell H 1–0 McGlashan 4,190
31 21 April Dundee United A 1–1 McCall 13,244
32 24 April Celtic A 0–3 4,596
33 28 April Aberdeen H 0–1 6,663
34 5 May Rangers A 2–2 McKinlay, McCall 17,000
35 9 May Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 McInally 6,571
36 12 May St Johnstone H 2–0 Ferguson (2) 4,879

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 9 14 13 55 59 −4 32
7 Hibernian 36 12 7 17 45 55 −10 31
8 Dundee 36 11 5 20 50 74 −24 27
9 St Johnstone (R) 36 10 3 23 36 81 −45 23 Relegation to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division
10 Motherwell (R) 36 4 7 25 31 75 −44 15
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Knockout stage

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round, 1st leg 23 August Montrose A 3–1 Kidd, Ferguson, MacDonald 844
2nd round, 2nd leg 27 August Montrose H 4–1 MacDonald (2), McCall, Ferguson (pen.) 2,516
Dundee win 7–2 on aggregate

Group 3

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 31 August St Johnstone H 2–1 McCall, Mackie 4,534
2 7 September Meadowbank Thistle A 1–0 McCall 592
3 5 October Aberdeen A 0–0 13,200
4 25 October Meadowbank Thistle H 1–1 Fraser 1,853
5 9 November St Johnstone A 3–0 Ferguson (2), McCall 2,458
6 30 November Aberdeen H 1–2 Fraser 11,019

Group 3 table

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Aberdeen 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 11
Dundee 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 8
Meadowbank Thistle 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 4
St Johnstone 6 0 1 5 2 9 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 8 February Cowdenbeath A 2–0 McCall (2) 1,500
4th round 19 February Airdrieonians H 2–1 Stephen, Ferguson 5,107
Quarter-finals 10 March Rangers H 2–2 Ferguson, Kidd 17,097
QF replay 17 March Rangers A 3–2 Smith, Ferguson (2) 25,000
Semi-finals 14 April Aberdeen N 0–2 17,654

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Alan Blair 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Ferguson 45 20 33 12 4 4 8 4
MF Scotland SCO Cammy Fraser 42 5 29 3 5 0 8 2
FW Scotland SCO Andy Geddes 15 2 9+2 2 0+1 0 3 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 29 0 24 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 37 2 26+1 2 4 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin Harris 17 2 9+5 2 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
GK England ENG Colin Kelly 16 0 10 0 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Kidd 37 3 18+7 1 4+1 1 5+2 1
DF Scotland SCO Ian MacDonald 28 4 17+3 1 3 0 5 3
MF Scotland SCO Peter Mackie 39 4 18+10 3 4 0 7 1
FW Scotland SCO Walker McCall 40 19 30+1 13 3 2 6 4
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 33 0 22+1 0 4 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin McGlashan 12 1 2+6 1 0+2 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McInally 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart McKimmie 24 0 16 0 0 0 8 0
DF Scotland SCO Tosh McKinlay 47 3 36 3 4 0 5+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek Paterson 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Lex Richardson 33 0 28+1 0 4 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Rab Shannon 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Eric Sinclair 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Smith 43 1 32+2 0 5 1 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Ray Stephen 33 4 18+2 3 3+2 1 7+1 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1983-84". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 8 May 2021.