1939–40 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1939–40 season
ManagerAndy Cunningham
Eastern Division7th
Scottish War Emergency CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Archie Coats (26)
All: Archie Coats (30)

The 1939–40 season was intended to be the forty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the second season playing in the second tier. After just 4 league games however, the Scottish Football League suspended its competition on 13 September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. A month later, Dundee would join the Eastern Division of the Scottish War Emergency League for the rest of the season.[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish War Emergency Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup, and were knocked out in the 1st round by Third Lanark over two legs.[2] The club would retire from club football until 1944 due to the ongoing war.

Scottish Division Two

Main article: 1939–40 in Scottish football § Scottish League Division Two

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August Raith Rovers H 5–1 McGillivray (3), Coats, Adam 11,000
2 19 August Airdrieonians A 4–2 Adam, Warnock, Coats (2) 2,000
3 26 August Dunfermline Athletic H 3–1 Warnock, Coats, Adam 12,000
4 2 September Greenock Morton A 1–1 McGillivray 4,000

Scottish War Emergency League

Main article: 1939–40 Scottish War Emergency League

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 21 October Hibernian H 2–1 Adam (2) 4,500
2 28 October Dunfermline Athletic A 0–2 3,000
3 4 November Alloa Athletic H 1–1 Wattie 1,000
4 11 November Raith Rovers A 1–2 Adam 2,500
5 18 November Arbroath H 9–3 Adam (3), Wattie (2), Coats (2), Easson, Cook 3,000
6 25 November Falkirk A 1–6 Cook 2,500
7 2 December St Johnstone A 2–2 Adam, Coats 2,500
8 9 December Heart of Midlothian H 4–6 Adam, Follon, Easson, Coats 3,670
9 16 December King's Park H 5–0 Cook, McGillivray (2), Coats (2) 1,700
10 23 December Stenhousemuir A 3–0 McGillivray, Easson, Coats 900
11 30 December Aberdeen H 3–1 Coats (2), Adam 4,297
12 1 January Dundee United A 1–2 McGillivray 5,500
13 2 January St Bernard's H 2–2 McGillivray (2) 1,276
14 6 January Cowdenbeath A 1–1 Coats
15 13 January East Fife H 2–0 Coats, Morgan 2,500
16 10 February Raith Rovers H 2–3 Easson, Cook 2,500
17 17 February Arbroath A 1–3 McGillivray
18 9 March Alloa Athletic A 2–2 Coats (2)
19 16 March King's Park A 3–3 Hill, Adam, McGillivray 1,000
20 30 March Aberdeen A 0–3 4,000
21 3 April Hibernian A 0–6
22 6 April Dundee United H 2–1 Coats, Adam 8,000
23 8 April Dunfermline Athletic H 2–2 Coats, McGillivray 2,500
24 13 April St Bernard's A 0–0
25 17 April Stenhousemuir H 7–1 Coats (4), D. Davidson, McGillivray, Cook 600
26 29 April East Fife A 0–3
27 4 May St Johnstone H 7–2 Coats (4), J. Davidson, Adam (2) 1,500
28 11 May Heart of Midlothian A 3–2 Adam, J. Davidson, Coats 1,500
29 18 May Falkirk H 4–2 Adam, Coats (2), McGillivray 3,000

Emergency League table

Eastern division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 St Johnstone 29 13 8 8 84 69 +15 34
6 Alloa Athletic 29 13 4 12 56 60 −4 30
7 Dundee 29 11 8 10 70 62 +8 30
8 Hibernian 29 12 5 12 82 65 +17 29
9 Dundee United 29 12 2 15 68 77 −9 26
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish War Emergency Cup

Main article: Scottish War Emergency Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 24 February Third Lanark H 1–1 McGillivray 7,000
1st round, 2nd leg 2 March Third Lanark A 1–3 Adam 8,600
Third Lanark won 4–2 on aggregate

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total War League War Cup Division Two
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Adam 29 19 24 15 2 1 3 3
DF Scotland SCO Bob Allan 16 0 14 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Archie Coats 34 30 28 26 2 0 4 4
FW Scotland SCO Willie Cook 32 5 26 5 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Doug Davidson 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO J. Davidson 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Easson 15 4 15 4 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Follon 10 1 9 1 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO William Gillespie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Hill 10 1 9 1 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy Kemp 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Norman Kirby 25 0 19 0 2 0 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Johnny Lynch 32 0 26 0 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Bill Masson 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Jim Mathieson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie McGillivray 30 16 24 11 2 1 4 4
DF Scotland SCO Ronnie McWalter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Morgan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Morgan 29 1 23 1 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Henry Morris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bill Peattie 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Rennie 26 0 22 0 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Ross 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Harry Sneddon 22 0 16 0 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO George Stewart 21 0 15 0 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Warnock 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
FW Scotland SCO John Wattie 7 3 6 3 0 0 1 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Results for Dundee for 1939-40". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 7 February 2021.