1944–45 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1944–45 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
North Eastern Football LeagueAutumn: 1st, Winners
Spring: 5th
N-E League CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronnie Turnbull (38)
All: Ronnie Turnbull (39)

The 1944–45 season was the first time since 1940 that Dundee fielded a team, having not played officially throughout the majority of World War II. Dundee would enter the North Eastern Football League, which was split into Autumn and Spring Series. Dundee would impress in their first official competition in years under new manager George Anderson, winning the Autumn series, before coming 5th in the Spring series.[1] Dundee would also compete in the North Eastern League Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup, and made it to the final before being defeated by Aberdeen.[2]

Autumn series

Main article: North Eastern Football League (Scotland) § First Series 4

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August Raith Rovers A 4–2 Turnbull (2), Roberts, Miller 5,000
2 19 August Aberdeen H 2–1 Turnbull, Cox 13,000
3 26 August Dundee United A 2–1 Turnbull (2) 15,500
4 2 September Rangers 'A' H 5–3 Anderson (3), Gray, Roberts 16,132
5 9 September Heart of Midlothian 'A' A 3–1 Anderson (2), Hill 1,700
6 16 September Arbroath A 4–1 Turnbull (3), Auld 5,500
7 23 September Falkirk H 1–2 Turnbull 11,000
8 30 September Heart of Midlothian 'A' H 6–0 Turnbull (3), Auld, McCall (2) 11,000
9 7 October East Fife A 0–1 6,000
10 14 October Arbroath H 6–2 Auld (2), Anderson (4) 6,100
11 21 October Raith Rovers H 4–6 Hill, Gray, Turnbull, Collins 10,042
12 28 October Aberdeen A 3–2 Anderson (3) 15,000
13 4 November Dundee United H 2–2 Ruse, Anderson 10,800
14 11 November Dunfermline Athletic A 4–3 McCall, Anderson, Blyth (o.g.), McKenzie 5,000
15 18 November Falkirk A 2–1 Anderson, Turnbull 4,000
16 25 November East Fife H 1–1 Turnbull 10,300
17 2 December Rangers 'A' A 1–0 Anderson 6,000
18 9 December Dunfermline Athletic H 3–1 Anderson (2), Hill 13,500

Autumn Series table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee (C) 18 13 2 3 56 30 +26 28
2 Aberdeen 18 13 1 4 65 21 +44 27
3 Raith Rovers 18 10 2 6 42 32 +10 22
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Spring series

Main article: North Eastern Football League (Scotland) § Second Series 4

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 1 January Aberdeen A 0–5 16,000
2 2 January Dundee United H 4–0 Auld, Turnbull (2), Anderson 10,600
3 6 January Falkirk 'A' H 5–1 Turnbull (3), McCall, Ancell 9,000
4 13 January Heart of Midlothian 'A' A 3–5 Ewen, Turnbull (2) 3,000
5 10 February East Fife A 4–1 Hill, Turnbull (2), Ewen 2,500
6 17 February Rangers 'A' A 5–2 Turnbull (2), Woodburn (o.g.), McCall, Ewen 9,000
7 24 February Heart of Midlothian 'A' H 5–1 Dunn (o.g.), McCall, Turnbull (2), Hill 8,000
8 3 March Dundee United A 4–0 Ruse, Turnbull, Hill, Gray 11,000
9 10 March Rangers 'A' H 2–3 Ewen, Ancell 14,205
10 17 March Falkirk 'A' A 2–1 Ventre, Ruse 4,000
11 24 March Raith Rovers A 1–2 Ewen 4,000
12 31 March Arbroath H 4–2 Turnbull (3), Auld 8,300
13 7 April Aberdeen H 1–4 Ewen 13,200
14 14 April Dunfermline Athletic A 0–2 1,200
15 21 April East Fife H 3–2 Turnbull (2), Smith 9,000
16 28 April Arbroath A 1–2 Turnbull 2,500
17 5 May Raith Rovers H 4–0 Smith, Turnbull (3) 8,000
18 12 May Dunfermline Athletic H 1–2 Anderson 7,370

Spring Series table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
4 Dunfermline Athletic 18 9 3 6 38 35 21
5 Dundee 18 10 0 8 49 36 20
6 Dundee United 18 7 2 9 31 54 16

North Eastern League Cup

Main article: North Eastern Football League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Semi-finals, 1st leg 16 December Raith Rovers H 2–1 Moir, Anderson 4,127
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 23 December Raith Rovers A 2–0 Turnbull, Hill 5,000
Final 30 December Aberdeen H 0–5 19,098

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total NEFL Total NEFL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Ancell 19 2 19 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Anderson 23 21 21 20 2 1
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Andrews 5 0 5 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Robert Auld 14 6 14 6 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Barron 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec Beaton 3 0 3 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Reuben Bennett 33 0 30 0 3 0
DF British Raj BIN Doug Berrie 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alec Collins 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO William Cowie 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Sammy Cox 34 1 32 1 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Archibald Downie 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ernie Ewen 24 6 21 6 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Gay 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gray 36 3 33 3 3 0
GK Scotland SCO Roy Henderson 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Hill 32 7 29 6 3 1
MF Scotland SCO John Laurie 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Lorimer 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Marshalsay 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy McCall 21 6 20 6 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Gibby McKenzie 39 1 36 1 3 0
FW Scotland SCO William Miller 1 1 1 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Milne 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Moir 5 1 3 0 2 1
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Morgan 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO John Niven 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Rennie 9 0 9 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Sam Roberts 4 2 4 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Vic Ruse 12 3 12 3 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Smith 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW England ENG Reg Smith 21 2 18 2 3 0
FW Scotland SCO William Sword 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Charlie Thomson 12 0 9 0 3 0
FW England ENG Ronnie Turnbull 34 39 32 38 2 1
FW Scotland SCO John Ventre 3 1 3 1 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Westwater 23 0 20 0 3 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 1944-45". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.[permanent dead link‍]