1955–56 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1955–56 season
ManagerWillie Thornton
Division One13th
Scottish Cup6th round
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: George Merchant (12)
All: George Merchant (14)

The 1955–56 season was the fifty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 13th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out of the group stages of the League Cup, and would be defeated by Rangers in the 6th round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 September Heart of Midlothian A 0–4 26,000
2 17 September Dunfermline Athletic H 3–0 A. Henderson, Ritchie (2) 11,000
3 24 September Aberdeen A 0–2 20,000
4 1 October Clyde H 2–1 Chalmers, Malloy 13,000
5 8 October Dunfermline Athletic A 1–2 Gallacher 7,000
6 15 October Raith Rovers H 6–3 Smith (4), Malloy, Chalmers 13,000
7 22 October Kilmarnock A 0–0 12,000
8 29 October Falkirk H 0–0 11,000
9 5 November Airdrieonians A 3–3 Ritchie (2), Anderson 8,000
10 12 November Celtic H 1–2 Malloy 24,000
11 19 November Partick Thistle A 2–1 Smith, Ritchie 12,000
12 26 November East Fife H 1–0 Smith 12,500
13 3 December Queen of the South H 3–0 Stables (2), Smith 10,000
14 10 December Hibernian A 3–6 Merchant, Smith, Christie 7,000
15 17 December St Mirren H 5–1 Stables, Smith, Merchant (2), Christie 8,000
16 24 December Stirling Albion A 0–0 5,000
17 31 December Motherwell H 2–1 A. Henderson, Stables 13,000
18 2 January Aberdeen H 2–4 Christie, Merchant 29,000
19 7 January Rangers A 1–3 Ritchie 46,000
20 14 January Heart of Midlothian H 0–2 17,000
21 21 January Clyde A 1–4 Christie 6,000
22 11 February Raith Rovers A 1–1 O'Hara 8,000
23 25 February Kilmarnock H 1–1 A. Henderson 11,000
24 3 March Falkirk A 1–3 Stables 10,000
25 10 March Airdrieonians H 1–3 O'Hara 11,000
26 17 March Celtic A 0–1 25,000
27 24 March Partick Thistle H 3–0 Merchant, Gallacher (2) 7,500
28 31 March East Fife A 4–5 Merchant (3), O'Hara 6,000
29 2 April Rangers H 0–3 18,500
30 7 April Queen of the South A 1–2 Merchant 5,500
31 13 April Stirling Albion H 2–1 Merchant, O'Hara 4,000
32 21 April St Mirren H 1–3 Christie 7,000
33 23 April Hibernian H 3–2 Merchant (2), Christie 10,000
34 28 April Motherwell A 2–1 Cousin, O'Hara 8,000

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
11 Raith Rovers 34 12 9 13 58 75 0.773 33
12 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 0.884 31
13 Dundee 34 12 6 16 56 65 0.862 30
14 Falkirk 34 11 6 17 58 75 0.773 28
15 St Mirren 34 10 7 17 57 70 0.814 27
Source: RSSSF[dead link‍]

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 1

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Airdrieonians A 0–4 10,000
2 17 August Kilmarnock H 1–2 Anderson 16,000
3 20 August St Mirren H 2–0 Chalmers, Anderson 16,000
4 27 August Airdrieonians H 2–2 Chalmers, McIvor 15,000
5 31 August Kilmarnock A 0–0 15,000
6 3 September St Mirren A 3–0 Roy, Ritchie (2) 15,000

Group 1 table

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
St Mirren 6 3 1 2 10 9 1.111 7
Kilmarnock 6 2 3 1 7 7 1.000 7
Dundee 6 2 2 2 8 8 1.000 6
Airdrieonians 6 1 2 3 13 14 0.929 4
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
5th round 4 February Dundee United A 2–2 Stables, Merchant 20,000
5R replay 8 February Dundee United H 3–0 Merchant, Stables, Anderson 17,000
6th round 18 February Rangers H 0–1 42,500

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Johnny Anderson 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 1
FW Scotland SCO Billy Birse 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gordon Black 36 0 32 0 3 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Bill Brown 38 0 31 0 1 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO George Carmichael 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Chalmers 19 4 13 2 0 0 6 2
FW Scotland SCO George Christie 40 6 31 6 3 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 36 0 27 0 3 0 6 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Craig 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Dunsmuir 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Easson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gallacher 26 3 18 3 3 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Davie Gray 15 0 8 0 2 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 30 5 21 3 3 1 6 1
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Henderson 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 41 0 32 0 3 0 6 0
DF Scotland SCO Danny Malloy 18 3 13 3 0 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Arthur McIvor 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 1
FW Scotland SCO George Merchant 24 14 20 12 3 2 1 0
FW Scotland SCO George O'Hara 13 5 12 5 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 29 0 27 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Ritchie 13 8 12 6 0 0 1 2
FW Scotland SCO Joe Roy 7 1 4 0 2 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Ivor Smith 16 9 15 9 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Sneddon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Stables 23 7 20 5 3 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Stevenson 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Watt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1955-56". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 4 March 2021.