1965–66 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1965–66 season
ManagerBobby Ancell
Division One9th
Scottish Cup2nd round
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Penman (15)
All: Andy Penman (19)

The 1965–66 season was the 64th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stages of the League Cup, and by Celtic in the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 25 August Clyde A 2–0 Penman, Bertelsen 2,500
2 11 September Dundee United H 0–5 15,058
3 18 September Aberdeen A 3–2 Penman, Cooke, Bertelsen 8,000
4 25 September Rangers H 1–1 Bertelsen 21,451
5 2 October Heart of Midlothian A 0–0 11,605
6 9 October Falkirk H 2–0 McLean, Murray 8,000
7 16 October Kilmarnock A 3–5 McLean, Penman, Cameron 8,000
8 27 October Celtic H 1–2 Penman 15,551
9 30 October St Mirren A 5–2 Murray (2), Cameron, Stuart, Bertelsen 2,500
10 6 November Greenock Morton A 2–2 Cameron, Penman 6,000
11 13 November Hibernian H 4–3 Cooke, Houston, Bertelsen, Murray 11,948
12 20 November St Johnstone H 3–1 Cameron, Penman, Houston 9,000
13 27 November Stirling Albion A 4–1 Cameron, Penman, Houston, Murray 2,000
14 18 December Partick Thistle A 0–2 3,500
15 25 December Motherwell H 4–0 Cameron (3), Bertelsen 8,000
16 3 January Dundee United A 1–2 Murray 21,325
17 8 January Clyde H 1–4 Harvey 9,000
18 29 January Falkirk A 1–3 Penman (pen.) 5,000
19 12 February Kilmarnock H 0–2 8,000
20 26 February St Mirren H 3–2 Penman, Cameron (2) 7,000
21 28 February Celtic A 0–5 21,358
22 5 March Greenock Morton H 5–1 Stuart, McLean (2), Penman, Wilson 8,000
23 9 March Hamilton Academical H 2–1 McLean, Wilson 7,000
24 12 March Hibernian A 1–1 Wilson 8,302
25 19 March St Johnstone A 0–1 7,000
26 26 March Stirling Albion H 6–2 Penman (3), Cooke (2), Cameron 6,000
27 4 April Rangers A 0–1 12,421
28 9 April Dunfermline Athletic A 2–2 Stuart, Cameron 4,266
29 13 April Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Penman 5,157
30 16 April Hamilton Academical A 2–1 Murray, Penman 750
31 20 April Aberdeen H 1–2 Murray 5,500
32 23 April Partick Thistle H 1–1 McLean 4,000
33 27 April Dunfermline Athletic H 0–2 3,500
34 30 April Motherwell A 0–2 3,000

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Hearts 34 13 12 9 56 48 +8 38
8 Aberdeen 34 15 6 13 61 54 +7 36
9 Dundee 34 14 6 14 61 61 0 34
10 Falkirk 34 15 1 18 48 72 −24 31
11 Clyde 34 13 4 17 62 64 −2 30
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 1

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 14 August Motherwell A 0–1 6,000
2 18 August Dundee United H 0–0 23,095
3 21 August Celtic A 2–0 Cameron (2) 31,343
4 28 August Motherwell H 1–2 Cameron 12,000
5 1 September Dundee United A 3–1 Cameron (2), Murray 18,705
6 4 September Celtic H 1–3 Penman 22,262

Group 1 table

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Celtic 6 4 0 2 11 7 1.571 8
Motherwell 6 3 0 3 9 11 0.818 6
Dundee 6 2 1 3 7 7 1.000 5
Dundee United 6 2 1 3 9 11 0.818 5
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 9 February East Fife H 9–1 Penman (3), Cox, McLean (2), Cameron, Stuart (2) 8,000
2nd round 23 February Celtic H 0–2 29,000

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
GK Scotland SCO John Arrol 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Norrie Beattie 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
FW Denmark DEN Carl Bertelsen 22 6 15 6 1 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Cameron 36 18 28 12 2 1 6 5
FW Scotland SCO Charlie Cooke 34 4 26 4 2 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 9 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 28 1 27 0 1 1 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Ally Donaldson 36 0 29 0 1 0 6 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Easton 42 0 34 0 2 0 6 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Hamilton 30 0 22 0 2 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Tony Harvey 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Houston 21 3 15 3 0 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Kinninmonth 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim McLean 29 8 27 6 2 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steve Murray 41 9 33 8 2 0 6 1
MF Scotland SCO Andy Penman 41 19 33 15 2 3 6 1
MF Scotland SCO George Ryden 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Jocky Scott 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Stuart 39 5 32 3 2 2 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Davie Swan 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Wilson 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Sammy Wilson 7 3 7 3 0 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1965-66". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 26 April 2021.