1969–70 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1969–70 season
ManagerJohn Prentice
Division One6th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Gordon Wallace (22)
All: Gordon Wallace (24)

The 1969–70 season was the 68th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 6th place.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out in the League Cup group stages, and make it to the Scottish Cup semi-finals before being knocked out by Celtic.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 30 August Partick Thistle H 0–1 3,000
2 3 September Motherwell H 1–3 Scott 5,400
3 6 September Ayr United H 1–0 Georgeson 5,000
4 13 September Raith Rovers A 0–0 4,000
5 20 September Dundee United H 1–2 Wallace 11,888
6 27 September Aberdeen A 1–1 Wilson 13,000
7 4 October Airdrieonians H 4–2 Scott (2), Gilroy (2) 5,000
8 11 October Kilmarnock A 0–3
9 18 October Clyde H 3–0 Murray (2), Wallace 4,000
10 25 October Greenock Morton A 1–0 Wallace 5,000
11 1 November Rangers A 1–3 Wallace 30,000
12 8 November Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 Wallace 7,000
13 15 November St Johnstone A 4–1 Wallace (3), Scott 6,000
14 22 November Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 Gilroy (2) 4,727
15 29 November St Mirren H 1–0 Wallace 5,000
16 6 December Celtic A 0–1 26,835
17 20 December Motherwell A 1–1 Wallace 4,500
18 27 December Hibernian H 1–0 Houston 10,466
19 1 January Aberdeen H 2–0 Steele, Bryce 12,000
20 3 January Dundee United A 1–4 Wallace 16,891
21 17 January Raith Rovers H 0–0 5,500
22 31 January Ayr United A 2–3 Kinninmonth, Wallace 5,000
23 9 February Hibernian A 1–4 Steele 6,409
24 25 February Airdrieonians A 1–0 Kinninmonth
25 28 February Kilmarnock H 3–0 Houston, Scott, Wallace 9,000
26 7 March Clyde A 1–1 Wallace 2,000
27 11 March St Mirren A 1–2 Scott 4,800
28 21 March Rangers H 2–1 Wallace, Scott 17,000
29 25 March Greenock Morton H 2–1 Wallace (2) 6,000
30 28 March Dunfermline Athletic A 2–3 Wallace, Johnston 4,000
31 1 April Partick Thistle H 4–1 Wallace, Scott, Bryce, Kinninmonth 3,000
32 4 April St Johnstone H 0–2 6,500
33 8 April Celtic H 1–2 Wallace 11,900
34 12 April Heart of Midlothian A 3–1 Wallace (2), Scott 7,544

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Heart of Midlothian 34 13 12 9 50 36 +14 38
5 Dundee United 34 16 6 12 62 64 −2 38
6 Dundee 34 15 6 13 49 44 +5 36
7 Kilmarnock 34 13 10 11 62 57 +5 36
8 Aberdeen 34 14 7 13 55 45 +10 35
Source: "1969-1970 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 3

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 August St Johnstone A 1–3 Scott 6,600
2 13 August Partick Thistle H 4–0 Campbell, Gilroy (2), Stewart 7,000
3 16 August Kilmarnock H 0–0 10,000
4 20 August Partick Thistle A 1–0 Gilroy 2,000
5 23 August St Johnstone H 1–2 Scott 13,400
6 27 August Kilmarnock A 0–1 3,000

Group 3 table

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
St Johnstone 6 6 0 0 22 6 3.667 12
Kilmarnock 6 3 1 2 12 5 2.400 7
Dundee 6 2 1 3 7 6 1.167 5
Partick Thistle 6 0 0 6 1 25 0.040 0
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 24 January Albion Rovers A 2–1 Bryce, Kinninmonth 2,710
2nd round 7 February Airdrieonians H 3–0 Kinninmonth (2), Wallace 10,000
Quarter-finals 21 February East Fife A 1–0 Bryce 14,994
Semi-finals 14 March Celtic N 1–2 Wallace 64,519

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
MF Scotland SCO Alex Bryce 38 4 27+1 2 4 2 6 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Billy Campbell 28 1 18+1 0 3 0 6 1
GK Scotland SCO Ally Donaldson 44 0 34 0 4 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO John Duncan 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Easton 27 0 23 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Fraser 8 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
FW United Arab Republic UAR Roddy Georgeson 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Gilroy 20 6 14 4 0 0 6 2
MF Scotland SCO Doug Houston 40 2 30 2 4 0 6 0
DF Scotland SCO Davie Johnston 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Kinninmonth 38 6 26+3 3 4 3 4+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Steve Murray 34 2 25 2 3 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Jocky Scott 42 11 32 9 4 0 6 2
MF Scotland SCO Ron Selway 34 0 29 0 4 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Steele 29 2 23+1 2 4 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO George Stewart 28 1 21+1 0 1 0 5 1
DF Scotland SCO Davie Swan 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Gordon Wallace 34 24 30 22 4 2 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Wilson 28 1 22 1 1 0 5 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1969-70". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 29 April 2021.