1945–46 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1945–46 season
Manager	George Anderson
SFL B Division	1st, Champions
B Division Supp. Cup	Semi-finals
Southern League Cup	Quarter-finals
Victory Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Juliussen (31); All: Albert Juliussen (42)
Home colours	Alternate colours
	← 1944–45 1946–47 →

The 1945–46 season was the final season in which Dundee competed under wartime conditions, with the season beginning in the final days of World War II, which would end on 2 September 1945. Dundee were placed in the Southern Football League's B Division, and despite dominating the league and winning comfortably, they were not promoted to the top tier for the following season's resumption of the Scottish Football League.^[1] Dundee would also compete in several cups in lieu of the Scottish Cup's suspension. They would play in the Southern League Cup, the precursor to the Scottish League Cup, making it to the Quarter-finals; the B Division Supplementary Cup where they would get to the Semi-finals, and in the one-off Victory Cup where they would be knocked out in the 1st round.^[2]

For this season only, Dundee would return to wearing a white shirt and black shorts as the club's primary colours until February for the first time since the 1901–02 season, before returning to a navy jersey and wearing red socks for the first time. The likely reason for the return to white shirts was probably due to clothes rations implemented due to World War II.^[3]

Southern Football League

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

B Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	East Fife	H	2–1	Juliussen, Ewen	8,934
2	18 August	Arbroath	A	4–1	Hill, Ewen, Juliussen (2)	4,000
3	25 August	Dumbarton	H	5–2	Ouchterlonie, Moir, Bowman, Anderson (2)	8,500
4	1 September	Airdrieonians	A	3–3	Laurie, Anderson, McKenzie	6,000
5	8 September	Dundee United	H	1–0	Ouchterlonie	12,341
6	15 September	Alloa Athletic	A	1–0	Anderson	3,000
7	22 September	Stenhousemuir	A	5–1	Hill (2), Anderson, Rattray (2)	1,051
8	29 September	Raith Rovers	A	5–0	Juliussen, Ouchterlonie, Anderson, Hill	7,000
9	6 October	Ayr United	H	1–4	Juliussen	12,333
10	13 October	St Johnstone	H	5–1	Anderson (2), Juliussen (2), Hill	12,679
11	20 October	Albion Rovers	A	2–0	Hill, Anderson	3,000
12	27 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	6–0	Ouchterlonie, Hill, Juliussen (3), Ancell	4,000
13	3 November	Cowdenbeath	H	5–0	Anderson, Smith, Juliussen (3)	6,214
14	10 November	Arbroath	H	8–0	Juliussen (5), Anderson, Smith, Follon	9,500
15	17 November	East Fife	A	4–1	Follon, Anderson, Juliussen (2)	5,000
16	24 November	Dumbarton	A	1–0	Gallacher	5,000
17	1 December	Airdrieonians	H	4–1	Hill (2), Juliussen, Ouchterlonie	13,349
18	8 December	Stenhousemuir	H	6–1	Hill (2), Juliussen (4)	5,243
19	15 December	Alloa Athletic	H	5–1	Hill (4), Turnbull	5,000
20	22 December	Raith Rovers	H	7–0	Gallacher (2), Juliussen (3), Cox, Turnbull	6,209
21	29 December	Ayr United	A	1–2	Gallacher	10,000
22	1 January	Dundee United	A	3–2	Juliussen, Bowman, Turnbull	16,500
23	2 January	Cowdenbeath	A	2–2	Anderson, Hill
24	5 January	St Johnstone	A	1–4	Juliussen	8,000
25	12 January	Albion Rovers	H	2–0	Juliussen, Turnbull	12,226
26	19 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	Bowman (2), Anderson	5,269

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	26	21	2	3	92	28	+64	44
2	Ayr United	26	15	4	7	69	43	+26	34
3	East Fife	26	15	4	7	64	34	+30	34
4	Airdrieonians	26	14	5	7	69	50	+19	33
5	Albion Rovers	26	14	2	10	45	41	+4	30

Source: ^[4]

B Division Supplementary Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round, 1st leg	26 January	Cowdenbeath	A	4–1	Turnbull (2), Gallacher, Ancell	8,500
1st round, 2nd leg	2 February	Cowdenbeath	H	2–2	Juliussen, Anderson	11,285
Quarter-finals	9 February	Alloa Athletic	H	6–2	Anderson (2), Juliussen (4)	15,472
Semi-finals	16 February	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	Ouchterlonie	22,370
SF replay	20 February	Airdrieonians	A	1–2	Juliussen	15,886

Southern League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Group Section 6

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	23 February	Stirling Albion	A	0–2		6,000
2	2 March	Arbroath	H	0–0		11,143
3	16 March	Stirling Albion	H	8–1	Cox (2), Juliussen (3), Turnbull, Ouchterlonie (2)	13,315
4	16 February	Arbroath	A	3–1	Ouchterlonie, Cox, McKenzie	9,000

Section 6 final table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dundee	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	5
Stirling Albion	4	2	0	2	6	10	−4	4
Arbroath	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
Quarter-finals	6 April	Rangers	N	1–3	Ouchterlonie	45,000

Victory Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round, 1st leg	20 April	Hibernian	A	0–3		18,500
1st round, 2nd leg	27 April	Hibernian	H	2–0	Juliussen (2)	20,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SFL Total		B Div. Cup		SL Cup		Victory Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	Bobby Ancell	28	2	17	1	5	1	4	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Anderson	24	17	18	14	5	3	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Andrews	10	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Beaton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Reuben Bennett	31	0	24	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Bowman	26	4	23	4	1	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Mike Clark	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Coats	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Cowie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Sammy Cox	27	4	17	1	5	0	5	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ernie Ewen	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry Follon	7	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gallacher	16	5	10	4	5	1	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gray	36	0	24	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	George Hill	25	17	23	17	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Joyner	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Juliussen	28	42	18	31	4	6	4	3	2	2
	MF	SCO	John Laurie	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Lawrie	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Johnny Lynch	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Alec McIntosh	16	0	6	0	5	0	4	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Gibby McKenzie	37	2	26	1	5	0	4	1	2	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Moir	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Kinnaird Ouchterlonie	34	10	24	5	4	1	5	4	1	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Rattray	8	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Reg Smith	17	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Harry Sneddon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	George Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Alexander Stirling	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Turnbull	17	7	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Westwater	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Results for Dundee for 1945-46". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ "Southern Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links

1945-46 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1945-46". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[4] "Southern Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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1945–46 Dundee F.C. season

Contents

Southern Football League

B Division

League table

B Division Supplementary Cup

Southern League Cup

Group Section 6

Section 6 final table

Knockout stage

Victory Cup

Player statistics

See also

References

External links