The 1950–51 season was the forty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 3rd place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would fail to make it out of the group stages in the League Cup, but would make it to the Quarter-finals in the Scottish Cup.[2]
1950–51 season | ||
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Manager | George Anderson | |
Division A | 3rd | |
Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals | |
League Cup | Group Stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: Billy Steel (7) All: Alfie Boyd (9) | |
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Scottish Division A
editStatistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 9 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Gunn | 25,000 |
2 | 16 September | Rangers | A | 0–0 | 40,000 | |
3 | 23 September | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | Steel, Toner | 34,000 |
4 | 30 September | Greenock Morton | A | 3–2 | Mitchell (o.g.), Steel, Boyd | 15,000 |
5 | 7 October | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Toner | 24,000 |
6 | 14 October | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Gunn | 25,000 |
7 | 21 October | Celtic | A | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
8 | 28 October | Partick Thistle | H | 3–2 | Steel, Boyd, Gerrie | 25,000 |
9 | 4 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 | Gerrie | 19,000 |
10 | 11 November | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
11 | 18 November | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | 14,000 | |
12 | 25 November | St Mirren | H | 5–0 | Christie (2), Pattillo (2), Boyd | 20,000 |
13 | 2 December | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 31,000 | |
14 | 9 December | East Fife | A | 3–1 | Williams, Hill, Pattillo | 8,000 |
15 | 16 December | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Steel (2), Boyd | 13,000 |
16 | 23 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Pattillo | 22,147 |
17 | 30 December | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Gunn, Ewen | 37,400 |
18 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 30,000 | |
19 | 2 January | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Ziesing, Ewen | 35,000 |
20 | 6 January | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | Ziesing | 10,000 |
21 | 20 January | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Boyd (2), Ziesing | 28,000 |
22 | 17 February | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Copland, Shaw (o.g.) | 10,000 |
23 | 24 February | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | Ewen, Andrews | 20,000 |
24 | 3 March | St Mirren | A | 2–2 | Ewen, Irvine | 10,000 |
25 | 17 March | East Fife | H | 2–4 | Ewen, Williams | 15,000 |
26 | 24 March | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | 10,000 | |
27 | 31 March | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Steel | 9,000 |
28 | 2 April | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | Williams, Hill | 15,000 |
29 | 7 April | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Hill, Steel | 21,000 |
30 | 28 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Andrews | 20,000 |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hibernian | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 26 | +52 | 48 |
2 | Rangers | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 38 |
3 | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 38 |
4 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 37 |
5 | Aberdeen | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 35 |
Scottish League Cup
editStatistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]
Group 2
editMatch Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 12 August | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 40,000 | |
2 | 16 August | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Follon | 15,000 |
3 | 19 August | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Gerrie, Rattray (2) | 18,000 |
4 | 26 August | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | 25,000 | |
5 | 30 August | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Rattray, Gerrie | 9,000 |
6 | 2 September | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Boyd | 12,000 |
Group 2 table
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Hibernian | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 6.000 | 12 |
St Mirren | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0.438 | 5 |
Dundee | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 4 |
Falkirk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0.533 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Scottish Cup
editStatistics provided by Dee Archive.
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1st round | 27 January | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | Boyd, Ewen | 38,000 |
1R replay | 31 January | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | Steel | 22,000 |
2nd round | 10 February | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | Boyd, Christie, Ewen | 29,972 |
Quarter-finals | 10 March | Raith Rovers | H | 1–2 | Christie | 40,920 |
Player statistics
editStatistics provided by Dee Archive
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division A | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Alec Beaton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Alfie Boyd | 37 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George Christie | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ernie Copland | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | CAN | Jack Cowan | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Willie Craig | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 19 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 35 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Fraser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Gordon Frew | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Syd Gerrie | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
FW | SCO | Alistair Gunn | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George Hill | 22 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Alan Massie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Johnny McIlhatton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Johnny Pattillo | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Peter Rattray | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
GK | SCO | Gordon Rennie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Willie Roy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Billy Steel | 30 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Toner | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | RSA | Stan Williams | 22 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | RSA | Ken Ziesing | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1950-51". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2021.