1955–56 season | ||
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Manager | Willie Thornton | |
Division One | 13th | |
Scottish Cup | 6th round | |
League Cup | Group Stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: George Merchant (12) All: George Merchant (14) | |
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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
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
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:
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 | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
FW | SCO | Johnny Anderson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Billy Birse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Gordon Black | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Chalmers | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
FW | SCO | George Christie | 40 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Willie Craig | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Davie Dunsmuir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Dave Easson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 26 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Davie Gray | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 30 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
GK | SCO | Bobby Henderson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Danny Malloy | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Arthur McIvor | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | George Merchant | 24 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George O'Hara | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Billy Ritchie | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
FW | SCO | Joe Roy | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Ivor Smith | 16 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ian Stables | 23 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Stevenson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Jim Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Results for Dundee for 1955-56". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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