1955–56 Dundee F.C. season
Appearance
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
[edit]Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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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
[edit]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 |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]
Group 1
[edit]Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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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
[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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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: [citation needed]
Scottish Cup
[edit]Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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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
[edit]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 | ![]() |
Johnny Anderson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Birse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Gordon Black | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Bill Brown | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Chalmers | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Christie | 40 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alan Cousin | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Doug Cowie | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Willie Craig | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Davie Dunsmuir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Dave Easson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Tommy Gallacher | 26 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Davie Gray | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Henderson | 30 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
GK | ![]() |
Bobby Henderson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Andy Irvine | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Danny Malloy | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Arthur McIvor | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Merchant | 24 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
George O'Hara | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Hugh Reid | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Ritchie | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Joe Roy | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ivor Smith | 16 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Davie Sneddon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ian Stables | 23 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Stevenson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jim Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1955-56". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 4 March 2021.