1922–23 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1922–23 season
Manager	Sandy MacFarlane
Stadium	Dens Park
Division One	7th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Davie McLean (22); All: Davie McLean (23)
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The 1922–23 season was the twenty-eighth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 7th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the Quarter-finals on the third attempt by Third Lanark.^[2]

At the end of the season, Dundee would embark on a football tour of Spain, facing off against illustrious names such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, and impressing with good results, including a win over the former, despite the demands of the tour.^[3]^[4]

Scottish Division One[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	19 August	Aberdeen	H	1–1	D. McLean	22,000
2	26 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	D. McLean	28,500
3	29 August	Clyde	A	3–4	D. McLean (3)
4	2 September	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	D. McLean (2)
5	9 September	Motherwell	A	4–3	Bell, Cowan, D. McLean, Troup
6	16 September	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	D. McLean
7	23 September	Celtic	H	0–1		25,000
8	30 September	Albion Rovers	A	0–0
9	2 October	Third Lanark	H	2–0	Cowan (2)
10	7 October	Ayr United	H	1–0	D. McLean
11	14 October	Alloa Athletic	A	3–1	Halliday, D. McLean (2)
12	21 October	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	Cowan, D. McLean, Halliday
13	28 October	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	Cowan, D. McLean (2)
14	4 November	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	D. McLean
15	11 November	Hibernian	A	3–3	D. McLean, Halliday (2)	18,000
16	18 November	St Mirren	H	2–0	D. McLean (2)
17	25 November	Greenock Morton	A	3–2	D. McLean (2), Halliday
18	2 December	Raith Rovers	H	0–4
19	9 December	Rangers	A	1–4	Knox	35,000
20	16 December	Alloa Athletic	H	2–1	D. McLean, Troup
21	23 December	Falkirk	A	0–1
22	25 December	Third Lanark	A	0–2
23	30 December	Albion Rovers	H	4–0	W. McLean, McDonald (2), Halliday
24	1 January	Aberdeen	A	0–0		23,000
25	2 January	Hibernian	H	1–0	McDonald	20,000
26	6 January	Kilmarnock	A	0–2
27	20 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		12,000
28	3 February	Partick Thistle	A	0–2
29	6 February	St Mirren	A	0–4
30	17 February	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	W. McLean
31	3 March	Ayr United	A	0–1
32	10 March	Greenock Morton	H	0–1
33	17 March	Celtic	A	1–2	Gibson	7,000
34	24 March	Rangers	H	1–2	Halliday	20,000
35	31 March	Hamilton Academical	A	0–0
36	7 April	Clyde	H	1–0	Thomson
37	9 April	Falkirk	H	3–0	Bird, Halliday (2)
38	14 April	Motherwell	H	3–1	Cowan, Halliday, Thomson

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Aberdeen	38	15	12	11	46	34	+12	42
6	St Mirren	38	15	12	11	54	44	+10	42
7	Dundee	38	17	7	14	51	45	+6	41
8	Hibernian	38	17	7	14	45	40	+5	41
9	Raith Rovers	38	13	13	12	31	43	−12	39

Source: "1922-1923 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Cup[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)
1st round	13 January	Vale of Atholl	H	6–0	Troup, Cowan (2), Halliday (3)
2nd round	27 January	St Bernard's	H	0–0
2R replay	31 January	St Bernard's	A	3–2	Halliday, D. McLean, Knox
3rd round	10 February	Hamilton Academical	H	0–0
3R replay	14 February	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0	Knox
Quarter-finals	24 February	Third Lanark	A	1–1	Halliday
QF replay	28 February	Third Lanark	H	0–0
QF 2nd replay	5 March	Third Lanark	N	0–1

1923 Tour of Spain[edit]

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
20 May	Athletic Bilbao	A	3–0	McDonald, Halliday (2)	10,000
21 May	Athletic Bilbao	A	1–1	D. McLean	9,000
24 May	Real Madrid	A	2–0	Halliday (2)	11,000
26 May	Valencia	A	3–0	Halliday (2)
27 May	Valencia	A	1–0	McDonald
3 June	Barcelona	A	1–3		20,000
4 June	Barcelona	A	0–2		28,000

Player statistics[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	George Aimer	17	0	16	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Robert Bell	6	1	6	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Walter Bird	16	1	12	1	4	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Cowan	36	8	30	6	6	2
	MF	SCO	Hugh Coyle	13	0	10	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Dyer	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Willie Fotheringham	46	0	38	0	8	0
	FW	SCO	George Gibson	2	1	2	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	George Greenshields	11	0	11	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Davie Halliday	34	15	26	10	8	5
	MF	EIR	Sam Irving	38	0	30	0	8	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Knox	31	3	23	1	8	2
	MF	SCO	Crawford Letham	20	0	18	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Maiden	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jock McDonald	28	3	25	3	3	0
	FW	SCO	Davie McLean	31	23	24	22	7	1
	FW	SCO	Willie McLean	14	2	11	2	3	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Nicol	21	0	16	0	5	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Rankin	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Ralph Rogerson	8	0	5	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	34	0	27	0	7	0
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	37	2	30	2	7	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Troup	17	3	16	2	1	1
	FW	SCO	Neil Turner	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Willis	2	0	2	0	0	0

References[edit]

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1922–23". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ Ross, Kenny (20 August 2020). "Spanish Tours 1923 and 1924". dundeefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ Cran, George (2 June 2018). "Dundee beat Real Madrid and Barcelona amid lemons, guns and rammies". Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links[edit]

1919–20 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1922–23". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[3] Ross, Kenny (20 August 2020). "Spanish Tours 1923 and 1924". dundeefc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[4] Cran, George (2 June 2018). "Dundee beat Real Madrid and Barcelona amid lemons, guns and rammies". Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
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Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Arbroath Armadale Bathgate Bo'ness Broxburn United Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Johnstone King's Park Lochgelly United Queen's Park St Bernard's St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Vale of Leven
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