1925–26 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1925–26 season
Manager	Alec McNair
Division One	10th
Scottish Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Alec Ross &; Andy Campbell (9); All: Andy Campbell (11)
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The 1925–26 season was the thirty-first season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 10th place under new manager Alec McNair.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out by Aberdeen in the 2nd round.^[2] For one season only, the Dee would wear a unique home jersey with a large white semicircle around the collar.^[3]

Scottish Division One[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	15 August	Greenock Morton	H	3–0	Ross, Irving, Duncan
2	22 August	St Johnstone	H	0–1
3	29 August	St Mirren	A	2–2	Anderson (2)
4	5 September	Hibernian	A	1–2	McLean	18,000
5	12 September	Hamilton Academical	H	2–2	McLean, Hunter
6	19 September	Cowdenbeath	A	0–5
7	26 September	Clydebank	H	3–1	Campbell, Cook, Ross
8	3 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	D. Thomson	8,000
9	5 October	Motherwell	H	1–2	Campbell
10	10 October	Raith Rovers	A	0–1
11	17 October	Aberdeen	H	3–2	Finlay (2), Nicholson	14,000
12	24 October	Rangers	A	2–1	Ross, Nicholson	12,000
13	31 October	Celtic	A	0–0		12,000
14	7 November	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	Ross (3)
15	14 November	Airdrieonians	A	1–4	Ross
16	21 November	Dundee United	H	0–0		18,000
17	28 November	Greenock Morton	A	0–3
18	5 December	Queen's Park	A	3–1	Barclay (2), McLean
19	12 December	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Cook
20	19 December	St Johnstone	A	0–0
21	26 December	Hibernian	H	1–4	Barclay	6,000
22	1 January	Aberdeen	A	1–2	Finlay	18,000
23	2 January	Raith Rovers	H	1–1	Campbell
24	4 January	Dundee United	A	1–0	McLean	20,059
25	9 January	St Mirren	H	1–1	D. Thomson
26	16 January	Kilmarnock	A	2–5	Ross (2)
27	30 January	Clydebank	A	2–1	Irving, Campbell
28	13 February	Hamilton Academical	A	0–0
29	17 February	Falkirk	H	1–0	Cook
30	23 February	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	Campbell
31	27 February	Rangers	H	1–5	Meagher	14,000
32	6 March	Falkirk	A	0–1
33	17 March	Celtic	H	1–2	McNulty	12,000
34	20 March	Motherwell	A	0–2
35	27 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	Campbell (2)	10,000
36	3 April	Airdrieonians	H	0–1
37	10 April	Queen's Park	H	2–1	Campbell, Meagher
38	24 April	Cowdenbeath	H	4–3	Campbell, Meagher (2), J. Thomson

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Falkirk	38	14	14	10	61	57	+4	42
9	Kilmarnock	38	17	7	14	79	77	+2	41
10	Dundee	38	14	9	15	47	59	−12	37
11	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	49	54	−5	36
12	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	68	79	−11	35

Source: "1925-1926 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)	Attendance
1st round	20 January	Caledonian	H	2–0	Campbell (2)
2nd round	6 February	Aberdeen	A	0–0		12,621
2R replay	10 February	Aberdeen	H	0–3		10,000

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
	FW	SCO	John Anderson	3	2	3	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Barclay	10	3	9	3	1	0
	GK	SCO	Jock Britton	34	0	31	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	35	0	32	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	24	11	21	9	3	2
	FW	SCO	Willie Cook	38	3	36	3	2	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Duncan	11	1	11	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Finlay	26	3	24	3	2	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	11	0	11	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Hunter	11	1	11	1	0	0
	MF	EIR	Sam Irving	34	2	31	2	3	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Davie McLean	24	4	21	4	3	0
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	36	0	33	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Bernie McNulty	11	1	8	1	3	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Meagher	10	4	10	4	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Nicholson	12	2	12	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Rankin	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Rankin	36	0	33	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Robb	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Ross	19	9	18	9	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	16	0	16	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	35	2	32	2	3	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	2	1	2	1	0	0

References[edit]

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1925–26". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

External links[edit]

1925–26 Dundee season on Fitbastats

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

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1925–26". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[3] "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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