1902–03 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1902–03 season
ManagerWilliam Wallace
StadiumDens Park
Division One2nd
Scottish CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Bell &
Bill White (6)
All: Bill White (9)

The 1902–03 season was the 10th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. In what would be their best season to date, Dundee finished in the league in 2nd place, finishing 6 points behind champions Hibernian. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would progress to the semi-finals before losing in a replay to Hearts.[1] This would be the first season where Dundee would wear dark blue uniforms as their definitive home colours, with their kit for the season being described as "dark blue semmets and pants, the latter being relieved with a nice red stripe down the side".[2]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1902–03 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 16 August Queen's Park H 2–0 White, Bell 8,000
2 23 August Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 MacFarlane, Turnbull 10,000
3 30 August Kilmarnock H 2–0 Turnbull, Bell 10,000
4 6 September Partick Thistle A 2–0 MacFarlane, Bell 7,000
5 13 September Port Glasgow Athletic H 2–1 MacFarlane, Bell 8,000
6 20 September St Mirren H 2–1 McDiarmid, Bell 13,000
7 27 September Hibernian A 0–1 18,000
8 4 October Third Lanark H 0–0 14,000
9 11 October St Mirren A 0–1 11,500
10 18 October Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 12,800
11 25 October Hibernian H 0–3 15,000
12 1 November Port Glasgow Athletic A 0–0
13 15 November Greenock Morton H 3–0 Bell, Gilligan, White 12,000
14 22 November Greenock Morton A 2–0 McDiarmid, T. Robertson 400
15 29 November Celtic A 2–2 MacFarlane, White 1,000
16 6 December Rangers H 3–1 McDiarmid, White (2) 12,000
17 13 December Kilmarnock A 2–0 Gilligan, White 3,000
18 20 December Queen's Park A 0–0 10,000
19 27 December Partick Thistle H 3–0 Dickson (3) 6,000
20 17 January Rangers A 1–1 Dickson 10,000
21 21 March Celtic H 2–0 Sharp, MacFarlane 9,000
22 4 April Third Lanark A 1–0 Gilligan

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hibernian (C) 22 16 5 1 48 18 +30 37 Champions
2 Dundee 22 13 5 4 31 12 +19 31
3 Rangers 22 12 5 5 56 24 +32 29
4 Heart of Midlothian 22 11 6 5 46 27 +19 28
5 Celtic 22 8 10 4 36 30 +6 26
Source: nozdrul.plus.com
(C) Champions

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1902–03 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 24 January Barholm Rovers H w/o
2nd round 31 January Nithsdale Wanderers H 7–0 White (3), Dickson (3), T. Robertson 7,000
Quarter-finals 7 February Hibernian A 0–0 15,000
QF replay 14 February Hibernian H 0–0 24,000
QF 2nd replay 21 February Hibernian N 1–0 Bell 36,000
Semi-finals 28 February Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 22,000
SF replay 7 March Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 32,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Alan Bell 27 7 21 6 6 1
DF Scotland SCO Vice Bonthrone 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dickie Boyle 21 0 16 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Johnny Darroch 28 0 22 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Dickson 8 7 3 4 5 3
FW Scotland SCO Sam Gilligan 9 3 8 3 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Gowans 4 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alick Halkett 4 0 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO George Henderson 12 0 12 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Jeffray 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Kerr 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Sandy MacFarlane 28 5 22 5 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Fred McDiarmid 26 3 22 3 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Willie Muir 28 0 22 0 6 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Robertson 25 0 19 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Robertson 19 2 13 1 6 1
DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Sharp 28 1 22 1 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Turnbull 12 2 12 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Bill White 26 9 20 6 6 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 24 November 2020.