1908–09 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1908–09 season
ManagerWilliam Wallace
StadiumDens Park
Division One2nd
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Hunter (29)
All: John Hunter (32)

The 1908–09 season was the sixteenth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 2nd place. In a very tight race which would go down to the final day, Dundee were pipped to the title by Celtic by just a single point. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would lose to Rangers in the second round.[1] Striker John "Sailor" Hunter would finish the season as Scotland's top scorer with 29 goals in the league, and 32 in all major competitions.[2]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1908–09 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 15 August Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Hunter, Langlands 12,000
2 22 August Airdrieonians A 5–2 Fraser, Hunter (3), Langlands 7,000
3 29 August Celtic H 2–1 Hunter, Bellamy 21,000
4 5 September Partick Thistle A 1–1 Lee 3,000
5 12 September Falkirk H 1–1 Hunter 11,000
6 19 September Greenock Morton A 0–0 5,000
7 26 September Queen's Park H 7–1 MacFarlane (3), Hunter (3), Bellamy 7,000
8 28 September Rangers A 0–2 34,000
9 3 October Hamilton Academical A 1–0 Lee 5,000
10 10 October Celtic A 0–2 14,000
11 17 October Hibernian H 3–0 Hunter, MacFarlane, Fraser 9,000
12 24 October Aberdeen A 1–1 Langlands 12,500
13 31 October Motherwell H 3–1 Bellamy, Hunter (2) 7,000
14 7 November Port Glasgow Athletic A 3–2 Bellamy, Langlands, Hunter 2,000
15 14 November Kilmarnock H 5–0 MacFarlane, Bellamy (2), Hunter, Fraser 7,000
16 21 November Falkirk H 3–3 Langlands, Bellamy, Hunter 7,000
17 28 November Airdrieonians H 1–0 Hunter 7,000
18 12 December Aberdeen H 2–2 Dainty, Hunter 14,000
19 19 December St Mirren H 4–1 Hunter, Langlands, Dainty, MacFarlane 9,000
20 25 December Third Lanark A 1–2 Hunter 7,000
21 26 December Kilmarnock A 0–2
22 1 January Port Glasgow Athletic H 1–0 Hunter 7,000
23 2 January Motherwell A 4–1 Hunter (2), MacFarlane, Lee 6,000
24 9 January Rangers H 4–0 Hunter (3), MacFarlane 16,000
25 16 January Partick Thistle H 3–2 McCann, Hunter (2) 6,000
26 30 January Clyde H 1–0 Bellamy 14,000
27 20 February Hibernian A 1–0 Bellamy 10,000
28 27 February Greenock Morton H 1–2 Fraser 6,000
29 6 March Clyde A 2–0 Bellamy, Hunter 3,000
30 13 March St Mirren A 2–1 Dainty, MacFarlane 7,000
31 20 March Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 12,500
32 27 March Third Lanark H 1–0 Lee 6,000
33 3 April Hamilton Academical H 3–0 Hunter, Langlands, Mair 5,000
34 24 April Queen's Park H 2–0 Bellamy, Langlands 6,000

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic (C) 34 23 5 6 71 24 +47 51
2 Dundee 34 22 6 6 70 32 +38 50
3 Clyde 34 21 6 7 61 37 +24 48
4 Rangers 34 19 7 8 91 38 +53 45
5 Airdrieonians 34 16 9 9 67 46 +21 41
Source: "1908-1909 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
(C) Champions

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1908–09 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 23 January Ayr Parkhouse H 9–0 MacFarlane, Bellamy (3), Hunter (3), Dainty, Langlands 12,000
2nd round 6 February Rangers H 0–0 28,000
2R replay 13 February Rangers A 0–1 54,500

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW England ENG Jim Bellamy 34 14 31 11 3 3
DF Scotland SCO George Chaplin 6 0 6 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Chaplin 29 0 26 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Cooper 2 0 2 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Bob Crumley 36 0 33 0 3 0
DF England ENG Bert Dainty 33 4 30 3 3 1
FW Scotland SCO Jack Fraser 35 4 32 4 3 0
FW Canada CAN Sandy Hall 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Hunter 35 32 32 29 3 3
FW Scotland SCO Fred Kemp 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Langlands 32 9 29 8 3 1
DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Lawson 25 0 25 0 0 0
MF England ENG Bert Lee 36 4 33 4 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Sandy MacFarlane 36 10 33 9 3 1
MF Scotland SCO David Mair 19 1 16 1 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Daniel McCann 7 1 7 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bert Neal 33 0 30 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Albert Oswald 4 0 4 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO George Philip 1 0 1 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 30 December 2020.