1924–25 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1924–25 season
ManagerSandy MacFarlane
(until Feb. 1925)
StadiumDens Park
Division One8th
Scottish CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague: Dave Halliday (19)
All: Dave Halliday (24)

The 1924–25 season was the thirtieth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 8th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it all the way to the final for the second time in their history. Despite David McLean putting the Dee ahead at half-time, they would concede two late goals and be defeated in the final by Celtic.[2]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1924–25 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

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

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 66 63 +3 41
7 Partick Thistle 38 14 10 14 60 61 −1 38
8 Dundee 38 14 8 16 47 54 −7 36
9 Raith Rovers 38 14 8 16 53 61 −8 36
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 11 15 64 68 −4 35
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

Main articles: 1924–25 Scottish Cup and 1925 Scottish Cup Final

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 24 January Johnstone H 5–0 Halliday (3), J. Rankin, McLean
2nd round 7 February Lochgelly United H 2–1 Duncan, W. Rankin
3rd round 21 February Airdrieonians H 3–1 McLean, Duncan, Halliday
Quarter-finals 7 March Broxburn United H 1–0 Halliday
Semi-finals 21 March Hamilton Academical H 1–1 Duncan
SF replay 24 March Hamilton Academical A 2–0 McLean, J. Rankin
Final 11 April Celtic N 1–2 McLean 75,317

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 John Barclay 2 0 2 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Jock Britton 44 0 37 0 7 0
DF Scotland SCO Finlay Brown 21 1 18 1 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Hugh Coyle 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie Duncan 34 12 28 9 6 3
FW Scotland SCO George Gibson 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jock Gilmour 20 1 13 1 7 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Halliday 43 24 36 19 7 5
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Hunter 19 2 18 2 1 0
MF Ireland EIR Sam Irving 35 1 28 1 7 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Knox 17 0 16 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Crawford Letham 4 0 4 0 0 0
GK England ENG Bill Marsh 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jock McDonald 31 3 28 3 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie McLean 40 9 33 5 7 4
MF Scotland SCO Colin McNab 25 0 21 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO George Nicholson 10 2 10 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Rankin 18 2 11 0 7 2
DF Scotland SCO Willie Rankin 39 3 32 2 7 1
MF Scotland SCO Dave Robb 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jock Ross 36 0 32 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO David Thomson 42 2 36 2 6 0
MF Scotland SCO Jock Thomson 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Norman Wilson 3 0 3 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1924-25". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-05. Retrieved 31 January 2021.