1927–28 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

1927–28 season
Manager	Alec McNair (until Oct. 1927) Sandy MacFarlane (from Oct. 1927)
Division One	14th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gus Smith (24) All: Gus Smith (24)
Home colours Away colours

The 1927–28 season was the thirty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. After a poor start, manager Alec McNair was replaced by Sandy MacFarlane in his 2nd stint, who led the Dark Blues to finish in 14th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Dunfermline Athletic.[2] The club would also wear black shorts occasionally as a change kit.[3]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Cowdenbeath	A	0–1
2	20 August	Motherwell	H	0–3
3	27 August	St Mirren	A	0–0
4	3 September	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Hunter, O'Hare, Campbell, Cook
5	10 September	Bo'ness	A	0–2
6	17 September	St Johnstone	H	1–2	Pirie
7	24 September	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	O'Hare
8	1 October	Celtic	H	1–4	Gilmour	13,000
9	8 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		22,500
10	15 October	Aberdeen	H	3–2	Smith (2), Godfrey	10,000
11	22 October	Falkirk	H	1–0	Smith
12	29 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–3	Smith
13	5 November	Hibernian	A	0–4		7,000
14	12 November	Kilmarnock	H	7–0	O'Hare, Cassidy (2), Smith (3), Brown
15	19 November	Hamilton Academical	H	3–1	O'Hare, Smith, Cook
16	26 November	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	O'Hare
17	3 December	Clyde	H	4–3	McNab, Smith, Cassidy
18	10 December	Rangers	A	1–5	O'Hare	7,000
19	17 December	Queen's Park	H	1–3	O'Hare
20	24 December	Cowdenbeath	H	3–1	Smith, O'Hare, Gilmour
21	31 December	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	Smith, Thomson
22	2 January	Aberdeen	A	1–3	Smith	15,000
23	3 January	Bo'ness	H	3–2	O'Hare (2), Gilmour
24	7 January	St Mirren	H	2–1	O'Hare, McNab
25	14 January	St Johnstone	A	1–5	Smith
26	28 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–7	O'Hare, Smith	6,000
27	11 February	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	O'Hare (2), Smith
28	14 February	Celtic	A	1–3	Smith	12,000
29	22 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Craddock (2), Smith
30	25 February	Falkirk	A	1–5	McNab
31	7 March	Motherwell	A	2–2	Cassidy, Smith
32	10 March	Hibernian	H	4–1	Townrow (2), Smith (2)	2,000
33	17 March	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Lawley, Smith
34	24 March	Hamilton Academical	A	3–3	Smith, Townrow, Cassidy
35	31 March	Raith Rovers	H	1–2	Smith
36	7 April	Clyde	A	0–0
37	18 April	Rangers	H	0–1		12,000
38	21 April	Queen's Park	A	2–1	Smith, Cook

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Hibernian	38	13	9	16	73	75	−2	35
13	Airdrieonians	38	12	11	15	59	69	−10	35
14	Dundee	38	14	7	17	65	80	−15	35
15	Clyde	38	10	11	17	46	72	−26	31
16	Queen's Park	38	12	6	20	69	80	−11	30

Source: "1927-1928 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	21 January	Stranraer	A	4–2	Townrow, McGarry, Cook, Hunter
2nd round	4 February	Dundee United	A	3–3	Lawley, Whitlow (2)	20,365
2R replay	8 February	Dundee United	H	1–0	O'Hare	12,839
3rd round	18 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2	Whitlow

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	31	1	30	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Cassidy	26	5	24	5	2	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Cook	33	5	30	4	3	1
	FW	ENG	Claude Craddock	3	2	2	2	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Crawford	20	0	18	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Farrell	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	38	3	34	3	4	0
	FW	SCO	Ed Godfrey	23	1	21	1	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Hunter	7	2	6	1	1	1
	MF	SCO	Bob Kearney	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Lawley	15	2	12	1	3	1
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	39	0	35	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Ed McGarry	2	1	1	0	1	1
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	34	3	34	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy McNeill	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Meagher	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie O'Hare	33	15	29	14	4	1
	FW	SCO	Jim Pirie	2	1	2	1	0	0
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	24	0	20	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Gus Smith	30	24	29	24	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	42	1	38	1	4	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Townrow	30	4	26	3	4	1
	FW	SCO	Fred Whitlow	5	3	2	0	3	3

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

1. "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
2. "Results for Dundee for 1927–28". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

• 1927–28 Dundee season on Fitbastats