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1897–98 Dundee F.C. season

The 1897–98 season was the fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One and finishing in 7th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the semi-finals.[1]

Dundee
1897–98 season
StadiumCarolina Port
Division One7th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Malcolm McVean &
Davie Willocks (7)
All: Davie Willocks (9)

Scottish Division One edit

Main article: 1897–98 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 4 September Clyde H 6–0 McVean (3), Blyth, Devlin, Keillor 3,000
2 11 September St Bernard's H 0–0 7,500
3 25 September Partick Thistle A 1–3 Willocks 2,500
4 2 October Third Lanark H 4–2 Willocks, Devlin, McVean (2) 4,000
5 9 October St Mirren A 1–2 Devlin 5,000
6 16 October Heart of Midlothian H 1–6 Malloch 4,000
7 23 October Partick Thistle H 5–0 Keillor, Willocks (2), McVean, Devlin 4,000
8 30 October Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 7,000
9 6 November Celtic H 1–2 Blyth 11,000
10 13 November Hibernian A 0–2 5,000
11 20 November St Mirren H 0–0 3,800
12 27 November Clyde A 5–1 Willocks (3), Findlay (o.g.), Clark
13 4 December Hibernian H 1–1 Pollock 4,000
14 11 December St Bernard's A 1–4 McArthur
15 25 December Rangers A 0–5 6,000
16 15 January Celtic A 1–2 Battles 6,000
17 22 January Third Lanark A 0–3 6,000
18 12 February Rangers H 2–1 Battles, McVean 10,000

Having finished level on points with Partick Thistle, Dundee played them in a play-off match to determine ranking positions.

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
7th place play-off 26 March Partick Thistle A 2–0 McArthur, Malloch 3,000

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 St Mirren 18 8 2 8 30 36 −6 18
5 Third Lanark 18 8 2 8 37 38 −1 18
7 Dundee 18 5 3 10 29 36 −7 13[a]
8 Partick Thistle 18 6 1 11 34 64 −30 13[a]
9 St Bernard's 18 4 1 13 35 67 −32 9
Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dundee and Partick Thistle finished level on points but Dundee won a play-off match to determine ranking positions.[2]

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1897–98 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 8 January Partick Thistle H 2–1 Malloch, Willocks 3,000
2nd round 29 January St Mirren H 2–0 Kelso, McArthur 5,000
Quarter-finals 5 February Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 Willocks, McArthur, Malloch 8,000
Semi-finals 19 February Kilmarnock N 2–3 McVean, Malloch 11,000

Player statistics edit

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF   SCO Barney Battles 19 2 15 2 4 0
MF   SCO Bob Blyth 9 2 9 2 0 0
DF   SCO Charlie Burgess 17 0 13 0 4 0
FW   SCO Joe Clark 16 1 12 1 4 0
FW   SCO Joe Devlin 8 4 8 4 0 0
FW   SCO George Ferguson 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Robert Fleming 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW   SCO Bill Fullerton 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Billy Gilligan 7 0 4 0 3 0
FW   EIR David Hannah 2 0 2 0 0 0
GK   ENG Jack Hillman 22 0 18 0 4 0
MF   SCO Sandy Keillor 18 2 17 2 1 0
DF   SCO Bob Kelso 21 1 17 0 4 1
MF   SCO William Longair 15 0 11 0 4 0
MF   SCO John Low 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Madden 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Malloch 17 5 13 2 4 3
FW   SCO Bill McArthur 19 4 15 2 4 2
DF   SCO Bob McCulloch 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Malcolm McVean 21 8 17 7 4 1
FW   SCO Jake Pollock 6 1 6 1 0 0
GK   SCO Tom Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Davie Willocks 22 9 18 7 4 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ 1897-98, Partick Thistle - The Early Years
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