1915–16 Dundee F.C. season

The 1915–16 season was the twenty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 8th place.[1][2] Due to the ongoing First World War, the Scottish Cup was cancelled for the 1915–16 season.[3]

Dundee
1915–16 season
ManagerWilliam Wallace
StadiumDens Park
Division One8th
Top goalscorerDavie Brown (27)

Scottish Division One

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 21 August Ayr United H 2–0 Brown, Troup 5,000
2 28 August Greenock Morton A 1–3 Brown 6,000
3 4 September Motherwell H 1–3 Fisher 5,00
4 11 September Airdrieonians A 2–1 Troup, Stirling
5 18 September Celtic H 0–2 12,000
6 25 September Queen's Park H 7–1 Brown (5), Troup (2) 7,000
7 2 October Dumbarton A 1–1 Fisher
8 9 October St Mirren H 1–0 Troup 4,000
9 16 October Clyde A 0–2
10 23 October Third Lanark H 1–0 Brown 5,000
11 30 October Falkirk A 0–2
12 6 November Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Brown 5,000
13 13 November Kilmarnock A 0–2
14 20 November Aberdeen A 0–2 6,000
15 27 November Hamilton Academical H 3–1 McCulloch, Brown, McIntosh
16 4 December Partick Thistle A 0–2
17 11 December Motherwell A 0–3
18 18 December Raith Rovers H 3–0 Stirling, McCulloch (2) 6,000
19 25 December Hibernian A 2–0 Brown (2) 3,000
20 1 January Aberdeen H 1–1 Brown 10,000
21 3 January Airdrieonians H 4–0 Brown (3), Williams (o.g.) 8,000
22 8 January Third Lanark A 1–2 Fisher
23 15 January Rangers H 2–0 Brown (2) 11,000
24 22 January St Mirren A 2–1 McDonald, McCulloch
25 29 January Clyde H 1–0 Brown 6,000
26 5 February Hamilton Academical A 4–4 McCulloch, McDonald, Brown, Steven 4,000
27 12 February Hibernian H 2–1 Duffus, Brown 6,000
28 19 February Partick Thistle H 3–0 Troup, McIntosh, Steven 7,000
29 26 February Celtic A 0–3 10,000
30 4 March Falkirk H 3–3 McDonald (2), Steven 5,000
31 11 March Ayr United A 2–1 Brown (2)
32 18 March Dumbarton H 0–1 4,000
33 1 April Raith Rovers A 2–0 McCulloch, Duffus 4,000
34 8 April Kilmarnock H 2–0 Brown (2) 3,500
35 10 April Rangers A 2–3 Brown (2) 5,000
36 15 April Queen's Park A 0–2 5,000
37 22 April Greenock Morton H 0–1
38 30 April Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 6,500

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Partick Thistle 38 19 8 11 65 41 +24 46
7 Hamilton Academical 38 19 3 16 68 76 −8 41
8 Dundee 38 18 4 16 56 49 +7 40
9 Dumbarton 38 13 11 14 54 64 −10 37
10 Kilmarnock 38 12 11 15 46 49 −3 35
Source: "1915-1916 SFL - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division
Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF   SCO Alec Aitken 16 0 16 0
GK   SCO Dave Balfour 18 0 18 0
FW   SCO Davie Brown 38 27 38 27
DF   SCO Paddy Burns 29 0 29 0
MF   SCO Bobby Duffus 25 2 25 2
DF   SCO Ernie Ferguson 31 0 31 0
MF   SCO Billy Fisher 29 3 29 3
GK   SCO Joe Fraser 20 0 20 0
DF   SCO Bob Husson 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Joe Johnstone 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO George Lamb 11 0 11 0
FW   SCO Tom McCulloch 33 6 33 6
MF   SCO Roy McDonald 37 4 37 4
MF   SCO Bert McIntosh 27 2 27 2
FW   SCO George Steven 38 3 38 3
MF   SCO John Stirling 20 2 20 2
DF   SCO David Thomson 14 0 14 0
FW   SCO Alec Troup 30 6 30 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Results for Dundee for 1915–16". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Season 1914–1915" (PDF). scotlandswar.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.