1968–69 Dundee F.C. season

The 1968–69 season was the 67th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place for the 2nd consecutive season.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the League Cup semi-finals before being defeated by Hibernian, and by Heart of Midlothian in the 1st round of the Scottish Cup.

Dundee
1968–69 season
ManagerBobby Ancell (until Oct. 1968)
John Prentice (from Oct. 1968)
Division One9th
Scottish Cup1st round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jocky Scott (10)
All: Jocky Scott (17)

Dundee would change their shirt style for the first time in over a decade, replacing their iconic v-neck shirt with a newer jersey.[3]

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 7 September Aberdeen H 4–4 Scott, Campbell, B. Wilson, Duncan 10,000
2 14 September Dundee United A 1–3 Georgeson 13,942
3 21 September St Johnstone H 2–3 Scott, Duncan 8,000
4 28 September Airdrieonians A 3–0 Campbell, Scott, Black (o.g.) 3,000
5 5 October Clyde H 2–3 Duncan, Bryce 7,000
6 12 October St Mirren H 0–0 5,000
7 19 October Arbroath A 2–1 McLean, Gilroy 5,307
8 26 October Heart of Midlothian H 3–1 Gilroy, Campbell, Kinninmonth 9,025
9 2 November Celtic A 1–3 Campbell 34,875
10 9 November Dunfermline Athletic H 1–0 Gilroy 7,500
11 16 November Falkirk A 1–0 Campbell 4,000
12 23 November Kilmarnock A 0–1 6,594
13 30 November Partick Thistle H 1–1 Scott 6,000
14 7 December Greenock Morton A 1–2 Gilroy 4,500
15 14 December Hibernian H 0–0 7,137
16 1 January Aberdeen A 0–0 12,000
17 2 January Dundee United H 1–2 Bryce 19,549
18 4 January St Johnstone A 1–3 Kinninmonth 8,000
19 11 January Airdrieonians H 1–1 McLean 5,000
20 18 January Clyde A 0–0 3,000
21 1 February St Mirren A 3–2 Gilroy, Bryce, Stewart 6,000
22 8 February Arbroath H 3–0 Campbell, Bryce, Scott (pen.) 5,000
23 5 March Dunfermline Athletic A 0–2 6,000
24 8 March Falkirk H 0–0 4,484
25 12 March Heart of Midlothian A 2–2 Kinninmonth, Scott 5,141
26 15 March Kilmarnock H 0–0 5,000
27 22 March Partick Thistle A 4–0 Scott (2), Kinninmonth, Bryce 2,500
28 26 March Raith Rovers H 2–2 Bryce, Duncan 6,000
29 29 March Greenock Morton H 0–2 3,983
30 8 April Hibernian A 3–1 Kinninmonth, Scott (2) 5,000
31 19 April Raith Rovers A 0–4 5,000
32 22 April Rangers H 3–2 Bryce (2), Gilroy 9,000
33 28 April Rangers A 1–1 Steele 6,800
34 30 April Celtic H 1–2 Murray 10,959

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Airdrieonians 34 13 11 10 46 44 +2 37
8 Heart of Midlothian 34 14 8 12 52 54 −2 36
9 Dundee 34 10 12 12 47 48 −1 32
10 Morton 34 12 8 14 58 68 −10 32
11 St Mirren 34 11 10 13 40 54 −14 32
Source: "1968-1969 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Scottish League Cup

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Group 2

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 August Kilmarnock H 4–0 Scott (2), Duncan, Stuart 8,500
2 14 August Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Stuart 9,526
3 17 August Airdrieonians H 1–1 McLean 7,000
4 24 August Kilmarnock A 2–2 McLean, Stewart 6,000
5 28 August Heart of Midlothian H 4–0 Duncan (3), McLean 7,715
6 31 August Airdrieonians A 3–0 McLean (2), Duncan 6,000

Group 2 table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 3 2 1 15 5 3.000 8
Airdrieonians 6 3 1 2 10 7 1.429 7
Heart of Midlothian 6 2 2 2 8 12 0.667 6
Kilmarnock 6 0 3 3 5 14 0.357 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 11 September Stranraer A 4–0 Duncan (2), Scott, Georgeson 4,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 18 September Stranraer H 6–0 Scott (3), McLean (3) 3,000
Dundee won 10–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals 9 October Hibernian N 1–2 McLean 19,572

Scottish Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 25 January Heart of Midlothian H 1–2 Scott 14,000

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Arrol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Alex Bryce 29 8 24+2 8 1 0 2 0
FW   NIR Billy Campbell 39 6 28+1 6 1 0 9 0
DF   SCO Bobby Cox 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK   SCO Ally Donaldson 43 0 33 0 1 0 9 0
FW   SCO John Duncan 19 11 11 4 0 0 7+1 7
MF   SCO Jim Easton 29 0 21 0 0 0 8 0
FW   UAR Roddy Georgeson 9 2 4 1 0 0 4+1 1
FW   SCO Joe Gilroy 25 6 24 6 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Doug Houston 42 0 32 0 1 0 9 0
DF   SCO Davie Johnston 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Alex Kinninmonth 23 5 20+2 5 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Derek McKay 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO George McLean 31 11 20+2 2 1 0 8 9
FW   SCO Steve Murray 40 1 31 1 1 0 8 0
FW   SCO Jocky Scott 43 17 32+1 10 1 1 9 6
MF   SCO Ron Selway 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jim Steele 5 1 3+1 1 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO George Stewart 34 2 24 1 1 0 9 1
DF   SCO Alex Stuart 9 2 5 0 0 0 4 2
DF   SCO Davie Swan 19 0 18 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Bobby Wilson 42 1 34 1 1 0 7 0
FW   NIR Sammy Wilson 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 1 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1968-69". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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