1981–82 Dundee F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was the 80th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division after being promoted the previous season.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 8th place, remaining safe by 4 points. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and eliminated by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

Dundee
1981–82 season
ManagerDon Mackay
Premier Division8th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Ferguson (13)
All: Iain Ferguson (14)

Scottish Premier Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 29 August Hibernian H 0–2 5,738
2 5 September Partick Thistle H 4–2 Fraser, Ferguson, MacDonald, MacKinnon (o.g.) 4,653
3 12 September Dundee United A 2–5 Ferguson (pen.), Mackie 15,696
4 19 September St Mirren H 3–0 Ferguson (2) (pen.), Sinclair 5,257
5 26 September Greenock Morton A 0–2 2,763
6 3 October Celtic H 1–3 McGeachie 13,254
7 10 October Airdrieonians A 2–4 Ferguson (2) (pen.) 2,500
8 17 October Rangers H 2–3 Cameron, Ferguson 11,956
9 24 October Aberdeen A 1–2 Stephen 11,893
10 31 October Hibernian H 0–0 6,011
11 7 November Partick Thistle A 2–1 Mackie (2) 3,337
12 14 November Dundee United H 1–3 Ferguson 15,578
13 21 November St Mirren A 0–4 3,600
14 28 November Greenock Morton H 4–1 Ferguson, Bell, Sinclair, Mackie 3,598
15 5 December Celtic A 1–3 Sinclair 14,570
16 12 December Airdrieonians H 3–1 MacDonald, Sinclair, Fraser 3,988
17 19 December Rangers A 1–2 McGeachie 11,000
18 2 January Hibernian A 1–2 Sinclair 8,281
19 30 January St Mirren H 0–2 4,628
20 6 February Celtic H 1–3 Kidd 11,377
21 20 February Greenock Morton A 0–2 2,000
22 27 February Aberdeen A 0–0 8,961
23 10 March Dundee United A 1–1 Ferguson 13,790
24 13 March Airdrieonians A 2–0 Fleming, Fraser 2,000
25 17 March Aberdeen H 0–3 6,126
26 20 March Hibernian H 2–2 Fraser, Stephen 4,345
27 27 March Partick Thistle A 2–0 Sinclair, Fraser 2,500
28 3 April Dundee United H 0–2 12,602
29 10 April St Mirren A 1–0 Kidd 3,804
30 14 April Rangers H 3–1 Stephen (2), Ferguson 7,975
31 17 April Celtic A 2–4 Smith, Ferguson 14,288
32 21 April Partick Thistle A 1–2 Sinclair 6,463
33 25 April Greenock Morton H 2–1 McGeachie, Fraser 5,346
34 1 May Aberdeen H 0–5 6,415
35 8 May Rangers A 0–4 8,500
36 15 May Airdrieonians H 1–0 Ferguson 6,696

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Hibernian 36 11 14 11 38 40 −2 36
7 Morton 36 9 12 15 31 54 −23 30
8 Dundee 36 11 4 21 46 72 −26 26
9 Partick Thistle (R) 36 6 10 20 35 59 −24 22 Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division
10 Airdrieonians (R) 36 5 8 23 31 76 −45 18
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 2

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 August Raith Rovers H 1–2 Fleming 5,362
2 12 August Rangers A 1–4 Fleming 13,309
3 15 August Greenock Morton H 1–2 Fleming 4,710
4 19 August Rangers H 1–2 MacDonald 9,124
5 22 August Raith Rovers A 1–1 Stephen 1,844
6 26 August Greenock Morton A 2–3 Cameron, Fleming 1,675

Group 2 table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Rangers 6 5 1 0 19 5 +14 11
Morton 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9
Raith Rovers 6 1 1 4 7 20 −13 3
Dundee 6 0 1 5 7 14 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 23 January Raith Rovers H 1–0 Stephen 5,474
4th round 14 February Meadowbank Thistle H 3–0 Smith, Ferguson, Mackie 4,453
Quarter-finals 6 March Rangers A 0–2 16,072

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF   SCO Les Barr 26 0 23+1 0 0 0 2 0
FW   SCO Davie Bell 21 1 15+1 1 1 0 4 0
GK   SCO Alan Blair 11 0 8 0 1 0 2 0
DF   SCO Danny Cameron 32 2 25+3 1 2+1 0 1 1
FW   SCO Gerry Davidson 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Iain Ferguson 39 14 34 13 3 1 1+1 0
FW   SCO Ian Fleming 24 5 13+3 1 2 0 6 4
MF   SCO Cammy Fraser 37 6 31 6 2 0 4 0
GK   SCO Bobby Geddes 34 0 28 0 2 0 4 0
DF   SCO Bobby Glennie 44 0 35 0 3 0 6 0
FW   SCO Albert Kidd 39 2 21+9 2 2+1 0 6 0
DF   SCO Ian MacDonald 23 3 17 2 0 0 6 1
MF   SCO Peter Mackie 38 5 22+10 4 2+1 1 1+2 0
DF   SCO George McGeachie 37 3 28+1 3 3 0 4+1 0
FW   SCO Stewart McKimmie 22 0 16 0 2 0 4 0
DF   SCO Chic McLelland 19 0 15 0 3 0 1 0
MF   SCO Jim Murphy 11 0 7 0 1 0 3 0
DF   SCO Erich Schaedler 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Brian Scrimgeour 17 0 6+6 0 1 0 2+2 0
FW   SCO Eric Sinclair 31 7 24+1 7 1 0 5 0
MF   SCO Jim Smith 19 2 17 1 2 1 0 0
FW   SCO Ray Stephen 31 6 9+15 4 0+2 1 3+2 1

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 7 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1981-82". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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