1988–89 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1988–89 season
Manager	Dave Smith (until Jan. 1989); John Blackley (caretaker, Jan.–Feb. 1989); Gordon Wallace (from Feb. 1989)
Premier Division	8th
Scottish Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Coyne; & Keith Wright (8); All: Keith Wright (10)
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	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 season was the 87th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.^[1]^[2] Dundee would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Chisholm	12,222
2	20 August	Motherwell	A	1–1	Wright	3,803
3	27 August	St Mirren	A	0–0		3,805
4	3 September	Dundee United	H	0–3		14,927
5	17 September	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1		2,194
6	24 September	Celtic	H	1–0	Coyne	15,574
7	28 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Shannon	8,392
8	1 October	Rangers	A	0–2		40,768
9	8 October	Hibernian	H	2–1	Chisholm, Coyne	8,127
10	12 October	Motherwell	H	1–1	Wright	4,161
11	29 October	Celtic	A	3–2	Frail, Harvey, Rafferty	25,843
12	2 November	Hamilton Academical	H	5–2	Harvey, Wright, Coyne (3)	3,857
13	5 November	Dundee United	A	0–2		14,882
14	12 November	St Mirren	H	0–1		4,657
15	16 November	Aberdeen	A	0–1		11,181
16	19 November	Rangers	H	0–0		16,514
17	26 November	Hibernian	A	1–1	Coyne	8,461
18	3 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Harvey	6,909
19	10 December	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1		2,083
20	17 December	Motherwell	A	0–1		4,560
21	31 December	Aberdeen	H	2–0	Coyne (2)	9,828
22	3 January	St Mirren	A	1–1	Wright	4,920
23	7 January	Dundee United	H	0–1		16,332
24	14 January	Hibernian	H	1–2	McBride	7,263
25	21 January	Rangers	A	1–3	Wright	43,202
26	11 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Lawrence	10,432
27	25 February	Celtic	H	0–3		14,559
28	11 March	Aberdeen	A	0–2		11,800
29	25 March	Motherwell	H	2–1	McBride, Chisholm	3,718
30	1 April	St Mirren	H	2–1	Campbell, Craig	3,824
31	8 April	Dundee United	A	1–2	Saunders	11,910
32	15 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Chisholm, Wright	6,993
33	22 April	Celtic	A	1–2	Harvey (pen.)	16,105
34	29 April	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	Craig	4,100
35	6 May	Rangers	H	1–2	Wright	14,889
36	13 May	Hibernian	A	1–1	Wright	5,670

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	9	13	14	35	42	−7	31
7	St Mirren	36	11	7	18	39	55	−16	29
8	Dundee	36	9	10	17	34	48	−14	28
9	Motherwell	36	7	13	16	25	44	−19	27
10	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	6	2	28	19	76	−57	14	Relegation to the 1989–90 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
2nd round	17 August	Queen of the South	H	5–1	McGeachie, Harvey (3), Wright	3,846
3rd round	24 August	Falkirk	H	2–1	Wright, Lawrence	4,962
Quarter-finals	31 August	Rangers	A	1–4	Rafferty	39,667

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
3rd round	28 January	Dundee United	H	1–2	Angus	18,117

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	SCO	Ian Angus	16	1	12+3	0	1	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Campbell	8	1	6+2	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Stevie Campbell	27	0	18+6	0	0	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Tam Carson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Gordon Chisholm	38	4	33+1	4	1	0	3	0
	FW	IRL	Tommy Coyne	30	8	26	8	1	0	2+1	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Craib	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Albert Craig	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Stewart Forsyth	37	0	33	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Stephen Frail	24	1	21+2	1	1	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bobby Geddes	38	0	34	0	1	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Graham Harvey	23	7	11+9	4	0	0	3	3
	FW	SCO	John Hendry	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Holt	12	0	10+1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Kirkwood	16	0	10+2	0	1	0	2+1	0
	FW	SCO	Alan Lawrence	12	2	8+2	1	0	0	1+1	1
	MF	SCO	Joe McBride	18	2	13+4	2	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	George McGeachie	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	SCO	Tosh McKinlay	21	0	18	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	FRG	Vince Mennie	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Stuart Rafferty	34	2	26+6	1	0+1	0	0+1	1
	DF	ENG	Wes Saunders	34	1	30	1	1	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Rab Shannon	30	1	29	1	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Smith	11	0	7	0	0+1	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Keith Wright	39	10	35	8	1	0	3	2

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1988-89". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

External links

1988–89 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1988-89". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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