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1956–57 Dundee F.C. season

The 1956–57 season was the fifty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out by Clyde in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup via replay, but would make it to the Semi-finals of the League Cup before being defeated in a replay by Partick Thistle. The club's home shirt would change collar-style, from button-up to V-neck, with white arm borders and red socks returning, while the navy short borders were removed.[3]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1956–57 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 September Kilmarnock H 1–1 Merchant 13,000
2 22 September Aberdeen H 4–2 Christie (2), Chalmers, O'Hara 20,000
3 29 September Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Birse 30,000
4 13 October Queen of the South A 1–3 Watt 7,500
5 20 October Queen's Park H 3–1 O'Hara, Watt, Chalmers 8,500
6 3 November Celtic H 2–1 Black, O'Hara 24,000
7 10 November Hibernian A 1–1 Watt 12,000
8 17 November St Mirren A 3–2 Christie, Watt (2) 9,000
9 24 November Airdrieonians H 2–1 Christie, Watt 7,000
10 1 December Falkirk A 1–1 O'Hara 6,000
11 8 December Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 Christie, Merchant 11,000
12 15 December Ayr United H 5–0 Cousin (3), Watt, O'Hara 8,500
13 22 December East Fife A 0–2 3,500
14 29 December Raith Rovers A 2–1 Christie, Reid 16,000
15 1 January Aberdeen A 1–2 Chalmers 20,000
16 2 January Rangers H 1–3 O'Hara 28,500
17 5 January Kilmarnock A 0–4 13,000
18 12 January Heart of Midlothian H 0–3 20,000
19 19 January Motherwell A 2–4 Chalmers, Birse 10,000
20 26 January Queen of the South H 5–2 Chalmers (3), Birse (2) 9,000
21 9 February Queen's Park A 0–2 10,000
22 16 February Ayr United A 1–0 Cousin 8,000
23 23 February Partick Thistle H 5–1 Cousin (2), Chalmers (2), Birse 5,000
24 2 March Dunfermline Athletic A 1–1 Birse 6,000
25 6 March Celtic A 1–1 O'Hara 4,000
26 9 March Hibernian H 0–3 13,000
27 16 March St Mirren H 1–1 Cousin 10,000
28 20 March Rangers A 0–4 25,000
29 23 March Airdrieonians A 2–3 Cousin, O'Hara 7,000
30 30 March Falkirk H 1–2 O'Hara 10,000
31 8 April Motherwell H 3–1 Easson (2), Sneddon 7,000
32 20 April East Fife H 0–1 3,000
33 23 April Partick Thistle A 0–5 6,000
34 27 April Raith Rovers H 3–0 Cowie, Black, Easson 7,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
8 Partick Thistle 34 13 8 13 53 51 1.039 34
9 Hibernian 34 12 9 13 69 56 1.232 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 55 61 0.902 32
11 Airdrieonians 34 13 4 17 77 89 0.865 30
12 St Mirren 34 12 6 16 58 72 0.806 30
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1956–57 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 1

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Motherwell A 1–0 Christie 10,000
2 15 August Raith Rovers H 1–0 Merchant 16,000
3 18 August Airdrieonians H 3–1 Merchant, Christie, Chalmers 13,000
4 25 August Motherwell H 2–1 Merchant (2) 15,000
5 29 August Raith Rovers A 2–2 Black, Merchant 8,500
6 1 September Airdrieonians A 7–1 Merchant (2), Cowie, O'Hara (2), Chalmers, Shanks (o.g.) 6,000

Group 1 table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 5 1 0 16 5 3.200 11
Raith Rovers 6 3 1 2 12 10 1.200 7
Motherwell 6 2 0 4 12 10 1.200 4
Airdrieonians 6 1 0 5 9 24 0.375 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 12 September Dundee United H 7–3 Black, Christie, Chalmers (3), O'Hara, Merchant 20,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 15 September Dundee United A 1–2 Merchant 14,000
Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate
Semi-finals 6 October Partick Thistle N 0–0 22,000
SF Replay 9 October Partick Thistle N 2–3 Christie, O'Hara 18,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1956–57 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
5th round 2 February Clyde H 0–0 22,000
5R replay 6 February Clyde A 1–2 Cowie 12,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland SCO Dougie Alexander 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Birse 17 6 16 6 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gordon Black 40 4 33 2 1 0 6 2
GK Scotland SCO Bill Brown 43 0 31 0 2 0 10 0
FW Scotland SCO George Carmichael 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Chalmers 44 14 32 9 2 0 10 5
FW Scotland SCO George Christie 44 10 32 6 2 0 10 4
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 25 8 23 8 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 29 3 17 1 2 1 10 1
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 30 0 28 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Easson 7 3 3 3 0 0 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Jimmy Ferguson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Ferguson 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 40 0 28 0 2 0 10 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 12 0 3 0 0 0 9 0
FW Scotland SCO George McGeachie 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ralph McKenzie 42 0 30 0 2 0 10 0
GK Scotland SCO Dave MacLaren 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Merchant 13 11 3 2 0 0 10 9
FW Scotland SCO George O'Hara 40 13 28 9 2 0 10 4
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 44 1 32 1 2 0 10 0
FW Scotland SCO Felix Reilly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ed Skinner 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Sneddon 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Watt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jake Young 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1956-57". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 8 March 2021.