1933–34 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1933–34 season
ManagerBilly McCandless
Division One12th
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Morgan Mackay (17)
All: Morgan Mackay (17)

The 1933–34 season was the thirty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One under new manager Billy McCandless, where they would finish in 12th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 2nd round by Aberdeen.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1933–34 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August St Johnstone A 1–0 Lee
2 19 August Clyde H 1–1 Lee
3 23 August Motherwell A 0–1
4 26 August Falkirk A 1–2 Lee
5 2 September Queen of the South H 8–0 Blyth, Murdoch, Paterson, Mackay (3), Lee, Morgan 7,000
6 9 September Aberdeen A 3–1 Mackay (2), Lee 17,000
7 13 September Third Lanark H 3–0 Robertson, Lee, Mackay
8 16 September Queen's Park H 1–0 Murdoch
9 23 September Rangers A 0–1 12,000
10 30 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 12,000
11 7 October Hamilton Academical A 2–3 Murdoch, Paterson
12 14 October Kilmarnock H 0–2
13 21 October Cowdenbeath H 4–2 Murdoch, Lee (2), Mackay
14 28 October Airdrieonians A 1–2 Mackay
15 4 November Motherwell H 2–3 Robertson (2)
16 11 November Third Lanark A 1–4 Morgan
17 18 November St Mirren A 3–0 Lee, Kirby, Murdoch
18 25 November Ayr United A 3–3 Robertson, Kirby, Blyth
19 2 December Partick Thistle H 1–2 Murdoch
20 9 December Celtic H 3–2 Kirby, Guthrie, Lee 12,000
21 16 December Hibernian A 1–2 Guthrie 7,000
22 23 December St Johnstone H 3–0 Mackay (3)
23 30 December Clyde A 0–3
24 1 January Aberdeen H 1–1 Kirby 7,000
25 2 January Heart of Midlothian A 1–6 Murdoch 15,732
26 6 January Falkirk H 1–3 Rennie
27 13 January Queen of the South A 1–3 Guthrie
28 27 January Rangers H 0–6 20,000
29 17 February Queen's Park A 4–2 Rennie (2), Rankin, Blyth
30 24 February Hamilton Academical H 1–1 Rankin
31 3 March Kilmarnock A 3–1 Murdoch (2), Rennie
32 10 March Cowdenbeath A 1–1 Rennie
33 17 March Airdrieonians H 4–0 Guthrie, Murdoch, Mackay, Kirby
34 24 March St Mirren H 3–0 Rankin, Mackay (2)
35 31 March Ayr United H 2–1 McCarthy, Mackay
36 7 April Partick Thistle A 1–1 Rennie
37 21 April Celtic A 2–3 Rankin, Mackay 1,000
38 28 April Hibernian H 1–0 Mackay 350

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Falkirk 38 16 6 16 73 68 +5 38
11 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 65 79 −14 38
12 Dundee 38 15 6 17 68 64 +4 36
13 Partick Thistle 38 14 5 19 73 78 −5 33
14 Clyde 38 10 11 17 56 70 −14 31
Source: RSSSF[dead link‍]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1933–34 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 20 January King's Park A 1–0 Rankin
2nd round 3 February Aberdeen A 0–2 26,943

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF  SCO Willie Blyth 33 3 31 3 2 0
MF  SCO James Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF  SCO Jock Gilmour 35 0 33 0 2 0
FW  SCO Jimmy Guthrie 21 4 20 4 1 0
FW  ENG Norman Kirby 25 5 23 5 2 0
DF  SCO Alfred Lawson 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW  SCO Pat Lee 26 10 25 10 1 0
FW  SCO Morgan Mackay 32 17 30 17 2 0
GK  ENG Bill Marsh 39 0 37 0 2 0
MF  SCO Tom McCarthy 33 1 31 1 2 0
FW  SCO Eddie McGoldrick 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF  SCO Lew Morgan 39 2 37 2 2 0
FW  SCO Johnny Murdoch 39 10 37 10 2 0
FW  SCO Danny Paterson 11 2 11 2 0 0
GK  SCO Bob Peden 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW  SCO Bobby Rankin 13 5 11 4 2 1
FW  SCO John Rennie 8 6 8 6 0 0
FW  SCO Jimmy Robertson 20 4 20 4 0 0
FW  SCO Harry Smith 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF  SCO Tom Smith 19 0 19 0 0 0
MF  SCO Scot Symon 37 0 35 0 2 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1933-34". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 4 February 2021.