1935–36 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1935–36 season
Manager	Billy McCandless
Division One	12th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Archie Coats (28); All: Archie Coats (31)
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	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season was the forty-first season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 12th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 3rd round by Clyde in a replay.^[2]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Hamilton Academical	A	2–2	Robertson, Coats
2	17 August	Queen's Park	H	6–4	Robertson (2), Phillips, Coats (3)	11,000
3	24 August	Rangers	A	3–4	McNaughton, Coats (2)	18,000
4	28 August	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		5,000
5	31 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–5	Munro (o.g.), McNaughton	16,000
6	7 September	St Johnstone	A	0–2		6,000
7	14 September	Clyde	H	4–3	Kirby, Phillips, Coats, Robertson	7,000
8	21 September	Aberdeen	A	1–4	Phillips	18,000
9	28 September	Queen of the South	H	1–1	Robertson	7,000
10	5 October	Albion Rovers	A	1–1	McNaughton	4,000
11	7 October	Third Lanark	H	3–2	Coats (2), McNaughton	10,000
12	12 October	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		6,000
13	19 October	Hibernian	A	1–2	Kirby	8,000
14	26 October	Ayr United	H	6–1	Kirby, Coats (2), Phillips, McNaughton, Robertson	6,000
15	2 November	Celtic	A	2–4	Robertson, Coats	11,000
16	9 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–3	Adamson, Coats	7,000
17	16 November	Partick Thistle	H	3–3	Robertson, McNaughton, Coats	6,000
18	23 November	Arbroath	A	0–1		6,500
19	30 November	Motherwell	H	2–2	Guthrie, Coats	6,000
20	7 December	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Coats	5,000
21	14 December	Third Lanark	A	2–2	Coats (2)	3,500
22	21 December	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	Coats, Robertson, Smith	7,000
23	28 December	Queen's Park	A	2–3	Coats, Robertson	6,000
24	1 January	Aberdeen	H	2–2	Coats, Phillips	22,000
25	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3		20,947
26	4 January	Rangers	H	0–3		23,000
27	11 January	St Johnstone	H	0–2		9,000
28	18 January	Clyde	A	1–2	Phillips	8,000
29	1 February	Queen of the South	A	4–3	Coats (2), Guthrie, Robertson	5,000
30	15 February	Albion Rovers	H	2–0	Coats (2)	6,000
31	29 February	Kilmarnock	A	1–4	Robertson
32	7 March	Hibernian	H	2–1	Kirby, Coats	6,000
33	14 March	Ayr United	A	2–1	Robertson, Guthrie	6,000
34	21 March	Celtic	H	0–2		20,500
35	28 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–2	Baxter (2)	4,000
36	11 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Coats
37	18 April	Arbroath	H	3–0	Baxter (2), Coats	10,000
38	25 April	Motherwell	A	0–3		1,500

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Partick Thistle	38	12	10	16	64	72	−8	34
11	Arbroath	38	11	11	16	46	69	−23	33
12	Dundee	38	11	10	17	67	80	−13	32
13	Queen's Park	38	11	10	17	58	75	−17	32
14	Dunfermline Athletic	38	12	8	18	67	92	−25	32

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	25 January	Babcock & Wilcox	H	6–0	Robertson, Guthrie, Coats, Smith, Adamson (2)	1,073
2nd round	8 February	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Coats (2)	13,367
3rd round	22 February	Clyde	A	1–1	Robertson	20,874
3R replay	26 February	Clyde	H	0–3		12,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	SCO	Bert Adamson	7	3	5	1	2	2
	FW	SCO	Arthur Baxter	8	4	8	4	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Coats	42	31	38	28	4	3
	MF	SCO	Andy Cowie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Johnny Evans	33	0	29	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Guthrie	42	4	38	3	4	1
	MF	SCO	Matt Innes	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Norman Kirby	38	4	36	4	2	0
	DF	SCO	Joe Lindsay	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	David Linton	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Johnny Lynch	5	0	5	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	37	0	33	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Gibson McNaughton	18	6	18	6	0	0
	DF	SCO	Lew Morgan	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Phillips	30	6	26	6	4	0
	MF	SCO	Albert Presdee	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Bobby Rennie	34	0	30	0	4	0
	DF	WAL	Len Richards	33	0	29	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Robertson	40	15	36	13	4	2
	MF	SCO	John Russell	16	0	13	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Smith	39	2	35	1	4	1
	DF	WAL	Emryss Warren	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Wemyss	5	0	4	0	1	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1935–36". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

External links

1935–36 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1935–36". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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