1938–39 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1938–39 season was the 30th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1939.

Dundee United

1938–39 season
Manager	Jimmy Brownlie Sam Irving
Scottish Football League Second Division	9th W15 D3 L16 F78 A69 P33
Scottish Cup	Round 2

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 36 matches during the 1938–39 season.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1938	Montrose	A	5-4	1,200
20 August 1938	Cowdenbeath	H	1-4	8,500
27 August 1938	Airdrieonians	A	0-1	2,000
3 September 1938	Alloa Athletic	H	1-0	5,000
10 September 1938	East Fife	A	2-3	4,000
17 September 1938	Dundee	H	3-0	12,000
24 September 1938	Dumbarton	A	0-1	4,000
1 October 1938	King's Park	H	2-1	3,000
8 October 1938	St Bernard's	A	3-5	2,000
15 October 1938	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-3	4,000
22 October 1938	Greenock Morton	H	1-0	5,000
29 October 1938	Stenhousemuir	H	2-1	5,500
5 November 1938	East Stirlingshire	A	3-3	1,500
12 November 1938	St Bernard's	H	5-2	4,000
19 November 1938	Airdrieonians	H	1-2	4,000
26 November 1938	Brechin City	A	2-2	1,000
3 December 1938	Leith Athletic	A	2-0	1,000
10 December 1938	Dumbarton	H	4-2	3,000
17 December 1938	Forfar Athletic	A	1-2	1,000
24 December 1938	Brechin City	H	1-0	4,000
31 December 1938	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	3,000
2 January 1938	East Fife	H	2-5	12,000
14 January 1939	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-0	4,000
28 January 1939	Alloa Athletic	A	0-3	2,500
11 February 1939	Edinburgh City	H	1-3	800
25 February 1939	Edinburgh City	A	3-2	500
4 March 1939	Forfar Athletic	H	6-0	1,000
11 March 1939	Leith Athletic	H	6-1	500
18 March 1939	Dundee	A	0-2	12,500
25 March 1939	East Stirlingshire	H	10-0	500
1 April 1939	King's Park	A	2-3	1,000
8 April 1939	Greenock Morton	A	4-3	3,000
22 April 1939	Montrose	H	3-5	1,000
29 April 1939	Stenhousemuir	A	0-3	200

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 January 1939	R1	Stenhousemuir	H	2-0	7,000
4 February 1939	R2	Motherwell	H	1-5	11,346