1945–46 Dundee F.C. season

The 1945–46 season was the final season in which Dundee competed under wartime conditions, with the season beginning in the final days of World War II, which would end on 2 September 1945. Dundee were placed in the Southern Football League's B Division, and despite dominating the league and winning comfortably, they were not promoted to the top tier for the following season's resumption of the Scottish Football League.[1] Dundee would also compete in several cups in lieu of the Scottish Cup's suspension. They would play in the Southern League Cup, the precursor to the Scottish League Cup, making it to the Quarter-finals; the B Division Supplementary Cup where they would get to the Semi-finals, and in the one-off Victory Cup where they would be knocked out in the 1st round.[2]

Dundee
1945–46 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
SFL B Division1st, Champions
B Division Supp. CupSemi-finals
Southern League CupQuarter-finals
Victory Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albert Juliussen (31)
All: Albert Juliussen (42)
Alternate colours

For this season only, Dundee would return to wearing a white shirt and black shorts as the club's primary colours until February for the first time since the 1901–02 season, before returning to a navy jersey and wearing red socks for the first time. The likely reason for the return to white shirts was probably due to clothes rations implemented due to World War II.[3]

Southern Football League

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

B Division

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August East Fife H 2–1 Juliussen, Ewen 8,934
2 18 August Arbroath A 4–1 Hill, Ewen, Juliussen (2) 4,000
3 25 August Dumbarton H 5–2 Ouchterlonie, Moir, Bowman, Anderson (2) 8,500
4 1 September Airdrieonians A 3–3 Laurie, Anderson, McKenzie 6,000
5 8 September Dundee United H 1–0 Ouchterlonie 12,341
6 15 September Alloa Athletic A 1–0 Anderson 3,000
7 22 September Stenhousemuir A 5–1 Hill (2), Anderson, Rattray (2) 1,051
8 29 September Raith Rovers A 5–0 Juliussen, Ouchterlonie, Anderson, Hill 7,000
9 6 October Ayr United H 1–4 Juliussen 12,333
10 13 October St Johnstone H 5–1 Anderson (2), Juliussen (2), Hill 12,679
11 20 October Albion Rovers A 2–0 Hill, Anderson 3,000
12 27 October Dunfermline Athletic A 6–0 Ouchterlonie, Hill, Juliussen (3), Ancell 4,000
13 3 November Cowdenbeath H 5–0 Anderson, Smith, Juliussen (3) 6,214
14 10 November Arbroath H 8–0 Juliussen (5), Anderson, Smith, Follon 9,500
15 17 November East Fife A 4–1 Follon, Anderson, Juliussen (2) 5,000
16 24 November Dumbarton A 1–0 Gallacher 5,000
17 1 December Airdrieonians H 4–1 Hill (2), Juliussen, Ouchterlonie 13,349
18 8 December Stenhousemuir H 6–1 Hill (2), Juliussen (4) 5,243
19 15 December Alloa Athletic H 5–1 Hill (4), Turnbull 5,000
20 22 December Raith Rovers H 7–0 Gallacher (2), Juliussen (3), Cox, Turnbull 6,209
21 29 December Ayr United A 1–2 Gallacher 10,000
22 1 January Dundee United A 3–2 Juliussen, Bowman, Turnbull 16,500
23 2 January Cowdenbeath A 2–2 Anderson, Hill
24 5 January St Johnstone A 1–4 Juliussen 8,000
25 12 January Albion Rovers H 2–0 Juliussen, Turnbull 12,226
26 19 January Dunfermline Athletic H 3–1 Bowman (2), Anderson 5,269

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee 26 21 2 3 92 28 +64 44
2 Ayr United 26 15 4 7 69 43 +26 34
3 East Fife 26 15 4 7 64 34 +30 34
4 Airdrieonians 26 14 5 7 69 50 +19 33
5 Albion Rovers 26 14 2 10 45 41 +4 30
Source: [4]

B Division Supplementary Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 26 January Cowdenbeath A 4–1 Turnbull (2), Gallacher, Ancell 8,500
1st round, 2nd leg 2 February Cowdenbeath H 2–2 Juliussen, Anderson 11,285
Quarter-finals 9 February Alloa Athletic H 6–2 Anderson (2), Juliussen (4) 15,472
Semi-finals 16 February Airdrieonians H 1–1 Ouchterlonie 22,370
SF replay 20 February Airdrieonians A 1–2 Juliussen 15,886

Southern League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group Section 6

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 23 February Stirling Albion A 0–2 6,000
2 2 March Arbroath H 0–0 11,143
3 16 March Stirling Albion H 8–1 Cox (2), Juliussen (3), Turnbull, Ouchterlonie (2) 13,315
4 16 February Arbroath A 3–1 Ouchterlonie, Cox, McKenzie 9,000

Section 6 final table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dundee 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 5
Stirling Albion 4 2 0 2 6 10 −4 4
Arbroath 4 1 1 2 6 3 +3 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals 6 April Rangers N 1–3 Ouchterlonie 45,000

Victory Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 20 April Hibernian A 0–3 18,500
1st round, 2nd leg 27 April Hibernian H 2–0 Juliussen (2) 20,000

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total SFL Total B Div. Cup SL Cup Victory Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF   SCO Bobby Ancell 28 2 17 1 5 1 4 0 2 0
FW   SCO Willie Anderson 24 17 18 14 5 3 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Andrews 10 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
FW   SCO Alec Beaton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Reuben Bennett 31 0 24 0 1 0 4 0 2 0
DF   SCO Bob Bowman 26 4 23 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
GK   SCO Mike Clark 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Archie Coats 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Doug Cowie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Sammy Cox 27 4 17 1 5 0 5 3 0 0
FW   SCO Ernie Ewen 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Gerry Follon 7 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO Tommy Gallacher 16 5 10 4 5 1 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Tommy Gray 36 0 24 0 5 0 5 0 2 0
FW   SCO George Hill 25 17 23 17 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Frank Joyner 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
FW   ENG Albert Juliussen 28 42 18 31 4 6 4 3 2 2
MF   SCO John Laurie 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Alex Lawrie 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK   SCO Johnny Lynch 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Alec McIntosh 16 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 1 0
MF   SCO Gibby McKenzie 37 2 26 1 5 0 4 1 2 0
FW   SCO Billy Moir 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Kinnaird Ouchterlonie 34 10 24 5 4 1 5 4 1 0
FW   SCO Peter Rattray 8 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW   ENG Reg Smith 17 2 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Harry Sneddon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO George Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Alexander Stirling 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Ronnie Turnbull 17 7 9 4 4 2 4 1 0 0
DF   SCO Willie Westwater 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Results for Dundee for 1945-46". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Southern Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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