1950–51 Dundee F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was the forty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 3rd place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would fail to make it out of the group stages in the League Cup, but would make it to the Quarter-finals in the Scottish Cup.[2]

Dundee
1950–51 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
Division A3rd
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Steel (7)
All: Alfie Boyd (9)

Scottish Division A

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Gunn 25,000
2 16 September Rangers A 0–0 40,000
3 23 September Aberdeen H 2–0 Steel, Toner 34,000
4 30 September Greenock Morton A 3–2 Mitchell (o.g.), Steel, Boyd 15,000
5 7 October Falkirk H 2–0 Toner 24,000
6 14 October Clyde A 1–2 Gunn 25,000
7 21 October Celtic A 0–0 30,000
8 28 October Partick Thistle H 3–2 Steel, Boyd, Gerrie 25,000
9 4 November Raith Rovers A 1–0 Gerrie 19,000
10 11 November Motherwell H 0–0 30,000
11 18 November Third Lanark A 0–2 14,000
12 25 November St Mirren H 5–0 Christie (2), Pattillo (2), Boyd 20,000
13 2 December Hibernian A 0–2 31,000
14 9 December East Fife A 3–1 Williams, Hill, Pattillo 8,000
15 16 December Airdrieonians H 3–0 Steel (2), Boyd 13,000
16 23 December Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 Pattillo 22,147
17 30 December Rangers H 2–0 Gunn, Ewen 37,400
18 1 January Aberdeen A 0–1 30,000
19 2 January Greenock Morton H 2–1 Ziesing, Ewen 35,000
20 6 January Falkirk A 1–2 Ziesing 10,000
21 20 January Celtic H 3–1 Boyd (2), Ziesing 28,000
22 17 February Motherwell A 2–0 Copland, Shaw (o.g.) 10,000
23 24 February Third Lanark H 2–1 Ewen, Andrews 20,000
24 3 March St Mirren A 2–2 Ewen, Irvine 10,000
25 17 March East Fife H 2–4 Ewen, Williams 15,000
26 24 March Airdrieonians A 0–2 10,000
27 31 March Clyde H 1–1 Steel 9,000
28 2 April Raith Rovers A 2–0 Williams, Hill 15,000
29 7 April Hibernian H 2–2 Hill, Steel 21,000
30 28 April Partick Thistle A 1–1 Andrews 20,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 30 22 4 4 78 26 +52 48
2 Rangers 30 17 4 9 64 37 +27 38
3 Dundee 30 15 8 7 47 30 +17 38
4 Heart of Midlothian 30 16 5 9 72 45 +27 37
5 Aberdeen 30 15 5 10 61 50 +11 35
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 2

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August Hibernian A 0–2 40,000
2 16 August Falkirk H 1–2 Follon 15,000
3 19 August St Mirren H 3–1 Gerrie, Rattray (2) 18,000
4 26 August Hibernian H 0–2 25,000
5 30 August Falkirk A 2–1 Rattray, Gerrie 9,000
6 2 September St Mirren A 1–3 Boyd 12,000

Group 2 table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Hibernian 6 6 0 0 24 4 6.000 12
St Mirren 6 2 1 3 7 16 0.438 5
Dundee 6 2 0 4 7 11 0.636 4
Falkirk 6 1 1 4 8 15 0.533 3
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 27 January Dundee United H 2–2 Boyd, Ewen 38,000
1R replay 31 January Dundee United A 1–0 Steel 22,000
2nd round 10 February St Johnstone A 3–1 Boyd, Christie, Ewen 29,972
Quarter-finals 10 March Raith Rovers H 1–2 Christie 40,920

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division A Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW   SCO Jimmy Andrews 16 2 15 2 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Alec Beaton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Alfie Boyd 37 9 28 6 4 2 5 1
GK   SCO Bill Brown 13 0 11 0 2 0 0 0
FW   SCO George Christie 16 4 13 2 3 2 0 0
FW   SCO Ernie Copland 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 0
DF   CAN Jack Cowan 33 0 25 0 3 0 5 0
MF   SCO Doug Cowie 34 0 25 0 4 0 5 0
MF   SCO Willie Craig 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ernie Ewen 19 7 15 5 4 2 0 0
DF   SCO Gerry Follon 35 1 27 0 4 0 4 1
FW   SCO Jimmy Fraser 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   SCO Gordon Frew 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Tommy Gallacher 19 0 13 0 1 0 5 0
FW   SCO Syd Gerrie 10 4 5 2 0 0 5 2
FW   SCO Alistair Gunn 13 3 13 3 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO George Hill 22 3 15 3 3 0 4 0
DF   SCO Andy Irvine 22 1 18 1 4 0 0 0
GK   SCO Johnny Lynch 21 0 19 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO Alan Massie 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Johnny McIlhatton 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW   SCO Johnny Pattillo 17 4 13 4 1 0 3 0
FW   SCO Peter Rattray 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
GK   SCO Gordon Rennie 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MF   SCO Willie Roy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Billy Steel 30 8 26 7 4 1 0 0
FW   SCO George Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Toner 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0
FW   RSA Stan Williams 22 3 21 3 0 0 1 0
MF   RSA Ken Ziesing 5 3 3 3 2 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 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1950-51". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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