1953–54 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1953–54 season
Manager	George Anderson
Division A	7th
Scottish Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Henderson (9); All: George Merchant (11)
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	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was the fifty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 7th place for the second consecutive season.^[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.^[2] Dundee failed to defend their League Cup champion status for a third consecutive year, being knocked out of the group stages by goal ratio. As for the Scottish Cup, they would be upset by Division C side Berwick Rangers in the third round. This season would be the final for manager George Anderson, whose ill health forced him into retirement at the end of the campaign.^[3]

Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	5 September	Falkirk	A	0–4		15,000
2	12 September	Raith Rovers	H	0–0		23,000
3	19 September	Aberdeen	A	1–1	Flavell	20,000
4	26 September	Clyde	H	2–0	Turnbull, Steel	18,000
5	3 October	Hamilton Academical	A	3–2	Turnbull (2), Carmichael	10,000
6	10 October	Queen of the South	H	4–1	Cowie, Christie, Turnbull, Steel	22,000
7	17 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Flavell	26,000
8	24 October	Rangers	H	1–0	A. Henderson	34,000
9	31 October	Celtic	H	1–1	Cowie	27,000
10	7 November	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		16,000
11	14 November	Airdrieonians	A	2–2	Steel, A. Henderson	9,000
12	21 November	Stirling Albion	H	2–1	A. Henderson, Turnbull	15,000
13	28 November	Hibernian	H	1–0	Cowie	26,000
14	12 December	East Fife	H	1–1	A. Henderson	15,000
15	19 December	Falkirk	A	1–0	A. Henderson	13,000
16	26 December	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	Toner (2)	10,000
17	1 January	Aberdeen	H	4–2	Toner (2), Steel, Malloy	28,000
18	2 January	Clyde	A	0–2		18,000
19	9 January	Hamilton Academical	H	3–2	Steel, Carmichael (2)	14,000
20	16 January	Queen of the South	A	1–5	Merchant	8,500
21	23 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–4	Cowie, Steel	25,000
22	6 February	Rangers	A	0–2		38,000
23	20 February	Celtic	A	1–5	Merchant	32,000
24	10 March	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Merchant	5,500
25	13 March	Stirling Albion	A	3–2	Merchant, Christie, A. Henderson	7,000
26	20 March	Hibernian	A	0–2		23,000
27	27 March	St Mirren	H	2–0	Gallacher, Christie	10,000
28	3 April	East Fife	A	1–1	Merchant	3,000
29	10 April	St Mirren	A	0–3		7,000
30	17 April	Partick Thistle	H	6–0	Merchant, A. Henderson (3), Hill, Walker	11,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hibernian	30	15	4	11	72	51	+21	34
6	East Fife	30	13	8	9	55	45	+10	34
7	Dundee	30	14	6	10	46	47	−1	34
8	Clyde	30	15	4	11	64	67	−3	34
9	Aberdeen	30	15	3	12	66	51	+15	33

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Group 4

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Stirling Albion	H	6–1	Flavell (4), Steel (2)	21,000
2	12 August	Clyde	A	4–2	Ziesing, Christie, Flavell, Turnbull	15,000
3	15 August	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Turnbull	19,500
4	22 August	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	Christie (2)	11,000
5	26 August	Clyde	H	4–2	Turnbull (2), Christie, Steel	20,000
6	29 August	Partick Thistle	A	0–4		30,000

Group 4 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Partick Thistle	6	4	1	1	15	7	2.143	9
Dundee	6	4	1	1	17	10	1.700	9
Clyde	6	1	1	4	14	19	0.737	3
Stirling Albion	6	1	1	4	8	18	0.444	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
2nd round	13 February	Albion Rovers	A	1–1	Merchant	9,000
2R replay	17 February	Albion Rovers	H	4–0	Merchant (4)	12,256
3rd round	27 February	Berwick Rangers	A	0–3		9,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division A		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bill Brown	29	0	20	0	3	0	6	0
	FW	NIR	Gerry Burrell	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Carmichael	10	3	10	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Christie	30	7	24	3	0	0	6	4
	DF	CAN	Jack Cowan	25	0	20	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Cowie	36	4	27	4	3	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Craig	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Flavell	18	7	12	2	2	0	4	5
	DF	SCO	Gerry Follon	19	0	10	0	3	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Gordon Frew	28	0	23	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gallacher	31	1	22	1	3	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	Albert Henderson	23	9	21	9	0	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	Bobby Henderson	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Hill	23	1	15	1	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Irvine	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy	32	1	29	1	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Merchant	13	11	10	6	3	5	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Simpson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Steel	33	9	25	6	2	0	6	3
	MF	SCO	Jackie Stewart	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Toner	6	4	6	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Turnbull	23	9	16	5	1	0	6	4
	FW	SCO	Bert Walker	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	RSA	Ken Ziesing	16	1	7	0	3	0	6	1

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1953-54". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "The End of an Era". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

External links

1953-54 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1953-54". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[3] "The End of an Era". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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