1997–98 Dundee F.C. season

The 1997–98 season was the 96th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish as league champions, and would be promoted to the newly revamped Scottish Premier League. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, by Aberdeen in the 3rd round of the League Cup, and by Airdrieonians in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup.

Dundee
1997–98 season
ManagerJohn McCormack (until Feb. 1998)
Jocky Scott (from Feb. 1998)
StadiumDens Park
First Division1st (champions)
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupThird round
Challenge CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: James Grady (15)
All: James Grady (18)

Scottish First Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 2 August Falkirk H 3–0 O'Driscoll, Annand, Elliot 4,502
2 16 August Partick Thistle A 3–0 Annand, Grady, Maddison 2,557
3 23 August St Mirren H 1–0 Annand 3,571
4 30 August Raith Rovers H 2–2 Grady, Annand 4,461
5 13 September Ayr United A 2–1 Annand, Anderson (pen.) 2,180
6 20 September Hamilton Academical H 0–2 3,611
7 27 September Greenock Morton A 2–0 Kelly, Anderson 2,342
8 4 October Airdrieonians H 1–0 Rogers 3,086
9 18 October Stirling Albion A 2–1 Anderson, Smith 1,538
10 25 October Falkirk A 1–1 Elliot 4,076
11 1 November Partick Thistle H 0–0 3,560
12 8 November Raith Rovers A 1–0 4,763
13 15 November Ayr United H 4–0 Grady (2), Annand, Kelly 2,921
14 22 November Greenock Morton H 0–1 3,489
15 29 November Hamilton Academical A 4–0 Grady (3) (pen.), McCulloch (o.g.) 1,967
16 6 December Airdrieonians A 0–0 1,966
17 13 December Stirling Albion H 0–0 2,751
18 20 December St Mirren A 2–0 Anderson, Grady 3,165
19 27 December Falkirk H 0–1 5,074
20 3 January Raith Rovers H 1–1 Anderson 5,304
21 10 January Ayr United A 5–2 Irvine, Grady (3), McCormick 2,068
22 17 January Greenock Morton A 0–0 2,200
23 31 January Hamilton Academical H 1–1 McCormick 3,028
24 7 February Stirling Albion A 3–1 McGlashan, McCormick, Grady 1,632
25 21 February Airdrieonians H 1–0 McCormick 3,239
26 25 February Partick Thistle A 2–1 Annand (2) 2,422
27 28 February St Mirren H 1–0 Grady 3,365
28 14 March Greenock Morton H 2–0 Anderson, Adamczuk 3,432
29 21 March Hamilton Academical A 2–1 Grady, Robertson 1,180
30 28 March Stirling Albion H 2–0 Annand (2) 3,142
31 4 April Airdrieonians A 2–1 Annand, McCormick 2,058
32 11 April Raith Rovers A 1–1 Annand 6,984
33 18 April Ayr United H 1–1 Grady (pen.) 8,104
34 25 April Falkirk A 0–1 4,169
35 2 May Partick Thistle H 0–3 3,609
36 9 May St Mirren A 0–1 2,460

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 20 10 6 52 24 +28 70 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Falkirk 36 19 8 9 56 41 +15 65
3 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 51 33 +18 60
4 Airdrieonians 36 16 12 8 42 35 +7 60
5 Greenock Morton 36 12 10 14 40 47 −7 46
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 9 August East Stirlingshire H 1–0 O'Driscoll 2,515
3rd round 19 August Aberdeen H 0–3 7,457

Scottish Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 25 January St Mirren H 4–2 McCormick, Grady (2), Maddison 4,877
4th round 14 February Ross County A 1–1 McGlashan 4,500
4R replay 17 February Ross County H 3–0 Annand (2), Raeside 4,307
Quarter-finals 9 March Rangers A 0–0 40,309
QF replay 18 March Rangers H 1–2 Grady 12,418

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 13 August Airdrieonians A 0–1 799

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF   POL Dariusz Adamczuk 41 1 33 1 4+1 0 2 0 1 0
MF   SCO Iain Anderson 44 6 32+4 6 4+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Eddie Annand 42 14 27+7 12 2+3 2 2 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Graham Bayne 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Rab Douglas 44 0 36 0 5 0 2 0 1 0
MF   SCO John Elliot 21 2 1+16 2 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Ray Farningham 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Derek Fleming 20 0 15+2 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO James Grady 44 18 36 15 5 3 2 0 1 0
MF   SCO Brian Grant 8 0 5+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Brian Irvine 44 1 36 1 5 0 2 0 1 0
MF   NIR Russell Kelly 20 2 16+3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Lee Maddison 29 2 19+5 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Darren Magee 22 0 11+6 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
FW   SCO Steve McCormick 19 6 6+8 5 3+2 1 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO John McGlashan 11 2 5+3 1 2 1 0+1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Jim McInally 40 1 32 1 5 0 2 0 1 0
DF   SCO Steven Milne 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Jerry O'Driscoll 16 2 1+12 1 0 0 1+1 1 1 0
MF   SCO Gavin Rae 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Robbie Raeside 14 1 9+2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Robertson 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Dave Rogers 40 1 31+1 1 4+1 0 2 0 1 0
DF   SCO Barry Smith 42 1 34 1 5 0 2 0 1 0
DF   SCO Craig Tully 19 0 5+10 0 1+2 0 0 0 1 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1997-98". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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