1955–56 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1955–56 season
Division One13th
Scottish Cup6th round
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: George Merchant (12)
All: George Merchant (14)

The 1955–56 season was the fifty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 13th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out of the group stages of the League Cup, and would be defeated by Rangers in the 6th round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Division One[]

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 September Heart of Midlothian A 0–4 26,000
2 17 September Dunfermline Athletic H 3–0 A. Henderson, Ritchie (2)
3 24 September Aberdeen A 0–2 20,000
4 1 October Clyde H 2–1 Chalmers, Malloy
5 8 October Dunfermline Athletic A 1–2 Gallacher
6 15 October Raith Rovers H 6–3 Smith (4), Malloy, Chalmers
7 22 October Kilmarnock A 0–0
8 29 October Falkirk H 0–0
9 5 November Airdrieonians A 3–3 Ritchie (2), Anderson
10 12 November Celtic H 1–2 Malloy 23,000
11 19 November Partick Thistle A 2–1 Smith, Ritchie
12 26 November East Fife H 1–0 Smith
13 3 December Queen of the South H 3–0 Stables (2), Smith
14 10 December Hibernian A 3–6 Merchant, Smith, 7,000
15 17 December St Mirren H 5–1 Stables, Smith, Merchant (2),
16 24 December Stirling Albion A 0–0
17 31 December Motherwell H 2–1 A. Henderson, Stables
18 2 January Aberdeen H 2–4 , Merchant 29,000
19 7 January Rangers A 1–3 Ritchie 46,000
20 14 January Heart of Midlothian H 0–2 17,000
21 21 January Clyde A 1–4
22 11 February Raith Rovers A 1–1
23 25 February Kilmarnock H 1–1 A. Henderson
24 3 March Falkirk A 1–3 Stables
25 10 March Airdrieonians H 1–3
26 17 March Celtic A 0–1 24,000
27 24 March Partick Thistle H 3–0 Merchant, Gallacher (2)
28 31 March East Fife A 4–5 Merchant (3),
29 2 April Rangers H 0–3 18,500
30 7 April Queen of the South A 1–2 Merchant
31 13 April Stirling Albion H 2–1 Merchant,
32 21 April St Mirren H 1–3
33 23 April Hibernian H 3–2 Merchant (2), 7,000
34 28 April Motherwell A 2–1 Cousin,

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
11 Raith Rovers 34 12 9 13 58 75 0.773 33
12 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 0.884 31
13 Dundee 34 12 6 16 56 65 0.862 30
14 Falkirk 34 11 6 17 58 75 0.773 28
15 St Mirren 34 10 7 17 57 70 0.814 27
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 1[]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Airdrieonians A 0–4
2 17 August Kilmarnock H 1–2 Anderson
3 20 August St Mirren H 2–0 Chalmers, Anderson
4 27 August Airdrieonians H 2–2 Chalmers, McIvor
5 31 August Kilmarnock A 0–0
6 3 September St Mirren A 3–0 Roy, Ritchie (2)

Group 1 table[]

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
St Mirren 6 3 1 2 10 9 1.111 7
Kilmarnock 6 2 3 1 7 7 1.000 7
Dundee 6 2 2 2 8 8 1.000 6
Airdrieonians 6 1 2 3 13 14 0.929 4
Source:[citation needed]

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
5th round 4 February Dundee United A 2–2 Stables, Merchant 20,000
5R replay 8 February Dundee United H 3–0 Merchant, Stables, Anderson 17,000
6th round 18 February Rangers H 0–1 42,500

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Results for Dundee for 1955-56". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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