1973–74 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1973–74 season
Division One5th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupChampions
UEFA Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jocky Scott (22)
All: Jocky Scott (29)

The 1973–74 season was the 72nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place for the fourth consecutive season.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out by Celtic in semi-finals of the Scottish Cup for the second straight year, but would defeat them to win the club's third League Cup. Despite the issues such as a miners' strike and blizzards causing attendances for games to be uncharacteristically low, a Gordon Wallace goal would give Dundee its fifth major title.[3] Dundee would also compete in the UEFA Cup, where they would be knocked out by FC Twente in the 1st round.

Scottish Division One[]

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 1 September Falkirk H 4–0 J. Scott (2), Wallace, Lambie
2 8 September Aberdeen A 0–0 9,517
3 15 September Dundee United H 0–1 12,092
4 22 September Heart of Midlothian A 2–2 Duncan, Lambie 13,348
5 29 September East Fife H 0–1
6 6 October Partick Thistle A 0–1
7 13 October Celtic A 0–1 17,434
8 20 October Arbroath A 4–2 Wallace, B. Wilson, J. Scott, Robinson
9 27 October Ayr United H 2–1 Duncan, J. Scott (pen.)
10 3 November St Johnstone A 4–1 J. Wilson, Wallace (2), Duncan
11 10 November Dumbarton H 2–1 Wallace (2) 4,000
12 17 November Hibernian A 1–2 Wallace 11,348
13 24 November Dunfermline Athletic H 1–5 J. Scott
14 22 December Motherwell H 0–1
15 29 December Falkirk A 3–3 J. Wilson, J. Scott, Lambie
16 1 January Aberdeen H 1–1 J. Wilson 9,451
17 5 January Dundee United A 2–1 Duncan (2) 12,087
18 19 January East Fife A 3–0 J. Scott (3)
19 3 February Partick Thistle H 4–1 Robinson, Lambie, Duncan, J. Scott
20 10 February Celtic A 2–1 Lambie, Duncan 38,734
21 23 February Arbroath H 5–2 J. Scott (4) (pen.), Lambie
22 2 March Ayr United A 2–4 J. Scott (pen.), Gemmell
23 30 March Dunfermline Athletic A 5–1 J. Scott (pen.), Ford, J. Wilson, Pringle, Wallace
24 6 April Greenock Morton H 2–1 J. Scott, Wallace
25 10 April Hibernian H 1–3 J. Scott 7,398
26 13 April Rangers A 2–1 J. Scott (2) 25,000
27 17 April Clyde A 2–0 Duncan, Wallace
28 20 April Clyde H 6–1 Robinson, Wallace (2), Duncan (2), J. Scott (pen.)
29 22 April St Johnstone H 2–2 Wallace, Duncan
30 27 April Motherwell A 2–2 Wallace, J. Scott
31 29 April Rangers H 2–3 Duncan (2) 10,578
32 3 May Greenock Morton A 1–0 Wallace
33 6 May Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 5,056
34 10 May Dumbarton A 0–2

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 34 23 7 4 82 27 +55 53 Champion
2 Hibernian 34 20 9 5 75 42 +33 49
3 Rangers 34 21 6 7 67 34 +33 48
4 Aberdeen 34 13 16 5 46 26 +20 42
5 Dundee 34 16 7 11 67 48 +19 39
6 Heart of Midlothian 34 14 10 10 54 43 +11 38
7 Ayr United 34 15 8 11 44 40 +4 38
8 Dundee United 34 15 7 12 55 51 +4 37 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
9 Motherwell 34 14 7 13 45 40 +5 35
10 Dumbarton 34 11 7 16 43 58 −15 29
11 Partick Thistle 34 9 10 15 33 46 −13 28
12 St Johnstone 34 9 10 15 41 60 −19 28
13 Arbroath 34 10 7 17 52 69 −17 27
14 Morton 34 8 10 16 37 49 −12 26
15 Clyde 34 8 9 17 29 65 −36 25
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 8 8 18 43 65 −22 24
17 East Fife 34 9 6 19 26 51 −25 24 Relegated to 1974–75 Second Division
18 Falkirk 34 4 14 16 33 58 −25 22
Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Scottish League Cup[]

Main articles: 1973–74 Scottish League Cup and 1973 Scottish League Cup Final

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 3[]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August St Johnstone H 1–0 B. Wilson
2 15 August Partick Thistle A 3–0 Gray, Anderson, J. Scott
3 18 August Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Wallace, J. Scott 8,052
4 22 August Partick Thistle H 4–0 J. Scott, Gray, Wallace (2)
5 25 August Heart of Midlothian A 0–0 13,414
6 29 August St Johnstone A 1–1 Wallace

Group 3 table[]

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dundee 6 4 2 0 11 2 +9 10
St Johnstone 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 7
Heart of Midlothian 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 6
Partick Thistle 6 0 1 5 2 17 −15 1
Source:[citation needed]

Knockout stage[]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round, 1st leg 12 September Dunfermline Athletic A 3–2 J. Scott, Gray, Lambie
2nd round, 2nd leg 10 October Dunfermline Athletic H 2–2 B. Wilson, Wallace
Dundee win 5–4 on aggregate
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 31 October Clyde H 1–0 Duncan
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 21 November Clyde A 2–2 J. Wilson, Wallace
Dundee win 3–2 on aggregate
Semi-finals 28 November Kilmarnock N 1–0 Gemmell 4,682
Final 15 December Celtic N 1–0 Wallace 76' 29,924

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 27 January Aberdeen A 2–0 Johnston, Robinson 23,574
4th round 17 February Rangers A 3–0 J. Scott, Duncan (2) 64,672
Quarter-finals 9 March Hibernian A 3–3 J. Scott, J. Wilson, Duncan 28,236
QF replay 18 March Hibernian H 3–0 J. Scott, Duncan, B. Wilson 30,888
Semi-finals 3 April Celtic N 0–1 58,271

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 1973–74 UEFA Cup
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 19 September Netherlands FC Twente H 1–3 Stewart
1st round, 2nd leg 3 October Netherlands FC Twente A 2–4 Johnston, I. Scott 15,000
Twente won 7–3 on aggregate

See also[]

  • List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Results for Dundee for 1973-74". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ross, Kenny. "1973 - League Cup win". dundeefc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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