1983–84 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1983–84 season
Premier Division8th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Walker McCall (13)
All: Walker McCall
& Iain Ferguson (19)

The 1983–84 season was the 82nd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and would make it to the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Aberdeen.

Scottish Premier Division[]

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 20 August Aberdeen A 0–3 14,304
2 3 September Dundee United H 1–4 McCall 13,651
3 10 September St Mirren A 0–0
4 17 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–2 Ferguson (pen.) 6,761
5 24 September Celtic H 2–6 Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) 11,407
6 1 October Motherwell A 3–1 McCall, MacLeod (o.g.), Carson (o.g.)
7 8 October St Johnstone A 2–0 McCall, Geddes
8 15 October Rangers H 3–2 Ferguson, McCall 11,945
9 22 October Hibernian A 1–2 Mackie 5,560
10 29 October Aberdeen H 1–3 Glennie 7,849
11 5 November Dundee United A 1–0 Mackie 14,813
12 13 November Heart of Midlothian A 3–1 McKinlay, McCall (2) 12,271
13 19 November Motherwell H 2–0 Fraser, Stephen
14 26 November Celtic A 0–1 14,583
15 3 December St Mirren H 2–2 McCall, Stephen
16 10 December Hibernian H 0–3 4,628
17 17 December Rangers A 1–2 Geddes 16,500
18 27 December St Johnstone H 0–1
19 31 December Aberdeen A 2–5 Mackie, Ferguson 18,250
20 7 January Heart of Midlothian H 4–1 Glennie, McCall, Ferguson, Fraser 5,960
21 11 February St Mirren A 0–4
22 25 February Rangers H 1–3 Harris 11,750
23 29 February Hibernian A 1–3 McCall 2,601
24 3 March St Johnstone A 0–1
25 20 March Celtic H 3–2 McCall (2), Stephen 7,746
26 28 March Motherwell A 4–2 Kidd, MacDonald, McKinlay, Ferguson
27 31 March Hibernian H 1–2 McInally 4,355
28 2 April Dundee United H 2–5 Ferguson (2) (2x pen.) 12,732
29 7 April St Mirren H 2–5 Harris, Fraser
30 18 April Motherwell H 1–0 McGlashan
31 21 April Dundee United A 1–1 McCall 13,244
32 24 April Celtic A 0–3 4,596
33 28 April Aberdeen H 0–1 6,663
34 5 May Rangers A 2–2 McKinlay, McCall 17,000
35 9 May Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 McInally 6,572
36 12 May St Johnstone H 2–0 Ferguson (2)

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 9 14 13 55 59 −4 32
7 Hibernian 36 12 7 17 45 55 −10 31
8 Dundee 36 11 5 20 50 74 −24 27
9 St Johnstone (R) 36 10 3 23 36 81 −45 23 Relegation to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division
10 Motherwell (R) 36 4 7 25 31 75 −44 15
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Knockout stage[]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round, 1st leg 23 August Montrose A 3–1 Kidd, Ferguson, MacDonald
2nd round, 2nd leg 27 August Montrose H 4–1 MacDonald (2), McCall, Ferguson (pen.)
Dundee win 7–2 on aggregate

Group 3[]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 31 August St Johnstone H 2–1 McCall, Mackie 4,534
2 7 September Meadowbank Thistle A 1–0 McCall
3 5 October Aberdeen A 0–0 13,200
4 25 October Meadowbank Thistle H 1–1 Fraser
5 9 November St Johnstone A 3–0 Ferguson (2), McCall 2,458
6 30 November Aberdeen H 1–2 Fraser 11,019

Group 3 table[]

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Aberdeen 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 11
Dundee 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 8
Meadowbank Thistle 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 4
St Johnstone 6 0 1 5 2 9 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 8 February Cowdenbeath A 2–0 McCall (2)
4th round 19 February Airdrieonians H 2–1 Stephen, Ferguson
Quarter-finals 10 March Rangers H 2–2 Ferguson, Kidd 17,097
QF replay 17 March Rangers A 3–2 Smith, Ferguson (2) 25,000
Semi-finals 14 April Aberdeen N 0–2 17,654

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Results for Dundee for 1983-84". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

External links[]

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