1984–85 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1984–85 season
Premier Division6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Stephen (8)
All: John Brown (11)

The 1984–85 season was the 83rd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the quarter-finals both of the League Cup and Scottish Cup, before being defeated by Heart of Midlothian in the former and by Celtic in the latter.

Scottish Premier Division[]

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Aberdeen A 2–3 Rafferty, Stephen 14,700
2 18 August Hibernian H 0–1 6,290
3 25 August Dumbarton A 1–2 Stephen
4 1 September Rangers H 0–2 14,156
5 8 September Dundee United A 4–3 McWilliams, McKinlay, Harris, Brown 14,190
6 15 September St Mirren H 2–0 Rafferty, Brown
7 22 September Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 McKinlay, Brown 7,511
8 29 September Celtic H 2–3 McCormack, Stephen 13,761
9 6 October Greenock Morton A 1–1 McWilliams
10 13 October Aberdeen H 1–2 Connor 10,990
11 20 October Hibernian A 0–2 5,032
12 27 October Dumbarton H 1–1 Smith
13 3 November Rangers A 0–0 14,588
14 10 November Dundee United H 0–2 14,423
15 17 November St Mirren A 1–2 Stephen
16 24 November Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Richardson, Connor 6,414
17 1 December Celtic A 1–5 Connor 15,887
18 8 December Greenock Morton H 5–1 Stephen, McCall, Connor, Kidd (2)
19 15 December Aberdeen A 0–0 14,000
20 29 December Hibernian H 2–0 Stephen, Kidd 5,941
21 1 January Dumbarton A 0–1
22 5 January Rangers H 2–2 McCormack (2) 11,991
23 3 February Heart of Midlothian A 3–3 McCormack, Brown, Harvey 10,063
24 9 February Celtic H 2–0 Stephen, Connor (pen.) 12,087
25 20 February St Mirren H 1–0 Harvey
26 23 February Greenock Morton A 1–0 McGeachie
27 2 March Hibernian A 1–0 Brown 4,478
28 16 March Aberdeen H 0–4 9,161
29 23 March Rangers A 3–1 Rafferty, Connor, Stephen 9,954
30 3 April Dundee United A 0–4 15,167
31 6 April St Mirren A 2–4 McCormack (2)
32 13 April Dumbarton H 1–0 Rafferty 3,386
33 20 April Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 McCormack, Brown, McKinlay 7,381
34 27 April Greenock Morton H 0–0
35 4 May Celtic A 1–0 Brown 8,815
36 11 May Dundee United H 1–0 Connor 13,426

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Rangers 36 13 12 11 47 38 +9 38 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 St Mirren 36 17 4 15 51 56 −5 38
6 Dundee 36 15 7 14 48 50 −2 37
7 Heart of Midlothian 36 13 5 18 47 64 −17 31
8 Hibernian 36 10 7 19 38 61 −23 27
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 22 August Hamilton Academical H 3–0 McCall, Connor, Stephen 2,916
2nd round 29 August Kilmarnock H 1–1
(A.E.T.) 		Brown
Dundee win 3–2 on penalties
Quarter-finals 5 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 5,377

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 5 February St Johnstone A 1–1 Brown
3R replay 6 February St Johnstone H 2–1 McWilliams, Connor (pen.)
4th round 16 February Rangers A 1–0 Brown 26,619
Quarter-finals 9 March Celtic H 1���1 Brown 21,301
QF replay 13 March Celtic A 1–2 Stephen 37,390

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1984-85". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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