1985–86 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1985–86 season
Premier Division6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Stephen (14)
All: Ray Stephen (18)

The 1985–86 season was the 84th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 6th place for the second consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out of the League Cup by Hamilton Academical in the 3rd round, and were defeated by Aberdeen in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

During this season, the club would incorporate a single stripe onto their classic navy shirts, diagonally split displaying red and white.[3] This season would be most memorable for Dundee's final game of the league season, where a late double from substitute Albert Kidd would help Dundee defeat Heart of Midlothian, inadvertently ending their title hopes and allowing Celtic to win instead, resulting in Kidd becoming a cult figure for the Celtic fanbase, as well as for those of Hibernian faith.[4][5]

Scottish Premier Division[]

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 August St Mirren H 2–1 Connor (2) (pen.)
2 17 August Clydebank A 0–4
3 24 August Dundee United A 0–2 13,736
4 31 August Aberdeen H 1–3 Black 7,592
5 7 September Motherwell A 3–1 McCormack, Brown, Harvey
6 14 September Hibernian H 1–0 Brown 5,410
7 21 September Rangers A 1–0 Rafferty 23,600
8 28 September Celtic H 0–2 15,387
9 5 October Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 McWilliams 8,512
10 12 October St Mirren A 0–1
11 19 October Clydebank H 2–0 Stephen (2)
12 26 October Motherwell H 3–1 Harvey, Stephen, McCormack
13 2 November Hibernian A 1–2 Glennie 6,474
14 9 November Aberdeen A 1–4 Stephen 12,800
15 16 November Dundee United H 0–3 11,736
16 23 November Rangers H 3–2 Brown (3) (pen.) 10,798
17 7 December Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Brown 10,780
18 14 December St Mirren H 3–1 Brown, Harvey, Stephen
19 23 December Clydebank A 0–0
20 28 December Dundee United A 0–0 14,869
21 1 January Aberdeen H 0–0 9,096
22 4 January Rangers A 0–5 13,954
23 11 January Hibernian H 3–1 Brown (pen.), Stephen (2) 5,073
24 18 January Motherwell A 2–2 Rafferty, Brown (pen.)
25 1 February Celtic H 1–3 Stephen (pen.) 12.295
26 8 February Heart of Midlothian A 1–3 Mennie 15,065
27 22 February St Mirren A 2–1 Stephen (2)
28 1 March Clydebank H 4–0 Harvey, Stephen (3)
29 15 March Rangers H 2–1 Brown (pen.), Harvey 10,965
30 22 March Aberdeen A 0–0 13,013
31 29 March Dundee United H 0–1 15,079
32 2 April Celtic A 1–2 Stephen 11,310
33 12 April Hibernian A 0–1 4,477
34 19 April Motherwell H 4–0 Forsyth, Glennie, Rafferty
35 26 April Celtic H 0–2 13,521
36 11 May Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 Kidd (2) 19,567

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Aberdeen 36 16 12 8 62 31 +31 44 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Rangers 36 13 9 14 51 56 −5 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Dundee 36 14 7 15 45 51 −6 35
7 St Mirren 36 13 5 18 42 63 −21 31
8 Hibernian 36 11 6 19 49 63 −14 28
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 21 August Stranraer A 3–2 Smith, Stephen (2)
3rd round 28 August Hamilton Academical A 1–2
(A.E.T.) 		Kidd

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1985–86 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 25 January Nairn County A 7–0 Rafferty, Shannon (2), Harvey (3), Hendry
4th round 19 February Airdrieonians H 2–0 Stephen, Mennie
Quarter-finals 8 March Aberdeen H 2–2 Brown, Harvey 13,188
QF replay 12 March Aberdeen A 1–2
(A.E.T.) 		Stephen 21,000

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1985-86". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ Currie, David (1 June 2020). "Dundee sub Albert Kidd broke Hearts to become Celtic hero". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ Pye, Stephen (1 May 2015). "How Albert Kidd became a Hibs and Celtic hero without playing for them". theguardian.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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