1996–97 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1996–97 season
First Division3rd
Scottish Cup4th round
League CupSemi-finals
Challenge CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jerry O'Driscoll (10)
All: Jerry O'Driscoll (11)

The 1996–97 season was the 95th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 3rd place, 2 points away from the promotion play-offs. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Greenock Morton in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup, by St Johnstone in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup, and by Heart of Midlothian in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Scottish First Division[]

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 17 August Partick Thistle A 0–0
2 24 August Greenock Morton H 2–1 Charnley, Tosh
3 31 August Stirling Albion A 1–1 Shaw
4 7 September Airdrieonians H 0–1
5 14 September St Mirren A 1–0 Ferguson
6 21 September East Fife H 2–0 Raeside, Hamilton 2,511
7 28 September St Johnstone A 1–0 Shaw
8 5 October Clydebank H 2–1 Shaw, Adamczuk
9 12 October Falkirk A 1–0 Raeside
10 19 October Partick Thistle H 0–2
11 26 October Greenock Morton A 0–0
12 2 November St Mirren H 0–1
13 9 November Airdrieonians A 0–0
14 16 November St Johnstone H 0–1
15 30 November Clydebank A 0–0
16 7 December Falkirk H 2–0 Anderson, Rae
17 14 December Stirling Albion H 1–1 O'Driscoll
18 17 December East Fife A 7–1 Winnie, O'Driscoll, Rae, Anderson (2), Raeside, Tosh
19 26 December Partick Thistle A 2–2 Anderson, Tosh
20 28 December East Fife H 6–0 Tosh, Power (2), Charnley, O'Driscoll (2)
21 1 January St Johnstone A 2–7 Charnley, O'Driscoll (pen.)
22 11 January Airdrieonians H 2–1 O'Driscoll, Power
23 18 January Clydebank H 1–0 O'Driscoll
24 28 January St Mirren A 2–3 Shaw, Robertson
25 1 February Falkirk A 1–1 O'Driscoll
26 8 February Stirling Albion A 1–0 Shaw
27 22 February Greenock Morton H 1–0 O'Driscoll
28 1 March East Fife A 1–1 Power
29 15 March St Johnstone H 0–0
30 22 March Clydebank A 0–0
31 5 April Falkirk H 0–2
32 12 April Airdrieonians A 0–2
33 19 April St Mirren H 2–0 Anderson, McKeown
34 26 April Partick Thistle H 1–1 Annand
35 3 May Greenock Morton A 1–1 J. Anderson (o.g.)
36 10 May Stirling Albion H 4–2 Annand, Raeside, O'Driscoll, Tait (o.g.)

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Johnstone (C, P) 36 24 8 4 74 23 +51 80 Premier Division
2 Airdrieonians 36 15 15 6 56 34 +22 60 Scottish Premier Division Playoff
3 Dundee 36 15 13 8 47 33 +14 58
4 St Mirren 36 17 7 12 48 41 +7 58
5 Falkirk 36 15 9 12 42 39 +3 54
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 13 August Dumbarton H 2–1 Raeside, Hamilton 1,872
3rd round 3 September Dundee United A 2–2 Hamilton (2) (pen.) 11,902
Dundee win 4–2 on penalties
Quarter-finals 17 September Aberdeen H 2–1 Tosh, Hamilton 8,650
Semi-finals 23 October Heart of Midlothian N 1–3 Hamilton 15,653

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 25 January Queen of the South H 3–1 Power, O'Driscoll, Anderson
4th round 15 February Greenock Morton A 2–2 Power, Anderson
4R replay 18 February Greenock Morton H 0–1

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 9 August Stenhousemuir A 3–0 McQueen, Magee, Tosh 1,304
2nd round 27 August Airdrieonians A 2–0 Tosh, Shaw
Quarter-finals 10 September St Johnstone H 1–5 Farningham 2,346

See also[]

  • List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1996-97". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links[]

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