1997–98 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1997–98 season
First Division1st (Champions)
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League Cup3rd round
Challenge Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: James Grady (15)
All: James Grady (18)

The 1997–98 season was the 96th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish as league champions, and would be promoted to the newly revamped Scottish Premier League. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, by Aberdeen in the 3rd round of the League Cup, and by Airdrieonians in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup.

Scottish First Division[]

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 2 August Falkirk H 3–0 O'Driscoll, Annand, Elliot 4,502
2 16 August Partick Thistle A 3–0 Annand, Grady, Maddison
3 23 August St Mirren H 1–0 Annand 3,571
4 30 August Raith Rovers H 2–2 Grady, Annand
5 13 September Ayr United A 2–1 Annand, Anderson (pen.)
6 20 September Hamilton Academical H 0–2
7 27 September Greenock Morton A 2–0 Kelly, Anderson
8 4 October Airdrieonians H 1–0 Rogers 3,086
9 18 October Stirling Albion A 2–1 Anderson, Smith
10 25 October Falkirk A 1–1 Elliot
11 1 November Partick Thistle H 0–0
12 8 November Raith Rovers A 1–0
13 15 November Ayr United H 4–0 Grady (2), Annand, Kelly
14 22 November Greenock Morton H 0–1
15 29 November Hamilton Academical A 4–0 Grady (3) (pen.), McCulloch (o.g.)
16 6 December Airdrieonians A 0–0
17 13 December Stirling Albion H 0–0
18 20 December St Mirren A 2–0 Anderson, Grady
19 27 December Falkirk H 0–1
20 3 January Raith Rovers H 1–1 Anderson
21 10 January Ayr United A 5–2 Irvine, Grady (3), McCormick
22 17 January Greenock Morton A 0–0
23 31 January Hamilton Academical H 1–1 McCormick 3,028
24 7 February Stirling Albion A 3–1 McGlashan, McCormick, Grady
25 21 February Airdrieonians H 1–0 McCormick
26 25 February Partick Thistle A 2–1 Annand (2)
27 28 February St Mirren H 1–0 Grady
28 14 March Greenock Morton H 2–0 Anderson, Adamczuk
29 21 March Hamilton Academical A 2–1 Grady, Robertson
30 28 March Stirling Albion H 2–0 Annand (2)
31 4 April Airdrieonians A 2–1 Annand, McCormick
32 11 April Raith Rovers A 1–1 Annand
33 18 April Ayr United H 1–1 Grady (pen.)
34 25 April Falkirk A 0–1
35 2 May Partick Thistle H 0–3
36 9 May St Mirren A 0–1

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 20 10 6 52 24 +28 70 Premier League
2 Falkirk 36 19 8 9 56 41 +15 65
3 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 51 33 +18 60
4 Airdrieonians 36 16 12 8 42 35 +7 60
5 Greenock Morton 36 12 10 14 40 47 −7 46
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 9 August East Stirlingshire H 1–0 O'Driscoll 2,515
3rd round 19 August Aberdeen H 0–3

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 25 January St Mirren H 4–2 McCormick, Grady (2), Maddison
4th round 14 February Ross County A 1–1 McGlashan
4R replay 17 February Ross County H 3–0 Annand (2), Raeside
Quarter-finals 9 March Rangers A 0–0 40,309
QF replay 18 March Rangers H 1–2 Grady 12,418

Scottish Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 13 August Airdrieonians A 0–1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1997-98". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links[]

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