1948–49 Dundee F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was the forty-seventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A. In one of the club's most impressive seasons in its history, Dundee would lead the league going into the final day, but a loss to Falkirk and title rivals Rangers defeating Albion Rovers resulted in Dundee finishing 2nd, just 1 point behind Rangers. Striker Alex Stott would top the Division A scoring charts with 30 league goals, and would score 39 goals in all competitions.[1][2]

Dundee
1948–49 season
ManagerGeorge Anderson
Division A2nd
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alex Stott (30)
All: Alex Stott (39)

Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Continuing their impressive season, Dundee would reach the semi-finals of both competitions, but would fall to Rangers in the League Cup and to Clyde in a replay in the Scottish Cup.[3]

Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[3]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 14 August Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Stewart, Gunn 30,000
2 18 August Clyde A 3–3 Ewen, Gunn, Stewart 20,000
3 21 August Aberdeen H 3–0 Stott, Gunn, Ewen 30,000
4 28 August Rangers A 1–1 Stott 55,000
5 1 September East Fife H 2–5 Stott, Gunn 29,500
6 23 October Celtic A 1–0 Gerrie 25,000
7 6 November Albion Rovers A 6–0 Gunn, Stott (4), Mackay 8,000
8 13 November Queen of the South H 2–1 Pattillo, Stott 18,000
9 27 November St Mirren H 1–0 Boyd 18,000
10 4 December Hibernian A 1–2 Malloch 32,000
11 11 December Motherwell A 2–0 Hill, Gunn 12,000
12 18 December Third Lanark H 1–1 Hill 16,500
13 25 December Clyde H 3–1 Stott (2), Ewen 19,000
14 1 January Aberdeen A 3–1 Pattillo, Stott, Follon 26,000
15 3 January Rangers H 3–1 Ewen, Stott (2) 39,975
16 8 January Heart of Midlothian A 1–0 Stott 39,389
17 15 January Greenock Morton H 3–1 Stott (3) 16,000
18 29 January East Fife A 0–3 15,000
19 12 February Partick Thistle A 4–4 Gunn (2), Pattillo, Boyd 37,000
20 19 February Albion Rovers H 5–0 Pattillo (2), Andrews, Stott (2) 17,000
21 26 February Queen of the South A 1–0 Gunn 11,500
22 12 March St Mirren A 1–6 Gerrie 14,000
23 19 March Hibernian H 4–3 Pattillo, Stott, Bruce, Hill 32,500
24 2 April Third Lanark A 3–2 Stott (2), Pattillo 6,000
25 11 April Celtic H 3–2 Stott, Gerrie (2) 29,000
26 16 April Greenock Morton A 2–2 Ewen, Stott 15,000
27 20 April Falkirk H 3–1 Gunn, Stott (2) 21,500
28 23 April Partick Thistle H 4–2 Stott (2), Gerrie, Pattillo 25,000
29 27 April Motherwell H 2–1 Pattillo, Stott 26,000
30 30 April Falkirk A 1–4 Stott 18,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 30 20 6 4 63 32 +31 46
2 Dundee 30 20 5 5 71 48 +23 45
3 Hibernian 30 17 5 8 75 52 +23 39
4 East Fife 30 16 3 11 64 46 +18 35
5 Falkirk 30 12 8 10 70 54 +16 32
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[3]

Group 2

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 September Albion Rovers H 2–1 Pattillo (2) 20,000
2 18 September Falkirk A 3–2 Gunn, Rattray, Stott 10,000
3 25 September Motherwell A 1–0 Stott 9,000
4 2 October Albion Rovers A 3–2 Gerrie, Hill, Pattillo 10,000
5 9 October Falkirk H 4–2 Boyd, Rattray, Fiddes (o.g.), Pattillo 16,000
6 16 October Motherwell H 0–1 23,000

Group 2 table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 5 0 1 13 8 1.625 10
Motherwell 6 4 0 2 11 5 2.200 8
Falkirk 6 2 0 4 8 11 0.727 4
Albion Rovers 6 1 0 5 9 17 0.529 2
Source:

Knockout stage

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals 30 October Alloa Athletic H 1–1 (AET) Gunn 13,000
QF replay 3 November Alloa Athletic A 3–1 Stott, Boyd, Pattillo 9,500
Semi-finals 25 September Rangers N 1–4 Smith 50,996

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 22 January St Johnstone H 6–1 Stott (4), Pattillo (2) 14,000
2nd round 5 February St Mirren H 0–0 34,000
2R replay 8 February St Mirren A 2–1 Gunn, Stott 28,000
Quarter-finals 5 March Heart of Midlothian A 4–2 Gunn, Hill, Gerrie, Pattillo 37,356
Semi-finals 26 March Clyde N 2–2 Gunn, Stott 33,000
SF replay 4 April Clyde N 1–2 Milligan (o.g.) 50,000

Player Statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision AScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Ancell 1901000090
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Andrews 1511012030
GK Scotland SCO Reuben Bennett 40301000
DF Scotland SCO Bob Bowman 10000010
MF Scotland SCO Alfie Boyd 4342925092
GK Scotland SCO Jock Brown 110400070
DF Scotland SCO Jack Bruce 31211000
FW Wales WAL Jack Court 30201000
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 3002306010
FW Scotland SCO Ernie Ewen 1851552010
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Follon 4212815090
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gallacher 4412906091
FW Scotland SCO Syd Gerrie 1871153141
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Gray 2101101090
FW Scotland SCO Alistair Gunn 421528105392
FW Scotland SCO George Hill 2851835151
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 2101605000
GK Scotland SCO Johnny Lynch 3002305020
FW Scotland SCO George Mackay 41310010
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Malloch 41410000
FW Scotland SCO Johnny Pattillo 40172596395
FW Scotland SCO Peter Rattray 82300052
FW England ENG Reg Smith 121801031
FW Scotland SCO George Stewart 22220000
FW Scotland SCO Alex Stott 333923306643

See also

References

  1. "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. "Results for Dundee for 1948-49". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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