1960–61 Dundee F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was the fifty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Rangers.

Dundee
1960–61 season
ManagerBob Shankly
Division One10th
Scottish Cup2nd round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Gilzean (19)
All: Alan Gilzean (32)

Scottish Division One
Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 24 August Raith Rovers A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
2 10 September Aberdeen H 3–3 Gilzean (3) 12,000
3 17 September Dundee United A 1–3 Penman 20,000
4 24 September Clyde H 4–1 Cousin, Gilzean, Robertson, Seith 13,700
5 1 October St Johnstone H 2–1 Waddell, Robertson 12,000
6 8 October Rangers A 1–0 Cousin 22,160
7 15 October Kilmarnock H 1–0 Penman (pen.) 16,000
8 22 October St Mirren A 2–1 Waddell, Cousin 10,000
9 29 October Dunfermline Athletic A 2–4 Cousin, Gilzean 9,000
10 5 November Hibernian H 0–1 13,000
11 12 November Third Lanark H 0–2 10,000
12 19 November Ayr United A 4–2 Gilzean (3), Cousin 6,000
13 26 November Partick Thistle H 1–2 Cowie (pen.) 10,000
14 10 December Airdrieonians H 2–1 Cousin, Robertson 8,000
15 17 December Motherwell A 0–2 11,000
16 24 December Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 Gilzean (2) 13,000
17 26 December Celtic A 1–2 Robertson 11,000
18 31 December Raith Rovers H 2–3 Henderson, Cousin 8,000
19 2 January Aberdeen A 1–2 Gilzean 23,000
20 7 January Dundee United H 3–0 Wishart (2), Adamson 22,000
21 14 January Clyde A 0–0 7,000
22 21 January St Johnstone A 1–1 Gilzean 10,000
23 8 February Rangers H 4–2 Wishart, Cousin, Gilzean (2) 8,706
24 18 February Kilmarnock A 1–2 Gilzean 10,000
25 4 March Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 Seith, Cowie, Gilzean, Cox (pen.) 11,000
26 8 March St Mirren H 2–0 Robertson, Cousin 12,000
27 18 March Third Lanark A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
28 20 March Hibernian A 0–1 8,000
29 25 March Ayr United H 6–1 H. Robertson (2), Crichton, Gilzean (2), Cousin 8,000
30 1 April Partick Thistle A 2–2 Penman, Robertson 7,000
31 8 April Celtic H 0–1 17,500
32 12 April Airdrieonians A 4–2 Waddell, Robertson, Penman, Gilzean 3,500
33 22 April Motherwell H 2–2 Waddell, Robertson 10,000
34 29 April Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Wishart 10,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Hibernian 34 15 4 15 66 69 0.957 34 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9 Dundee United 34 13 7 14 60 58 1.034 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 61 53 1.151 32
11 Partick Thistle 34 13 6 15 59 69 0.855 32
12 Dunfermline Athletic 34 12 7 15 65 81 0.802 31 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 4
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Raith Rovers H 5–0 Penman, Gilzean (3), Robertson 16,000
2 17 August Ayr United A 2–1 Gilzean, Cousin 9,000
3 20 August Aberdeen A 4–1 Gilzean (2), Cousin, Penman 18,000
4 27 August Raith Rovers A 3–0 Gilzean (3) 8,000
5 31 August Ayr United H 3–0 Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson 10,500
6 3 September Aberdeen H 6–0 Gilzean (3), McGeachie (2), Waddell 14,500

Group 4 table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 6 0 0 23 2 11.500 12
Aberdeen 6 2 1 3 10 18 0.556 5
Raith Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 14 0.500 5
Ayr United 6 0 2 4 7 13 0.538 2
Source:

Knockout stage
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 14 September Rangers A 0–1 45,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 21 September Rangers H 3–4 Cousin (2), Penman (pen.) 33,000
Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 11 February Rangers H 1–5 Cousin 32,000

Player Statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision OneScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Adamson 81810000
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 341729121144
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 1821720010
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 3813011070
FW Scotland SCO Ronnie Crichton 1111110000
FW Scotland SCO Dave Curlett 20200000
FW Scotland SCO Alan Gilzean 4232331910813
DF Scotland SCO Alex Hamilton 3702801080
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 1121120000
GK Scotland SCO John Horsburgh 40400000
DF Scotland SCO Fred Jardine 30300000
GK Scotland SCO Pat Liney 3903001080
FW Scotland SCO George McGeachie 1721000072
MF Scotland SCO Andy Penman 2571641083
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 1101000010
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 43113491082
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Seith 4123320080
FW Scotland SCO Billy Smith 160701080
DF Scotland SCO Alex Stuart 40301000
MF Scotland SCO Ian Ure 4103201080
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Waddell 126840042
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Wishart 1641541000

See also

References
  1. "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. "Results for Dundee for 1960-61". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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