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1936–37 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1936–37 season
ManagerBilly McCandless
Division One9th
Scottish CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Archie Coats (26)
All: Archie Coats (28)

The 1936–37 season was the forty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 9th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 3rd round by Clyde in a replay for the second successive season.[2] The club would introduce navy stripes on the side of their shorts in this season.[3]

Scottish Division One

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 August Rangers H 2–2 22,000
2 15 August Kilmarnock A 1–1 Coats
3 19 August Rangers A 0–3 12,000
4 22 August St Johnstone H 3–1 Baxter (2), Phillips 16,000
5 29 August Clyde A 2–1 Baxter, Rennie 8,000
6 5 September Albion Rovers H 1–0 Coats 9,000
7 9 September Kilmarnock H 2–2 Coats, Rennie 9,000
8 12 September Queen of the South A 3–2 Coats (2), Baxter 3,000
9 19 September Aberdeen H 2–2 Phillips, Coats 27,000
10 26 September Queen's Park A 2–0 Coats (2) 8,000
11 3 October Hamilton Academical H 1–2 Latimer 10,000
12 10 October Heart of Midlothian A 0–4 20,040
13 17 October Celtic H 0–0 24,000
14 24 October Dunfermline Athletic A 4–3 Baxter, Coats (2), Guthrie 3,000
15 31 October Partick Thistle A 1–1 Coats 15,000
16 7 November Arbroath H 6–1 Phillips, Baxter, Smith, Coats (2), Fordyce (o.g.) 10,000
17 14 November Motherwell A 1–2 Phillips 5,000
18 21 November Falkirk A 0–5 9,000
19 28 November Third Lanark H 3–2 Kirby, Coats, Baxter 7,000
20 5 December Hibernian H 3–1 Kirby, Phillips, Coats 6,000
21 12 December St Mirren A 0–4 6,500
22 19 December St Johnstone A 3–3 Coats, Baxter, Kirby 7,000
23 26 December Clyde H 2–2 Kirby, Coats 7,000
24 1 January Aberdeen A 1–3 Coats 28,000
25 2 January Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Coats 22,000
26 9 January Albion Rovers A 1–1 Coats 2,500
27 16 January Queen of the South H 1–3 Kirby 7,000
28 23 January Hamilton Academical A 1–5 Rintoul 4,000
29 6 February Queen's Park H 2–2 Latimer, Coats 5,000
30 20 February Celtic A 2–1 Coats (2) 8,000
31 6 March Dunfermline Athletic H 2–2 Baxter (2) 3,000
32 20 March Arbroath A 0–3 4,000
33 27 March Motherwell H 0–0 6,000
34 3 April Falkirk H 1–1 Coats 3,000
35 10 April Third Lanark A 0–4 6,000
36 12 April Partick Thistle H 2–2 Kirby, Baxter 3,500
37 19 April Hibernian A 0–0 3,000
38 24 April St Mirren H 4–0 Guthrie, Baxter, Coats (2) 1,200

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Falkirk 38 19 6 13 98 66 +32 44
8 Hamilton Academical 38 18 5 15 91 96 −5 41
9 Dundee 38 12 15 11 58 69 −11 39
10 Clyde 38 16 6 16 59 70 −11 38
11 Kilmarnock 38 14 9 15 60 70 −10 37
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 3 February East Stirlingshire H 4–1 Phillips (2), Baxter, Coats 5,966
2nd round 13 February Queen's Park H 2–0 Coats, Kirby 16,000
3rd round 27 February Clyde A 0–0 20,000
3R replay 3 March Clyde H 0–1 14,000

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland SCO Bert Adamson 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Arthur Baxter 42 13 38 12 4 1
FW Scotland SCO Archie Coats 42 28 38 26 4 2
MF Scotland SCO Andy Cowie 7 0 6 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Morton Dempster 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Johnny Evans 40 0 36 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Guthrie 36 2 32 2 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Matt Innes 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW England ENG Norman Kirby 39 7 35 6 4 1
MF Scotland SCO John Latimer 40 2 37 2 3 0
MF Scotland SCO John Laurie 4 0 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Linton 12 0 12 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Johnny Lynch 15 0 12 0 3 0
GK England ENG Bill Marsh 27 0 26 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Phillips 38 7 34 5 4 2
DF England ENG John Reddish 17 0 14 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Rennie 40 2 36 2 4 0
DF Wales WAL Len Richards 23 0 22 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO David Rintoul 1 1 1 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tom Smith 42 1 38 1 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Watson 2 0 2 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1936–37". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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