1915–16 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

1915–16 season
Manager	William Wallace
Stadium	Dens Park
Division One	8th
Top goalscorer	Davie Brown (27)
Home colours

The 1915–16 season was the twenty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 8th place. Due to the ongoing First World War, the Scottish Cup was cancelled for the 1915–16 season.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1915–16 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 August	Ayr United	H	2–0	Brown, Troup	5,000
2	28 August	Greenock Morton	A	1–3	Brown	6,000
3	4 September	Motherwell	H	1–3	Fisher	5,00
4	11 September	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Troup, Stirling
5	18 September	Celtic	H	0–2		12,000
6	25 September	Queen's Park	H	7–1	Brown (5), Troup (2)	7,000
7	2 October	Dumbarton	A	1–1	Fisher
8	9 October	St Mirren	H	1–0	Troup	4,000
9	16 October	Clyde	A	0–2
10	23 October	Third Lanark	H	1–0	Brown	5,000
11	30 October	Falkirk	A	0–2
12	6 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Brown	5,000
13	13 November	Kilmarnock	A	0–2
14	20 November	Aberdeen	A	0–2		6,000
15	27 November	Hamilton Academical	H	3–1	McCulloch, Brown, McIntosh
16	4 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–2
17	11 December	Motherwell	A	0–3
18	18 December	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	Stirling, McCulloch (2)	6,000
19	25 December	Hibernian	A	2–0	Brown (2)	3,000
20	1 January	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Brown	10,000
21	3 January	Airdrieonians	H	4–0	Brown (3), Williams (o.g.)	8,000
22	8 January	Third Lanark	A	1–2	Fisher
23	15 January	Rangers	H	2–0	Brown (2)	11,000
24	22 January	St Mirren	A	2–1	McDonald, McCulloch
25	29 January	Clyde	H	1–0	Brown	6,000
26	5 February	Hamilton Academical	A	4–4	McCulloch, McDonald, Brown, Steven	4,000
27	12 February	Hibernian	H	2–1	Duffus, Brown	6,000
28	19 February	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	Troup, McIntosh, Steven	7,000
29	26 February	Celtic	A	0–3		10,000
30	4 March	Falkirk	H	3–3	McDonald (2), Steven	5,000
31	11 March	Ayr United	A	2–1	Brown (2)
32	18 March	Dumbarton	H	0–1		4,000
33	1 April	Raith Rovers	A	2–0	McCulloch, Duffus	4,000
34	8 April	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	Brown (2)	3,500
35	10 April	Rangers	A	2–3	Brown (2)	5,000
36	15 April	Queen's Park	A	0–2		5,000
37	22 April	Greenock Morton	H	0–1
38	30 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		6,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Partick Thistle	38	19	8	11	65	41	+24	46
7	Hamilton Academical	38	19	3	16	68	76	−8	41
8	Dundee	38	18	4	16	56	49	+7	40
9	Dumbarton	38	13	11	14	54	64	−10	37
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	11	15	46	49	−3	35

Source: "1915-1916 SFL - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.

Player Statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	Alec Aitken	16	0	16	0
	GK	SCO	Dave Balfour	18	0	18	0
	FW	SCO	Davie Brown	38	27	38	27
	DF	SCO	Paddy Burns	29	0	29	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Duffus	25	2	25	2
	DF	SCO	Ernie Ferguson	31	0	31	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Fisher	29	3	29	3
	GK	SCO	Joe Fraser	20	0	20	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Husson	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Johnstone	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	George Lamb	11	0	11	0
	FW	SCO	Tom McCulloch	33	6	33	6
	MF	SCO	Roy McDonald	37	4	37	4
	MF	SCO	Bert McIntosh	27	2	27	2
	FW	SCO	George Steven	38	3	38	3
	MF	SCO	John Stirling	20	2	20	2
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	14	0	14	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Troup	30	6	30	6

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

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