1928–29 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1928–29 season
Manager	Jimmy Bissett
Division One	18th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gus Smith (12); All: Gus Smith (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The 1928–29 season was the thirty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One under new manager Jimmy Bissett, where they would finish in 18th place, surviving relegation by 3 points.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round for the third consecutive season before being knocked out by rivals Dundee United, a reverse from the previous season.^[2] The club would change jersey design, favouring a collar over buttons and white borders to the arms, whilst continuing to occasionally wear black shorts as a change kit.^[3]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	Celtic	H	0–1		19,000
2	18 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–4	An. Campbell, Townrow
3	25 August	St Mirren	H	2–3	Craddock, Gilmour
4	1 September	Kilmarnock	A	1–3	An. Campbell
5	8 September	Rangers	H	2–3	O'Hare, Cook	16,000
6	15 September	Hamilton Academical	H	0–1
7	22 September	Falkirk	A	3–1	Smith (2), Craddock
8	29 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–3	Smith, Cook, Thomson, Gilmour (2)	12,000
9	6 October	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	McNab, Smith (2)	8,000
10	13 October	Third Lanark	H	2–2	McNab, Craddock
11	20 October	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Smith (2)
12	27 October	Ayr United	H	2–3	Townrow, Smith
13	3 November	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	Townrow
14	10 November	Clyde	A	1–2	Townrow
15	17 November	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Craddock	15,000
16	24 November	Cowdenbeath	A	2–4	Townrow, Smith
17	1 December	Queen's Park	A	4–2	O'Hare (3), Cook
18	8 December	Motherwell	H	3–0	O'Hare, Smith (2)
19	15 December	Hibernian	A	0–2		12,000
20	22 December	Partick Thistle	H	0–0
21	25 December	Third Lanark	A	2–1	Barrett, Lawley
22	29 December	Celtic	A	1–2	Smith	10,000
23	1 January	St Johnstone	H	0–2
24	2 January	Ayr United	A	3–0	Thomson, Lawley, Craddock
25	12 January	Kilmarnock	H	1–3	Townrow
26	26 January	Hibernian	A	1–0	Townrow	8,000
27	9 February	Falkirk	H	1–2	Thomson
28	23 February	Raith Rovers	H	0–3
29	6 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	An. Campbell	6,000
30	9 March	Airdrieonians	H	2–2	An. Campbell, Barrett
31	16 March	Clyde	H	1–2	Gibb
32	23 March	Aberdeen	A	0–4		12,000
33	30 March	Cowdenbeath	H	4–0	Gibb, Robertson, McNab, Townrow
34	6 April	Queen's Park	H	0–0
35	12 April	Hamilton Academical	A	3–3	An. Campbell (2), Gibb
36	20 April	Motherwell	A	1–1	Townrow
37	22 April	St Mirren	A	2–2	O'Hare (2)
38	30 April	Rangers	A	0–3		5,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Ayr United	38	12	7	19	65	84	−19	31
17	Clyde	38	12	6	20	47	71	−24	30
18	Dundee	38	9	11	18	59	59	0	29
19	Third Lanark	38	10	6	22	71	102	−31	26
20	Raith Rovers	38	9	6	23	52	105	−53	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	19 January	King's Park	H	1–1	Smith
1R replay	23 January	King's Park	A	5–1	Crickett (o.g.), Smith (2), O'Hare, Gilmour
2nd round	2 February	Brechin City	H	6–1	Craddock, Townrow (2), An. Campbell, McNab, Lawley
3rd round	16 February	Dundee United	H	1–1	Lawley	24,000
3R replay	20 February	Dundee United	A	0–1		14,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	SCO	Peter Barrett	19	2	15	2	4	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	34	0	29	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	16	7	15	6	1	1
	MF	ENG	Archie Campbell	5	0	4	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Cook	18	3	18	3	0	0
	FW	ENG	Claude Craddock	21	6	18	5	3	1
	MF	SCO	John Crawford	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Gibb	8	3	8	3	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	40	4	35	3	5	1
	MF	ENG	George Lawley	27	4	22	2	5	2
	MF	SCO	Tom Lynch	3	0	3	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	38	0	33	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	Tom McCarthy	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	39	4	34	3	5	1
	FW	SCO	Henry Nicholson	9	0	9	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie O'Hare	24	8	21	7	3	1
	DF	SCO	Jim Paton	37	0	32	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Robertson	10	1	10	1	0	0
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	17	0	17	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Gus Smith	22	15	19	12	3	3
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	40	3	35	3	5	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Townrow	36	11	31	9	5	2

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1928–29". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

1928–29 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1928–29". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[3] "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Cowdenbeath Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
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