1926–27 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1926–27 season
Manager	Alec McNair
Division One	5th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Campbell (30); All: Andy Campbell (35)
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The 1926–27 season was the thirty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 5th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Celtic.^[2] The club would return to its regular navy blue jersey this season.^[3]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	Rankin, Irving, Townrow, McGinn	14,000
2	21 August	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Campbell
3	28 August	Dundee United	H	5–0	Campbell (4), Meagher	20,000
4	4 September	Partick Thistle	A	3–3	Campbell (2), Townrow
5	11 September	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Townrow
6	18 September	Motherwell	A	5–2	Cook (3), Campbell, Thomson
7	25 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	Meagher
8	2 October	Celtic	A	0–0		25,000
9	9 October	St Mirren	H	2–1	Campbell, Cook
10	16 October	Cowdenbeath	H	1–2	Meagher
11	23 October	Falkirk	A	1–3	Cassidy
12	30 October	Aberdeen	A	1–2	Campbell	18,000
13	6 November	Hibernian	H	3–0	Campbell (3)	7,000
14	13 November	Kilmarnock	A	2–3	McGinn, Cook
15	20 November	Hamilton Academical	A	4–1	Cook, Campbell (2), Hunter
16	27 November	Greenock Morton	H	6–1	Campbell (4), Hunter, Cook
17	4 December	Clyde	A	2–2	Cassidy, Hunter
18	11 December	Rangers	H	1–1	Hunter	18,000
19	25 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		16,500
20	1 January	Aberdeen	H	1–1	McNab	16,500
21	3 January	Dundee United	A	0–1		20,000
22	8 January	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Campbell (2), Cook, Cassidy
23	15 January	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Campbell
24	29 January	Motherwell	H	3–1	Campbell (3)
25	12 February	Celtic	H	1–2	Cook	18,000
26	16 February	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–4	Meagher, Cook, Campbell
27	22 February	St Mirren	A	2–2	Ramage (2)
28	26 February	Cowdenbeath	A	1–0	Meagher
29	12 March	St Johnstone	H	4–1	Agar, Campbell, McNab, Kirkwood (o.g.)
30	16 March	Falkirk	H	2–3	Cassidy, Cook
31	19 March	Hibernian	A	1–0	Campbell	8,000
32	26 March	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	Gilmour
33	2 April	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	Cassidy
34	9 April	Greenock Morton	A	1–3	Gilmour
35	16 April	Clyde	H	1–2	Gilmour
36	18 April	Queen's Park	A	4–1	Campbell (2), McNab, Townrow
37	23 April	Rangers	A	0–0		12,000
38	30 April	Queen's Park	H	3–0	Ramage, Brown, Townrow

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Celtic	38	21	7	10	101	55	+46	49
4	Airdrieonians	38	18	9	11	97	64	+33	45
5	Dundee	38	17	9	12	77	51	+26	43
6	Falkirk	38	15	12	11	77	60	+17	42
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	74	60	+14	42

Source: "1926-1927 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	22 January	Motherwell	H	3–0	Campbell (2), Cook
2nd round	5 February	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	Townrow
2R replay	9 February	Kilmarnock	H	5–1	Campbell (2), Cassidy, Cook, Townrow
3rd round	19 February	Celtic	H	2–4	Campbell, Cook	37,471

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
	FW	ENG	Alf Agar	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	42	1	38	1	4	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	36	35	32	30	4	5
	FW	SCO	Joe Cassidy	31	6	27	5	4	1
	FW	SCO	Willie Cook	37	14	33	11	4	3
	MF	SCO	John Crawford	13	0	13	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Devine	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Farrell	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom Flanagan	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	18	2	17	2	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Hunter	18	4	18	4	0	0
	MF	EIR	Sam Irving	1	1	1	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	42	0	38	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh McGinn	34	2	30	2	4	0
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	28	3	24	3	4	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Meagher	15	5	15	5	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Ramage	7	4	7	4	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Rankin	34	1	30	1	4	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	17	0	15	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	29	1	25	1	4	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	24	0	23	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Townrow	27	7	23	5	4	2

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1926-27". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

1926-27 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1926-27". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[3] "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Cowdenbeath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr United Bathgate Bo'ness Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic King's Park Nithsdale Wanderers Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir Third Lanark