1958–59 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1958–59 season
Chairman	J. Johnston-Grant
Manager	Tommy Gray (to October), Andy McCall (from October)
Scottish Second Division	17th W9 D7 L20 F62 A86 P25
Scottish Cup	Round 2
League Cup	Group stage

The 1958–59 season was the 51st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1958 to 30 June 1959. United finished in seventeenth place in the Second Division.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 1958–59 season.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1958	East Stirlingshire	H	2–5	2,000
3 September 1958	Forfar Athletic	H	3–2	2,000
6 September 1958	St Johnstone	A	4–3	3,700
10 September 1958	Brechin City	A	0–1	1,200
13 September 1958	Hamilton Academical	H	3–1	4,500
17 September 1958	Forfar Athletic	A	2–2	1,500
20 September 1958	Dumbarton	A	3–4	7,500
27 September 1958	Stenhousemuir	H	5–2	4,600
4 October 1958	East Fife	A	1–5	2,600
11 October 1958	Queen's Park	A	1–2	3,156
25 October 1958	Berwick Rangers	H	4–1	3,500
1 November 1958	Alloa Athletic	A	1–3	700
8 November 1958	Ayr United	A	2–6	1,000
15 November 1958	Cowdenbeath	H	2–0	3,500
22 November 1958	Montrose	A	1–1	1,200
29 November 1958	Arbroath	A	2–3	4,400
6 December 1958	Stranraer	A	1–4	1,400
13 December 1958	Albion Rovers	H	3–4	2,000
20 December 1958	Greenock Morton	A	1–2	5,000
27 December 1958	East Stirlingshire	A	1–1	1,000
1 January 1959	St Johnstone	H	2–3	4,000
3 January 1959	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1	5,000
10 January 1959	Dumbarton	H	1–1	3,000
17 January 1959	Stenhousemuir	A	0–1	1,000
24 January 1959	East Fife	H	1–1	2,000
7 February 1959	Queen's Park	H	1–1	3,000
21 February 1959	Berwick Rangers	A	2–8	1,245
7 March 1959	Ayr United	H	2–3	4,000
14 March 1959	Cowdenbeath	A	0–6	1,000
21 March 1959	Montrose	H	3–0	1,500
28 March 1959	Arbroath	A	3–1	3,6440
4 April 1959	Stranraer	H	1–0	1,600
11 April 1959	Albion Rovers	A	1–3	1,500
18 April 1959	Greenock Morton	H	4–1	2,000
22 April 1959	Alloa Athletic	H	1–1	1,500
25 April 1959	Brechin City	H	1–2	2,200

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 February 1959	R1	East Stirlingshire	A	1–1	1,100
10 February 1959	R1 R	East Stirlingshire	H	0–0	2,700
11 February 1959	R1 2R	East Stirlingshire	H	4–0	2,480
14 February 1959	R2	Third Lanark	H	0–4	11,882

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1958	G6	St Johnstone	A	2–1	6,200
13 August 1958	G6	Cowdenbeath	H	1–3	5,000
16 August 1958	G6	Greenock Morton	H	1–4	8,000
23 August 1958	G6	St Johnstone	H	5–3	3,500
27 August 1958	G6	Cowdenbeath	A	1–6	3,000
30 August 1958	G6	Greenock Morton	A	1–6	6,500

See also

• 1958–59 in Scottish football