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1977–78 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1977–78 season
ManagerTommy Gemmell
First Division3rd
Scottish Cup3rd round
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Pirie (35)
All: Billy Pirie (38)

The 1977–78 season was the 76th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the First Division for the second consecutive season.[1][2] The club would again fail to achieve promotion, finishing in 3rd place for the second straight year. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be eliminated by Queen of the South in the 3rd round of the League Cup, and by Celtic in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish First Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Airdrieonians H 3–0 Hutchinson, Pirie (pen.), Sinclair 5,467
2 20 August Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Pirie 11,761
3 27 August Stirling Albion H 0–1 5,082
4 10 September St Johnstone A 2–1 Sinclair, Pirie 3,900
5 14 September Alloa Athletic A 5–3 Pirie (3), Sinclair, Redford 1,200
6 17 September Dumbarton H 2–1 Sinclair 4,725
7 24 September Hamilton Academical H 1–1 Williamson 2,500
8 28 September Queen of the South A 2–0 Pirie, Williamson 2,000
9 1 October Kilmarnock H 2–1 Williamson (2) 4,700
10 8 October Montrose A 2–1 Williamson, Pirie 2,000
11 15 October East Fife H 2–1 Pirie, MacKinnon 5,000
12 19 October Arbroath H 2–3 Pirie (2) 4,123
13 22 October Airdrieonians A 0–3 2,000
14 29 October Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Williamson 9,074
15 5 November Stirling Albion A 2–0 Simpson, Pirie 2,479
16 12 November St Johnstone H 5–3 Pirie (3) (pen.), Sinclair 5,753
17 19 November Dumbarton A 0–0 1,700
18 26 November Hamilton Academical H 3–0 Williamson, Shirra, Sinclair 6,686
19 3 December Kilmarnock A 0–1 4,500
20 10 December Montrose H 4–1 Pirie (2), Sinclair, Williamson 5,108
21 17 December East Fife A 3–0 Pirie, Williamson, Scott 2,860
22 24 December Greenock Morton H 3–1 Pirie (2), McLean (o.g.) 12,458
23 31 December Stirling Albion A 3–2 Pirie (2), Sinclair 4,000
24 2 January St Johnstone H 3–4 Scott, Williamson (2) 12,785
25 7 January Heart of Midlothian A 2–2 Pirie, McDougall 19,720
26 14 January Alloa Athletic H 6–0 Pirie (4), Scott, Shirra 6,582
27 25 February East Fife H 2–0 Pirie, Redford 4,765
28 1 March Montrose A 3–0 Williamson, MacKinnon, Redford 1,450
29 4 March Airdrieonians A 3–3 Redford, McGeachie, Williamson 4,000
30 8 March Hamilton Academical A 1–0 Pirie 1,200
31 11 March Queen of the South H 3–0 Pirie (2), Redford 5,222
32 18 March Arbroath A 0–0 4,104
33 22 March Kilmarnock H 5–2 Redford (2), Williamson (2), Scott 5,295
34 25 March Arbroath H 2–0 Williamson, Sinclair 6,605
35 8 April Greenock Morton H 1–1 Redford 12,305
36 12 April Dumbarton A 1–2 Redford 2,000
37 15 April Alloa Athletic A 5–1 Pirie (3), McGeachie, Sinclair 2,000
38 22 April Queen of the South H 3–0 Sinclair, MacKinnon, Williamson 6,152
39 29 April Greenock Morton A 3–2 Redford, Glennie, Pirie 8,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Morton (C, P) 39 25 8 6 85 42 +43 58 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Heart of Midlothian (P) 39 24 10 5 77 42 +35 58
3 Dundee 39 25 7 7 91 44 +47 57
4 Dumbarton 39 16 17 6 65 48 +17 49
5 Stirling Albion 39 15 12 12 60 52 +8 42
Source: RSSSF and statto[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 17 August Montrose A 3–1 Pirie, Strachan, Hutchinson 2,144
1st round, 2nd leg 24 August Montrose H 1–0 Pirie (pen.) 3,653
Dundee win 4–1 on aggregate
2nd round, 1st leg 31 August Berwick Rangers H 4–0 Sinclair (2), McDougall, Pirie 3,183
2nd round, 2nd leg 3 September Berwick Rangers A 1–1 McDougall 1,000
Dundee win 5–1 on aggregate
3rd round, 1st leg 5 October Queen of the South H 0–0 4,647
3rd round, 2nd leg 26 October Queen of the South A 0–6 3,500
QoS win 6–0 on aggregate

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 6 February Celtic A 1–7 Schaedler 22,000

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Thomson Allan 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Caldwell 26 0 18+3 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO John Cord 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
GK Scotland SCO Ally Donaldson 27 0 22 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Ford 22 0 13+5 0 0 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Tommy Gemmell 25 4 20 4 2 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Wilson Hoggan 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Hutchinson 13 2 8+1 1 0 0 3+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Davie Johnston 32 0 22+5 0 0 0 4+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Johnstone 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Laing 5 0 0+2 0 0 0 1+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave MacKinnon 27 3 25 3 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO John MacPhail 39 0 34 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO John Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Roy McCormack 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian McDougall 44 3 36+1 1 1 0 6 2
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 16 2 12+3 2 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Iain Phillip 21 0 14+1 0 1 0 5 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Pirie 46 38 39 35 1 0 6 3
MF Scotland SCO Ian Redford 41 10 25+9 10 0+1 0 5+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Robinson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Erich Schaedler 16 1 15 0 1 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jocky Scott 21 4 19+1 4 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Shirra 24 2 22+1 2 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Simpson 4 1 2+1 1 0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Eric Sinclair 38 15 27+6 13 1 0 4 2
MF Scotland SCO Gordon Strachan 14 1 5+4 0 0 0 4+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Stuart Turnbull 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Williamson 44 17 37 17 1 0 6 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1977-78". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Scottish Division One 1977-1978 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
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