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1987–88 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1987–88 season
ManagerJocky Scott
Premier Division7th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Tommy Coyne (33)
All: Tommy Coyne (37)

The 1987–88 season was the 86th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 7th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Aberdeen in the semi-finals of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in a second replay in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

Dundee would change kit manufacturers to Matchwinner, introducing white and red stripes to the top of their jersey.[3] Striker Tommy Coyne would top the Premier Division scoring charts with 33 goals in the league.[4]

Scottish Premier Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 August Aberdeen H 1–1 Angus 10,223
2 12 August Falkirk A 3–0 Brown (2), Wright 3,750
3 15 August Hibernian A 4–0 Coyne (2) (pen.), Wright, Brown 7,925
4 22 August St Mirren H 0–2 5,969
5 29 August Dunfermline Athletic H 5–0 Coyne (4) (pen.), Wright 7,564
6 5 September Rangers A 1–2 Harvey 38,302
7 12 September Greenock Morton A 3–4 Angus, Coyne (2) (pen.) 4,026
8 19 September Heart of Midlothian H 1–3 Smith 9,199
9 26 September Motherwell A 2–0 Harvey, Coyne 2,656
10 3 October Dundee United H 1–1 Coyne 11,497
11 7 October Celtic H 1–1 Angus 13,238
12 10 October Aberdeen A 0–0 12,500
13 17 October Dunfermline Athletic A 1–0 Lawrence 6,890
14 28 October Greenock Morton H 1–0 Harvey 3,829
15 31 October Heart of Midlothian A 2–4 Coyne, Wright 13,806
16 7 November Falkirk H 3–1 Coyne (2) (pen.), Wright 4,324
17 14 November Celtic A 0–5 31,684
18 18 November St Mirren A 2–1 Coyne (pen.), Smith 3,328
19 21 November Hibernian H 2–1 Coyne (2) 6,586
20 24 November Motherwell H 2–0 Coyne, Mennie 3,695
21 28 November Dundee United A 3–1 Coyne (2), Wright 13,625
22 5 December Aberdeen H 1–2 Forsyth 8,799
23 12 December Falkirk A 6–0 Coyne (2), Wright (2), Manley (2x o.g.) 4,500
24 16 December Greenock Morton A 7–1 Wright (2), Coyne (3), McGeachie, Harvey 3,500
25 19 December Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 10,806
26 26 December Rangers A 0–2 40,938
27 1 January Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 Coyne (2) (pen.) 8,527
28 6 January Rangers H 0–1 17,450
29 9 January Motherwell A 3–3 Coyne (2) (pen.), Angus 2,785
30 16 January Dundee United H 0–2 13,651
31 6 February Hibernian A 1–2 Wright 7,908
32 13 February Celtic H 1–2 Angus 17,106
33 27 February Aberdeen A 0–1 13,500
34 1 March St Mirren H 2–1 Coyne (2) (pen.) 4,265
35 5 March Greenock Morton H 1–0 Coyne 4,319
36 19 March Dunfermline Athletic A 1–6 Wright 5,507
37 26 March Rangers H 2–3 Angus, Coyne 14,879
38 30 March Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 9,649
39 2 April Dundee United A 0–1 13,874
40 6 April Motherwell H 1–2 Campbell 3,732
41 16 April Falkirk H 4–1 Wright (3), Coyne 4,970
42 23 April Celtic A 0–3 61,927
43 30 April Hibernian H 0–0 4,609
44 7 May St Mirren A 0–1 5,746

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Dundee United 44 16 15 13 54 47 +7 47 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Hibernian 44 12 19 13 41 42 −1 43
7 Dundee 44 17 7 20 70 64 +6 41
8 Motherwell 44 13 10 21 37 56 −19 36
9 St Mirren 44 10 15 19 41 64 −23 35
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 19 August Queen's Park A 3–0 McKinlay, Wright, Coyne 1,410
3rd round 26 August Meadowbank Thistle A 3–0 Coyne (2), Wright 2,500
Quarter-finals 2 September Dundee United H 2–1
(A.E.T.)
Coyne, Wright 19,817
Semi-finals 23 September Aberdeen N 0–2 22,034

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 30 January Brechin City H 0–0 5,040
3R replay 3 February Brechin City A 3–0 Harvey (2), Wright 3,012
4th round 20 February Motherwell H 2–0 Angus, Rafferty 7,243
Quarter-finals 12 March Dundee United H 0–0 19,355
QF replay 15 March Dundee United A 2–2
(A.E.T.)
Harvey (2) 17,055
QF 2nd replay 28 March Dundee United H 0–3 19,152

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
MF Scotland SCO Ian Angus 50 7 39+1 6 6 1 4 0
MF Scotland SCO John Brown 22 3 19+1 3 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Campbell 8 1 6+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Tam Carson 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gordon Chisholm 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tommy Coyne 53 37 43 33 6 0 4 4
DF Scotland SCO Jim Duffy 8 0 5 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart Forsyth 49 1 41 1 5 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Frail 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 46 0 38 0 4 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 25 0 19 0 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Harvey 35 8 11+18 4 2+2 4 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Jack 7 0 0+4 0 0 0 0+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy Kirkwood 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Lawrence 25 1 14+8 1 1+2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave MacFarlane 5 0 1+1 0 2+1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 16 1 12+2 1 0 0 1+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Tosh McKinlay 28 1 19 0 5 0 4 1
MF Scotland SCO Shaun McSkimming 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Vince Mennie 37 1 27+2 1 5 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Rafferty 35 1 26+3 0 6 1 0 0
MF England ENG Gary Rowell 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Wes Saunders 14 0 11 0 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Rab Shannon 39 0 31 0 5 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Smith 50 2 39+1 2 6 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO Keith Wright 52 19 40+2 15 6 1 4 3

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 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1987-88". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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