1997–98 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1997–98 season
Manager	John McCormack (until Feb. 1998); Jocky Scott (from Feb. 1998)
Stadium	Dens Park
First Division	1st (champions)
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Third round
Challenge Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: James Grady (15); All: James Grady (18)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 season was the 96th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division.^[1]^[2] Dundee would finish as league champions, and would be promoted to the newly revamped Scottish Premier League. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, by Aberdeen in the 3rd round of the League Cup, and by Airdrieonians in the 1st round of the Challenge Cup.

Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	2 August	Falkirk	H	3–0	O'Driscoll, Annand, Elliot	4,502
2	16 August	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	Annand, Grady, Maddison	2,557
3	23 August	St Mirren	H	1–0	Annand	3,571
4	30 August	Raith Rovers	H	2–2	Grady, Annand	4,461
5	13 September	Ayr United	A	2–1	Annand, Anderson (pen.)	2,180
6	20 September	Hamilton Academical	H	0–2		3,611
7	27 September	Greenock Morton	A	2–0	Kelly, Anderson	2,342
8	4 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Rogers	3,086
9	18 October	Stirling Albion	A	2–1	Anderson, Smith	1,538
10	25 October	Falkirk	A	1–1	Elliot	4,076
11	1 November	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		3,560
12	8 November	Raith Rovers	A	1–0		4,763
13	15 November	Ayr United	H	4–0	Grady (2), Annand, Kelly	2,921
14	22 November	Greenock Morton	H	0–1		3,489
15	29 November	Hamilton Academical	A	4–0	Grady (3) (pen.), McCulloch (o.g.)	1,967
16	6 December	Airdrieonians	A	0–0		1,966
17	13 December	Stirling Albion	H	0–0		2,751
18	20 December	St Mirren	A	2–0	Anderson, Grady	3,165
19	27 December	Falkirk	H	0–1		5,074
20	3 January	Raith Rovers	H	1–1	Anderson	5,304
21	10 January	Ayr United	A	5–2	Irvine, Grady (3), McCormick	2,068
22	17 January	Greenock Morton	A	0–0		2,200
23	31 January	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1	McCormick	3,028
24	7 February	Stirling Albion	A	3–1	McGlashan, McCormick, Grady	1,632
25	21 February	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	McCormick	3,239
26	25 February	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	Annand (2)	2,422
27	28 February	St Mirren	H	1–0	Grady	3,365
28	14 March	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	Anderson, Adamczuk	3,432
29	21 March	Hamilton Academical	A	2–1	Grady, Robertson	1,180
30	28 March	Stirling Albion	H	2–0	Annand (2)	3,142
31	4 April	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Annand, McCormick	2,058
32	11 April	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	Annand	6,984
33	18 April	Ayr United	H	1–1	Grady (pen.)	8,104
34	25 April	Falkirk	A	0–1		4,169
35	2 May	Partick Thistle	H	0–3		3,609
36	9 May	St Mirren	A	0–1		2,460

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	20	10	6	52	24	+28	70	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Falkirk	36	19	8	9	56	41	+15	65
3	Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	51	33	+18	60
4	Airdrieonians	36	16	12	8	42	35	+7	60
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	10	14	40	47	−7	46

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
2nd round	9 August	East Stirlingshire	H	1–0	O'Driscoll	2,515
3rd round	19 August	Aberdeen	H	0–3		7,457

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
3rd round	25 January	St Mirren	H	4–2	McCormick, Grady (2), Maddison	4,877
4th round	14 February	Ross County	A	1–1	McGlashan	4,500
4R replay	17 February	Ross County	H	3–0	Annand (2), Raeside	4,307
Quarter-finals	9 March	Rangers	A	0–0		40,309
QF replay	18 March	Rangers	H	1–2	Grady	12,418

Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	13 August	Airdrieonians	A	0–1		799

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	POL	Dariusz Adamczuk	41	1	33	1	4+1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson	44	6	32+4	6	4+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Eddie Annand	42	14	27+7	12	2+3	2	2	0	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Graham Bayne	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas	44	0	36	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Elliot	21	2	1+16	2	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Ray Farningham	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	Derek Fleming	20	0	15+2	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Grady	44	18	36	15	5	3	2	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Brian Grant	8	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Irvine	44	1	36	1	5	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	NIR	Russell Kelly	20	2	16+3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Lee Maddison	29	2	19+5	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Darren Magee	22	0	11+6	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Steve McCormick	19	6	6+8	5	3+2	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John McGlashan	11	2	5+3	1	2	1	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	40	1	32	1	5	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Steven Milne	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jerry O'Driscoll	16	2	1+12	1	0	0	1+1	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Gavin Rae	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Robbie Raeside	14	1	9+2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Robertson	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Dave Rogers	40	1	31+1	1	4+1	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Barry Smith	42	1	34	1	5	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Tully	19	0	5+10	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1997-98". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links

1997–98 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1997-98". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County