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Dundee
1960–61 season
ManagerBob Shankly
Division One10th
Scottish Cup2nd round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Gilzean (19)
All: Alan Gilzean (32)

The 1960–61 season was the fifty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Rangers.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 24 August Raith Rovers A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
2 10 September Aberdeen H 3–3 Gilzean (3) 12,000
3 17 September Dundee United A 1–3 Penman 20,000
4 24 September Clyde H 4–1 Cousin, Gilzean, Robertson, Seith 13,700
5 1 October St Johnstone H 2–1 Waddell, Robertson 12,000
6 8 October Rangers A 1–0 Cousin 22,160
7 15 October Kilmarnock H 1–0 Penman (pen.) 16,000
8 22 October St Mirren A 2–1 Waddell, Cousin 10,000
9 29 October Dunfermline Athletic A 2–4 Cousin, Gilzean 9,000
10 5 November Hibernian H 0–1 13,000
11 12 November Third Lanark H 0–2 10,000
12 19 November Ayr United A 4–2 Gilzean (3), Cousin 6,000
13 26 November Partick Thistle H 1–2 Cowie (pen.) 10,000
14 10 December Airdrieonians H 2–1 Cousin, Robertson 8,000
15 17 December Motherwell A 0–2 11,000
16 24 December Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 Gilzean (2) 13,000
17 26 December Celtic A 1–2 Robertson 11,000
18 31 December Raith Rovers H 2–3 Henderson, Cousin 8,000
19 2 January Aberdeen A 1–2 Gilzean 23,000
20 7 January Dundee United H 3–0 Wishart (2), Adamson 22,000
21 14 January Clyde A 0–0 7,000
22 21 January St Johnstone A 1–1 Gilzean 10,000
23 8 February Rangers H 4–2 Wishart, Cousin, Gilzean (2) 8,706
24 18 February Kilmarnock A 1–2 Gilzean 10,000
25 4 March Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 Seith, Cowie, Gilzean, Cox (pen.) 11,000
26 8 March St Mirren H 2–0 Robertson, Cousin 12,000
27 18 March Third Lanark A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
28 20 March Hibernian A 0–1 8,000
29 25 March Ayr United H 6–1 H. Robertson (2), Crichton, Gilzean (2), Cousin 8,000
30 1 April Partick Thistle A 2–2 Penman, Robertson 7,000
31 8 April Celtic H 0–1 17,500
32 12 April Airdrieonians A 4–2 Waddell, Robertson, Penman, Gilzean 3,500
33 22 April Motherwell H 2–2 Waddell, Robertson 10,000
34 29 April Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Wishart 10,000

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Hibernian 34 15 4 15 66 69 0.957 34 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9 Dundee United 34 13 7 14 60 58 1.034 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 61 53 1.151 32
11 Partick Thistle 34 13 6 15 59 69 0.855 32
12 Dunfermline Athletic 34 12 7 15 65 81 0.802 31 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 4

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Raith Rovers H 5–0 Penman, Gilzean (3), Robertson 16,000
2 17 August Ayr United A 2–1 Gilzean, Cousin 9,000
3 20 August Aberdeen A 4–1 Gilzean (2), Cousin, Penman 18,000
4 27 August Raith Rovers A 3–0 Gilzean (3) 8,000
5 31 August Ayr United H 3–0 Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson 10,500
6 3 September Aberdeen H 6–0 Gilzean (3), McGeachie (2), Waddell 14,500

Group 4 table

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 6 0 0 23 2 11.500 12
Aberdeen 6 2 1 3 10 18 0.556 5
Raith Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 14 0.500 5
Ayr United 6 0 2 4 7 13 0.538 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 14 September Rangers A 0–1 45,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 21 September Rangers H 3–4 Cousin (2), Penman (pen.) 33,000
Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 11 February Rangers H 1–5 Cousin 32,000

Player Statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Adamson 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 34 17 29 12 1 1 4 4
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 18 2 17 2 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 38 1 30 1 1 0 7 0
FW Scotland SCO Ronnie Crichton 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Curlett 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Gilzean 42 32 33 19 1 0 8 13
DF Scotland SCO Alex Hamilton 37 0 28 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO John Horsburgh 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Fred Jardine 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Pat Liney 39 0 30 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO George McGeachie 17 2 10 0 0 0 7 2
MF Scotland SCO Andy Penman 25 7 16 4 1 0 8 3
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 43 11 34 9 1 0 8 2
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Seith 41 2 33 2 0 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Smith 16 0 7 0 1 0 8 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Stuart 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Ure 41 0 32 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Waddell 12 6 8 4 0 0 4 2
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Wishart 16 4 15 4 1 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1960-61". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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