1948–49 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1948–49 season
Manager	George Anderson
Division A	2nd
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alex Stott (30); All: Alex Stott (39)
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The 1948–49 season was the forty-seventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A. In one of the club's most impressive seasons in its history, Dundee would lead the league going into the final day, but a loss to Falkirk and title rivals Rangers defeating Albion Rovers resulted in Dundee finishing 2nd, just 1 point behind Rangers. Striker Alex Stott would top the Division A scoring charts with 30 league goals, and would score 39 goals in all competitions.^[1]^[2]

Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Continuing their impressive season, Dundee would reach the semi-finals of both competitions, but would fall to Rangers in the League Cup and to Clyde in a replay in the Scottish Cup.^[3]

Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[3]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Stewart, Gunn	30,000
2	18 August	Clyde	A	3–3	Ewen, Gunn, Stewart	20,000
3	21 August	Aberdeen	H	3–0	Stott, Gunn, Ewen	30,000
4	28 August	Rangers	A	1–1	Stott	55,000
5	1 September	East Fife	H	2–5	Stott, Gunn	29,500
6	23 October	Celtic	A	1–0	Gerrie	25,000
7	6 November	Albion Rovers	A	6–0	Gunn, Stott (4), Mackay	8,000
8	13 November	Queen of the South	H	2–1	Pattillo, Stott	18,000
9	27 November	St Mirren	H	1–0	Boyd	18,000
10	4 December	Hibernian	A	1–2	Malloch	32,000
11	11 December	Motherwell	A	2–0	Hill, Gunn	12,000
12	18 December	Third Lanark	H	1–1	Hill	16,500
13	25 December	Clyde	H	3–1	Stott (2), Ewen	19,000
14	1 January	Aberdeen	A	3–1	Pattillo, Stott, Follon	26,000
15	3 January	Rangers	H	3–1	Ewen, Stott (2)	39,975
16	8 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	Stott	39,389
17	15 January	Greenock Morton	H	3–1	Stott (3)	16,000
18	29 January	East Fife	A	0–3		15,000
19	12 February	Partick Thistle	A	4–4	Gunn (2), Pattillo, Boyd	37,000
20	19 February	Albion Rovers	H	5–0	Pattillo (2), Andrews, Stott (2)	17,000
21	26 February	Queen of the South	A	1–0	Gunn	11,500
22	12 March	St Mirren	A	1–6	Gerrie	14,000
23	19 March	Hibernian	H	4–3	Pattillo, Stott, Bruce, Hill	32,500
24	2 April	Third Lanark	A	3–2	Stott (2), Pattillo	6,000
25	11 April	Celtic	H	3–2	Stott, Gerrie (2)	29,000
26	16 April	Greenock Morton	A	2–2	Ewen, Stott	15,000
27	20 April	Falkirk	H	3–1	Gunn, Stott (2)	21,500
28	23 April	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Stott (2), Gerrie, Pattillo	25,000
29	27 April	Motherwell	H	2–1	Pattillo, Stott	26,000
30	30 April	Falkirk	A	1–4	Stott	18,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	20	6	4	63	32	+31	46
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	+23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	+23	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	+18	35
5	Falkirk	30	12	8	10	70	54	+16	32

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[3]

Group 2

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 September	Albion Rovers	H	2–1	Pattillo (2)	20,000
2	18 September	Falkirk	A	3–2	Gunn, Rattray, Stott	10,000
3	25 September	Motherwell	A	1–0	Stott	9,000
4	2 October	Albion Rovers	A	3–2	Gerrie, Hill, Pattillo	10,000
5	9 October	Falkirk	H	4–2	Boyd, Rattray, Fiddes (o.g.), Pattillo	16,000
6	16 October	Motherwell	H	0–1		23,000

Group 2 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Dundee	6	5	1	13	8	1.625	10
Motherwell	6	4	2	11	5	2.200	8
Falkirk	6	2	4	8	11	0.727	4
Albion Rovers	6	1	5	9	17	0.529	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
Quarter-finals	30 October	Alloa Athletic	H	1–1 (AET)	Gunn	13,000
QF replay	3 November	Alloa Athletic	A	3–1	Stott, Boyd, Pattillo	9,500
Semi-finals	25 September	Rangers	N	1–4	Smith	50,996

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	22 January	St Johnstone	H	6–1	Stott (4), Pattillo (2)	14,000
2nd round	5 February	St Mirren	H	0–0		34,000
2R replay	8 February	St Mirren	A	2–1	Gunn, Stott	28,000
Quarter-finals	5 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–2	Gunn, Hill, Gerrie, Pattillo	37,356
Semi-finals	26 March	Clyde	N	2–2	Gunn, Stott	33,000
SF replay	4 April	Clyde	N	1–2	Milligan (o.g.)	50,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division A		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	SCO	Bobby Ancell	19	0	10	0	0	0	9	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Andrews	15	1	10	1	2	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Reuben Bennett	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alfie Boyd	43	4	29	2	5	0	9	2
	GK	SCO	Jock Brown	11	0	4	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	SCO	Jack Bruce	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Jack Court	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Cowie	30	0	23	0	6	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Ernie Ewen	18	5	15	5	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry Follon	42	1	28	1	5	0	9	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gallacher	44	1	29	0	6	0	9	1
	FW	SCO	Syd Gerrie	18	7	11	5	3	1	4	1
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gray	21	0	11	0	1	0	9	0
	FW	SCO	Alistair Gunn	42	15	28	10	5	3	9	2
	FW	SCO	George Hill	28	5	18	3	5	1	5	1
	DF	SCO	Andy Irvine	21	0	16	0	5	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Johnny Lynch	30	0	23	0	5	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	George Mackay	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Malloch	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Pattillo	40	17	25	9	6	3	9	5
	FW	SCO	Peter Rattray	8	2	3	0	0	0	5	2
	FW	ENG	Reg Smith	12	1	8	0	1	0	3	1
	FW	SCO	George Stewart	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Stott	33	39	23	30	6	6	4	3

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1948-49". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

1948-49 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[2] "Scotland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[:0-3] "Results for Dundee for 1948-49". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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