1972–73 Dundee F.C. season

The 1972–73 season was the 71st season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place for the third consecutive season.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out by Celtic in both the quarter-finals of the League Cup and the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, with both ties requiring replays. Dundee would also compete in the Texaco Cup, where they would be knocked out by Norwich City in the 1st round.

Dundee
1972–73 season
ManagerDavie White
Division One5th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Texaco Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Duncan (23)
All: John Duncan (40)

Scottish Division One

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 2 September Motherwell A 2–2 J. Wilson, Duncan 5,000
2 9 September Aberdeen H 0–0 10,100
3 16 September Dundee United A 1–2 Ford 12,071
4 23 September Celtic H 2–0 I. Scott, Gray 18,226
5 30 September Airdrieonians A 1–0 Robinson 2,500
6 7 October Hibernian H 1–0 Ford 11,618
7 14 October Dumbarton A 2–2 Wallace, Cushley (o.g.) 4,000
8 21 October Kilmarnock H 1–0 Duncan 5,600
9 28 October Greenock Morton A 2–5 Rowan (o.g.), Duncan 2,500
10 4 November Rangers H 1–1 Wallace 19,600
11 11 November Arbroath A 1–2 Duncan 5,149
12 18 November St Johnstone H 3–0 Duncan, Robinson, Houston 6,000
13 25 November Ayr United A 1–2 Anderson 5,000
14 2 December East Fife H 4–0 Duncan (2), Wallace, J. Scott 5,300
15 9 December Falkirk A 2–2 Duncan, I. Scott 4,000
16 16 December Partick Thistle H 4–1 Duncan (3), Johnston 3,900
17 23 December Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 Stewart, Duncan 8,366
18 30 December Motherwell H 2–0 Duncan, J. Scott 5,600
19 1 January Aberdeen A 1–3 J. Scott 13,576
20 6 January Dundee United H 3–0 Duncan (2), Houston 13,570
21 13 January Celtic A 1–2 Houston 25,977
22 27 January Hibernian A 1–1 Duncan 15,896
23 10 February Dumbarton H 2–1 J. Scott, Wallace 4,500
24 20 February Airdrieonians H 1–1 Stewart 3,650
25 27 February Kilmarnock A 2–1 I. Scott, J. Scott 2,000
26 3 March Greenock Morton H 6–0 J. Wilson (2), J. Scott, Duncan (3) 5,000
27 10 March Rangers A 1–3 Duncan 32,500
28 21 March Arbroath H 6–0 J. Scott (3), Duncan (2), Wallace 5,950
29 24 March St Johnstone A 1–4 Lambie (o.g.) 4,500
30 31 March Ayr United H 2–1 J. Scott, Houston 5,050
31 14 April Falkirk H 5–3 Wallace (2), Duncan, J. Scott (2) 4,000
32 18 April East Fife A 1–0 Semple 4,304
33 21 April Partick Thistle A 1–1 Wallace 5,000
34 28 April Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 Wallace, Houston 6,348

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 74 33 41 45
4 Aberdeen 34 16 11 7 61 34 27 43
5 Dundee 34 17 9 8 68 43 25 43
6 Ayr United 34 16 8 10 50 51 −1 40
7 Dundee United 34 17 5 12 56 51 5 39

Scottish League Cup

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Group 7

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 12 August East Stirlingshire A 8–2 Duncan (5), Robinson, J. Wilson, Stein (o.g.) 1,500
2 16 August Clyde H 2–1 Duncan, I. Scott 4,900
3 19 August Motherwell A 3–1 J. Wilson, Duncan (2) 5,000
4 23 August Clyde A 1–0 Phillip 2,000
5 26 August East Stirlingshire H 3–0 Duncan, J. Scott, Robinson 4,700
6 30 August Motherwell H 2–1 Wallace, Duncan 4,000

Group 7 table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dundee 6 6 0 0 19 5 14 12
Motherwell 6 2 2 2 11 9 2 6
Clyde 6 2 2 2 9 7 2 6
East Stirlingshire 6 0 0 6 4 22 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round, 1st leg 20 September Dumbarton A 0–3 4,000
2nd round, 2nd leg 4 October Dumbarton H 4–0 I. Scott, Wallace (2), Duncan 7,200
Dundee won 4–3 on aggregate
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 11 October Celtic H 1–0 Wallace 14,492
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 1 November Celtic A 2–3
(A.E.T.)
Wallace, J. Scott 36,416
Aggregate tied at 3–3, replay required
QF Replay 20 November Celtic N 1–4 J. Scott 36,483

Scottish Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 3 February Dunfermline Athletic A 3–0 J. Wilson, Duncan, J. Scott 10,618
4th round 24 February Stranraer A 9–2 Duncan (4), Wallace (3), Houston, I. Scott 3,350
Quarter-finals 17 March Montrose A 4–1 Wallace, J. Scott (2), Duncan 8,893
Semi-finals 7 April Celtic N 0–0 53,428
SF Replay 11 April Celtic N 0–3 47,384

Texaco Cup

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 13 September   Norwich City H 2–1 I. Scott, Lambie 8,000
1st round, 2nd leg 27 September   Norwich City A 0–2 18,339
Norwich won 3–2 on aggregate

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup Texaco Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Thomson Allan 42 0 29 0 5 0 8 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ian Anderson 12 1 5 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Duncan 46 40 30 1 23 5 6 10 11 0 0
MF   SCO Bobby Ford 35 2 19 4 2 1 2 0 9 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Gray 9 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
GK   SCO Mike Hewitt 10 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
MF   SCO Doug Houston 51 6 33 5 5 1 11 0 2 0
DF   SCO Davie Johnston 25 1 18 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
FW   SCO Duncan Lambie 17 1 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
DF   SCO Ian Mathieson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Duncan MacLeod 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Iain Phillip 12 1 4 0 0 0 7 1 1 0
DF   SCO Alex Pringle 11 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Bobby Robinson 49 4 31 2 5 0 11 2 2 0
FW   SCO Ian Scott 42 7 25 1 3 4 1 1 9 2 2 1
FW   SCO Jocky Scott 50 18 31 1 12 5 3 11 3 2 0
FW   SCO Billy Semple 8 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ian Smith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO George Stewart 47 2 33 2 5 0 7 0 2 0
FW   SCO Gordon Wallace 48 18 31 1 9 5 4 9 5 2 0
DF   SCO Bobby Wilson 50 0 32 1 0 5 0 10 0 2 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Wilson 37 5 20 1 3 4 1 9 1 1 2 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 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1972-73". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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