1920–21 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1920–21 season
Manager	Sandy MacFarlane
Stadium	Dens Park
Division One	4th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: John Bell (25); All: John Bell (26)
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The 1920–21 season was the twenty-sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. They would finish in 4th place for the second consecutive season.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the Quarter-finals by Albion Rovers.^[2]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	16 August	Falkirk	A	2–2	Bell (2)	7,000
2	21 August	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Bell	18,000
3	25 August	Third Lanark	A	1–0	Troup	15,000
4	28 August	Dumbarton	H	1–1	Bell	3,000
5	4 September	Falkirk	H	2–0	Irving, Troup	18,000
6	8 September	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1		10,000
7	11 September	St Mirren	A	1–0	Bell	8,000
8	18 September	Third Lanark	H	2–1	Johnstone, Bell	17,000
9	25 September	Queen's Park	H	1–1	Bell	19,000
10	2 October	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	Bell, McLean
11	4 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Honeyman, Bell (2)	14,000
12	9 October	Motherwell	A	2–1	Bell, Hogg
13	16 October	Celtic	H	1–2	Bell	25,000
14	23 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Bell	19,500
15	30 October	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	Bell, Troup, Cowan	16,000
16	6 November	Rangers	A	0–5		41,300
17	13 November	Airdrieonians	H	0–1		14,000
18	20 November	Hibernian	A	0–2		12,000
19	27 November	Clyde	H	2–1	McLean, Thomson	12,000
20	4 December	Ayr United	A	1–1	Troup
21	11 December	Albion Rovers	H	3–0	McLean (2), Thomson	20,000
22	18 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	McLean
23	25 December	Hamilton Academical	H	4–0	Bell (2), McDonald, McLean	11,000
24	1 January	Aberdeen	A	0–0		20,000
25	3 January	Hibernian	H	1–1	Nicoll	20,000
26	8 January	Greenock Morton	H	0–0		15,000
27	15 January	Queen's Park	A	0–0
28	29 January	Dumbarton	H	2–1	Bell, Thomson	15,000
29	9 February	Clydebank	A	1–0	T. Jackson	2,000
30	12 February	Rangers	H	1–2	T. Jackson	28,000
31	26 February	Raith Rovers	H	0–0		15,000
32	9 March	Celtic	A	0–2		10,000
33	12 March	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	Bell	4,000
34	19 March	Kilmarnock	A	0–5
35	26 March	Ayr United	H	2–0	Troup, Bell	9,000
36	2 April	Albion Rovers	A	3–2	McLean, Bell, Troup
37	4 April	Greenock Morton	A	0–1
38	9 April	Motherwell	H	2–1	Cowan, Bell	12,000
39	11 April	Clydebank	H	2–0	Bell, Kilpatrick	12,000
40	16 April	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	Bell
41	23 April	St Mirren	A	2–0	Bell (2)	11,000
42	30 April	Clyde	A	2–5	J. Jackson, Thomson

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Celtic	42	30	6	6	89	31	+58	66
3	Heart of Midlothian	42	20	10	12	74	49	+25	50
4	Dundee	42	19	11	12	54	48	+6	49
5	Motherwell	42	19	10	13	75	51	+24	48
6	Partick Thistle	42	17	12	13	53	39	+14	46

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	22 January	Caledonian	H	8–1	T. Jackson, Nicoll, Troup, Thomson, McLean, Philip (3)	18,000
2nd round	5 February	Stenhousemuir	H	1–0	Bell	16,000
3rd round	19 February	Aberdeen	H	0–0		27,000
3R replay	23 February	Aberdeen	A	1–1	Hutton (o.g.)	20,000
3R 2nd replay	1 March	Aberdeen	N	2–0	Philip, Troup	15,000
Quarter-finals	5 March	Albion Rovers	H	0–2		13,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	SCO	John Bell	40	26	36	25	4	1
	FW	SCO	Willie Cowan	20	2	17	2	3	0
	FW	SCO	John Davidson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Fleming	12	0	11	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Tom Gibbon	48	0	42	0	6	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Hogg	2	1	2	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Honeyman	13	1	12	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Davie Hutcheson	19	0	16	0	3	0
	MF	EIR	Sam Irving	40	1	35	1	5	0
	FW	SCO	John Jackson	43	1	37	1	6	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Jackson	5	3	3	2	2	1
	MF	SCO	Jock Johnstone	7	1	6	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Tom Kilpatrick	27	1	22	1	5	0
	FW	SCO	Dave McDonald	13	1	13	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie McLean	37	8	31	7	6	1
	MF	SCO	Dave Nicol	31	2	28	1	3	1
	FW	SCO	George Philip	29	4	26	0	3	4
	DF	SCO	David Raitt	42	0	37	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Isaac Reid	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Donald Slade	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	41	5	35	4	6	1
	FW	SCO	Alec Troup	45	8	39	6	6	2

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1920–21". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

External links

1919–20 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1920–21". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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