1927–28 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1927–28 season
Manager	Alec McNair (until Oct. 1927); Sandy MacFarlane (from Oct. 1927)
Division One	14th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gus Smith (24); All: Gus Smith (24)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927–28 season was the thirty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. After a poor start, manager Alec McNair was replaced by Sandy MacFarlane in his 2nd stint, who led the Dark Blues to finish in 14th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Dunfermline Athletic.^[2] The club would also wear black shorts occasionally as a change kit.^[3]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Cowdenbeath	A	0–1
2	20 August	Motherwell	H	0–3
3	27 August	St Mirren	A	0–0
4	3 September	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Hunter, O'Hare, Campbell, Cook
5	10 September	Bo'ness	A	0–2
6	17 September	St Johnstone	H	1–2	Pirie
7	24 September	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	O'Hare
8	1 October	Celtic	H	1–4	Gilmour	13,000
9	8 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		22,500
10	15 October	Aberdeen	H	3–2	Smith (2), Godfrey	10,000
11	22 October	Falkirk	H	1–0	Smith
12	29 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–3	Smith
13	5 November	Hibernian	A	0–4		7,000
14	12 November	Kilmarnock	H	7–0	O'Hare, Cassidy (2), Smith (3), Brown
15	19 November	Hamilton Academical	H	3–1	O'Hare, Smith, Cook
16	26 November	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	O'Hare
17	3 December	Clyde	H	4–3	McNab, Smith, Cassidy
18	10 December	Rangers	A	1–5	O'Hare	7,000
19	17 December	Queen's Park	H	1–3	O'Hare
20	24 December	Cowdenbeath	H	3–1	Smith, O'Hare, Gilmour
21	31 December	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	Smith, Thomson
22	2 January	Aberdeen	A	1–3	Smith	15,000
23	3 January	Bo'ness	H	3–2	O'Hare (2), Gilmour
24	7 January	St Mirren	H	2–1	O'Hare, McNab
25	14 January	St Johnstone	A	1–5	Smith
26	28 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–7	O'Hare, Smith	6,000
27	11 February	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	O'Hare (2), Smith
28	14 February	Celtic	A	1–3	Smith	12,000
29	22 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Craddock (2), Smith
30	25 February	Falkirk	A	1–5	McNab
31	7 March	Motherwell	A	2–2	Cassidy, Smith
32	10 March	Hibernian	H	4–1	Townrow (2), Smith (2)	2,000
33	17 March	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Lawley, Smith
34	24 March	Hamilton Academical	A	3–3	Smith, Townrow, Cassidy
35	31 March	Raith Rovers	H	1–2	Smith
36	7 April	Clyde	A	0–0
37	18 April	Rangers	H	0–1		12,000
38	21 April	Queen's Park	A	2–1	Smith, Cook

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Hibernian	38	13	9	16	73	75	−2	35
13	Airdrieonians	38	12	11	15	59	69	−10	35
14	Dundee	38	14	7	17	65	80	−15	35
15	Clyde	38	10	11	17	46	72	−26	31
16	Queen's Park	38	12	6	20	69	80	−11	30

Source: "1927-1928 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	21 January	Stranraer	A	4–2	Townrow, McGarry, Cook, Hunter
2nd round	4 February	Dundee United	A	3–3	Lawley, Whitlow (2)	20,365
2R replay	8 February	Dundee United	H	1–0	O'Hare	12,839
3rd round	18 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2	Whitlow

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
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	31	1	30	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Cassidy	26	5	24	5	2	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Cook	33	5	30	4	3	1
	FW	ENG	Claude Craddock	3	2	2	2	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Crawford	20	0	18	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Farrell	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	38	3	34	3	4	0
	FW	SCO	Ed Godfrey	23	1	21	1	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Hunter	7	2	6	1	1	1
	MF	SCO	Bob Kearney	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Lawley	15	2	12	1	3	1
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	39	0	35	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Ed McGarry	2	1	1	0	1	1
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	34	3	34	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy McNeill	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Meagher	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie O'Hare	33	15	29	14	4	1
	FW	SCO	Jim Pirie	2	1	2	1	0	0
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	24	0	20	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Gus Smith	30	24	29	24	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	42	1	38	1	4	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Townrow	30	4	26	3	4	1
	FW	SCO	Fred Whitlow	5	3	2	0	3	3

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1927–28". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

1927–28 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1927–28". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[3] "Dundee – Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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