1929–30 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1929–30 season
Manager	Jimmy Bissett
Division One	14th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Campbell (15); All: Andy Campbell (20)
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The 1929–30 season was the thirty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 14th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the Quarter-finals before being knocked out by Heart of Midlothian in a replay.^[2]

Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	Townrow, O'Hare
2	17 August	Falkirk	H	0–0
3	24 August	Motherwell	A	0–3
4	31 August	Dundee United	H	1–0	Townrow	17,000
5	7 September	St Mirren	A	0–3
6	14 September	St Johnstone	H	0–1
7	21 September	Celtic	A	1–1	Pryde	6,000
8	28 September	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	Thomson, Ferguson
9	5 October	Queen's Park	H	1–0	Ferguson
10	12 October	Hamilton Academical	A	0–2
11	19 October	Hibernian	H	4–0	McNab, McCarthy, Thomson, Robertson	5,000
12	26 October	Aberdeen	A	0–1		20,000
13	2 November	Clyde	H	0–1
14	9 November	Greenock Morton	A	1–2	O'Hare
15	16 November	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	Campbell, O'Hare, Feeney
16	23 November	Cowdenbeath	A	1–2	Campbell
17	30 November	Ayr United	A	2–2	Feeney, Campbell
18	7 December	Rangers	A	1–4	Feeney	12,000
19	14 December	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	McNab, Campbell, O'Hare	8,000
20	21 December	Partick Thistle	H	2–4	Campbell (2)
21	25 December	St Johnstone	A	1–0	O'Hare
22	28 December	Falkirk	A	2–5	Milne (2)
23	1 January	Aberdeen	H	0–3		20,000
24	2 January	Hibernian	A	1–0	Robb (o.g.)	10,000
25	4 January	Motherwell	H	0–3
26	11 January	Dundee United	A	1–0	Campbell	16,000
27	25 January	St Mirren	H	1–3	Nelson
28	8 February	Celtic	H	2–2	Campbell, Milne	10,000
29	22 February	Queen's Park	A	1–2	Campbell
30	8 March	Clyde	A	1–1	Campbell
31	12 March	Hamilton Academical	H	3–2	O'Hare, Campbell, Troup
32	15 March	Greenock Morton	H	3–2	Troup (2), Ritchie
33	22 March	Airdrieonians	A	2–3	Robertson, Campbell
34	29 March	Cowdenbeath	H	3–0	Ritchie, Troup, O'Hare
35	5 April	Ayr United	H	3–0	Campbell (3)
36	19 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		5,500
37	21 April	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	O'Hare, McNab
38	23 April	Rangers	H	1–3	Troup	5,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Airdrieonians	38	16	4	18	60	66	−6	36
13	Hamilton Academical	38	14	7	17	76	81	−5	35
14	Dundee	38	14	6	18	51	58	−7	34
15	Queen's Park	38	15	4	19	67	80	−13	34
16	Cowdenbeath	38	13	7	18	64	74	−10	33

Source: "1929-1930 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	18 January	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	Campbell (2)
2nd round	1 February	St Johnstone	H	4–1	Campbell (2), Milne, O'Hare
3rd round	15 February	Airdrieonians	H	0–0
3R replay	19 February	Airdrieonians	A	0–0
3R 2nd replay	24 February	Airdrieonians	N	2–1	Robertson, O'Hare
Quarter-finals	1 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Campbell, Robertson	31,000
QF replay	5 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		32,000

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
	MF	SCO	Willie Blyth	13	0	13	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	43	0	36	0	7	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Campbell	39	20	32	15	7	5
	FW	SCO	George Dempster	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Owen Feeney	5	3	5	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hughie Ferguson	17	2	17	2	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	43	0	36	0	7	0
	DF	SCO	Davie Hopewell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Lynch	15	0	15	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bill Marsh	37	0	33	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Tom McCarthy	45	1	38	1	7	0
	MF	SCO	Colin McNab	44	3	37	3	7	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Milne	16	4	11	3	5	1
	GK	SCO	Tom Murray	8	0	5	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	John Nelson	11	1	9	1	2	0
	FW	SCO	Willie O'Hare	41	10	34	8	7	2
	DF	SCO	Bill Proctor	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Pryde	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Harry Ritchie	15	2	10	2	5	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Robertson	41	4	34	2	7	2
	MF	SCO	Jock Thomson	33	2	26	2	7	0
	FW	SCO	Frank Townrow	10	2	10	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Troup	11	5	9	5	2	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1929–30". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

External links

1929–30 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1929–30". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Cowdenbeath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Armadale Bo'ness Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir Third Lanark