1954–55 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1954–55 season
Manager	Willie Thornton
Division A	8th
Scottish Cup	5th round
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: George Merchant (11); All: George Merchant (16)
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	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 season was the fifty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 8th place under new manager Willie Thornton.^[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.^[2] They would be knocked out of the group stages of the League Cup, and would be defeated by Rangers in a replay in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 September	Raith Rovers	A	0–3		14,000
2	18 September	Aberdeen	H	0–2		27,000
3	25 September	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	Walker, A. Henderson	15,000
4	2 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–2	Dunsmuir, Malloy	20,000
5	9 October	Clyde	A	0–2		11,000
6	16 October	Falkirk	H	2–0	A. Henderson, Walker	18,500
7	23 October	Rangers	A	0–3		30,000
8	30 October	Queen of the South	H	3–1	Carmichael, Dunsmuir, Flavell	13,500
9	6 November	East Fife	A	1–4	Flavell	9,000
10	13 November	St Mirren	H	0–1		12,500
11	20 November	Hibernian	A	1–3	Roy	30,000
12	27 November	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	Merchant, A. Henderson	4,000
13	4 December	Motherwell	H	4–1	Malloy, Merchant (3)	14,000
14	11 December	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	Carmichael (2), Merchant	16,000
15	18 December	Celtic	A	1–4	Merchant	14,000
16	25 December	Raith Rovers	H	4–1	Merchant (2), A. Henderson, Christie	13,000
17	1 January	Aberdeen	A	0–1		25,000
18	3 January	Kilmarnock	H	2–5	Cowie, Merchant	17,000
19	8 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Christie	24,000
20	29 January	Rangers	H	2–1	Christie, Merchant	28,000
21	12 February	Queen of the South	A	1–1	Chalmers	6,500
22	5 March	St Mirren	A	2–0	Dunsmuir, A. Henderson	12,000
23	9 March	East Fife	H	1–1	Dunsmuir	7,000
24	12 March	Hibernian	H	2–2	Merchant, Christie	18,000
25	19 March	Stirling Albion	H	4–1	Chalmers (3), Malloy	8,000
26	26 March	Motherwell	A	2–0	A. Henderson (2)	9,000
27	2 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Chalmers	10,000
28	9 April	Celtic	H	0–1		23,000
29	11 April	Clyde	H	2–1	Cowie, Chalmers	12,010
30	30 April	Falkirk	A	2–2	A. Henderson, Christie	12,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	St Mirren	30	12	8	10	55	54	+1	32
7	Clyde	30	11	9	10	59	50	+9	31
8	Dundee	30	13	4	13	48	48	0	30
9	Partick Thistle	30	11	7	12	49	61	−12	29
10	Kilmarnock	30	10	6	14	46	58	−12	26

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Group 4

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	Hill	35,000
2	18 August	Celtic	H	3–1	Merchant, A. Henderson, Roy	29,000
3	21 August	Falkirk	H	3–1	Merchant (3)	16,500
4	28 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	Merchant, Roy (2), Gallacher	29,500
5	1 September	Celtic	A	1–0	Malloy	30,000
6	4 September	Falkirk	A	0–4		15,000

Group 4 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Heart of Midlothian	6	5	0	1	19	11	1.727	10
Dundee	6	4	0	2	12	10	1.200	8
Celtic	6	1	1	4	9	11	0.818	3
Falkirk	6	1	1	4	10	18	0.556	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
5th round	5 February	Rangers	A	0–0		58,000
5R replay	9 February	Rangers	H	0–1		25,600

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
	GK	SCO	Bill Brown	36	0	28	0	2	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	George Carmichael	11	3	11	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Chalmers	14	6	12	6	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Christie	28	5	22	5	2	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Cowie	28	2	26	2	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Craig	15	0	8	0	2	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Davie Dunsmuir	14	4	14	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Easson	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Flavell	10	2	8	2	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Gerry Follon	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gallacher	35	1	27	0	2	0	6	1
	DF	SCO	Davie Gray	20	0	12	0	2	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	Albert Henderson	37	10	29	9	2	0	6	1
	GK	SCO	Bobby Henderson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Hill	16	1	10	0	0	0	6	1
	DF	SCO	Andy Irvine	34	0	28	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy	38	4	30	3	2	0	6	1
	DF	SCO	Alan Massie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Mason	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Merchant	23	16	18	11	2	0	3	5
	DF	SCO	Hugh Reid	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Roy	23	4	15	1	2	0	6	3
	FW	SCO	Davie Sneddon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bert Walker	8	2	7	2	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jake Young	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1954-55". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

External links

1954-55 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1954-55". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division B	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Third Lanark
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