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1956–57 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1956–57 season
ManagerWillie Thornton
Division One10th
Scottish Cup5th round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: George O'Hara
& Jimmy Chalmers (9)

All: Jimmy Chalmers (14)

The 1956–57 season was the fifty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place.[1] Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.[2] They would be knocked out by Clyde in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup via replay, but would make it to the Semi-finals of the League Cup before being defeated in a replay by Partick Thistle. The club's home shirt would change collar-style, from button-up to V-neck, with white arm borders and red socks returning, while the navy short borders were removed.[3]

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 8 September Kilmarnock H 1–1 Merchant 13,000
2 22 September Aberdeen H 4–2 Christie (2), Chalmers, O'Hara 20,000
3 29 September Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Birse 30,000
4 13 October Queen of the South A 1–3 Watt 7,500
5 20 October Queen's Park H 3–1 O'Hara, Watt, Chalmers 8,500
6 3 November Celtic H 2–1 Black, O'Hara 24,000
7 10 November Hibernian A 1–1 Watt 12,000
8 17 November St Mirren A 3–2 Christie, Watt (2) 9,000
9 24 November Airdrieonians H 2–1 Christie, Watt 7,000
10 1 December Falkirk A 1–1 O'Hara 6,000
11 8 December Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 Christie, Merchant 11,000
12 15 December Ayr United H 5–0 Cousin (3), Watt, O'Hara 8,500
13 22 December East Fife A 0–2 3,500
14 29 December Raith Rovers A 2–1 Christie, Reid 16,000
15 1 January Aberdeen A 1–2 Chalmers 20,000
16 2 January Rangers H 1–3 O'Hara 28,500
17 5 January Kilmarnock A 0–4 13,000
18 12 January Heart of Midlothian H 0–3 20,000
19 19 January Motherwell A 2–4 Chalmers, Birse 10,000
20 26 January Queen of the South H 5–2 Chalmers (3), Birse (2) 9,000
21 9 February Queen's Park A 0–2 10,000
22 16 February Ayr United A 1–0 Cousin 8,000
23 23 February Partick Thistle H 5–1 Cousin (2), Chalmers (2), Birse 5,000
24 2 March Dunfermline Athletic A 1–1 Birse 6,000
25 6 March Celtic A 1–1 O'Hara 4,000
26 9 March Hibernian H 0–3 13,000
27 16 March St Mirren H 1–1 Cousin 10,000
28 20 March Rangers A 0–4 25,000
29 23 March Airdrieonians A 2–3 Cousin, O'Hara 7,000
30 30 March Falkirk H 1–2 O'Hara 10,000
31 8 April Motherwell H 3–1 Easson (2), Sneddon 7,000
32 20 April East Fife H 0–1 3,000
33 23 April Partick Thistle A 0–5 6,000
34 27 April Raith Rovers H 3–0 Cowie, Black, Easson 7,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
8 Partick Thistle 34 13 8 13 53 51 1.039 34
9 Hibernian 34 12 9 13 69 56 1.232 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 55 61 0.902 32
11 Airdrieonians 34 13 4 17 77 89 0.865 30
12 St Mirren 34 12 6 16 58 72 0.806 30
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 1

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Motherwell A 1–0 Christie 10,000
2 15 August Raith Rovers H 1–0 Merchant 16,000
3 18 August Airdrieonians H 3–1 Merchant, Christie, Chalmers 13,000
4 25 August Motherwell H 2–1 Merchant (2) 15,000
5 29 August Raith Rovers A 2–2 Black, Merchant 8,500
6 1 September Airdrieonians A 7–1 Merchant (2), Cowie, O'Hara (2), Chalmers, Shanks (o.g.) 6,000

Group 1 table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 5 1 0 16 5 3.200 11
Raith Rovers 6 3 1 2 12 10 1.200 7
Motherwell 6 2 0 4 12 10 1.200 4
Airdrieonians 6 1 0 5 9 24 0.375 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 12 September Dundee United H 7–3 Black, Christie, Chalmers (3), O'Hara, Merchant 20,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 15 September Dundee United A 1–2 Merchant 14,000
Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate
Semi-finals 6 October Partick Thistle N 0–0 22,000
SF Replay 9 October Partick Thistle N 2–3 Christie, O'Hara 18,000

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
5th round 2 February Clyde H 0–0 22,000
5R replay 6 February Clyde A 1–2 Cowie 12,000

Player statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland SCO Dougie Alexander 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Birse 17 6 16 6 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gordon Black 40 4 33 2 1 0 6 2
GK Scotland SCO Bill Brown 43 0 31 0 2 0 10 0
FW Scotland SCO George Carmichael 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Chalmers 44 14 32 9 2 0 10 5
FW Scotland SCO George Christie 44 10 32 6 2 0 10 4
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 25 8 23 8 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 29 3 17 1 2 1 10 1
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 30 0 28 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Easson 7 3 3 3 0 0 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Jimmy Ferguson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Ferguson 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 40 0 28 0 2 0 10 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Irvine 12 0 3 0 0 0 9 0
FW Scotland SCO George McGeachie 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ralph McKenzie 42 0 30 0 2 0 10 0
GK Scotland SCO Dave MacLaren 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Merchant 13 11 3 2 0 0 10 9
FW Scotland SCO George O'Hara 40 13 28 9 2 0 10 4
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 44 1 32 1 2 0 10 0
FW Scotland SCO Felix Reilly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ed Skinner 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Davie Sneddon 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Watt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jake Young 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1956-57". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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