1960–61 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1960–61 season
ManagerBob Shankly
Division One10th
Scottish Cup2nd round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Gilzean (19)
All: Alan Gilzean (32)

The 1960–61 season was the fifty-ninth 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 of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Rangers.

Scottish Division One[edit]

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 24 August Raith Rovers A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
2 10 September Aberdeen H 3–3 Gilzean (3) 12,000
3 17 September Dundee United A 1–3 Penman 20,000
4 24 September Clyde H 4–1 Cousin, Gilzean, Robertson, Seith 13,700
5 1 October St Johnstone H 2–1 Waddell, Robertson 12,000
6 8 October Rangers A 1–0 Cousin 22,160
7 15 October Kilmarnock H 1–0 Penman (pen.) 16,000
8 22 October St Mirren A 2–1 Waddell, Cousin 10,000
9 29 October Dunfermline Athletic A 2–4 Cousin, Gilzean 9,000
10 5 November Hibernian H 0–1 13,000
11 12 November Third Lanark H 0–2 10,000
12 19 November Ayr United A 4–2 Gilzean (3), Cousin 6,000
13 26 November Partick Thistle H 1–2 Cowie (pen.) 10,000
14 10 December Airdrieonians H 2–1 Cousin, Robertson 8,000
15 17 December Motherwell A 0–2 11,000
16 24 December Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 Gilzean (2) 13,000
17 26 December Celtic A 1–2 Robertson 11,000
18 31 December Raith Rovers H 2–3 Henderson, Cousin 8,000
19 2 January Aberdeen A 1–2 Gilzean 23,000
20 7 January Dundee United H 3–0 Wishart (2), Adamson 22,000
21 14 January Clyde A 0–0 7,000
22 21 January St Johnstone A 1–1 Gilzean 10,000
23 8 February Rangers H 4–2 Wishart, Cousin, Gilzean (2) 8,706
24 18 February Kilmarnock A 1–2 Gilzean 10,000
25 4 March Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 Seith, Cowie, Gilzean, Cox (pen.) 11,000
26 8 March St Mirren H 2–0 Robertson, Cousin 12,000
27 18 March Third Lanark A 1–2 Cousin 7,000
28 20 March Hibernian A 0–1 8,000
29 25 March Ayr United H 6–1 H. Robertson (2), Crichton, Gilzean (2), Cousin 8,000
30 1 April Partick Thistle A 2–2 Penman, Robertson 7,000
31 8 April Celtic H 0–1 17,500
32 12 April Airdrieonians A 4–2 Waddell, Robertson, Penman, Gilzean 3,500
33 22 April Motherwell H 2–2 Waddell, Robertson 10,000
34 29 April Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 Wishart 10,000

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Hibernian 34 15 4 15 66 69 0.957 34 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9 Dundee United 34 13 7 14 60 58 1.034 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 61 53 1.151 32
11 Partick Thistle 34 13 6 15 59 69 0.855 32
12 Dunfermline Athletic 34 12 7 15 65 81 0.802 31 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 4[edit]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 13 August Raith Rovers H 5–0 Penman, Gilzean (3), Robertson 16,000
2 17 August Ayr United A 2–1 Gilzean, Cousin 9,000
3 20 August Aberdeen A 4–1 Gilzean (2), Cousin, Penman 18,000
4 27 August Raith Rovers A 3–0 Gilzean (3) 8,000
5 31 August Ayr United H 3–0 Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson 10,500
6 3 September Aberdeen H 6–0 Gilzean (3), McGeachie (2), Waddell 14,500

Group 4 table[edit]

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
Dundee 6 6 0 0 23 2 11.500 12
Aberdeen 6 2 1 3 10 18 0.556 5
Raith Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 14 0.500 5
Ayr United 6 0 2 4 7 13 0.538 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage[edit]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 14 September Rangers A 0–1 45,000
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 21 September Rangers H 3–4 Cousin (2), Penman (pen.) 33,000
Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 11 February Rangers H 1–5 Cousin 32,000

Player statistics[edit]

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Adamson 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Cousin 34 17 29 12 1 1 4 4
MF Scotland SCO Doug Cowie 18 2 17 2 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Cox 38 1 30 1 1 0 7 0
FW Scotland SCO Ronnie Crichton 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dave Curlett 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alan Gilzean 42 32 33 19 1 0 8 13
DF Scotland SCO Alex Hamilton 37 0 28 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Henderson 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO John Horsburgh 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Fred Jardine 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Pat Liney 39 0 30 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO George McGeachie 17 2 10 0 0 0 7 2
MF Scotland SCO Andy Penman 25 7 16 4 1 0 8 3
DF Scotland SCO Hugh Reid 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Robertson 43 11 34 9 1 0 8 2
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Seith 41 2 33 2 0 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Smith 16 0 7 0 1 0 8 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Stuart 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian Ure 41 0 32 0 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Waddell 12 6 8 4 0 0 4 2
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Wishart 16 4 15 4 1 0 0 0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1960-61". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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