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1980–81 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1980–81 season
ManagerDon Mackay
First Division2nd (Promoted)
Scottish Cup3rd round
League CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague: Eric Sinclair (19)
All: Eric Sinclair (22)

The 1980–81 season was the 79th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the First Division after being relegated the previous season.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 2nd place, achieving immediate promotion back to the top tier. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be eliminated by Falkirk in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup, and made an impressive run to the final of the League Cup, before being defeated by inter-city rivals Dundee United.

Dundee would switch from Admiral to Umbro as their kit manufacturer, and would return to white shorts along with the famous diamond stripes.[3]

Scottish First Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 9 August Dunfermline Athletic A 0–1 3,660
2 16 August Ayr United H 0–0 5,328
3 23 August St Johnstone A 0–1 4,197
4 6 September Clydebank A 0–3 1,296
5 9 September Hibernian H 1–2 Scrimgeour 5,304
6 13 September Berwick Rangers H 2–2 Fraser, Shirra (pen.) 3,782
7 17 September Motherwell A 2–3 Fraser, McGeachie 2,300
8 20 September Falkirk H 4–0 Fletcher, Mackie, Sinclair (2) 3,993
9 27 September Stirling Albion A 1–1 Shirra (pen.) 1,557
10 4 October Dumbarton H 3–1 Sinclair, Fleming, Shirra 3,553
11 11 October Raith Rovers A 0–0 3,255
12 14 October Hamilton Academical H 2–0 Fraser, Sinclair 3,170
13 18 October East Stirlingshire H 2–0 Murphy, Sinclair 3,771
14 25 October Berwick Rangers A 1–0 Sinclair 1,080
15 1 November Clydebank H 2–1 Fraser, Stephen 4,700
16 8 November Motherwell H 2–1 Ferguson (pen.), Shirra (pen.) 5,112
17 15 November Falkirk A 3–0 McGeachie, Sinclair (2) 3,500
18 22 November Stirling Albion H 5–1 Stephen (2), Sinclair, Mackie 4,815
19 29 November Dumbarton A 2–1 Stephen (2) 958
20 13 December East Stirlingshire A 2–0 Geddes, Murphy 1,026
21 20 December Hibernian H 1–0 Sinclair 7,454
22 27 December Ayr United A 0–1 4,026
23 1 January St Johnstone H 2–2 Stephen, Sinclair 8,573
24 3 January Hamilton Academical A 2–4 Stephen, Geddes 2,381
25 31 January Ayr United H 2–4 Scrimgeour, Sinclair 4,724
26 7 February Hibernian A 0–0 4,989
27 21 February Motherwell A 1–4 Williamson 2,072
28 11 March Dumbarton H 2–1 Scrimgeour, Sinclair 2,812
29 14 March Raith Rovers H 3–1 Geddes (2), Scrimgeour 6,315
30 18 March Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 Geddes 3,159
31 21 March Hamilton Academical A 3–1 Sinclair (2), Murphy 1,492
32 24 March Stirling Albion A 1–0 Murphy 752
33 28 March Berwick Rangers H 0–0 3,509
34 1 April Raith Rovers H 2–1 Sinclair, Fraser 6,178
35 4 April St Johnstone H 4–1 Sinclair (2), Scrimgeour, Mackie 8,586
36 11 April Dunfermline Athletic A 1–1 Mackie 3,000
37 18 April Clydebank H 1–0 Geddes 4,771
38 25 April Falkirk A 2–1 Murphy, Stephen 4,500
39 2 May East Stirlingshire A 1–0 Sinclair 5,762

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hibernian (C, P) 39 24 9 6 67 24 +43 57 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Dundee (P) 39 22 8 9 64 40 +24 52
3 St Johnstone 39 21 10 8 64 44 +20 52
4 Raith Rovers 39 20 10 9 49 32 +17 50
5 Motherwell 39 19 11 9 65 51 +14 49
Source: RSSSF[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 26 August Arbroath H 2–0 Fletcher (2) 3,745
1st round, 2nd leg 30 August Arbroath A 3–0 MacLaren, Sinclair, Fletcher 2,855
Dundee win 5–0 on aggregate
2nd round, 1st leg 3 September Kilmarnock H 0–0 4,388
2nd round, 2nd leg 24 September Kilmarnock A 0–0 2,401
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Dundee win 5–4 on penalties
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 8 October Aberdeen H 0–0 10,308
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 29 October Aberdeen A 1–0 Fraser 14,925
Dundee win 1–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals, 1st leg 5 November Ayr United A 1–1 Sinclair 6,801
Semi-finals, 2nd leg 19 November Ayr United H 3–2 Williamson, Fraser, Sinclair 9,438
Dundee win 4–3 on aggregate
Final 6 December Dundee United H/N 0–3 24,446

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 24 January Falkirk A 0–1 4,486

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF Scotland SCO Les Barr 38 0 30 0 0 0 5+3 0
GK Scotland SCO Alan Blair 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dennis Corrigan 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Davidson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Ferguson 13 1 8+4 1 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ian Fleming 12 1 7+1 1 0 0 4 0
FW Scotland SCO John Fletcher 12 4 6+1 1 0 0 4+1 3
MF Scotland SCO Cammy Fraser 38 7 31 5 1 0 6 2
FW Scotland SCO Andy Geddes 20 7 18 7 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 30 0 21 0 0 0 9 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 50 0 40 0 1 0 9 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart MacLaren 41 1 32 0 1 0 8 1
MF Scotland SCO Peter Mackie 45 5 26+9 5 1 0 7+2 0
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 39 2 27+3 2 1 0 8 0
FW Scotland SCO Stewart McKimmie 18 0 16+2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Murphy 43 5 20+15 5 0 0 4+4 0
DF Scotland SCO Erich Schaedler 43 0 32+1 0 1 0 9 0
FW Scotland SCO Jocky Scott 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Scrimgeour 24 5 18+4 5 0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Shirra 29 4 15+5 4 0 0 6+3 0
FW Scotland SCO Eric Sinclair 47 22 37 19 1 0 9 3
FW Scotland SCO Ray Stephen 27 8 19+4 8 1 0 2+1 0
GK Scotland SCO Evan Williams 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Williamson 26 2 15+5 1 0+1 0 4+1 1

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 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1980-81". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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