1953–54 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee 1953–54 football season

Dundee

1953–54 season

Manager

Division A

Scottish Cup

League Cup

Top goalscorer

League: Albert Henderson (9)
All: George Merchant (11)

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The 1953–54 season was the fifty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 7th place for the second consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Dundee failed to defend their League Cup champion status for a third consecutive year, being knocked out of the group stages by goal ratio. As for the Scottish Cup, they would be upset by Division C side Berwick Rangers in the third round. This season would be the final for manager George Anderson, whose ill health forced him into retirement at the end of the campaign.

Scottish Division A

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	5 September	Falkirk	A	0–4		15,000
2	12 September	Raith Rovers	H	0–0		23,000
3	19 September	Aberdeen	A	1–1	Flavell	20,000
4	26 September	Clyde	H	2–0	Turnbull, Steel	18,000
5	3 October	Hamilton Academical	A	3–2	Turnbull (2), Carmichael	10,000
6	10 October	Queen of the South	H	4–1	Cowie, Christie, Turnbull, Steel	22,000
7	17 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Flavell	26,000
8	24 October	Rangers	H	1–0	A. Henderson	34,000
9	31 October	Celtic	H	1–1	Cowie	27,000
10	7 November	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		16,000
11	14 November	Airdrieonians	A	2–2	Steel, A. Henderson	9,000
12	21 November	Stirling Albion	H	2–1	A. Henderson, Turnbull	15,000
13	28 November	Hibernian	H	1–0	Cowie	26,000
14	12 December	East Fife	H	1–1	A. Henderson	15,000
15	19 December	Falkirk	A	1–0	A. Henderson	13,000
16	26 December	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	Toner (2)	10,000
17	1 January	Aberdeen	H	4–2	Toner (2), Steel, Malloy	28,000
18	2 January	Clyde	A	0–2		18,000
19	9 January	Hamilton Academical	H	3–2	Steel, Carmichael (2)	14,000
20	16 January	Queen of the South	A	1–5	Merchant	8,500
21	23 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–4	Cowie, Steel	25,000
22	6 February	Rangers	A	0–2		38,000
23	20 February	Celtic	A	1–5	Merchant	32,000
24	10 March	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Merchant	5,500
25	13 March	Stirling Albion	A	3–2	Merchant, Christie, A. Henderson	7,000
26	20 March	Hibernian	A	0–2		23,000
27	27 March	St Mirren	H	2–0	Gallacher, Christie	10,000
28	3 April	East Fife	A	1–1	Merchant	3,000
29	10 April	St Mirren	A	0–3		7,000
30	17 April	Partick Thistle	H	6–0	Merchant, A. Henderson (3), Hill, Walker	11,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hibernian	30	15	4	11	72	51	+21	34
6	East Fife	30	13	8	9	55	45	+10	34
7	Dundee	30	14	6	10	46	47	−1	34
8	Clyde	30	15	4	11	64	67	−3	34
9	Aberdeen	30	15	3	12	66	51	+15	33

Source: RSSSF

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Group 4

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Stirling Albion	H	6–1	Flavell (4), Steel (2)	21,000
2	12 August	Clyde	A	4–2	Ziesing, Christie, Flavell, Turnbull	15,000
3	15 August	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Turnbull	19,500
4	22 August	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	Christie (2)	11,000
5	26 August	Clyde	H	4–2	Turnbull (2), Christie, Steel	20,000
6	29 August	Partick Thistle	A	0–4		30,000

Group 4 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Partick Thistle	6	4	1	1	15	7	2.143	9
Dundee	6	4	1	1	17	10	1.700	9
Clyde	6	1	1	4	14	19	0.737	3
Stirling Albion	6	1	1	4	8	18	0.444	3

Source:

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
2nd round	13 February	Albion Rovers	A	1–1	Merchant	9,000
2R replay	17 February	Albion Rovers	H	4–0	Merchant (4)	12,256
3rd round	27 February	Berwick Rangers	A	0–3		9,000

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	29	0	20	0	3	0	6	0
	FW	NIR	Gerry Burrell	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Carmichael	10	3	10	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Christie	30	7	24	3	0	0	6	4
	DF	CAN	Jack Cowan	25	0	20	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Cowie	36	4	27	4	3	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Craig	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Flavell	18	7	12	2	2	0	4	5
	DF	SCO	Gerry Follon	19	0	10	0	3	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Gordon Frew	28	0	23	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Gallacher	31	1	22	1	3	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	Albert Henderson	23	9	21	9	0	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	Bobby Henderson	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Hill	23	1	15	1	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Irvine	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy	32	1	29	1	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Merchant	13	11	10	6	3	5	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Simpson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Steel	33	9	25	6	2	0	6	3
	MF	SCO	Jackie Stewart	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Toner	6	4	6	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Turnbull	23	9	16	5	1	0	6	4
	FW	SCO	Bert Walker	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	RSA	Ken Ziesing	16	1	7	0	3	0	6	1

References

"Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Results for Dundee for 1953-54". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
"The End of an Era". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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Related to national team	Results British Home Championship 1954 World Cup qualifying (Group 3) 1954 World Cup
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Division A	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division B	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Third Lanark

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