1896–97 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

1896–97 season
Stadium	Carolina Port
Division One	5th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Clark (10) All: Davie Willocks (12)
Home colours

The 1896–97 season was the fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, finishing in 5th place for the 2nd consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup.^[1] Dundee would switch their main kit colours from sky blue and white stripes to a white shirt and black shorts.^[2]

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1896–97 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	15 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–5		8,500
2	22 August	Hibernian	H	3–0	Clark (3)	6,000
3	29 August	Rangers	A	1–3	Smith	13,000
4	5 September	St Mirren	A	1–4	Willocks	4,000
5	12 September	Third Lanark	H	2–0	Clark, Willocks	3,500
6	19 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	McArthur, Smith	8,000
7	26 September	St Bernard's	H	4–1	Devlin (2), Kelso, McArthur	5,000
8	3 October	Celtic	H	2–2	Robertson, Willocks	17,000
9	10 October	Third Lanark	A	1–3	Smith	1,500
10	17 October	Abercorn	H	3–0	Willocks, Smith, McArthur	3,500
11	24 October	Clyde	A	2–0	Willocks, Clark	2,500
12	31 October	Hibernian	A	1–3	Clark	6,000
13	7 November	Clyde	H	1–0	Willocks	4,000
14	14 November	St Bernard's	A	1–2	McArthur
15	28 November	Rangers	H	3–2	Devlin (2), Clark	8,000
16	12 December	St Mirren	H	3–2	Clark, Robertson (o.g.), Smith	5,000
17	16 January	Abercorn	A	7–1	Devlin (2), Smith, Willocks (2), Clark, Allan	2,000
18	29 February	Celtic	A	1–0	Clark	8,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Rangers	18	11	3	4	64	30	+34	25
4	Celtic	18	10	4	4	42	18	+24	24
5	Dundee	18	10	2	6	38	30	+8	22
6	St Mirren	18	9	1	8	38	29	+9	19
7	St Bernard's	18	7	0	11	32	40	−8	14

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1896–97 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	9 January	Inverness Thistle	H	7–1	Willocks (3), Smith, Devlin (2), Dundas
2nd round	30 January	King's Park	H	5–0	Allan (3), Willocks, Devlin	2,000
Quarter-finals	13 February	Rangers	H	0–4		15,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	SCO	Dicky Allan	11	4	8	1	3	3
	DF	SCO	Charlie Burgess	17	0	14	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Clark	19	10	16	10	3	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Devlin	21	9	18	6	3	3
	MF	SCO	James Dundas	11	1	9	0	2	1
	MF	SCO	Alex Epsie	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Stuart Hall	20	0	17	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Edward Hamilton	6	0	6	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Hillman	20	0	18	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Sandy Keillor	20	0	17	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Bob Kelso	19	1	16	1	3	0
	FW	SCO	Bill McArthur	13	4	11	4	2	0
	FW	SCO	James Robertson	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Smith	20	7	17	6	3	1
	MF	SCO	Tom Stormont	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Davie Willocks	20	12	17	8	3	4

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

1. "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
2. "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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