1944–45 Dundee F.C. season
Dundee 1944–45 football season
The 1944–45 season was the first time since 1940 that Dundee fielded a team, having not played officially throughout the majority of World War II . Dundee would enter the North Eastern Football League , which was split into Autumn and Spring Series. Dundee would impress in their first official competition in years under new manager George Anderson , winning the Autumn series, before coming 5th in the Spring series.[ 1] Dundee would also compete in the North Eastern League Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup , and made it to the final before being defeated by Aberdeen .[ 2]
Autumn series
Statistics provided by Dee Archive .[ 2]
Match Day
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Dundee Scorer(s)
Attendance
1
12 August
Raith Rovers
A
4–2
Turnbull (2), Roberts, Miller
5,000
2
19 August
Aberdeen
H
2–1
Turnbull , Cox
13,000
3
26 August
Dundee United
A
2–1
Turnbull (2)
15,500
4
2 September
Rangers 'A'
H
5–3
Anderson (3), Gray , Roberts
16,132
5
9 September
Heart of Midlothian 'A'
A
3–1
Anderson (2), Hill
1,700
6
16 September
Arbroath
A
4–1
Turnbull (3), Auld
5,500
7
23 September
Falkirk
H
1–2
Turnbull
11,000
8
30 September
Heart of Midlothian 'A'
H
6–0
Turnbull (3), Auld, McCall (2)
11,000
9
7 October
East Fife
A
0–1
6,000
10
14 October
Arbroath
H
6–2
Auld (2), Anderson (4)
6,100
11
21 October
Raith Rovers
H
4–6
Hill , Gray , Turnbull , Collins
10,042
12
28 October
Aberdeen
A
3–2
Anderson (3)
15,000
13
4 November
Dundee United
H
2–2
Ruse, Anderson
10,800
14
11 November
Dunfermline Athletic
A
4–3
McCall , Anderson, Blyth (o.g. ), McKenzie
5,000
15
18 November
Falkirk
A
2–1
Anderson, Turnbull
4,000
16
25 November
East Fife
H
1–1
Turnbull
10,300
17
2 December
Rangers 'A'
A
1–0
Anderson
6,000
18
9 December
Dunfermline Athletic
H
3–1
Anderson (2), Hill
13,500
Autumn Series table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dundee (C)
18
13
2
3
56
30
+26
28
2
Aberdeen
18
13
1
4
65
21
+44
27
3
Raith Rovers
18
10
2
6
42
32
+10
22
Spring series
Statistics provided by Dee Archive .[ 2]
Match Day
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Dundee Scorer(s)
Attendance
1
1 January
Aberdeen
A
0–5
16,000
2
2 January
Dundee United
H
4–0
Auld, Turnbull (2), Anderson
10,600
3
6 January
Falkirk 'A'
H
5–1
Turnbull (3), McCall , Ancell
9,000
4
13 January
Heart of Midlothian 'A'
A
3–5
Ewen, Turnbull (2)
3,000
5
10 February
East Fife
A
4–1
Hill , Turnbull (2), Ewen
2,500
6
17 February
Rangers 'A'
A
5–2
Turnbull (2), Woodburn (o.g. ), McCall , Ewen
9,000
7
24 February
Heart of Midlothian 'A'
H
5–1
Dunn (o.g. ), McCall , Turnbull (2), Hill
8,000
8
3 March
Dundee United
A
4–0
Ruse, Turnbull , Hill , Gray
11,000
9
10 March
Rangers 'A'
H
2–3
Ewen, Ancell
14,205
10
17 March
Falkirk 'A'
A
2–1
Ventre, Ruse
4,000
11
24 March
Raith Rovers
A
1–2
Ewen
4,000
12
31 March
Arbroath
H
4–2
Turnbull (3), Auld
8,300
13
7 April
Aberdeen
H
1–4
Ewen
13,200
14
14 April
Dunfermline Athletic
A
0–2
1,200
15
21 April
East Fife
H
3–2
Turnbull (2), Smith
9,000
16
28 April
Arbroath
A
1–2
Turnbull
2,500
17
5 May
Raith Rovers
H
4–0
Smith , Turnbull (3)
8,000
18
12 May
Dunfermline Athletic
H
1–2
Anderson
7,370
Spring Series table
North Eastern League Cup
Statistics provided by Dee Archive .[ 2]
Match Day
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Dundee Scorer(s)
Attendance
Semi-finals, 1st leg
16 December
Raith Rovers
H
2–1
Moir, Anderson
4,127
Semi-finals, 2nd leg
23 December
Raith Rovers
A
2–0
Turnbull , Hill
5,000
Final
30 December
Aberdeen
H
0–5
19,098
Player statistics
Statistics provided by Dee Archive
See also
References
External links
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Related to national team Club seasons
Southern League North Eastern League