1949–50 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1949–50 season
Chairman	J. Johnston-Grant
Manager	Willie MacFadyen
Scottish Second Division	7th ; W14 D5 L11 F74 A56 P33
Scottish Cup	Round 2
League Cup	Group stage
Supplementary Cup	Round 1
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 season was the 42nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1949 to 30 June 1950. United finished in seventh place in the Second Division.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 39 competitive matches during the 1949–50 season.^[1]

Legend

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Division B

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
10 September 1949	Alloa Athletic	H	6–1	10,000
24 September 1949	St Johnstone	H	3–1	13,000
1 October 1949	Kilmarnock	A	2–3	6,383
3 October 1949	Hamilton Academical	H	4–1	3,000
8 October 1949	Dumbarton	H	5–0	12,000
15 October 1949	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–1	5,000
22 October 1949	Arbroath	A	3–3	5,500
29 October 1949	Cowdenbeath	H	2–2	14,000
5 November 1949	Hamilton Academical	A	1–4	5,000
12 November 1949	Forfar Athletic	H	0–2	10,000
19 November 1949	Greenock Morton	A	2–5	9,000
26 November 1949	Albion Rovers	H	2–5	10,000
3 December 1949	Ayr United	A	4–0	3,000
17 December 1949	Stenhousemuir	H	3–1	6,000
24 December 1949	Alloa Athletic	A	3–3	2,500
31 December 1949	Airdrieonians	H	0–1	10,000
2 January 1950	St Johnstone	A	0–5	12,000
3 January 1950	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	8,000
7 January 1950	Dumbarton	A	0–3	3,000
14 January 1950	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	8,000
21 January 1950	Arbroath	H	3–4	7,000
4 February 1950	Cowdenbeath	A	1–2	4,500
18 February 1950	Forfar Athletic	A	3–0	3,000
25 February 1950	Greenock Morton	H	2–2	10,000
4 March 1950	Albion Rovers	A	0–2	1,500
11 March 1950	Ayr United	H	4–1	6,000
25 March 1950	Stenhousemuir	A	5–1	400
8 April 1950	Airdrieonians	A	0–2	4,500
22 April 1950	Queen's Park	H	7–1	6,000
29 April 1950	Queen's Park	A	1–0	1,953

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1950	R1	Ayr United	H	4–0	8,000
14 February 1950	R2	Partick Thistle	A	0–5	11,747

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
13 August 1949	G6	Airdrieonians	A	2–5	8,000
17 August 1949	G6	Dumbarton	H	5–1	10,000
20 August 1949	G6	Arbroath	A	4–2	5,000
27 August 1949	G6	Airdrieonians	H	6–0	16,000
31 August 1949	G6	Dumbarton	A	1–3	1,000
3 September 1949	G6	Arbroath	H	4–1	12,000