1967–68 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee

1967–68 season
Manager	Bobby Ancell
Division One	9th
Scottish Cup	2nd round
League Cup	Finalists
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: George McLean (23) All: George McLean (35)
Home colours

The 1967–68 season was the 66th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place.^[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the League Cup Final before being defeated by Celtic, and by Rangers in a 2nd round replay in the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor to the UEFA Cup and currently the UEFA Europa League, where they would reach the semi-finals before being defeated by eventual champions, Don Revie's Leeds United.

Scottish Division One

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 September	Aberdeen	A	2–4	Campbell, Stuart	15,000
2	16 September	Dundee United	H	2–2	J. McLean, Scott	13,186
3	23 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		9,404
4	30 September	Motherwell	H	2–1	G. McLean (2)	7,000
5	7 October	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		5,000
6	14 October	St Johnstone	H	1–4	J. McLean	8,000
7	23 October	Rangers	A	0–2		26,016
8	4 November	Airdrieonians	A	0–0		3,000
9	8 November	Stirling Albion	H	4–2	Bryce, J. McLean, S. Wilson, B. Wilson	4,000
10	11 November	Hibernian	H	1–4	G. McLean	7,070
11	18 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	G. McLean (2), J. McLean, S. Wilson	8,000
12	25 November	Clyde	A	0–1		2,500
13	2 December	Partick Thistle	H	3–4	J. McLean, G. McLean, S. Wilson	8,000
14	9 December	Greenock Morton	A	0–0		7,000
15	16 December	Celtic	H	4–5	G. McLean, Scott, Campbell, S. Wilson	17,801
16	23 December	Raith Rovers	H	4–0	G. McLean, J. McLean, Houston, Campbell	5,000
17	30 December	Falkirk	A	2–0	Stuart, J. McLean	4,000
18	1 January	Aberdeen	H	0–2		10,000
19	2 January	Dundee United	A	0–0		14,014
20	20 January	Kilmarnock	H	6–5	G. McLean (2), Campbell (2), Bryce, Stuart	4,500
21	3 February	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Campbell, Stuart	5,000
22	10 February	Rangers	H	2–4	Scott (2)	21,439
23	2 March	Airdrieonians	H	6–2	G. McLean (3), S. Wilson (2), Scott	8,000
24	6 March	Stirling Albion	A	3–0	G. McLean (2), Campbell	600
25	9 March	Hibernian	A	0–2		8,467
26	13 March	Motherwell	A	4–2	G. McLean (2), Campbell (2)	2,600
27	16 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–2		5,000
28	23 March	Clyde	H	3–0	G. McLean (3)	8,000
29	30 March	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	J. McLean	3,000
30	13 April	Celtic	A	2–5	Scott, G. McLean	37,474
31	15 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	G. McLean	4,757
32	20 April	Raith Rovers	A	2–0	G. McLean, Georgeson	4,485
33	24 April	Greenock Morton	H	0–3		6,000
34	27 April	Falkirk	H	1–1	J. McLean	3,500

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	59	57	+2	34
8	Clyde	34	15	4	15	55	55	0	34
9	Dundee	34	13	7	14	62	59	+3	33
10	Partick Thistle	34	12	7	15	51	67	−16	31
11	Dundee United	34	10	11	13	53	72	−19	31

Source: "1967-1968 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Scottish League Cup

Main articles: 1967–68 Scottish League Cup and 1967 Scottish League Cup Final

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Group 3

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Hibernian	H	0–0		12,681
2	16 August	Clyde	A	2–1	J. McLean, S. Wilson	2,000
3	19 August	Motherwell	H	2–1	G. McLean, Campbell	10,000
4	26 August	Hibernian	A	4–2	G. McLean (2), J. McLean, S. Wilson	13,317
5	30 August	Clyde	H	1–0	S. Wilson	10,000
6	2 September	Motherwell	A	5–2	J. McLean (2), Scott, Campbell, G. McLean	3,000

Group 3 table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Dundee	6	5	1	0	14	6	2.333	11
Hibernian	6	3	1	2	9	7	1.286	7
Motherwell	6	1	1	4	8	13	0.615	3
Clyde	6	1	1	4	6	11	0.545	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg	13 September	East Fife	A	1–0	Murray	8,553
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg	20 September	East Fife	H	4–0	J. McLean, G. McLean, Scott, Stuart	9,000
Dundee won 5–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals	11 October	St Johnstone	N	3–1	Miller (2x o.g.), J. McLean (pen.)	18,000
Final	28 October	Celtic	N	3–5	G. McLean (2), J. McLean	66,660

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	27 January	Cowdenbeath	A	1–0	Kinninmonth	5,633
2nd round	17 February	Rangers	H	1–1	Campbell	33,000
2R replay	4 March	Rangers	A	1–4 (A.E.T.)	S. Wilson	53,875

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round, 1st leg	27 September	DWS Amsterdam	A	1–2	G. McLean	12,000
1st round, 2nd leg	4 October	DWS Amsterdam	H	3–0	S. Wilson, J. McLean (2)	15,000
Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate
2nd round, 1st leg	1 November	RFC Liégeois	H	3–1	Stuart (2), S. Wilson	12,000
2nd round, 2nd leg	14 November	RFC Liégeois	A	4–1	G. McLean (4)	12,000
Dundee won 7–2 on aggregate
Dundee received a bye in the 3rd round
Quarter-finals, 1st leg	27 March	FC Zürich	H	1–0	Easton	13,500
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg	3 April	FC Zürich	A	1–0	S. Wilson	25,000
Dundee won 2–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals, 1st leg	1 May	Leeds United	H	1–1	B. Wilson	24,371
Semi-finals, 2nd leg	15 May	Leeds United	A	0–1		28,830
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Fairs Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	John Arrol	22	0	10	0	0	0	9	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Bryce	25	2	12+1	2	1	0	9	0	2	0
	FW	NIR	Billy Campbell	53	12	32	9	3	1	10	2	8	0
	DF	SCO	Bobby Cox	18	0	6+1	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Ally Donaldson	33	0	24	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Easton	32	1	23+1	0	3	0	0	0	5	1
	FW	UAR	Roddy Georgeson	8	1	3+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Doug Houston	35	1	25	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Kinninmonth	12	1	5+3	0	1+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
	FW	SCO	Derek McKay	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George McLean	52	35	32	23	3	0	8+1	7	8	5
	FW	SCO	Jim McLean	55	18	34	9	3	0	10	7	8	2
	FW	SCO	Steve Murray	54	1	33	0	3	0	10	1	8	0
	FW	SCO	Jocky Scott	33	8	19+3	6	2	0	4+1	2	3+1	0
	DF	SCO	Ron Selway	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Steele	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	George Stewart	42	0	23	0	2	0	10	0	7	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Stuart	35	7	20	4	1	0	10	1	4	2
	DF	SCO	Davie Swan	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Bobby Wilson	54	2	34	1	3	0	10	0	7	1
	FW	NIR	Sammy Wilson	43	13	24	6	2	1	9	3	8	3

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

1. "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
2. "Results for Dundee for 1967-68". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

External links

• 1967-68 Dundee season on Fitbastats