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1970–71 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1970–71 season
ManagerJohn Prentice
Division One5th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Texaco Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jocky Scott (16)
All: Jocky Scott (21)

The 1970–71 season was the 69th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place.[1][2] Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out by Celtic in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and by Hibernian in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in the first edition of the Texaco Cup, being knocked out by English side Wolves in the 1st round.

Scottish Division One

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Main article: 1970–71 Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 29 August Cowdenbeath A 1–0 Duncan 5,500
2 5 September Aberdeen H 1–2 Duncan 9,000
3 12 September Dundee United A 2–3 Gilroy, Scott 12,319
4 19 September St Mirren H 2–2 Wallace (2) 5,000
5 26 September Celtic A 0–3 25,665
6 3 October Falkirk H 1–2 Scott 4,000
7 10 October Ayr United A 1–0 Duncan 5,500
8 17 October Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Scott 4,121
9 24 October St Johnstone A 3–3 Wallace (2), Duncan 6,500
10 31 October Kilmarnock H 3–0 Wallace, Johnston, Kinninmonth 4,000
11 7 November Hibernian A 2–1 Wallace (2) 7,210
12 14 November Airdrieonians A 3–0 Wallace, Scott (2) 5,500
13 21 November Dunfermline Athletic H 0–0 5,000
14 28 November Clyde H 1–3 Scott 5,500
15 5 December Rangers A 0–0 25,420
16 12 December Greenock Morton H 2–0 Scott, Gilroy 4,000
17 19 December Motherwell A 1–1 Wallace 7,000
18 26 December Cowdenbeath H 5–1 Wallace, Scott (2), Gilroy, Kinninmonth 5,000
19 1 January Aberdeen A 0–3 24,000
20 9 January St Mirren A 4–2 Duncan (2), Scott (2) 3,500
21 16 January Celtic H 1–8 Duncan 20,169
22 30 January Falkirk A 2–2 Duncan, B. Wilson 6,000
23 6 February Ayr United H 2–1 Wallace, B. Wilson 4,500
24 20 February Heart of Midlothian A 0–0 7,268
25 27 February St Johnstone H 0–1 9,500
26 9 March Kilmarnock A 1–1 Scott 3,003
27 13 March Hibernian H 1–0 B. Wilson 5,758
28 20 March Airdrieonians A 6–2 Duncan (3), Scott, Bryce (2) 1,000
29 27 March Dunfermline Athletic H 0–0 6,500
30 3 April Clyde A 0–0 1,000
31 5 April Dundee United H 2–3 Scott, Steele 11,590
32 10 April Rangers H 1–0 Scott 18,000
33 17 April Greenock Morton A 0–1 2,500
34 24 April Motherwell H 4–0 Easton, Kinninmonth, Scott, Wallace 4,500

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 St Johnstone 34 19 6 9 59 44 +15 44
4 Rangers 34 16 9 9 58 34 +24 41
5 Dundee 34 14 10 10 53 45 +8 38
6 Dundee United 34 14 8 12 53 54 −1 36
7 Falkirk 34 13 9 12 46 53 −7 35
Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1970–71 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Group 3

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 August St Mirren H 1–0 Kinninmonth 6,000
2 12 August Ayr United A 2–1 Duncan 6,500
3 15 August Kilmarnock H 2–0 Scott (2) 8,000
4 19 August Ayr United H 4–1 Steele, Wallace, Scott, J. Wilson 6,000
5 22 August St Mirren A 2–0 Duncan, Scott 4,000
6 26 August Kilmarnock A 1–2 Duncan 3,000

Group 3 table

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Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dundee 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10
Kilmarnock 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 9
Ayr United 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 4
St Mirren 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
Quarter-finals, 1st leg 9 September Celtic H 2–2 Kinninmonth, Scott 20,933
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg 23 September Celtic A 1–5 Wallace 38,151
Celtic won 7–3 on aggregate

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1970–71 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 23 January Partick Thistle H 1–0 Johnston 8,000
2nd round 13 February Stirling Albion H 2–0 Johnston, B. Wilson 6,000
Quarter-finals 6 March Hibernian A 0–1 21,710

Texaco Cup

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Main article: 1970–71 Texaco Cup
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round, 1st leg 16 September England Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–2 Wallace 11,500
1st round, 2nd leg 29 September England Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 13,042
Wolves won 2–1 on aggregate

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup Texaco Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland SCO Alex Bryce 26 2 14+2 2 1+1 0 7 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Ally Donaldson 42 0 29 0 3 0 8 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO John Duncan 25 15 13+2 11 0+1 0 6+1 4 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Easton 9 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Falconer 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Fraser 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Gilroy 18 3 14+1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Mike Hewitt 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Doug Houston 46 0 32+1 0 3 0 8 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Davie Johnston 35 3 25+3 1 3 2 3 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Kinninmonth 36 5 25+2 3 2 0 6 2 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Duncan Lambie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Iain Phillip 34 0 29+1 0 3 0 0+1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jocky Scott 45 21 33 16 3 0 7 5 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Ron Selway 22 0 15+1 0 1+1 0 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Souter 12 0 9+1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Steele 40 2 28 1 3 0 7 1 2 0
DF Scotland SCO George Stewart 20 0 9 0 1 0 8 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Gordon Wallace 46 14 33 11 3 0 8 2 2 1
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Wilson 44 4 32 3 3 1 7 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Wilson 30 0 19+2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1970-71". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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