# 1947–48 Dundee F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was the forty-sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the first season back in the top tier since 1937–38, after winning the Scottish Division B the season prior. In their first season back in the top division, Dundee would have an impressive season and finish 4th, their highest finish in Scottish football since 1921–22.
Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would have less success in the cups than the league, as they failed to get out of their group in the League Cup, and were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the 1st round by Heart of Midlothian.

## Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Greenock Morton | A | 0–3 | | 12,000 |
| 2 | 27 August | Queen of the South | H | 1–0 | Ewen | 20,000 |
| 3 | 20 September | Aberdeen | A | 2–3 | Juliussen (2) | 20,000 |
| 4 | 27 September | Airdrieonians | H | 6–0 | Juliussen (3), Pattillo, Turnbull, Ewen | 19,000 |
| 5 | 4 October | Clyde | A | 4–1 | Turnbull (3), Pattillo | 15,000 |
| 6 | 6 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Pattillo, Ewen | 26,000 |
| 7 | 18 October | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | | 8,000 |
| 8 | 25 October | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Pattillo, Turnbull | 18,000 |
| 9 | 8 November | St Mirren | H | 6–1 | Hill, Juliussen (2), Pattillo, Smith, Turnbull | 19,000 |
| 10 | 15 November | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Turnbull | 35,000 |
| 11 | 22 November | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Turnbull (2) | 10,000 |
| 12 | 29 November | Third Lanark | H | 5–2 | Hill, Ewen (2), Juliussen (2) | 18,000 |
| 13 | 6 December | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Juliussen | 25,000 |
| 14 | 13 December | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | Juliussen (2) | 22,000 |
| 15 | 20 December | Greenock Morton | H | 0–4 | | 19,000 |
| 16 | 25 December | Rangers | H | 1–3 | Ewen | 25,000 |
| 17 | 27 December | Queen of the South | A | 2–5 | Pattillo, Ewen | 8,000 |
| 18 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | | 14,500 |
| 19 | 3 January | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Juliussen | 35,000 |
| 20 | 10 January | Clyde | H | 7–0 | Pattillo (2), Rattray, Smith, Gunn, Juliussen (2) | 20,000 |
| 21 | 17 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | Johnsen | 25,607 |
| 22 | 14 February | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 | Rattray | 15,000 |
| 23 | 21 February | Falkirk | H | 4–0 | Pattillo (2), Rattray, Juliussen | 12,000 |
| 24 | 28 February | St Mirren | A | 1–4 | Pattillo | 12,000 |
| 25 | 6 March | Falkirk | A | 2–3 | Ewen, Juliussen | 11,000 |
| 26 | 13 March | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Paton (o.g.), Boyd | 21,000 |
| 27 | 20 March | Third Lanark | A | 4–1 | Gunn, Pattillo, Ewen (2) | 6,000 |
| 28 | 3 April | Partick Thistle | A | 2–6 | Gunn, Ewen | 15,000 |
| 29 | 17 April | Celtic | H | 2–3 | Ewen, Mackay | 31,000 |
| 30 | 1 May | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Mackay, Ewen, Pattillo | 30,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 20 | +72 | 46 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 36 |
| 4 | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 33 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 31 |
| 6 | Clyde | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 31 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August | Third Lanark | H | 5–0 | Ewen (3), Turnbull (2) | 24,313 |
| 2 | 16 August | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Turnbull | 35,000 |
| 3 | 23 August | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 25,000 |
| 4 | 30 August | Third Lanark | A | 1–5 | Stott | 15,000 |
| 5 | 6 September | Celtic | H | 4–1 | Pattillo, Ewen (2), Juliussen | 35,000 |
| 6 | 13 September | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Gallacher | 39,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 9 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1.091 | 6 |
| Celtic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 5 |
| Third Lanark | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 4 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 24 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–4 | Juliussen, Pattillo | 31,500 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division A | Division A | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Ancell | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Reuben Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alfie Boyd | 37 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jock Brown | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack Bruce | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 30 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gray | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alistair Gunn | 20 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 29 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Johnsen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Albert Juliussen | 24 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Mackay | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gibby McKenzie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Pattillo | 32 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Rattray | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Reg Smith | 23 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jimmy Steadward | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Stewart | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Stott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Ronnie Turnbull | 17 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |