# 1954–55 Dundee F.C. season

The 1954–55 season was the fifty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 8th place under new manager Willie Thornton. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out of the group stages of the League Cup, and would be defeated by Rangers in a replay in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 September | Raith Rovers | A | 0–3 | | 14,000 |
| 2 | 18 September | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | | 27,000 |
| 3 | 25 September | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | Walker, A. Henderson | 15,000 |
| 4 | 2 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–2 | Dunsmuir, Malloy | 20,000 |
| 5 | 9 October | Clyde | A | 0–2 | | 11,000 |
| 6 | 16 October | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | A. Henderson, Walker | 18,500 |
| 7 | 23 October | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 30,000 |
| 8 | 30 October | Queen of the South | H | 3–1 | Carmichael, Dunsmuir, Flavell | 13,500 |
| 9 | 6 November | East Fife | A | 1–4 | Flavell | 9,000 |
| 10 | 13 November | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | | 12,500 |
| 11 | 20 November | Hibernian | A | 1–3 | Roy | 30,000 |
| 12 | 27 November | Stirling Albion | A | 2–0 | Merchant, A. Henderson | 4,000 |
| 13 | 4 December | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | Malloy, Merchant (3) | 14,000 |
| 14 | 11 December | Partick Thistle | H | 3–1 | Carmichael (2), Merchant | 16,000 |
| 15 | 18 December | Celtic | A | 1–4 | Merchant | 14,000 |
| 16 | 25 December | Raith Rovers | H | 4–1 | Merchant (2), A. Henderson, Christie | 13,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 25,000 |
| 18 | 3 January | Kilmarnock | H | 2–5 | Cowie, Merchant | 17,000 |
| 19 | 8 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | Christie | 24,000 |
| 20 | 29 January | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Christie, Merchant | 28,000 |
| 21 | 12 February | Queen of the South | A | 1–1 | Chalmers | 6,500 |
| 22 | 5 March | St Mirren | A | 2–0 | Dunsmuir, A. Henderson | 12,000 |
| 23 | 9 March | East Fife | H | 1–1 | Dunsmuir | 7,000 |
| 24 | 12 March | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Merchant, Christie | 18,000 |
| 25 | 19 March | Stirling Albion | H | 4–1 | Chalmers (3), Malloy | 8,000 |
| 26 | 26 March | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | A. Henderson (2) | 9,000 |
| 27 | 2 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | Chalmers | 10,000 |
| 28 | 9 April | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 23,000 |
| 29 | 11 April | Clyde | H | 2–1 | Cowie, Chalmers | 12,010 |
| 30 | 30 April | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | A. Henderson, Christie | 12,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | St Mirren | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 32 |
| 7 | Clyde | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 31 |
| 8 | Dundee | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 29 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 26 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 4

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–3 | Hill | 35,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Merchant, A. Henderson, Roy | 29,000 |
| 3 | 21 August | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Merchant (3) | 16,500 |
| 4 | 28 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | Merchant, Roy (2), Gallacher | 29,500 |
| 5 | 1 September | Celtic | A | 1–0 | Malloy | 30,000 |
| 6 | 4 September | Falkirk | A | 0–4 | | 15,000 |

#### Group 4 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1.727 | 10 |
| Dundee | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 8 |
| Celtic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 3 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 0.556 | 3 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 5th round | 5 February | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 58,000 |
| 5R replay | 9 February | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 25,600 |

## 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 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Carmichael | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Chalmers | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Christie | 28 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Craig | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Dunsmuir | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Easson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Flavell | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 35 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Gray | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 37 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Henderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Danny Malloy | 38 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Massie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Mason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Merchant | 23 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Roy | 23 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bert Walker | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jake Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |