# 1948–49 Dundee F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was the forty-seventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A. In one of the club's most impressive seasons in its history, Dundee would lead the league going into the final day, but a loss to Falkirk and title rivals Rangers defeating Albion Rovers resulted in Dundee finishing 2nd, just 1 point behind Rangers. Striker Alex Stott would top the Division A scoring charts with 30 league goals, and would score 39 goals in all competitions.
Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Continuing their impressive season, Dundee would reach the semi-finals of both competitions, but would fall to Rangers in the League Cup and to Clyde in a replay in the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division A

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Stewart, Gunn | 30,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Clyde | A | 3–3 | Ewen, Gunn, Stewart | 20,000 |
| 3 | 21 August | Aberdeen | H | 3–0 | Stott, Gunn, Ewen | 30,000 |
| 4 | 28 August | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Stott | 55,000 |
| 5 | 1 September | East Fife | H | 2–5 | Stott, Gunn | 29,500 |
| 6 | 23 October | Celtic | A | 1–0 | Gerrie | 25,000 |
| 7 | 6 November | Albion Rovers | A | 6–0 | Gunn, Stott (4), Mackay | 8,000 |
| 8 | 13 November | Queen of the South | H | 2–1 | Pattillo, Stott | 18,000 |
| 9 | 27 November | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | Boyd | 18,000 |
| 10 | 4 December | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Malloch | 32,000 |
| 11 | 11 December | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Hill, Gunn | 12,000 |
| 12 | 18 December | Third Lanark | H | 1–1 | Hill | 16,500 |
| 13 | 25 December | Clyde | H | 3–1 | Stott (2), Ewen | 19,000 |
| 14 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 3–1 | Pattillo, Stott, Follon | 26,000 |
| 15 | 3 January | Rangers | H | 3–1 | Ewen, Stott (2) | 39,975 |
| 16 | 8 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | Stott | 39,389 |
| 17 | 15 January | Greenock Morton | H | 3–1 | Stott (3) | 16,000 |
| 18 | 29 January | East Fife | A | 0–3 | | 15,000 |
| 19 | 12 February | Partick Thistle | A | 4–4 | Gunn (2), Pattillo, Boyd | 37,000 |
| 20 | 19 February | Albion Rovers | H | 5–0 | Pattillo (2), Andrews, Stott (2) | 17,000 |
| 21 | 26 February | Queen of the South | A | 1–0 | Gunn | 11,500 |
| 22 | 12 March | St Mirren | A | 1–6 | Gerrie | 14,000 |
| 23 | 19 March | Hibernian | H | 4–3 | Pattillo, Stott, Bruce, Hill | 32,500 |
| 24 | 2 April | Third Lanark | A | 3–2 | Stott (2), Pattillo | 6,000 |
| 25 | 11 April | Celtic | H | 3–2 | Stott, Gerrie (2) | 29,000 |
| 26 | 16 April | Greenock Morton | A | 2–2 | Ewen, Stott | 15,000 |
| 27 | 20 April | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Gunn, Stott (2) | 21,500 |
| 28 | 23 April | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Stott (2), Gerrie, Pattillo | 25,000 |
| 29 | 27 April | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Pattillo, Stott | 26,000 |
| 30 | 30 April | Falkirk | A | 1–4 | Stott | 18,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Dundee | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 45 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 52 | +23 | 39 |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 35 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 32 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 September | Albion Rovers | H | 2–1 | Pattillo (2) | 20,000 |
| 2 | 18 September | Falkirk | A | 3–2 | Gunn, Rattray, Stott | 10,000 |
| 3 | 25 September | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | Stott | 9,000 |
| 4 | 2 October | Albion Rovers | A | 3–2 | Gerrie, Hill, Pattillo | 10,000 |
| 5 | 9 October | Falkirk | H | 4–2 | Boyd, Rattray, Fiddes (o.g.), Pattillo | 16,000 |
| 6 | 16 October | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | | 23,000 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 10 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2.200 | 8 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0.727 | 4 |
| Albion Rovers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0.529 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals | 30 October | Alloa Athletic | H | 1–1 (AET) | Gunn | 13,000 |
| QF replay | 3 November | Alloa Athletic | A | 3–1 | Stott, Boyd, Pattillo | 9,500 |
| Semi-finals | 25 September | Rangers | N | 1–4 | Smith | 50,996 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 22 January | St Johnstone | H | 6–1 | Stott (4), Pattillo (2) | 14,000 |
| 2nd round | 5 February | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 34,000 |
| 2R replay | 8 February | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Gunn, Stott | 28,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 4–2 | Gunn, Hill, Gerrie, Pattillo | 37,356 |
| Semi-finals | 26 March | Clyde | N | 2–2 | Gunn, Stott | 33,000 |
| SF replay | 4 April | Clyde | N | 1–2 | Milligan (o.g.) | 50,000 |

## 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 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Reuben Bennett | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alfie Boyd | 43 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| | GK | SCO | Jock Brown | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack Bruce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | WAL | Jack Court | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 18 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 42 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 44 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Syd Gerrie | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gray | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alistair Gunn | 42 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 28 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Mackay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Malloch | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Pattillo | 40 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Rattray | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | ENG | Reg Smith | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | George Stewart | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Stott | 33 | 39 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |