# 1898–99 Dundee F.C. season

The 1898–99 season was the sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One and finishing bottom in 10th place, but were not relegated due to re-election to Division One. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 3 September | St Bernard's | H | 1–1 | McNichol (o.g.) | 2,500 |
| 2 | 10 September | Clyde | A | 0–1 | | 4,000 |
| 3 | 17 September | Hibernian | H | 2–4 | McLay, Symers | 5,000 |
| 4 | 24 September | Third Lanark | A | 1–3 | MacDonald | 2,000 |
| 5 | 1 October | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | McLay, Gerrard (2), Methven, Bunce | 2,500 |
| 6 | 8 October | Rangers | H | 1–2 | MacDonald | 7,500 |
| 7 | 15 October | Hibernian | A | 0–5 | | 2,500 |
| 8 | 22 October | Third Lanark | H | 1–3 | Gardner (o.g.) | 3,000 |
| 9 | 29 October | St Mirren | A | 1–5 | B. Turner | 2,500 |
| 10 | 5 November | St Mirren | H | 1–7 | T. McDonald | 3,000 |
| 11 | 12 November | Clyde | H | 1–3 | J. Turner | 2,000 |
| 12 | 19 November | Celtic | H | 1–4 | Craig | 5,000 |
| 13 | 26 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–6 | MacDonald, Craig (2) | 1,500 |
| 14 | 3 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–5 | Leckie, B. Turner | 2,000 |
| 15 | 17 December | Rangers | A | 0–7 | | 3,000 |
| 16 | 24 December | St Bernard's | A | 2–2 | Stewart, Methven | 500 |
| 17 | 31 December | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | | |
| 18 | 7 January | Celtic | A | 1–4 | Craig | 800 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Third Lanark | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 17 | |
| 7 | Clyde | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 12 | |
| 7 | St Bernard's | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 12 | |
| 9 | Partick Thistle (R) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 6 | Relegated to the 1899–1900 Scottish Division Two |
| 10 | Dundee | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 65 | −42 | 4 | |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 14 January | Ayr Parkhouse | A | 1–3 | Brown | 2,500 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | John Bett | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Black | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | John Bunce | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Craig | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bill Davidson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Dawson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Ferrier | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Gerrard | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | James Ireland | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Jeffray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sandy Keillor | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Leckie | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ed Lester | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy Lyon | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy MacDonald | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McColl | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy McDonald | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James McLay | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Stuart Methven | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ward Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Philip | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jake Pollock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Billy Ritchie | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Rod Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Allan Scott | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Skene | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Stewart | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tom Stewart | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stewart Symers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Thomson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Turner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Turner | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jake Pollock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George White | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |