# 1928–29 Dundee F.C. season

The 1928–29 season was the thirty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One under new manager Jimmy Bissett, where they would finish in 18th place, surviving relegation by 3 points. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round for the third consecutive season before being knocked out by rivals Dundee United, a reverse from the previous season. The club would change jersey design, favouring a collar over buttons and white borders to the arms, whilst continuing to occasionally wear black shorts as a change kit.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 19,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–4 | An. Campbell, Townrow | |
| 3 | 25 August | St Mirren | H | 2–3 | Craddock, Gilmour | |
| 4 | 1 September | Kilmarnock | A | 1–3 | An. Campbell | |
| 5 | 8 September | Rangers | H | 2–3 | O'Hare, Cook | 16,000 |
| 6 | 15 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 0–1 | | |
| 7 | 22 September | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | Smith (2), Craddock | |
| 8 | 29 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 5–3 | Smith, Cook, Thomson, Gilmour (2) | 12,000 |
| 9 | 6 October | Raith Rovers | A | 3–0 | McNab, Smith (2) | 8,000 |
| 10 | 13 October | Third Lanark | H | 2–2 | McNab, Craddock | |
| 11 | 20 October | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Smith (2) | |
| 12 | 27 October | Ayr United | H | 2–3 | Townrow, Smith | |
| 13 | 3 November | Airdrieonians | A | 1–1 | Townrow | |
| 14 | 10 November | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Townrow | |
| 15 | 17 November | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Craddock | 15,000 |
| 16 | 24 November | Cowdenbeath | A | 2–4 | Townrow, Smith | |
| 17 | 1 December | Queen's Park | A | 4–2 | O'Hare (3), Cook | |
| 18 | 8 December | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | O'Hare, Smith (2) | |
| 19 | 15 December | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 12,000 |
| 20 | 22 December | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | |
| 21 | 25 December | Third Lanark | A | 2–1 | Barrett, Lawley | |
| 22 | 29 December | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Smith | 10,000 |
| 23 | 1 January | St Johnstone | H | 0–2 | | |
| 24 | 2 January | Ayr United | A | 3–0 | Thomson, Lawley, Craddock | |
| 25 | 12 January | Kilmarnock | H | 1–3 | Townrow | |
| 26 | 26 January | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Townrow | 8,000 |
| 27 | 9 February | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Thomson | |
| 28 | 23 February | Raith Rovers | H | 0–3 | | |
| 29 | 6 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | An. Campbell | 6,000 |
| 30 | 9 March | Airdrieonians | H | 2–2 | An. Campbell, Barrett | |
| 31 | 16 March | Clyde | H | 1–2 | Gibb | |
| 32 | 23 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–4 | | 12,000 |
| 33 | 30 March | Cowdenbeath | H | 4–0 | Gibb, Robertson, McNab, Townrow | |
| 34 | 6 April | Queen's Park | H | 0–0 | | |
| 35 | 12 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–3 | An. Campbell (2), Gibb | |
| 36 | 20 April | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Townrow | |
| 37 | 22 April | St Mirren | A | 2–2 | O'Hare (2) | |
| 38 | 30 April | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 5,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Ayr United | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 84 | −19 | 31 |
| 17 | Clyde | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 30 |
| 18 | Dundee | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 29 |
| 19 | Third Lanark | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 71 | 102 | −31 | 26 |
| 20 | Raith Rovers | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 105 | −53 | 24 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 19 January | King's Park | H | 1–1 | Smith | |
| 1R replay | 23 January | King's Park | A | 5–1 | Crickett (o.g.), Smith (2), O'Hare, Gilmour | |
| 2nd round | 2 February | Brechin City | H | 6–1 | Craddock, Townrow (2), An. Campbell, McNab, Lawley | |
| 3rd round | 16 February | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Lawley | 24,000 |
| 3R replay | 20 February | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 14,000 |

## 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 | Peter Barrett | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Finlay Brown | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Campbell | 16 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Archie Campbell | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cook | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Claude Craddock | 21 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | John Crawford | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Gibb | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 40 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | George Lawley | 27 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Lynch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin McNab | 39 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Henry Nicholson | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie O'Hare | 24 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Paton | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Peter Robertson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Ross | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gus Smith | 22 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Thomson | 40 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Townrow | 36 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 |