# 1987–88 Dundee F.C. season

The 1987–88 season was the 86th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 7th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Aberdeen in the semi-finals of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in a second replay in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.
Dundee would change kit manufacturers to Matchwinner, introducing white and red stripes to the top of their jersey. Striker Tommy Coyne would top the Premier Division scoring charts with 33 goals in the league.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 August | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Angus | 10,223 |
| 2 | 12 August | Falkirk | A | 3–0 | Brown (2), Wright | 3,750 |
| 3 | 15 August | Hibernian | A | 4–0 | Coyne (2) (pen.), Wright, Brown | 7,925 |
| 4 | 22 August | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 5,969 |
| 5 | 29 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 5–0 | Coyne (4) (pen.), Wright | 7,564 |
| 6 | 5 September | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Harvey | 38,302 |
| 7 | 12 September | Greenock Morton | A | 3–4 | Angus, Coyne (2) (pen.) | 4,026 |
| 8 | 19 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–3 | Smith | 9,199 |
| 9 | 26 September | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Harvey, Coyne | 2,656 |
| 10 | 3 October | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Coyne | 11,497 |
| 11 | 7 October | Celtic | H | 1–1 | Angus | 13,238 |
| 12 | 10 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 12,500 |
| 13 | 17 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–0 | Lawrence | 6,890 |
| 14 | 28 October | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | Harvey | 3,829 |
| 15 | 31 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–4 | Coyne, Wright | 13,806 |
| 16 | 7 November | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Coyne (2) (pen.), Wright | 4,324 |
| 17 | 14 November | Celtic | A | 0–5 | | 31,684 |
| 18 | 18 November | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Coyne (pen.), Smith | 3,328 |
| 19 | 21 November | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Coyne (2) | 6,586 |
| 20 | 24 November | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Coyne, Mennie | 3,695 |
| 21 | 28 November | Dundee United | A | 3–1 | Coyne (2), Wright | 13,625 |
| 22 | 5 December | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Forsyth | 8,799 |
| 23 | 12 December | Falkirk | A | 6–0 | Coyne (2), Wright (2), Manley (2x o.g.) | 4,500 |
| 24 | 16 December | Greenock Morton | A | 7–1 | Wright (2), Coyne (3), McGeachie, Harvey | 3,500 |
| 25 | 19 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | | 10,806 |
| 26 | 26 December | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 40,938 |
| 27 | 1 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–0 | Coyne (2) (pen.) | 8,527 |
| 28 | 6 January | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 17,450 |
| 29 | 9 January | Motherwell | A | 3–3 | Coyne (2) (pen.), Angus | 2,785 |
| 30 | 16 January | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 13,651 |
| 31 | 6 February | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Wright | 7,908 |
| 32 | 13 February | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Angus | 17,106 |
| 33 | 27 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 13,500 |
| 34 | 1 March | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Coyne (2) (pen.) | 4,265 |
| 35 | 5 March | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | Coyne | 4,319 |
| 36 | 19 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–6 | Wright | 5,507 |
| 37 | 26 March | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Angus, Coyne | 14,879 |
| 38 | 30 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 9,649 |
| 39 | 2 April | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 13,874 |
| 40 | 6 April | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Campbell | 3,732 |
| 41 | 16 April | Falkirk | H | 4–1 | Wright (3), Coyne | 4,970 |
| 42 | 23 April | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 61,927 |
| 43 | 30 April | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | | 4,609 |
| 44 | 7 May | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | | 5,746 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Dundee United | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Hibernian | 44 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dundee | 44 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 36 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 35 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 19 August | Queen's Park | A | 3–0 | McKinlay, Wright, Coyne | 1,410 |
| 3rd round | 26 August | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 3–0 | Coyne (2), Wright | 2,500 |
| Quarter-finals | 2 September | Dundee United | H | 2–1 (A.E.T.) | Coyne, Wright | 19,817 |
| Semi-finals | 23 September | Aberdeen | N | 0–2 | | 22,034 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 30 January | Brechin City | H | 0–0 | | 5,040 |
| 3R replay | 3 February | Brechin City | A | 3–0 | Harvey (2), Wright | 3,012 |
| 4th round | 20 February | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Angus, Rafferty | 7,243 |
| Quarter-finals | 12 March | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 19,355 |
| QF replay | 15 March | Dundee United | A | 2–2 (A.E.T.) | Harvey (2) | 17,055 |
| QF 2nd replay | 28 March | Dundee United | H | 0–3 | | 19,152 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Angus | 50 | 7 | 39+1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Brown | 22 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Campbell | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tam Carson | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Chisholm | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Tommy Coyne | 53 | 37 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Duffy | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 49 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Frail | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 46 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Harvey | 35 | 8 | 11+18 | 4 | 2+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Jack | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy Kirkwood | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Lawrence | 25 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave MacFarlane | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 16 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 28 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Shaun McSkimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Vince Mennie | 37 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Rafferty | 35 | 1 | 26+3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary Rowell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Wes Saunders | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 50 | 2 | 39+1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Wright | 52 | 19 | 40+2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |