# 1988–89 Dundee F.C. season

The 1988–89 season was the 87th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Chisholm | 12,222 |
| 2 | 20 August | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Wright | 3,803 |
| 3 | 27 August | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 3,805 |
| 4 | 3 September | Dundee United | H | 0–3 | | 14,927 |
| 5 | 17 September | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 2,194 |
| 6 | 24 September | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Coyne | 15,574 |
| 7 | 28 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Shannon | 8,392 |
| 8 | 1 October | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 40,768 |
| 9 | 8 October | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Chisholm, Coyne | 8,127 |
| 10 | 12 October | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Wright | 4,161 |
| 11 | 29 October | Celtic | A | 3–2 | Frail, Harvey, Rafferty | 25,843 |
| 12 | 2 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 5–2 | Harvey, Wright, Coyne (3) | 3,857 |
| 13 | 5 November | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 14,882 |
| 14 | 12 November | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | | 4,657 |
| 15 | 16 November | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 11,181 |
| 16 | 19 November | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 16,514 |
| 17 | 26 November | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Coyne | 8,461 |
| 18 | 3 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Harvey | 6,909 |
| 19 | 10 December | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 2,083 |
| 20 | 17 December | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | 4,560 |
| 21 | 31 December | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | Coyne (2) | 9,828 |
| 22 | 3 January | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Wright | 4,920 |
| 23 | 7 January | Dundee United | H | 0–1 | | 16,332 |
| 24 | 14 January | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | McBride | 7,263 |
| 25 | 21 January | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Wright | 43,202 |
| 26 | 11 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–3 | Lawrence | 10,432 |
| 27 | 25 February | Celtic | H | 0–3 | | 14,559 |
| 28 | 11 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 11,800 |
| 29 | 25 March | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | McBride, Chisholm | 3,718 |
| 30 | 1 April | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Campbell, Craig | 3,824 |
| 31 | 8 April | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | Saunders | 11,910 |
| 32 | 15 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Chisholm, Wright | 6,993 |
| 33 | 22 April | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Harvey (pen.) | 16,105 |
| 34 | 29 April | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–0 | Craig | 4,100 |
| 35 | 6 May | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Wright | 14,889 |
| 36 | 13 May | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Wright | 5,670 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 31 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 29 | |
| 8 | Dundee | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 28 | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 76 | −57 | 14 | Relegation to the 1989–90 Scottish First Division |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 17 August | Queen of the South | H | 5–1 | McGeachie, Harvey (3), Wright | 3,846 |
| 3rd round | 24 August | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | Wright, Lawrence | 4,962 |
| Quarter-finals | 31 August | Rangers | A | 1–4 | Rafferty | 39,667 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 28 January | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Angus | 18,117 |

## 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 | 16 | 1 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Campbell | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Campbell | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tam Carson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Chisholm | 38 | 4 | 33+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Tommy Coyne | 30 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Craib | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Albert Craig | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Frail | 24 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Harvey | 23 | 7 | 11+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | John Hendry | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Holt | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy Kirkwood | 16 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Lawrence | 12 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe McBride | 18 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Vince Mennie | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Rafferty | 34 | 2 | 26+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| | DF | ENG | Wes Saunders | 34 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Wright | 39 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |