# 1957–58 Dundee F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was the fifty-sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 11th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and in the third round of the Scottish Cup by Aberdeen. The club would change their sock colours back to navy, cementing their iconic look for the next decade.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 7 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–6 | | 19,700 |
| 2 | 14 September | Raith Rovers | H | 0–2 | | 13,000 |
| 3 | 21 September | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 10,000 |
| 4 | 5 October | Clyde | A | 1–3 | Christie | 7,000 |
| 5 | 12 October | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | O'Hara, A. Henderson (2) | 10,000 |
| 6 | 19 October | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Sneddon, Christie, Black | 16,000 |
| 7 | 26 October | East Fife | A | 1–3 | Chalmers | 6,000 |
| 8 | 2 November | Queen of the South | H | 2–1 | A. Henderson, Cousin | 9,000 |
| 9 | 9 November | Third Lanark | A | 1–5 | O'Hara | 8,000 |
| 10 | 16 November | Partick Thistle | H | 5–0 | Cousin, O'Hara (3), Robertson | 9,000 |
| 11 | 23 November | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Cousin | 10,000 |
| 12 | 30 November | Queen's Park | H | 1–0 | Cowie | 7,500 |
| 13 | 7 December | Celtic | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 14 | 14 December | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Cousin | 21,000 |
| 15 | 21 December | Falkirk | H | 2–4 | Cousin, Robertson | 7,000 |
| 16 | 26 December | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | Cousin, McGrory | 9,000 |
| 17 | 28 December | Airdrieonians | A | 1–7 | Black | 6,000 |
| 18 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Sneddon | 18,000 |
| 19 | 2 January | Raith Rovers | A | 0–4 | | 10,000 |
| 20 | 4 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–5 | | 23,000 |
| 21 | 11 January | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Cousin | 11,000 |
| 22 | 18 January | Clyde | H | 2–0 | Chalmers, Cousin | 15,000 |
| 23 | 22 February | Queen of the South | A | 0–4 | | 7,000 |
| 24 | 5 March | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | Robertson, Sneddon | 4,000 |
| 25 | 8 March | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 26 | 15 March | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 27 | 22 March | Queen's Park | A | 7–2 | Sneddon (2), Cousin (3), Christie, Bonthrone | 4,000 |
| 28 | 29 March | Celtic | H | 5–3 | Sneddon, Bonthrone, Cousin, Curlett (2) | 20,000 |
| 29 | 12 April | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | Cousin (2) | 7,000 |
| 30 | 16 April | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Bonthrone | 12,000 |
| 31 | 26 April | Airdrieonians | H | 1–3 | Curlett | 6,500 |
| 32 | 28 April | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 33 | 30 April | East Fife | H | 2–0 | Cowie, Curlett | 5,000 |
| 34 | 10 May | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Cousin | 11,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 9 | Hibernian | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 59 | 60 | 0.983 | 31 |
| 10 | Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 82 | 0.780 | 31 |
| 11 | Dundee | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 65 | 0.754 | 31 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 76 | 0.895 | 30 |
| 13 | St Mirren | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 66 | 0.894 | 30 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 4

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Queen's Park | A | 5–2 | Easson (2), Cousin (3) | 10,000 |
| 2 | 14 August | Kilmarnock | H | 0–3 | | 15,000 |
| 3 | 20 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Chalmers, Cousin | 16,200 |
| 4 | 24 August | Queen's Park | H | 1–1 | Cousin | 10,000 |
| 5 | 28 August | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Chalmers | 13,535 |
| 6 | 31 August | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–4 | Cousin (2) | 18,000 |

#### Group 4 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | 9 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1.889 | 7 |
| Dundee | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.846 | 5 |
| Queen's Park | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 0.400 | 3 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 15 February | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 | Cousin | 12,649 |
| 3rd round | 1 March | Aberdeen | H | 1–3 | Robertson | 24,532 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Dougie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Black | 24 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Bonthrone | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Chalmers | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | George Christie | 33 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 39 | 23 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 39 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Curlett | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Easson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | GK | SCO | Jimmy Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alec Glen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 32 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Pat Liney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McGeachie | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank McGrory | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur McIvor | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ralph McKenzie | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Danny McLennan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George O'Hara | 19 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Felix Reilly | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 25 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 25 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Tosh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Clive Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Don Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |