# 1936–37 Dundee F.C. season

The 1936–37 season was the forty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 9th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 3rd round by Clyde in a replay for the second successive season. The club would introduce navy stripes on the side of their shorts in this season.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 August | Rangers | H | 2–2 | | 22,000 |
| 2 | 15 August | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Coats | |
| 3 | 19 August | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 12,000 |
| 4 | 22 August | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | Baxter (2), Phillips | 16,000 |
| 5 | 29 August | Clyde | A | 2–1 | Baxter, Rennie | 8,000 |
| 6 | 5 September | Albion Rovers | H | 1–0 | Coats | 9,000 |
| 7 | 9 September | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | Coats, Rennie | 9,000 |
| 8 | 12 September | Queen of the South | A | 3–2 | Coats (2), Baxter | 3,000 |
| 9 | 19 September | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | Phillips, Coats | 27,000 |
| 10 | 26 September | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | Coats (2) | 8,000 |
| 11 | 3 October | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–2 | Latimer | 10,000 |
| 12 | 10 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–4 | | 20,040 |
| 13 | 17 October | Celtic | H | 0–0 | | 24,000 |
| 14 | 24 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–3 | Baxter, Coats (2), Guthrie | 3,000 |
| 15 | 31 October | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Coats | 15,000 |
| 16 | 7 November | Arbroath | H | 6–1 | Phillips, Baxter, Smith, Coats (2), Fordyce (o.g.) | 10,000 |
| 17 | 14 November | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | Phillips | 5,000 |
| 18 | 21 November | Falkirk | A | 0–5 | | 9,000 |
| 19 | 28 November | Third Lanark | H | 3–2 | Kirby, Coats, Baxter | 7,000 |
| 20 | 5 December | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Kirby, Phillips, Coats | 6,000 |
| 21 | 12 December | St Mirren | A | 0–4 | | 6,500 |
| 22 | 19 December | St Johnstone | A | 3–3 | Coats, Baxter, Kirby | 7,000 |
| 23 | 26 December | Clyde | H | 2–2 | Kirby, Coats | 7,000 |
| 24 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | Coats | 28,000 |
| 25 | 2 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Coats | 22,000 |
| 26 | 9 January | Albion Rovers | A | 1–1 | Coats | 2,500 |
| 27 | 16 January | Queen of the South | H | 1–3 | Kirby | 7,000 |
| 28 | 23 January | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–5 | Rintoul | 4,000 |
| 29 | 6 February | Queen's Park | H | 2–2 | Latimer, Coats | 5,000 |
| 30 | 20 February | Celtic | A | 2–1 | Coats (2) | 8,000 |
| 31 | 6 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–2 | Baxter (2) | 3,000 |
| 32 | 20 March | Arbroath | A | 0–3 | | 4,000 |
| 33 | 27 March | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | | 6,000 |
| 34 | 3 April | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | Coats | 3,000 |
| 35 | 10 April | Third Lanark | A | 0–4 | | 6,000 |
| 36 | 12 April | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | Kirby, Baxter | 3,500 |
| 37 | 19 April | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | | 3,000 |
| 38 | 24 April | St Mirren | H | 4–0 | Guthrie, Baxter, Coats (2) | 1,200 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Falkirk | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 98 | 66 | +32 | 44 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 91 | 96 | −5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 39 |
| 10 | Clyde | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 38 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 37 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 3 February | East Stirlingshire | H | 4–1 | Phillips (2), Baxter, Coats | 5,966 |
| 2nd round | 13 February | Queen's Park | H | 2–0 | Coats, Kirby | 16,000 |
| 3rd round | 27 February | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 3R replay | 3 March | Clyde | H | 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 | Bert Adamson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur Baxter | 42 | 13 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Coats | 42 | 28 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Cowie | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Morton Dempster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Johnny Evans | 40 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Guthrie | 36 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Matt Innes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Norman Kirby | 39 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | John Latimer | 40 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Laurie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Linton | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Phillips | 38 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | ENG | John Reddish | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 40 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Len Richards | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Rintoul | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Smith | 42 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Watson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |