# 1919–20 Dundee F.C. season

The 1919–20 season was the twenty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, and their first since 1916–17, after being asked by the Scottish Football League to leave due to travel difficulties imposed by World War I. In the interim, Dundee has competed in the Eastern Football League, before being readmitted after the war in 1919. Their return to the national level would be under a new manager in former long-time player Sandy MacFarlane, following the resignation of William Wallace in 1919 for health reasons. They would finish in 4th place, their highest finish since 1908–09. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup for the first time since its restart, and were knocked out in the 2nd round by Celtic.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 16 August | Motherwell | A | 1–3 | D. Brown | 10,000 |
| 2 | 23 August | Third Lanark | H | 3–1 | Buchan, McDonald, Thomson | 12,000 |
| 3 | 30 August | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | |
| 4 | 3 September | Airdrieonians | A | 2–1 | D. Brown (2) | |
| 5 | 6 September | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | D. Brown | 13,000 |
| 6 | 13 September | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | D. Brown | |
| 7 | 20 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | D. Brown | 16,000 |
| 8 | 22 September | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 12,000 |
| 9 | 4 October | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | Troup | 14,000 |
| 10 | 6 October | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | D. Brown (2), Slade | 14,000 |
| 11 | 11 October | Dumbarton | A | 3–0 | D. Brown (2), McLaughlan | |
| 12 | 18 October | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–0 | D. Brown | |
| 13 | 25 October | Rangers | H | 0–2 | | 28,000 |
| 14 | 1 November | Clydebank | A | 3–3 | Slade (2), Bell | |
| 15 | 8 November | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Bell (2), Troup | 12,000 |
| 16 | 15 November | Raith Rovers | A | 3–1 | Rawlings, Bell (2) | |
| 17 | 22 November | Albion Rovers | H | 3–2 | McDonald, Bell (2) | 15,000 |
| 18 | 29 November | Ayr United | H | 7–1 | Bell (3), Nicol, Slade (2), McLaughlan | 14,000 |
| 19 | 6 December | Greenock Morton | A | 0–0 | | |
| 20 | 13 December | Raith Rovers | H | 5–4 | Bell (2), McLauglan, Slade (2) | 12,000 |
| 21 | 20 December | Queen's Park | A | 2–3 | Bell, Slade | 20,000 |
| 22 | 25 December | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | | 16,000 |
| 23 | 27 December | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Slade, Bell (2) | 14,000 |
| 24 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–3 | Troup | 20,000 |
| 25 | 3 January | Albion Rovers | A | 2–0 | Bell, McLaughlan | |
| 26 | 10 January | Kilmarnock | H | 3–2 | Bell, Gibson (o.g.), Hamilton (o.g.) | 10,000 |
| 27 | 17 January | Clyde | A | 2–3 | Bell (2) | |
| 28 | 31 January | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Bell, McLauglan | 20,000 |
| 29 | 14 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | Slade | 20,000 |
| 30 | 21 February | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Troup | 10,000 |
| 31 | 28 February | St Mirren | A | 3–1 | Bell (3) | |
| 32 | 13 March | Kilmarnock | A | 2–4 | Jackson, Slade | |
| 33 | 20 March | Dumbarton | H | 3–1 | Bell, Cowan, Rawlings | 10,000 |
| 34 | 27 March | Queen's Park | H | 1–1 | Bell | 14,000 |
| 35 | 3 April | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | Downie (2) | 12,000 |
| 36 | 10 April | Ayr United | A | 3–5 | Bell (2), Downie | |
| 37 | 12 April | Clydebank | H | 1–0 | Nicol | 15,000 |
| 38 | 17 April | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | Rawlings, McDonald | 18,000 |
| 39 | 21 April | Greenock Morton | H | 2–0 | Bell, McDonald | 16,000 |
| 40 | 24 April | Rangers | A | 1–6 | Slade | 25,000 |
| 41 | 26 April | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Slade | 7,000 |
| 42 | 1 May | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | | 7,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Celtic | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 89 | 31 | +58 | 68 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 57 |
| 4 | Dundee | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 79 | 65 | +14 | 50 |
| 5 | Clydebank | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 79 | 65 | +14 | 48 |
| 6 | Morton | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 45 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 24 January | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Slade | 25,000 |
| 2nd round | 7 February | Celtic | H | 1–3 | McLaughlan | 34,000 |

## 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 |
| | FW | SCO | John Bell | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Brown | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Brown | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Colin Buchan | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tom Capper | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Connelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cowan | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Downie | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ernie Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Adam Fleming | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Henderson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Davie Hutcheson | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Jackson | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave McDonald | 23 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Roy McDonald | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bert McIntosh | 41 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim McLaughlan | 19 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Bill Nairn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Nicol | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Orr | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Paterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Raitt | 43 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Archie Rawlings | 29 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Donald Slade | 31 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | George Stuart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Thomson | 42 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Troup | 42 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Vallis | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | James Watson | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |