# 1975–76 Dundee F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was the 74th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the rebranded Scottish Premier Division. In a tight relegation scrap, Dundee were relegated for the first time since the 1937–38 season due to inferior goal average. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be eliminated in the group stage of the League Cup, and by Falkirk in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out by Motherwell in the 1st round of the Scottish Group.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 30 August | Aberdeen | H | 3–2 | Ford, Gemmell (pen.), Hoggan | 6,067 |
| 2 | 6 September | Celtic | A | 0–4 | | 24,504 |
| 3 | 13 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–3 | Martin, Johnston | 6,707 |
| 4 | 20 September | Ayr United | A | 1–2 | Wallace | 4,024 |
| 5 | 27 September | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 15,087 |
| 6 | 4 October | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Wallace | 8,708 |
| 7 | 11 October | St Johnstone | H | 4–3 | Hoggan (2) (pen.), Gordon, Wallace | 5,300 |
| 8 | 18 October | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | Wallace, Hoggan (pen.) | 11,327 |
| 9 | 25 October | Motherwell | H | 3–6 | Gordon, Strachan (pen.), Wallace | 6,850 |
| 10 | 1 November | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 6,313 |
| 11 | 8 November | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Robinson | 16,456 |
| 12 | 15 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Strachan | 9,304 |
| 13 | 22 November | Ayr United | H | 2–2 | Gordon, Strachan | 5,132 |
| 14 | 29 November | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Wallace | 16,500 |
| 15 | 6 December | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | Caldwell (2) | 7,360 |
| 16 | 13 December | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | Wallace (3) | 3,500 |
| 17 | 20 December | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 9,957 |
| 18 | 27 December | Motherwell | A | 2–3 | Wallace, Laing | 7,169 |
| 19 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–3 | Hutchinson | 10,009 |
| 20 | 3 January | Celtic | A | 3–3 | Lynch (o.g.), Hoggan, McIntosh | 19,968 |
| 21 | 10 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | Wallace, Martin, Hutchinson, Robinson | 6,568 |
| 22 | 17 January | Ayr United | A | 1–3 | Hutchinson | 4,100 |
| 23 | 31 January | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Johnston | 14,407 |
| 24 | 7 February | Hibernian | A | 0–4 | | 9,241 |
| 25 | 21 February | St Johnstone | H | 3–0 | Strachan (2) (pen.), Wallace | 4,100 |
| 26 | 28 February | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 10,199 |
| 27 | 13 March | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | Hutchinson | 6,460 |
| 28 | 20 March | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 14,830 |
| 29 | 27 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | | 7,768 |
| 30 | 3 April | Ayr United | H | 1–2 | Strachan (pen.) | 4,150 |
| 31 | 10 April | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 24,000 |
| 32 | 14 April | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | Ford | 6,054 |
| 33 | 17 April | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | Gemmell (pen.) | 3,410 |
| 34 | 21 April | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | Gemmell (pen.), Sinclair | 13,768 |
| 35 | 24 April | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Hutchinson | 4,675 |
| 36 | 1 May | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | Sinclair | 7,661 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Ayr United | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 33 | |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 32 | |
| 8 | Dundee United | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dundee (R) | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 32 | Relegation to the 1976–77 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | St Johnstone (R) | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 11 | Relegation to the 1976–77 Scottish First Division |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 10,851 |
| 2 | 13 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | Gemmell (2) (pen.), Wallace, Gordon | 4,000 |
| 3 | 16 August | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 5,000 |
| 4 | 20 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | Caldwell | 3,000 |
| 5 | 23 August | Ayr United | H | 2–4 | Wallace, Hoggan | 5,248 |
| 6 | 27 August | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | Munro (o.g.) | 4,982 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 |
| Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 |
| Dundee | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 24 January | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Laing | 5,600 |

## Anglo-Scottish Cup

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round, 1st leg | 4 August | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Wilson | 3,799 |
| 1st round, 2nd leg | 6 August | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | | 4,881 |
| Motherwell won 2–1 on aggregate |||||||

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier Division | Premier Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Anglo-Scottish Cup | Anglo-Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Thomson Allan | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian Anderson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mitch Bavidge | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Caldwell | 30 | 3 | 18+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Ford | 39 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy Gemmell | 25 | 5 | 16+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Gordon | 27 | 5 | 17+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Hendrie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Wilson Hoggan | 29 | 5 | 16+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Hutchinson | 22 | 5 | 18+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Johnston | 39 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Laing | 21 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Mackie | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John MacPhail | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Martin | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave McIntosh | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Phillip | 32 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Purdie | 30 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Robinson | 29 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jocky Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eric Sinclair | 13 | 2 | 9+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Stewart | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Strachan | 31 | 6 | 17+6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Wallace | 38 | 14 | 29+2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |