# 1968–69 Dundee F.C. season

The 1968–69 season was the 67th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place for the 2nd consecutive season. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the League Cup semi-finals before being defeated by Hibernian, and by Heart of Midlothian in the 1st round of the Scottish Cup.
Dundee would change their shirt style for the first time in over a decade, replacing their iconic v-neck shirt with a newer jersey.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 7 September | Aberdeen | H | 4–4 | Scott, Campbell, B. Wilson, Duncan | 10,000 |
| 2 | 14 September | Dundee United | A | 1–3 | Georgeson | 13,942 |
| 3 | 21 September | St Johnstone | H | 2–3 | Scott, Duncan | 8,000 |
| 4 | 28 September | Airdrieonians | A | 3–0 | Campbell, Scott, Black (o.g.) | 3,000 |
| 5 | 5 October | Clyde | H | 2–3 | Duncan, Bryce | 7,000 |
| 6 | 12 October | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 7 | 19 October | Arbroath | A | 2–1 | McLean, Gilroy | 5,307 |
| 8 | 26 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | Gilroy, Campbell, Kinninmonth | 9,025 |
| 9 | 2 November | Celtic | A | 1–3 | Campbell | 34,875 |
| 10 | 9 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | Gilroy | 7,500 |
| 11 | 16 November | Falkirk | A | 1–0 | Campbell | 4,000 |
| 12 | 23 November | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | | 6,594 |
| 13 | 30 November | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Scott | 6,000 |
| 14 | 7 December | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | Gilroy | 4,500 |
| 15 | 14 December | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | | 7,137 |
| 16 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 17 | 2 January | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Bryce | 19,549 |
| 18 | 4 January | St Johnstone | A | 1–3 | Kinninmonth | 8,000 |
| 19 | 11 January | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | McLean | 5,000 |
| 20 | 18 January | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 3,000 |
| 21 | 1 February | St Mirren | A | 3–2 | Gilroy, Bryce, Stewart | 6,000 |
| 22 | 8 February | Arbroath | H | 3–0 | Campbell, Bryce, Scott (pen.) | 5,000 |
| 23 | 5 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | | 6,000 |
| 24 | 8 March | Falkirk | H | 0–0 | | 4,484 |
| 25 | 12 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | Kinninmonth, Scott | 5,141 |
| 26 | 15 March | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 27 | 22 March | Partick Thistle | A | 4–0 | Scott (2), Kinninmonth, Bryce | 2,500 |
| 28 | 26 March | Raith Rovers | H | 2–2 | Bryce, Duncan | 6,000 |
| 29 | 29 March | Greenock Morton | H | 0–2 | | 3,983 |
| 30 | 8 April | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | Kinninmonth, Scott (2) | 5,000 |
| 31 | 19 April | Raith Rovers | A | 0–4 | | 5,000 |
| 32 | 22 April | Rangers | H | 3–2 | Bryce (2), Gilroy | 9,000 |
| 33 | 28 April | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Steele | 6,800 |
| 34 | 30 April | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Murray | 10,959 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 37 |
| 8 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 36 |
| 9 | Dundee | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 32 |
| 10 | Morton | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 32 |
| 11 | St Mirren | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 32 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Kilmarnock | H | 4–0 | Scott (2), Duncan, Stuart | 8,500 |
| 2 | 14 August | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | Stuart | 9,526 |
| 3 | 17 August | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | McLean | 7,000 |
| 4 | 24 August | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | McLean, Stewart | 6,000 |
| 5 | 28 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–0 | Duncan (3), McLean | 7,715 |
| 6 | 31 August | Airdrieonians | A | 3–0 | McLean (2), Duncan | 6,000 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3.000 | 8 |
| Airdrieonians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 7 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 6 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0.357 | 3 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals, 1st leg | 11 September | Stranraer | A | 4–0 | Duncan (2), Scott, Georgeson | 4,000 |
| Quarter-finals, 2nd leg | 18 September | Stranraer | H | 6–0 | Scott (3), McLean (3) | 3,000 |
| Dundee won 10–0 on aggregate |||||||
| Semi-finals | 9 October | Hibernian | N | 1–2 | McLean | 19,572 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 25 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–2 | Scott | 14,000 |

## 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 |
| | GK | SCO | John Arrol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Bryce | 29 | 8 | 24+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Billy Campbell | 39 | 6 | 28+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ally Donaldson | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Duncan | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 7 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Easton | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | UAR | Roddy Georgeson | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Gilroy | 25 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Houston | 42 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Johnston | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Kinninmonth | 23 | 5 | 20+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek McKay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McLean | 31 | 11 | 20+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve Murray | 40 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jocky Scott | 43 | 17 | 32+1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| | MF | SCO | Ron Selway | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Steele | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Stewart | 34 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Stuart | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Swan | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 42 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Sammy Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |