# 1965–66 Dundee F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was the 64th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stages of the League Cup, and by Celtic in the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 25 August | Clyde | A | 2–0 | Penman, Bertelsen | 2,500 |
| 2 | 11 September | Dundee United | H | 0–5 | | 15,058 |
| 3 | 18 September | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | Penman, Cooke, Bertelsen | 8,000 |
| 4 | 25 September | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Bertelsen | 21,451 |
| 5 | 2 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 11,605 |
| 6 | 9 October | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | McLean, Murray | 8,000 |
| 7 | 16 October | Kilmarnock | A | 3–5 | McLean, Penman, Cameron | 8,000 |
| 8 | 27 October | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Penman | 15,551 |
| 9 | 30 October | St Mirren | A | 5–2 | Murray (2), Cameron, Stuart, Bertelsen | 2,500 |
| 10 | 6 November | Greenock Morton | A | 2–2 | Cameron, Penman | 6,000 |
| 11 | 13 November | Hibernian | H | 4–3 | Cooke, Houston, Bertelsen, Murray | 11,948 |
| 12 | 20 November | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | Cameron, Penman, Houston | 9,000 |
| 13 | 27 November | Stirling Albion | A | 4–1 | Cameron, Penman, Houston, Murray | 2,000 |
| 14 | 18 December | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | | 3,500 |
| 15 | 25 December | Motherwell | H | 4–0 | Cameron (3), Bertelsen | 8,000 |
| 16 | 3 January | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | Murray | 21,325 |
| 17 | 8 January | Clyde | H | 1–4 | Harvey | 9,000 |
| 18 | 29 January | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | Penman (pen.) | 5,000 |
| 19 | 12 February | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | 8,000 |
| 20 | 26 February | St Mirren | H | 3–2 | Penman, Cameron (2) | 7,000 |
| 21 | 28 February | Celtic | A | 0–5 | | 21,358 |
| 22 | 5 March | Greenock Morton | H | 5–1 | Stuart, McLean (2), Penman, Wilson | 8,000 |
| 23 | 9 March | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | McLean, Wilson | 7,000 |
| 24 | 12 March | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Wilson | 8,302 |
| 25 | 19 March | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 7,000 |
| 26 | 26 March | Stirling Albion | H | 6–2 | Penman (3), Cooke (2), Cameron | 6,000 |
| 27 | 4 April | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 12,421 |
| 28 | 9 April | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–2 | Stuart, Cameron | 4,266 |
| 29 | 13 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Penman | 5,157 |
| 30 | 16 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | Murray, Penman | 750 |
| 31 | 20 April | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Murray | 5,500 |
| 32 | 23 April | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | McLean | 4,000 |
| 33 | 27 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–2 | | 3,500 |
| 34 | 30 April | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 3,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Hearts | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 38 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 36 |
| 9 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Falkirk | 34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 31 |
| 11 | Clyde | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 30 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | 6,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 23,095 |
| 3 | 21 August | Celtic | A | 2–0 | Cameron (2) | 31,343 |
| 4 | 28 August | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Cameron | 12,000 |
| 5 | 1 September | Dundee United | A | 3–1 | Cameron (2), Murray | 18,705 |
| 6 | 4 September | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Penman | 22,262 |

#### Group 1 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Celtic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 8 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 6 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 5 |
| Dundee United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 5 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 9 February | East Fife | H | 9–1 | Penman (3), Cox, McLean (2), Cameron, Stuart (2) | 8,000 |
| 2nd round | 23 February | Celtic | H | 0–2 | | 29,000 |

## 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 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Norrie Beattie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | DEN | Carl Bertelsen | 22 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kenny Cameron | 36 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 34 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 28 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ally Donaldson | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Easton | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tony Harvey | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Houston | 21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Kinninmonth | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim McLean | 29 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve Murray | 41 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Penman | 41 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | George Ryden | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jocky Scott | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Stuart | 39 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Swan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Sammy Wilson | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |