# 1970–71 Dundee F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was the 69th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out by Celtic in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, and by Hibernian in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in the first edition of the Texaco Cup, being knocked out by English side Wolves in the 1st round.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 29 August | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–0 | Duncan | 5,500 |
| 2 | 5 September | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Duncan | 9,000 |
| 3 | 12 September | Dundee United | A | 2–3 | Gilroy, Scott | 12,319 |
| 4 | 19 September | St Mirren | H | 2–2 | Wallace (2) | 5,000 |
| 5 | 26 September | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 25,665 |
| 6 | 3 October | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Scott | 4,000 |
| 7 | 10 October | Ayr United | A | 1–0 | Duncan | 5,500 |
| 8 | 17 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Scott | 4,121 |
| 9 | 24 October | St Johnstone | A | 3–3 | Wallace (2), Duncan | 6,500 |
| 10 | 31 October | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | Wallace, Johnston, Kinninmonth | 4,000 |
| 11 | 7 November | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | Wallace (2) | 7,210 |
| 12 | 14 November | Airdrieonians | A | 3–0 | Wallace, Scott (2) | 5,500 |
| 13 | 21 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 14 | 28 November | Clyde | H | 1–3 | Scott | 5,500 |
| 15 | 5 December | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 25,420 |
| 16 | 12 December | Greenock Morton | H | 2–0 | Scott, Gilroy | 4,000 |
| 17 | 19 December | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Wallace | 7,000 |
| 18 | 26 December | Cowdenbeath | H | 5–1 | Wallace, Scott (2), Gilroy, Kinninmonth | 5,000 |
| 19 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 24,000 |
| 20 | 9 January | St Mirren | A | 4–2 | Duncan (2), Scott (2) | 3,500 |
| 21 | 16 January | Celtic | H | 1–8 | Duncan | 20,169 |
| 22 | 30 January | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | Duncan, B. Wilson | 6,000 |
| 23 | 6 February | Ayr United | H | 2–1 | Wallace, B. Wilson | 4,500 |
| 24 | 20 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 7,268 |
| 25 | 27 February | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 9,500 |
| 26 | 9 March | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Scott | 3,003 |
| 27 | 13 March | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | B. Wilson | 5,758 |
| 28 | 20 March | Airdrieonians | A | 6–2 | Duncan (3), Scott, Bryce (2) | 1,000 |
| 29 | 27 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–0 | | 6,500 |
| 30 | 3 April | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 1,000 |
| 31 | 5 April | Dundee United | H | 2–3 | Scott, Steele | 11,590 |
| 32 | 10 April | Rangers | H | 1–0 | Scott | 18,000 |
| 33 | 17 April | Greenock Morton | A | 0–1 | | 2,500 |
| 34 | 24 April | Motherwell | H | 4–0 | Easton, Kinninmonth, Scott, Wallace | 4,500 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 44 |
| 4 | Rangers | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 41 |
| 5 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 38 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 36 |
| 7 | Falkirk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 35 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 August | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | Kinninmonth | 6,000 |
| 2 | 12 August | Ayr United | A | 2–1 | Duncan | 6,500 |
| 3 | 15 August | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | Scott (2) | 8,000 |
| 4 | 19 August | Ayr United | H | 4–1 | Steele, Wallace, Scott, J. Wilson | 6,000 |
| 5 | 22 August | St Mirren | A | 2–0 | Duncan, Scott | 4,000 |
| 6 | 26 August | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Duncan | 3,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| Ayr United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| St Mirren | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals, 1st leg | 9 September | Celtic | H | 2–2 | Kinninmonth, Scott | 20,933 |
| Quarter-finals, 2nd leg | 23 September | Celtic | A | 1–5 | Wallace | 38,151 |
| Celtic won 7–3 on aggregate |||||||

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 23 January | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | Johnston | 8,000 |
| 2nd round | 13 February | Stirling Albion | H | 2–0 | Johnston, B. Wilson | 6,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 6 March | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 21,710 |

## Texaco Cup

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round, 1st leg | 16 September | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1–2 | Wallace | 11,500 |
| 1st round, 2nd leg | 29 September | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–0 | | 13,042 |
| Wolves won 2–1 on aggregate |||||||

## 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 | Texaco Cup | Texaco Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Bryce | 26 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ally Donaldson | 42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Duncan | 25 | 15 | 13+2 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Easton | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Falconer | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Fraser | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Gilroy | 18 | 3 | 14+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Mike Hewitt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Houston | 46 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Johnston | 35 | 3 | 25+3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Kinninmonth | 36 | 5 | 25+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Lambie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Phillip | 34 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jocky Scott | 45 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ron Selway | 22 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Souter | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Steele | 40 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Stewart | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Wallace | 46 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 44 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Wilson | 30 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |