# 1969–70 Dundee F.C. season

The 1969–70 season was the 68th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 6th place. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would get knocked out in the League Cup group stages, and make it to the Scottish Cup semi-finals before being knocked out by Celtic.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 30 August | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | | 3,000 |
| 2 | 3 September | Motherwell | H | 1–3 | Scott | 5,400 |
| 3 | 6 September | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Georgeson | 5,000 |
| 4 | 13 September | Raith Rovers | A | 0–0 | | 4,000 |
| 5 | 20 September | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Wallace | 11,888 |
| 6 | 27 September | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | Wilson | 13,000 |
| 7 | 4 October | Airdrieonians | H | 4–2 | Scott (2), Gilroy (2) | 5,000 |
| 8 | 11 October | Kilmarnock | A | 0–3 | | |
| 9 | 18 October | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Murray (2), Wallace | 4,000 |
| 10 | 25 October | Greenock Morton | A | 1–0 | Wallace | 5,000 |
| 11 | 1 November | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Wallace | 30,000 |
| 12 | 8 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | Wallace | 7,000 |
| 13 | 15 November | St Johnstone | A | 4–1 | Wallace (3), Scott | 6,000 |
| 14 | 22 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | Gilroy (2) | 4,727 |
| 15 | 29 November | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | Wallace | 5,000 |
| 16 | 6 December | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 26,835 |
| 17 | 20 December | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Wallace | 4,500 |
| 18 | 27 December | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Houston | 10,466 |
| 19 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | Steele, Bryce | 12,000 |
| 20 | 3 January | Dundee United | A | 1–4 | Wallace | 16,891 |
| 21 | 17 January | Raith Rovers | H | 0–0 | | 5,500 |
| 22 | 31 January | Ayr United | A | 2–3 | Kinninmonth, Wallace | 5,000 |
| 23 | 9 February | Hibernian | A | 1–4 | Steele | 6,409 |
| 24 | 25 February | Airdrieonians | A | 1–0 | Kinninmonth | |
| 25 | 28 February | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | Houston, Scott, Wallace | 9,000 |
| 26 | 7 March | Clyde | A | 1–1 | Wallace | 2,000 |
| 27 | 11 March | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Scott | 4,800 |
| 28 | 21 March | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Wallace, Scott | 17,000 |
| 29 | 25 March | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Wallace (2) | 6,000 |
| 30 | 28 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–3 | Wallace, Johnston | 4,000 |
| 31 | 1 April | Partick Thistle | H | 4–1 | Wallace, Scott, Bryce, Kinninmonth | 3,000 |
| 32 | 4 April | St Johnstone | H | 0–2 | | 6,500 |
| 33 | 8 April | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Wallace | 11,900 |
| 34 | 12 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | Wallace (2), Scott | 7,544 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 38 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 38 |
| 6 | Dundee | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 36 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 36 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 35 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August | St Johnstone | A | 1–3 | Scott | 6,600 |
| 2 | 13 August | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | Campbell, Gilroy (2), Stewart | 7,000 |
| 3 | 16 August | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 4 | 20 August | Partick Thistle | A | 1–0 | Gilroy | 2,000 |
| 5 | 23 August | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | Scott | 13,400 |
| 6 | 27 August | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | | 3,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| St Johnstone | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3.667 | 12 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 7 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 5 |
| Partick Thistle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0.040 | 0 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 24 January | Albion Rovers | A | 2–1 | Bryce, Kinninmonth | 2,710 |
| 2nd round | 7 February | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Kinninmonth (2), Wallace | 10,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 21 February | East Fife | A | 1–0 | Bryce | 14,994 |
| Semi-finals | 14 March | Celtic | N | 1–2 | Wallace | 64,519 |

## 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 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Bryce | 38 | 4 | 27+1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Billy Campbell | 28 | 1 | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Ally Donaldson | 44 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Duncan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Easton | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Fraser | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | UAR | Roddy Georgeson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Gilroy | 20 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Houston | 40 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Johnston | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Kinninmonth | 38 | 6 | 26+3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Steve Murray | 34 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jocky Scott | 42 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Ron Selway | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Steele | 29 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Stewart | 28 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Swan | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Wallace | 34 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 28 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |