# 1938–39 Dundee F.C. season

The 1938–39 season was the forty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the first season playing in the second tier, having been relegated from the Scottish Division One the previous season. In their first season in Division Two, Dundee would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 2nd round by Clyde in a replay.

## Scottish Division Two

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Brechin City | H | 5–0 | Coats (2), Melville, Cowie, Brown (o.g.) | 7,000 |
| 2 | 20 August | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | Miller | 6,500 |
| 3 | 27 August | Stenhousemuir | H | 3–1 | Baxter (2), Coats | 6,000 |
| 4 | 3 September | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–4 | Smith | 3,000 |
| 5 | 10 September | Edinburgh City | H | 2–2 | Coats, Sneddon | 3,000 |
| 6 | 17 September | Dundee United | A | 0–3 | | 10,523 |
| 7 | 24 September | Forfar Athletic | H | 10–2 | Sneddon, Coats (3), Stewart (3), Baxter (2), Gray | 3,500 |
| 8 | 1 October | Leith Athletic | A | 1–3 | McGillivray | 2,000 |
| 9 | 8 October | East Stirlingshire | H | 5–6 | Stewart, McGillivray (3), Roberts | 4,000 |
| 10 | 15 October | East Fife | H | 1–1 | McGillivray | 10,000 |
| 11 | 22 October | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–3 | Coats | 5,000 |
| 12 | 29 October | Dumbarton | A | 4–4 | McGillivray, Stewart, McAllister (o.g.), Laurie | 4,500 |
| 13 | 5 November | Airdrieonians | A | 1–2 | Stewart | 6,000 |
| 14 | 12 November | King's Park | A | 1–3 | McGillivray | 3,000 |
| 15 | 19 November | Alloa Athletic | A | 1–2 | Bulloch (o.g.) | 2,500 |
| 16 | 26 November | Montrose | H | 5–0 | McGillivray (3), Cook, Coats | 3,000 |
| 17 | 3 December | St Bernard's | H | 3–0 | Kirby, McGillivray, Roberts | 4,000 |
| 18 | 10 December | Forfar Athletic | A | 1–2 | Coats | 11,000 |
| 19 | 17 December | Alloa Athletic | H | 1–4 | McGillivray | 1,000 |
| 20 | 24 December | Stenhousemuir | A | 1–1 | McGillivray | 1,500 |
| 21 | 31 December | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Coats (2) | 4,000 |
| 22 | 3 January | Edinburgh City | A | 4–1 | Laurie (3), McGillivray | |
| 23 | 14 January | Airdrieonians | A | 6–3 | Coats (2), McGillivray (4) | 4,000 |
| 24 | 28 January | Cowdenbeath | H | 5–0 | McGillivray (3), Wilson, Coats | 15,826 |
| 25 | 11 February | Brechin City | A | 1–2 | McGillivray | 1,500 |
| 26 | 18 February | King's Park | H | 3–0 | Coats, Melville, Wilson | 2,000 |
| 27 | 25 February | Leith Athletic | H | 7–0 | Ramsay (2), McGillivray, Coats (2), Wilson, Sneddon | 2,500 |
| 28 | 4 March | East Stirlingshire | A | 5–3 | Coats (3), McGillivray (2) | 1,000 |
| 29 | 11 March | East Fife | A | 2–0 | Sneddon, Coats | 2,500 |
| 30 | 18 March | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | McGillivray, Wilson | 12,500 |
| 31 | 1 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 7–1 | Melville, Coats (3), Stewart, McGillivray (2) | 3,800 |
| 32 | 8 April | St Bernard's | A | 1–1 | Stewart | 2,000 |
| 33 | 15 April | Dumbarton | H | 1–1 | Laurie | 1,700 |
| 34 | 29 April | Montrose | A | 5–5 | Stewart, Melville (2), Coats, McGillivray | 1,500 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 47 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 99 | 78 | +21 | 41 |
| 6 | Dundee | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 99 | 63 | +36 | 37 |
| 7 | St Bernard's | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 74 | 69 | +5 | 35 |
* ↑ Team did not return to the league when official competitions resumed in 1946–47.

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 4 February | Clyde | H | 0–0 | | 15,000 |
| 2R replay | 8 February | Clyde | A | 0–1 | | 15,000 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division Two | Division Two | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur Baxter | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Brothwick | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Micky Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Coats | 36 | 26 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cook | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Cowie | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Dougal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Frank Galloway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Norman Kirby | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Laurie | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bill Masson | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie McGillivray | 28 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ronnie McWalter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnston Melville | 17 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Norman Miller | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bill Morgan | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bob Ramsay | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sam Roberts | 22 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Smith | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Harry Sneddon | 31 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Stewart | 30 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Sweeney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 12 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |