# 1896–97 Dundee F.C. season

The 1896–97 season was the fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, finishing in 5th place for the 2nd consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup. Dundee would switch their main kit colours from sky blue and white stripes to a white shirt and black shorts.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 15 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–5 | | 8,500 |
| 2 | 22 August | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Clark (3) | 6,000 |
| 3 | 29 August | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Smith | 13,000 |
| 4 | 5 September | St Mirren | A | 1–4 | Willocks | 4,000 |
| 5 | 12 September | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | Clark, Willocks | 3,500 |
| 6 | 19 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | McArthur, Smith | 8,000 |
| 7 | 26 September | St Bernard's | H | 4–1 | Devlin (2), Kelso, McArthur | 5,000 |
| 8 | 3 October | Celtic | H | 2–2 | Robertson, Willocks | 17,000 |
| 9 | 10 October | Third Lanark | A | 1–3 | Smith | 1,500 |
| 10 | 17 October | Abercorn | H | 3–0 | Willocks, Smith, McArthur | 3,500 |
| 11 | 24 October | Clyde | A | 2–0 | Willocks, Clark | 2,500 |
| 12 | 31 October | Hibernian | A | 1–3 | Clark | 6,000 |
| 13 | 7 November | Clyde | H | 1–0 | Willocks | 4,000 |
| 14 | 14 November | St Bernard's | A | 1–2 | McArthur | |
| 15 | 28 November | Rangers | H | 3–2 | Devlin (2), Clark | 8,000 |
| 16 | 12 December | St Mirren | H | 3–2 | Clark, Robertson (o.g.), Smith | 5,000 |
| 17 | 16 January | Abercorn | A | 7–1 | Devlin (2), Smith, Willocks (2), Clark, Allan | 2,000 |
| 18 | 29 February | Celtic | A | 1–0 | Clark | 8,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Rangers | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 25 |
| 4 | Celtic | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 24 |
| 5 | Dundee | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 22 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 19 |
| 7 | St Bernard's | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 14 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 9 January | Inverness Thistle | H | 7–1 | Willocks (3), Smith, Devlin (2), Dundas | |
| 2nd round | 30 January | King's Park | H | 5–0 | Allan (3), Willocks, Devlin | 2,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 February | Rangers | H | 0–4 | | 15,000 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | SCO | Dicky Allan | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Burgess | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Clark | 19 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Devlin | 21 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | James Dundas | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Epsie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Hall | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Edward Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Jack Hillman | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sandy Keillor | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Kelso | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bill McArthur | 13 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Robertson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Smith | 20 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Stormont | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Willocks | 20 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 |