# 1939–40 Dundee F.C. season

The 1939–40 season was intended to be the forty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the second season playing in the second tier. After just 4 league games however, the Scottish Football League suspended its competition on 13 September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. A month later, Dundee would join the Eastern Division of the Scottish War Emergency League for the rest of the season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish War Emergency Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup, and were knocked out in the 1st round by Third Lanark over two legs. The club would retire from club football until 1944 due to the ongoing war.

## Scottish Division Two

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | Raith Rovers | H | 5–1 | McGillivray (3), Coats, Adam | 11,000 |
| 2 | 19 August | Airdrieonians | A | 4–2 | Adam, Warnock, Coats (2) | 2,000 |
| 3 | 26 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–1 | Warnock, Coats, Adam | 12,000 |
| 4 | 2 September | Greenock Morton | A | 1–1 | McGillivray | 4,000 |

## Scottish War Emergency League

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 21 October | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Adam (2) | 4,500 |
| 2 | 28 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | | 3,000 |
| 3 | 4 November | Alloa Athletic | H | 1–1 | Wattie | 1,000 |
| 4 | 11 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–2 | Adam | 2,500 |
| 5 | 18 November | Arbroath | H | 9–3 | Adam (3), Wattie (2), Coats (2), Easson, Cook | 3,000 |
| 6 | 25 November | Falkirk | A | 1–6 | Cook | 2,500 |
| 7 | 2 December | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Adam, Coats | 2,500 |
| 8 | 9 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–6 | Adam, Follon, Easson, Coats | 3,670 |
| 9 | 16 December | King's Park | H | 5–0 | Cook, McGillivray (2), Coats (2) | 1,700 |
| 10 | 23 December | Stenhousemuir | A | 3–0 | McGillivray, Easson, Coats | 900 |
| 11 | 30 December | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | Coats (2), Adam | 4,297 |
| 12 | 1 January | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | McGillivray | 5,500 |
| 13 | 2 January | St Bernard's | H | 2–2 | McGillivray (2) | 1,276 |
| 14 | 6 January | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–1 | Coats | |
| 15 | 13 January | East Fife | H | 2–0 | Coats, Morgan | 2,500 |
| 16 | 10 February | Raith Rovers | H | 2–3 | Easson, Cook | 2,500 |
| 17 | 17 February | Arbroath | A | 1–3 | McGillivray | |
| 18 | 9 March | Alloa Athletic | A | 2–2 | Coats (2) | |
| 19 | 16 March | King's Park | A | 3–3 | Hill, Adam, McGillivray | 1,000 |
| 20 | 30 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 4,000 |
| 21 | 3 April | Hibernian | A | 0–6 | | |
| 22 | 6 April | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | Coats, Adam | 8,000 |
| 23 | 8 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–2 | Coats, McGillivray | 2,500 |
| 24 | 13 April | St Bernard's | A | 0–0 | | |
| 25 | 17 April | Stenhousemuir | H | 7–1 | Coats (4), D. Davidson, McGillivray, Cook | 600 |
| 26 | 29 April | East Fife | A | 0–3 | | |
| 27 | 4 May | St Johnstone | H | 7–2 | Coats (4), J. Davidson, Adam (2) | 1,500 |
| 28 | 11 May | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | Adam, J. Davidson, Coats | 1,500 |
| 29 | 18 May | Falkirk | H | 4–2 | Adam, Coats (2), McGillivray | 3,000 |

### Emergency League table

Eastern division :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 84 | 69 | +15 | 34 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 30 |
| 7 | Dundee | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 30 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 82 | 65 | +17 | 29 |
| 9 | Dundee United | 29 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 77 | −9 | 26 |

## Scottish War Emergency Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round, 1st leg | 24 February | Third Lanark | H | 1–1 | McGillivray | 7,000 |
| 1st round, 2nd leg | 2 March | Third Lanark | A | 1–3 | Adam | 8,600 |
| Third Lanark won 4–2 on aggregate |||||||

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | War League | War League | War Cup | War Cup | Division Two | Division Two |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Adam | 29 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Allan | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Coats | 34 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cook | 32 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Doug Davidson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | J. Davidson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Easson | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gerry Follon | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | William Gillespie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Kemp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Norman Kirby | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bill Masson | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jim Mathieson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie McGillivray | 30 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| | DF | SCO | Ronnie McWalter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Morgan | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Henry Morris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bill Peattie | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Ross | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Ross | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Harry Sneddon | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Stewart | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Warnock | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | John Wattie | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |