# 1927–28 Dundee F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was the thirty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. After a poor start, manager Alec McNair was replaced by Sandy MacFarlane in his 2nd stint, who led the Dark Blues to finish in 14th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Dunfermline Athletic. The club would also wear black shorts occasionally as a change kit.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Cowdenbeath | A | 0–1 | | |
| 2 | 20 August | Motherwell | H | 0–3 | | |
| 3 | 27 August | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | |
| 4 | 3 September | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Hunter, O'Hare, Campbell, Cook | |
| 5 | 10 September | Bo'ness | A | 0–2 | | |
| 6 | 17 September | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | Pirie | |
| 7 | 24 September | Airdrieonians | A | 1–1 | O'Hare | |
| 8 | 1 October | Celtic | H | 1–4 | Gilmour | 13,000 |
| 9 | 8 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | | 22,500 |
| 10 | 15 October | Aberdeen | H | 3–2 | Smith (2), Godfrey | 10,000 |
| 11 | 22 October | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Smith | |
| 12 | 29 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–3 | Smith | |
| 13 | 5 November | Hibernian | A | 0–4 | | 7,000 |
| 14 | 12 November | Kilmarnock | H | 7–0 | O'Hare, Cassidy (2), Smith (3), Brown | |
| 15 | 19 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–1 | O'Hare, Smith, Cook | |
| 16 | 26 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | O'Hare | |
| 17 | 3 December | Clyde | H | 4–3 | McNab, Smith, Cassidy | |
| 18 | 10 December | Rangers | A | 1–5 | O'Hare | 7,000 |
| 19 | 17 December | Queen's Park | H | 1–3 | O'Hare | |
| 20 | 24 December | Cowdenbeath | H | 3–1 | Smith, O'Hare, Gilmour | |
| 21 | 31 December | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Smith, Thomson | |
| 22 | 2 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | Smith | 15,000 |
| 23 | 3 January | Bo'ness | H | 3–2 | O'Hare (2), Gilmour | |
| 24 | 7 January | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | O'Hare, McNab | |
| 25 | 14 January | St Johnstone | A | 1–5 | Smith | |
| 26 | 28 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–7 | O'Hare, Smith | 6,000 |
| 27 | 11 February | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | O'Hare (2), Smith | |
| 28 | 14 February | Celtic | A | 1–3 | Smith | 12,000 |
| 29 | 22 February | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | Craddock (2), Smith | |
| 30 | 25 February | Falkirk | A | 1–5 | McNab | |
| 31 | 7 March | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Cassidy, Smith | |
| 32 | 10 March | Hibernian | H | 4–1 | Townrow (2), Smith (2) | 2,000 |
| 33 | 17 March | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | Lawley, Smith | |
| 34 | 24 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–3 | Smith, Townrow, Cassidy | |
| 35 | 31 March | Raith Rovers | H | 1–2 | Smith | |
| 36 | 7 April | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | |
| 37 | 18 April | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 12,000 |
| 38 | 21 April | Queen's Park | A | 2–1 | Smith, Cook | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Hibernian | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 75 | −2 | 35 |
| 13 | Airdrieonians | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 35 |
| 14 | Dundee | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 65 | 80 | −15 | 35 |
| 15 | Clyde | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 31 |
| 16 | Queen's Park | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 80 | −11 | 30 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 21 January | Stranraer | A | 4–2 | Townrow, McGarry, Cook, Hunter | |
| 2nd round | 4 February | Dundee United | A | 3–3 | Lawley, Whitlow (2) | 20,365 |
| 2R replay | 8 February | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | O'Hare | 12,839 |
| 3rd round | 18 February | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–2 | Whitlow | |

## 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 |
| | DF | SCO | Finlay Brown | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Campbell | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Cassidy | 26 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cook | 33 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Claude Craddock | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Crawford | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Farrell | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ed Godfrey | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Hunter | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Bob Kearney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | George Lawley | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ed McGarry | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin McNab | 34 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy McNeill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Meagher | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie O'Hare | 33 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Pirie | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Peter Robertson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Ross | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gus Smith | 30 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Thomson | 42 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Townrow | 30 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Fred Whitlow | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |