# 1984–85 Dundee F.C. season

The 1984–85 season was the 83rd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the quarter-finals both of the League Cup and Scottish Cup, before being defeated by Heart of Midlothian in the former and by Celtic in the latter.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Aberdeen | A | 2–3 | Rafferty, Stephen | 14,700 |
| 2 | 18 August | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 6,290 |
| 3 | 25 August | Dumbarton | A | 1–2 | Stephen | 2,000 |
| 4 | 1 September | Rangers | H | 0–2 | | 14,156 |
| 5 | 8 September | Dundee United | A | 4–3 | McWilliams, McKinlay, Harris, Brown | 14,190 |
| 6 | 15 September | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Rafferty, Brown | 5,913 |
| 7 | 22 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | McKinlay, Brown | 7,511 |
| 8 | 29 September | Celtic | H | 2–3 | McCormack, Stephen | 13,761 |
| 9 | 6 October | Greenock Morton | A | 1–1 | McWilliams | 2,000 |
| 10 | 13 October | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Connor | 10,990 |
| 11 | 20 October | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | | 5,032 |
| 12 | 27 October | Dumbarton | H | 1–1 | Smith | 4,375 |
| 13 | 3 November | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 14,588 |
| 14 | 10 November | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 14,423 |
| 15 | 17 November | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Stephen | 2,877 |
| 16 | 24 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Richardson, Connor | 6,414 |
| 17 | 1 December | Celtic | A | 1–5 | Connor | 15,887 |
| 18 | 8 December | Greenock Morton | H | 5–1 | Stephen, McCall, Connor, Kidd (2) | 3,525 |
| 19 | 15 December | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 14,000 |
| 20 | 29 December | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | Stephen, Kidd | 5,941 |
| 21 | 1 January | Dumbarton | A | 0–1 | | 2,500 |
| 22 | 5 January | Rangers | H | 2–2 | McCormack (2) | 11,991 |
| 23 | 3 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–3 | McCormack, Brown, Harvey | 10,063 |
| 24 | 9 February | Celtic | H | 2–0 | Stephen, Connor (pen.) | 12,087 |
| 25 | 20 February | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | Harvey | 5,142 |
| 26 | 23 February | Greenock Morton | A | 1–0 | McGeachie | 2,200 |
| 27 | 2 March | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Brown | 4,478 |
| 28 | 16 March | Aberdeen | H | 0–4 | | 9,161 |
| 29 | 23 March | Rangers | A | 3–1 | Rafferty, Connor, Stephen | 9,954 |
| 30 | 3 April | Dundee United | A | 0–4 | | 15,167 |
| 31 | 6 April | St Mirren | A | 2–4 | McCormack (2) | 3,500 |
| 32 | 13 April | Dumbarton | H | 1–0 | Rafferty | 3,386 |
| 33 | 20 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | McCormack, Brown, McKinlay | 7,421 |
| 34 | 27 April | Greenock Morton | H | 0–0 | | 3,454 |
| 35 | 4 May | Celtic | A | 1–0 | Brown | 8,815 |
| 36 | 11 May | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | Connor | 13,426 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Rangers | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | St Mirren | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Dundee | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 37 | |
| 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 31 | |
| 8 | Hibernian | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 27 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 22 August | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–0 | McCall, Connor, Stephen | 2,916 |
| 2nd round | 29 August | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 (A.E.T.) | Brown | 3,367 |
| Dundee win 3–2 on penalties |||||||
| Quarter-finals | 5 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | | 8,818 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 5 February | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | Brown | 5,955 |
| 3R replay | 6 February | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | McWilliams, Connor (pen.) | 5,444 |
| 4th round | 16 February | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Brown | 26,619 |
| Quarter-finals | 9 March | Celtic | H | 1–1 | Brown | 21,301 |
| QF replay | 13 March | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Stephen | 37,390 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | John Brown | 42 | 11 | 33+1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Tam Carson | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Connor | 41 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Robert Docherty | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 37 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin Harris | 17 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Harvey | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin Hendry | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Kidd | 29 | 3 | 11+12 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Walker McCall | 30 | 2 | 14+10 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | John McCormack | 42 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 43 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McGlashan | 12 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 41 | 3 | 33+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek McWilliams | 18 | 3 | 7+8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Rafferty | 44 | 4 | 35+1 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lex Richardson | 26 | 1 | 7+15 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 27 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ray Stephen | 43 | 10 | 34+1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | John Waddell | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |