# 1921–22 Dundee F.C. season

The 1921–22 season was the twenty-seventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. They would finish in 4th place for the third consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 3rd round by Aberdeen.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 17 August | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | McLean | |
| 2 | 20 August | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | | |
| 3 | 27 August | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | Cowan, Bell | |
| 4 | 3 September | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | Bird, Nicoll | 18,000 |
| 5 | 10 September | Greenock Morton | A | 1–2 | Bird | |
| 6 | 17 September | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | McLean | |
| 7 | 21 September | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | Halliday | |
| 8 | 24 September | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | Bird (2), Troup | |
| 9 | 1 October | Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | Halliday, Troup | |
| 10 | 3 October | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Halliday | |
| 11 | 8 October | Celtic | H | 0–0 | | 26,000 |
| 12 | 15 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 26,500 |
| 13 | 22 October | Kilmarnock | H | 5–0 | Bird, Halliday (2), McLean, Troup | |
| 14 | 29 October | Clydebank | A | 3–0 | Halliday, Bird, Johnstone | |
| 15 | 5 November | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 39,000 |
| 16 | 12 November | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Halliday | 12,000 |
| 17 | 19 November | Albion Rovers | H | 2–0 | Halliday, Bird | |
| 18 | 26 November | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Bell | |
| 19 | 3 December | Clyde | H | 2–1 | McLean, Bird | |
| 20 | 10 December | Raith Rovers | A | 0–0 | | |
| 21 | 17 December | Dumbarton | A | 0–2 | | 4,000 |
| 22 | 24 December | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–0 | Bell, McLean | |
| 23 | 26 December | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Troup | 10,000 |
| 24 | 31 December | Clyde | A | 1–3 | Bird | |
| 25 | 2 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | Bird | 22,000 |
| 26 | 3 January | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | | 15,000 |
| 27 | 7 January | Partick Thistle | A | 1–4 | McLean | |
| 28 | 14 January | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | Halliday (2) | |
| 29 | 21 January | Queen's Park | A | 3–0 | Halliday (3) | |
| 30 | 4 February | St Mirren | H | 2–2 | Halliday (2) | |
| 31 | 15 February | Kilmarnock | A | 3–5 | Bird (2), Ross | |
| 32 | 18 February | Dumbarton | H | 2–0 | Halliday, Ross | 15,000 |
| 33 | 1 March | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | |
| 34 | 4 March | Albion Rovers | A | 0–1 | | |
| 35 | 11 March | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | | |
| 36 | 18 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | Halliday (2) | 12,000 |
| 37 | 25 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | Halliday, McLean | |
| 38 | 8 April | Celtic | A | 0–4 | | 9,000 |
| 39 | 15 April | Falkirk | H | 3–0 | Halliday (3) | |
| 40 | 19 April | Raith Rovers | H | 1–0 | Cowan | |
| 41 | 22 April | Clydebank | H | 1–1 | Cowan | |
| 42 | 29 April | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | Halliday, Bird | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Rangers | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 83 | 26 | +57 | 66 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 51 |
| 4 | Dundee | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 49 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 49 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 48 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) |
| 1st round | 28 January | Stenhousemuir | A | 2–0 | Halliday, McDonald |
| 2nd round | 11 February | Royal Albert | A | 1–0 | Halliday |
| 3rd round | 25 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | |

## 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 | George Aimer | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Bell | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Walter Bird | 38 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cowan | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Cumming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Fleming | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Willie Fotheringham | 45 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Halliday | 31 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Hird | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | EIR | Sam Irving | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Jackson | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Johnstone | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Kilpatrick | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Lorimer | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave McDonald | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McLean | 32 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Nicol | 41 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Raitt | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Ross | 25 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Thompson | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Thomson | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Troup | 40 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Bob Willis | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |