# 1959–60 Dundee F.C. season

The 1959–60 season was the fifty-eighth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 4th place for the second straight season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and would be eliminated by Hibernian in the Scottish Cup. After the resignation of manager Willie Thornton early in the season, Bob Shankly would take over the club.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 19 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–3 | Cousin | 18,500 |
| 2 | 5 September | Aberdeen | A | 3–0 | Cousin, Waddell, Hill | 12,000 |
| 3 | 12 September | Raith Rovers | H | 0–2 | | 11,000 |
| 4 | 19 September | Clyde | A | 1–1 | Henderson | 10,000 |
| 5 | 26 September | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | H. Robertson | 14,000 |
| 6 | 3 October | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | McGeachie, H. Robertson | 9,000 |
| 7 | 10 October | Rangers | H | 1–3 | H. Robertson | 22,000 |
| 8 | 17 October | Ayr United | H | 3–1 | Bonthrone, Curlett, Cousin | 9,000 |
| 9 | 24 October | St Mirren | A | 3–2 | Bonthrone, H. Robertson, Curlett | 12,000 |
| 10 | 31 October | Arbroath | H | 5–0 | Logie (o.g.), Bonthrone (2), Cousin, Cowie | 12,000 |
| 11 | 7 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | Bonthrone, Curlett, H. Robertson | 11,000 |
| 12 | 14 November | Partick Thistle | A | 5–0 | Curlett (2), Bonthrone, Cousin (2) | 8,000 |
| 13 | 21 November | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | Cousin (2) | 16,000 |
| 14 | 28 November | Airdrieonians | H | 1–2 | McGeachie | 10,000 |
| 15 | 5 December | Celtic | A | 3–2 | Bonthrone, H. Robertson, Henderson | 12,000 |
| 16 | 12 December | Stirling Albion | A | 1–0 | Cousin | 5,000 |
| 17 | 19 December | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | Henderson, Cowie | 9,000 |
| 18 | 26 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | | 16,000 |
| 19 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 4–1 | Henderson (2), H. Robertson, Penman | 15,500 |
| 20 | 2 January | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | Bonthrone | 11,000 |
| 21 | 9 January | Clyde | H | 2–0 | Penman, H. Robertson | 11,000 |
| 22 | 16 January | Motherwell | A | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 23 | 23 January | Kilmarnock | H | 0–4 | | 15,000 |
| 24 | 9 February | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 22,000 |
| 25 | 27 February | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | McGeachie, Gilzean, Cousin | 11,000 |
| 26 | 5 March | Arbroath | A | 1–1 | Cowie | 5,200 |
| 27 | 10 March | Ayr United | A | 0–1 | | 4,500 |
| 28 | 12 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–2 | Cousin, Waddell | 7,000 |
| 29 | 19 March | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | H. Robertson (2), Cousin | 7,500 |
| 30 | 26 March | Hibernian | H | 6–3 | Gilzean, Penman (3), McGeachie, H. Robertson | 8,000 |
| 31 | 2 April | Airdrieonians | A | 3–3 | Gilzean, H. Robertson, Cowie | 4,500 |
| 32 | 16 April | Celtic | H | 2–0 | Gilzean, H. Robertson | 16,000 |
| 33 | 23 April | Stirling Albion | H | 4–1 | Gilzean (3), McGeachie | 7,000 |
| 34 | 30 April | Third Lanark | A | 2–2 | Gilzean, Cousin | 5,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 67 | 45 | 1.489 | 50 | |
| 3 | Rangers | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 72 | 38 | 1.895 | 42 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Dundee | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 49 | 1.429 | 42 | |
| 5 | Motherwell | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 61 | 1.164 | 40 | |
| 6 | Clyde | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 77 | 69 | 1.116 | 39 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 4

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 August | Motherwell | A | 2–4 | Cousin, Bonthrone | 15,500 |
| 2 | 12 August | Hibernian | H | 4–3 | Cowie, Cousin (2), H. Robertson | 17,000 |
| 3 | 15 August | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 37,000 |
| 4 | 22 August | Motherwell | H | 1–4 | Hill | 18,000 |
| 5 | 26 August | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | H. Robertson (2), McGeachie | 17,000 |
| 6 | 29 August | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Waddell, Cousin | 20,000 |

#### Group 4 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Motherwell | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 12 |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2.250 | 8 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0.706 | 4 |
| Hibernian | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 0.360 | 0 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 29 February | Hibernian | A | 0–3 | | 30,419 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Bonthrone | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 41 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 34 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Curlett | 22 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Gabriel | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Gilzean | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 24 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ally Hill | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | John Horsburgh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Fred Jardine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Pat Liney | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McGeachie | 36 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McMillan | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Penman | 22 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 39 | 16 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Robertson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Smith | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Ure | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Waddell | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |