# 1960–61 Dundee F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was the fifty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Rangers.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 24 August | Raith Rovers | A | 1–2 | Cousin | 7,000 |
| 2 | 10 September | Aberdeen | H | 3–3 | Gilzean (3) | 12,000 |
| 3 | 17 September | Dundee United | A | 1–3 | Penman | 20,000 |
| 4 | 24 September | Clyde | H | 4–1 | Cousin, Gilzean, Robertson, Seith | 13,700 |
| 5 | 1 October | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | Waddell, Robertson | 12,000 |
| 6 | 8 October | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Cousin | 22,160 |
| 7 | 15 October | Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | Penman (pen.) | 16,000 |
| 8 | 22 October | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Waddell, Cousin | 10,000 |
| 9 | 29 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–4 | Cousin, Gilzean | 9,000 |
| 10 | 5 November | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 13,000 |
| 11 | 12 November | Third Lanark | H | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 12 | 19 November | Ayr United | A | 4–2 | Gilzean (3), Cousin | 6,000 |
| 13 | 26 November | Partick Thistle | H | 1–2 | Cowie (pen.) | 10,000 |
| 14 | 10 December | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | Cousin, Robertson | 8,000 |
| 15 | 17 December | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 11,000 |
| 16 | 24 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Gilzean (2) | 13,000 |
| 17 | 26 December | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Robertson | 11,000 |
| 18 | 31 December | Raith Rovers | H | 2–3 | Henderson, Cousin | 8,000 |
| 19 | 2 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Gilzean | 23,000 |
| 20 | 7 January | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | Wishart (2), Adamson | 22,000 |
| 21 | 14 January | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 7,000 |
| 22 | 21 January | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | Gilzean | 10,000 |
| 23 | 8 February | Rangers | H | 4–2 | Wishart, Cousin, Gilzean (2) | 8,706 |
| 24 | 18 February | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Gilzean | 10,000 |
| 25 | 4 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–1 | Seith, Cowie, Gilzean, Cox (pen.) | 11,000 |
| 26 | 8 March | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Robertson, Cousin | 12,000 |
| 27 | 18 March | Third Lanark | A | 1–2 | Cousin | 7,000 |
| 28 | 20 March | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 8,000 |
| 29 | 25 March | Ayr United | H | 6–1 | H. Robertson (2), Crichton, Gilzean (2), Cousin | 8,000 |
| 30 | 1 April | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Penman, Robertson | 7,000 |
| 31 | 8 April | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 17,500 |
| 32 | 12 April | Airdrieonians | A | 4–2 | Waddell, Robertson, Penman, Gilzean | 3,500 |
| 33 | 22 April | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | Waddell, Robertson | 10,000 |
| 34 | 29 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | Wishart | 10,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Hibernian | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 34 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 9 | Dundee United | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 58 | 1.034 | 33 | |
| 10 | Dundee | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 53 | 1.151 | 32 | |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 69 | 0.855 | 32 | |
| 12 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 81 | 0.802 | 31 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 4

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Raith Rovers | H | 5–0 | Penman, Gilzean (3), Robertson | 16,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | Ayr United | A | 2–1 | Gilzean, Cousin | 9,000 |
| 3 | 20 August | Aberdeen | A | 4–1 | Gilzean (2), Cousin, Penman | 18,000 |
| 4 | 27 August | Raith Rovers | A | 3–0 | Gilzean (3) | 8,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | Waddell, Gilzean, Robertson | 10,500 |
| 6 | 3 September | Aberdeen | H | 6–0 | Gilzean (3), McGeachie (2), Waddell | 14,500 |

#### Group 4 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.500 | 12 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0.556 | 5 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 5 |
| Ayr United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals, 1st leg | 14 September | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 45,000 |
| Quarter-finals, 2nd leg | 21 September | Rangers | H | 3–4 | Cousin (2), Penman (pen.) | 33,000 |
| Rangers won 5–3 on aggregate |||||||

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 11 February | Rangers | H | 1–5 | Cousin | 32,000 |

## 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 | Bobby Adamson | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 34 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ronnie Crichton | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Curlett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Gilzean | 42 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Horsburgh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Fred Jardine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Pat Liney | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McGeachie | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Penman | 25 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 43 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Seith | 41 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Smith | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Stuart | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Ure | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Waddell | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Wishart | 16 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |