# 1989–90 Dundee F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was the 88th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 10th place and would be relegated to the Scottish First Division. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Dunfermline Athletic in the 3rd round of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–2 | Beedie | 8,987 |
| 2 | 19 August | Dundee United | H | 4–3 | Wright (3), McBride | 13,616 |
| 3 | 26 August | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 12,500 |
| 4 | 9 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Wright, Harvey | 8,440 |
| 5 | 16 September | Rangers | A | 2–2 | Craig, Wright | 35,836 |
| 6 | 23 September | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | | 6,876 |
| 7 | 30 September | Motherwell | A | 0–3 | | 4,463 |
| 8 | 4 October | St Mirren | A | 2–3 | Wright, Dodds | 3,587 |
| 9 | 14 October | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Craib | 16,215 |
| 10 | 21 October | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–2 | Dodds (pen.) | 7,058 |
| 11 | 28 October | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | | 11,529 |
| 12 | 4 November | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Dodds | 7,041 |
| 13 | 11 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–6 | Saunders, Dodds (2) | 11,869 |
| 14 | 18 November | Rangers | H | 0–2 | | 14,536 |
| 15 | 25 November | Hibernian | A | 2–3 | Beedie, Dodds | 5,644 |
| 16 | 2 December | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Dodds (pen.), Craig | 4,099 |
| 17 | 9 December | St Mirren | H | 3–3 | Dodds (pen.), Chisholm, Forsyth | 4,043 |
| 18 | 16 December | Celtic | A | 1–4 | Beedie | 17,860 |
| 19 | 26 December | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–1 | | 9,282 |
| 20 | 30 December | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Chisholm | 12,803 |
| 21 | 2 January | Aberdeen | A | 2–5 | Wright, D. Campbell | 16,054 |
| 22 | 6 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | | 8,300 |
| 23 | 13 January | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 36,993 |
| 24 | 27 January | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | Wright, Chisholm | 5,723 |
| 25 | 3 February | Celtic | H | 0–0 | | 14,100 |
| 26 | 10 February | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 5,010 |
| 27 | 17 February | Motherwell | A | 1–3 | Dodds | 5,508 |
| 28 | 3 March | Rangers | H | 2–2 | A. Campbell, Dodds | 12,743 |
| 29 | 10 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | Dodds | 7,243 |
| 30 | 24 March | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | Wright, Shannon | 11,918 |
| 31 | 31 March | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Wright | 8,071 |
| 32 | 4 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 10,761 |
| 33 | 14 April | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | A. Campbell | 7,415 |
| 34 | 21 April | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Dodds (pen.) | 15,115 |
| 35 | 28 April | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Dodds | 4,665 |
| 36 | 5 May | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Wright | 2,846 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Motherwell | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 34 | |
| 7 | Hibernian | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 30 | |
| 9 | St Mirren | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 30 | |
| 10 | Dundee (R) | 36 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 24 | Relegation to the 1990–91 Scottish First Division |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 15 August | Clyde | H | 5–1 | McBride (2), Wright, Harvey (2) | 3,033 |
| 3rd round | 23 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–1 | | 8,076 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 20 January | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 14,276 |
| 3R replay | 23 January | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 16,228 |

## Player statistics

| 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 |
| | DF | SCO | Arthur Albiston | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Angus | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Bain | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Beedie | 23 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Alan Campbell | 17 | 2 | 8+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Campbell | 15 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Tam Carson | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Chisholm | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Craib | 26 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Albert Craig | 24 | 2 | 12+8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Dinnie | 24 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Dodds | 32 | 13 | 29+1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Duffy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 38 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Frail | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Harvey | 8 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | John Holt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Willie Jamieson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Michael Kerr | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Paul Mathers | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe McBride | 20 | 3 | 10+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon McLeod | 29 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant McMartin | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John McQuillan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Shaun McSkimming | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Wes Saunders | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 40 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Wright | 38 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
* Source: Dee Archive