# 1908–09 Dundee F.C. season

The 1908–09 season was the sixteenth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 2nd place. In a very tight race which would go down to the final day, Dundee were pipped to the title by Celtic by just a single point. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would lose to Rangers in the second round. Striker John "Sailor" Hunter would finish the season as Scotland's top scorer with 29 goals in the league, and 32 in all major competitions.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 15 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Hunter, Langlands | 12,000 |
| 2 | 22 August | Airdrieonians | A | 5–2 | Fraser, Hunter (3), Langlands | 7,000 |
| 3 | 29 August | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Hunter, Bellamy | 21,000 |
| 4 | 5 September | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Lee | 3,000 |
| 5 | 12 September | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | Hunter | 11,000 |
| 6 | 19 September | Greenock Morton | A | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 7 | 26 September | Queen's Park | H | 7–1 | MacFarlane (3), Hunter (3), Bellamy | 7,000 |
| 8 | 28 September | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 34,000 |
| 9 | 3 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–0 | Lee | 5,000 |
| 10 | 10 October | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 14,000 |
| 11 | 17 October | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Hunter, MacFarlane, Fraser | 9,000 |
| 12 | 24 October | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | Langlands | 12,500 |
| 13 | 31 October | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Bellamy, Hunter (2) | 7,000 |
| 14 | 7 November | Port Glasgow Athletic | A | 3–2 | Bellamy, Langlands, Hunter | 2,000 |
| 15 | 14 November | Kilmarnock | H | 5–0 | MacFarlane, Bellamy (2), Hunter, Fraser | 7,000 |
| 16 | 21 November | Falkirk | H | 3–3 | Langlands, Bellamy, Hunter | 7,000 |
| 17 | 28 November | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Hunter | 7,000 |
| 18 | 12 December | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | Dainty, Hunter | 14,000 |
| 19 | 19 December | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | Hunter, Langlands, Dainty, MacFarlane | 9,000 |
| 20 | 25 December | Third Lanark | A | 1–2 | Hunter | 7,000 |
| 21 | 26 December | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | | |
| 22 | 1 January | Port Glasgow Athletic | H | 1–0 | Hunter | 7,000 |
| 23 | 2 January | Motherwell | A | 4–1 | Hunter (2), MacFarlane, Lee | 6,000 |
| 24 | 9 January | Rangers | H | 4–0 | Hunter (3), MacFarlane | 16,000 |
| 25 | 16 January | Partick Thistle | H | 3–2 | McCann, Hunter (2) | 6,000 |
| 26 | 30 January | Clyde | H | 1–0 | Bellamy | 14,000 |
| 27 | 20 February | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Bellamy | 10,000 |
| 28 | 27 February | Greenock Morton | H | 1–2 | Fraser | 6,000 |
| 29 | 6 March | Clyde | A | 2–0 | Bellamy, Hunter | 3,000 |
| 30 | 13 March | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Dainty, MacFarlane | 7,000 |
| 31 | 20 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | | 12,500 |
| 32 | 27 March | Third Lanark | H | 1–0 | Lee | 6,000 |
| 33 | 3 April | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–0 | Hunter, Langlands, Mair | 5,000 |
| 34 | 24 April | Queen's Park | H | 2–0 | Bellamy, Langlands | 6,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 51 |
| 2 | Dundee | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 50 |
| 3 | Clyde | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 48 |
| 4 | Rangers | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 45 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 41 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 23 January | Ayr Parkhouse | H | 9–0 | MacFarlane, Bellamy (3), Hunter (3), Dainty, Langlands | 12,000 |
| 2nd round | 6 February | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 28,000 |
| 2R replay | 13 February | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 54,500 |

## 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 |
| | FW | ENG | Jim Bellamy | 34 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | George Chaplin | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Chaplin | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cooper | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bob Crumley | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Bert Dainty | 33 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Fraser | 35 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | CAN | Sandy Hall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Hunter | 35 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Fred Kemp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Langlands | 32 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Lawson | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Bert Lee | 36 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sandy MacFarlane | 36 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | David Mair | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Daniel McCann | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bert Neal | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Albert Oswald | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | George Philip | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |