# 1933–34 Dundee F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was the thirty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One under new manager Billy McCandless, where they would finish in 12th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 2nd round by Aberdeen.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Lee | |
| 2 | 19 August | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Lee | |
| 3 | 23 August | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | |
| 4 | 26 August | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | Lee | |
| 5 | 2 September | Queen of the South | H | 8–0 | Blyth, Murdoch, Paterson, Mackay (3), Lee, Morgan | 7,000 |
| 6 | 9 September | Aberdeen | A | 3–1 | Mackay (2), Lee | 17,000 |
| 7 | 13 September | Third Lanark | H | 3–0 | Robertson, Lee, Mackay | |
| 8 | 16 September | Queen's Park | H | 1–0 | Murdoch | |
| 9 | 23 September | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 12,000 |
| 10 | 30 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | | 12,000 |
| 11 | 7 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–3 | Murdoch, Paterson | |
| 12 | 14 October | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | |
| 13 | 21 October | Cowdenbeath | H | 4–2 | Murdoch, Lee (2), Mackay | |
| 14 | 28 October | Airdrieonians | A | 1–2 | Mackay | |
| 15 | 4 November | Motherwell | H | 2–3 | Robertson (2) | |
| 16 | 11 November | Third Lanark | A | 1–4 | Morgan | |
| 17 | 18 November | St Mirren | A | 3–0 | Lee, Kirby, Murdoch | |
| 18 | 25 November | Ayr United | A | 3–3 | Robertson, Kirby, Blyth | |
| 19 | 2 December | Partick Thistle | H | 1–2 | Murdoch | |
| 20 | 9 December | Celtic | H | 3–2 | Kirby, Guthrie, Lee | 12,000 |
| 21 | 16 December | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Guthrie | 7,000 |
| 22 | 23 December | St Johnstone | H | 3–0 | Mackay (3) | |
| 23 | 30 December | Clyde | A | 0–3 | | |
| 24 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Kirby | 7,000 |
| 25 | 2 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–6 | Murdoch | 15,732 |
| 26 | 6 January | Falkirk | H | 1–3 | Rennie | |
| 27 | 13 January | Queen of the South | A | 1–3 | Guthrie | |
| 28 | 27 January | Rangers | H | 0–6 | | 20,000 |
| 29 | 17 February | Queen's Park | A | 4–2 | Rennie (2), Rankin, Blyth | |
| 30 | 24 February | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–1 | Rankin | |
| 31 | 3 March | Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | Murdoch (2), Rennie | |
| 32 | 10 March | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–1 | Rennie | |
| 33 | 17 March | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | Guthrie, Murdoch, Mackay, Kirby | |
| 34 | 24 March | St Mirren | H | 3–0 | Rankin, Mackay (2) | |
| 35 | 31 March | Ayr United | H | 2–1 | McCarthy, Mackay | |
| 36 | 7 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Rennie | |
| 37 | 21 April | Celtic | A | 2–3 | Rankin, Mackay | 1,000 |
| 38 | 28 April | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Mackay | 350 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Falkirk | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 38 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 79 | −14 | 38 |
| 12 | Dundee | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 36 |
| 13 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 78 | −5 | 33 |
| 14 | Clyde | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 31 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 20 January | King's Park | A | 1–0 | Rankin | |
| 2nd round | 3 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 26,943 |

## 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 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Blyth | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Guthrie | 21 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Norman Kirby | 25 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alfred Lawson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Pat Lee | 26 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Morgan Mackay | 32 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom McCarthy | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eddie McGoldrick | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lew Morgan | 39 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Murdoch | 39 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Danny Paterson | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bob Peden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Rankin | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | John Rennie | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Smith | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scot Symon | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |