# 1958–59 Dundee F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was the fifty-seventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 4th place, their highest since the 1950–51 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 Highland League side Fraserburgh in one of the biggest upsets in Scottish Cup history.

## Scottish Division One

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

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 92 | 51 | 1.804 | 48 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 83 | 50 | 1.660 | 44 |
| 4 | Dundee | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 41 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 62 | 1.032 | 37 |
| 6 | Celtic | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 70 | 53 | 1.321 | 36 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 3

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August | Partick Thistle | H | 2–3 | Cowie, Sneddon | 11,000 |
| 2 | 13 August | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | H. Robertson, Bonthrone | 12,000 |
| 3 | 16 August | Queen of the South | A | 0–1 | | 6,500 |
| 4 | 23 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–3 | Cousin, Hill | 12,000 |
| 5 | 27 August | Motherwell | H | 2–3 | Hill (2) | 8,000 |
| 6 | 30 August | Queen of the South | H | 2–0 | Cowie, Hill | 8,000 |

#### Group 3 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Partick Thistle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1.545 | 9 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1.182 | 7 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0.909 | 4 |
| Queen of the South | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0.462 | 4 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 31 January | Fraserburgh | A | 0–1 | | 4,500 |

## 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 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 39 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 34 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Crossan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Curlett | 25 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Drennan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Gabriel | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Hamilton | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 37 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ally Hill | 19 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| | DF | SCO | Fred Jardine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Pat Liney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McGeachie | 27 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ralph McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Penman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Robertson | 25 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Robertson | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 39 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Ure | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Mike Watson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |