# 1956–57 Dundee F.C. season

The 1956–57 season was the fifty-fifth 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 by Clyde in the 5th round of the Scottish Cup via replay, but would make it to the Semi-finals of the League Cup before being defeated in a replay by Partick Thistle. The club's home shirt would change collar-style, from button-up to V-neck, with white arm borders and red socks returning, while the navy short borders were removed.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 September | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | Merchant | 13,000 |
| 2 | 22 September | Aberdeen | H | 4–2 | Christie (2), Chalmers, O'Hara | 20,000 |
| 3 | 29 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | Birse | 30,000 |
| 4 | 13 October | Queen of the South | A | 1–3 | Watt | 7,500 |
| 5 | 20 October | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | O'Hara, Watt, Chalmers | 8,500 |
| 6 | 3 November | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Black, O'Hara | 24,000 |
| 7 | 10 November | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Watt | 12,000 |
| 8 | 17 November | St Mirren | A | 3–2 | Christie, Watt (2) | 9,000 |
| 9 | 24 November | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | Christie, Watt | 7,000 |
| 10 | 1 December | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | O'Hara | 6,000 |
| 11 | 8 December | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–0 | Christie, Merchant | 11,000 |
| 12 | 15 December | Ayr United | H | 5–0 | Cousin (3), Watt, O'Hara | 8,500 |
| 13 | 22 December | East Fife | A | 0–2 | | 3,500 |
| 14 | 29 December | Raith Rovers | A | 2–1 | Christie, Reid | 16,000 |
| 15 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Chalmers | 20,000 |
| 16 | 2 January | Rangers | H | 1–3 | O'Hara | 28,500 |
| 17 | 5 January | Kilmarnock | A | 0–4 | | 13,000 |
| 18 | 12 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–3 | | 20,000 |
| 19 | 19 January | Motherwell | A | 2–4 | Chalmers, Birse | 10,000 |
| 20 | 26 January | Queen of the South | H | 5–2 | Chalmers (3), Birse (2) | 9,000 |
| 21 | 9 February | Queen's Park | A | 0–2 | | 10,000 |
| 22 | 16 February | Ayr United | A | 1–0 | Cousin | 8,000 |
| 23 | 23 February | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | Cousin (2), Chalmers (2), Birse | 5,000 |
| 24 | 2 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | Birse | 6,000 |
| 25 | 6 March | Celtic | A | 1–1 | O'Hara | 4,000 |
| 26 | 9 March | Hibernian | H | 0–3 | | 13,000 |
| 27 | 16 March | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | Cousin | 10,000 |
| 28 | 20 March | Rangers | A | 0–4 | | 25,000 |
| 29 | 23 March | Airdrieonians | A | 2–3 | Cousin, O'Hara | 7,000 |
| 30 | 30 March | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | O'Hara | 10,000 |
| 31 | 8 April | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Easson (2), Sneddon | 7,000 |
| 32 | 20 April | East Fife | H | 0–1 | | 3,000 |
| 33 | 23 April | Partick Thistle | A | 0–5 | | 6,000 |
| 34 | 27 April | Raith Rovers | H | 3–0 | Cowie, Black, Easson | 7,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 34 |
| 9 | Hibernian | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 56 | 1.232 | 33 |
| 10 | Dundee | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 61 | 0.902 | 32 |
| 11 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 77 | 89 | 0.865 | 30 |
| 12 | St Mirren | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 30 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | Christie | 10,000 |
| 2 | 15 August | Raith Rovers | H | 1–0 | Merchant | 16,000 |
| 3 | 18 August | Airdrieonians | H | 3–1 | Merchant, Christie, Chalmers | 13,000 |
| 4 | 25 August | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Merchant (2) | 15,000 |
| 5 | 29 August | Raith Rovers | A | 2–2 | Black, Merchant | 8,500 |
| 6 | 1 September | Airdrieonians | A | 7–1 | Merchant (2), Cowie, O'Hara (2), Chalmers, Shanks (o.g.) | 6,000 |

#### Group 1 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3.200 | 11 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 7 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 4 |
| Airdrieonians | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 0.375 | 2 |

### Knockout stage

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Quarter-finals, 1st leg | 12 September | Dundee United | H | 7–3 | Black, Christie, Chalmers (3), O'Hara, Merchant | 20,000 |
| Quarter-finals, 2nd leg | 15 September | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | Merchant | 14,000 |
| Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate |||||||
| Semi-finals | 6 October | Partick Thistle | N | 0–0 | | 22,000 |
| SF Replay | 9 October | Partick Thistle | N | 2–3 | Christie, O'Hara | 18,000 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 5th round | 2 February | Clyde | H | 0–0 | | 22,000 |
| 5R replay | 6 February | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Cowie | 12,000 |

## 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 |
| | MF | SCO | Dougie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Birse | 17 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Black | 40 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 43 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Chalmers | 44 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | George Christie | 44 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 25 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 29 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Cox | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Easson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Jimmy Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Ferguson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 40 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McGeachie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ralph McKenzie | 42 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Dave MacLaren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Merchant | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| | FW | SCO | George O'Hara | 40 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 44 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Felix Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ed Skinner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Smith | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jackie Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jake Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |