# 1990–91 Dundee F.C. season

The 1990–91 season was the 89th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division after being relegated the previous season. Dundee would finish in 3rd place and would miss out on promotion by a single point. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Queen of the South in the 2nd round of the League Cup, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in the inaugural Scottish Challenge Cup, and would win the competition, defeating Ayr United in the final.

## Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 25 August | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Dodds | 5,040 |
| 2 | 1 September | Greenock Morton | A | 1–0 | McSkimming | 1,865 |
| 3 | 8 September | Clydebank | A | 3–1 | Wright (2), Dodds | 1,775 |
| 4 | 15 September | Clyde | H | 3–1 | Wright (2), Dodds (pen.) | 3,518 |
| 5 | 18 September | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 1,773 |
| 6 | 22 September | Forfar Athletic | A | 1–1 | McQuillan | 3,053 |
| 7 | 29 September | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | Dodds (pen.) | 4,573 |
| 8 | 6 October | Ayr United | A | 4–2 | McLeod, Chisholm, Dodds, Wright | 2,493 |
| 9 | 9 October | Airdrieonians | H | 0–1 | | 6,360 |
| 10 | 13 October | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | S. Campbell | 3,494 |
| 11 | 20 October | Falkirk | H | 2–2 | Wright, Dodds | 4,013 |
| 12 | 27 October | Brechin City | A | 3–1 | Wright (2), Dodds | 2,011 |
| 13 | 3 November | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 1–2 | McSkimming | 3,404 |
| 14 | 17 November | Partick Thistle | A | 3–1 | McLeod, West, Wright | 5,476 |
| 15 | 20 November | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | McBride | 3,554 |
| 16 | 24 November | Airdrieonians | A | 1–0 | Chisholm | 5,000 |
| 17 | 1 December | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Dodds | 3,416 |
| 18 | 8 December | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Wright | 4,458 |
| 19 | 18 December | Forfar Athletic | H | 4–1 | Wright, Dodds, McBride, Dinnie | 3,102 |
| 20 | 22 December | Brechin City | H | 1–2 | Dinnie | 3,172 |
| 21 | 29 December | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1–0 | McSkimming | 1,000 |
| 22 | 1 January | Raith Rovers | H | 2–1 | Chisholm, Jamieson | 4,815 |
| 23 | 5 January | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | | 7,672 |
| 24 | 2 February | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–2 | West (2), Shannon | 3,153 |
| 25 | 5 February | Clydebank | H | 1–0 | Craig | 2,793 |
| 26 | 2 March | Airdrieonians | A | 1–0 | Dodds (pen.) | 4,500 |
| 27 | 5 March | Ayr United | H | 4–0 | Wright (3), Dodds | 3,379 |
| 28 | 9 March | Brechin City | H | 0–1 | | 3,051 |
| 29 | 16 March | Forfar Athletic | H | 1–0 | Craig | 2,618 |
| 30 | 23 March | Clyde | A | 2–4 | Craig (2) | 1,500 |
| 31 | 26 March | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 3,500 |
| 32 | 30 March | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | Wright | 1,235 |
| 33 | 6 April | Greenock Morton | H | 1–0 | Wright | 2,515 |
| 34 | 13 April | Falkirk | A | 0–0 | | 9,300 |
| 35 | 20 April | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 4–0 | Dinnie, Dodds (2), Wright | 2,716 |
| 36 | 27 April | Raith Rovers | H | 2–0 | Jamieson, McMartin | 3,756 |
| 37 | 30 April | Clyde | A | 1–0 | Wright | 2,500 |
| 38 | 3 May | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 5,712 |
| 39 | 10 May | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | Shannon (pen.), Dodds | 3,136 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Falkirk (C, P) | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 54 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Airdrieonians (P) | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 53 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Dundee | 39 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 52 | |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 39 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 45 | |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 39 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 43 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 20 August | Queen of the South | A | 2–2 | Chisholm, Forsyth | 1,346 |
| Queen of the South won 4–1 on penalties |||||||

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 26 January | Brechin City | H | 1–0 | West | 3,446 |
| 4th round | 23 February | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | McMartin, Dodds | 9,195 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 March | Dundee United | A | 1–3 | Dodds | 16,228 |

## Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 16 October | Alloa Athletic | A | 5–3 | Dodds (2x pen.), S. Campbell, Wright, Shannon | 915 |
| Quarter-finals | 23 October | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 (A.E.T.) | Dodds | 4,061 |
| Semi-finals | 30 October | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | Wright (2) | 7,933 |
| Final | 11 November | Ayr United | N | 3–2 | Dodds (3) (pen.) | 11,506 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin Bain | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Beedie | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Campbell | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Campbell | 8 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Tam Carson | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gordon Chisholm | 40 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Craib | 24 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Albert Craig | 14 | 4 | 3+9 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alan Dinnie | 31 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Dodds | 45 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 25 | 1 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Frail | 33 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Holt | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Willie Jamieson | 46 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary Lennox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Paul Mathers | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe McBride | 14 | 2 | 4+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon McLeod | 28 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant McMartin | 21 | 2 | 15+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John McQuillan | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Shaun McSkimming | 21 | 3 | 15+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 45 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Colin West | 22 | 4 | 16+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Wright | 43 | 21 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |