# 1934–35 Dundee F.C. season

The 1934–35 season was the fortieth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 8th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 1st round by Motherwell. The club would change their style of collar and socks this season.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 August | Albion Rovers | H | 3–2 | Kirby, Coats (2) | 10,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Queen of the South | A | 0–1 | | 7,500 |
| 3 | 22 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | Kirby | 8,000 |
| 4 | 24 August | Rangers | H | 3–2 | Coats (2), Mackay | 22,500 |
| 5 | 1 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Rankin | 21,250 |
| 6 | 8 September | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | | 18,500 |
| 7 | 12 September | Airdrieonians | A | 3–0 | Coats (2), Robertson | 5,000 |
| 8 | 15 September | Queen's Park | A | 0–4 | | 8,000 |
| 9 | 22 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 | Kirby, Coats | 6,000 |
| 10 | 29 September | Clyde | A | 2–2 | Coats (2) | 9,000 |
| 11 | 1 October | Celtic | H | 0–0 | | 18,000 |
| 12 | 6 October | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | Coats | 22,000 |
| 13 | 13 October | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | | |
| 14 | 20 October | Motherwell | A | 3–5 | Coats, Robertson | 6,000 |
| 15 | 27 October | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Rankin | 5,500 |
| 16 | 3 November | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | Guthrie | |
| 17 | 10 November | Ayr United | H | 5–4 | Coats (2), Rankin, Robertson, McNaughton | 4,000 |
| 18 | 17 November | Partick Thistle | A | 4–1 | Coats (3), McNaughton | 9,000 |
| 19 | 24 November | Celtic | A | 0–4 | | 13,000 |
| 20 | 1 December | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | | 5,000 |
| 21 | 8 December | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 5–2 | Robertson (2), Coats (2), Guthrie | 5,000 |
| 22 | 15 December | Airdrieonians | H | 2–0 | Coats, McNaughton | 3,500 |
| 23 | 22 December | Albion Rovers | A | 2–1 | Coats (2) | 6,000 |
| 24 | 29 December | Queen of the South | H | 5–0 | Guthrie, Coats (2), Robertson, McNaughton | 7,500 |
| 25 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 20,000 |
| 26 | 2 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–5 | McNaughton | 23,500 |
| 27 | 5 January | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Robertson | 14,000 |
| 28 | 12 January | Queen's Park | H | 4–1 | Guthrie, Robertson, Coats (2) | 5,000 |
| 29 | 19 January | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–1 | Coats | 27,000 |
| 30 | 2 February | Clyde | H | 2–2 | McNaughton, Robertson | 3,000 |
| 31 | 16 February | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Coats | 7,000 |
| 32 | 23 February | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Coats, McNaughton, Guthrie | 6,000 |
| 33 | 2 March | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | 3,500 |
| 34 | 9 March | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | Mackay, Coats | 3,500 |
| 35 | 16 March | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | Mackay | 7,000 |
| 36 | 23 March | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 3,000 |
| 37 | 30 March | Ayr United | A | 2–3 | McNaughton, Robertson | 8,000 |
| 38 | 27 April | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Coats | 8,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 44 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 83 | 64 | +19 | 40 |
| 8 | Dundee | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 40 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 76 | 68 | +8 | 38 |
| 10 | Clyde | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 38 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 26 January | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | | 27,000 |

## 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 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Coats | 39 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Guthrie | 37 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bill Hogg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Norman Kirby | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Albert Lamb | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Morgan Mackay | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom McCarthy | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eddie McGoldrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gibson McNaughton | 31 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Lew Morgan | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Pollock | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dennis Quigley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Rankin | 17 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Robertson | 36 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Russell | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Smith | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scot Symon | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Wemyss | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |