# 1944–45 Dundee F.C. season

The 1944–45 season was the first time since 1940 that Dundee fielded a team, having not played officially throughout the majority of World War II. Dundee would enter the North Eastern Football League, which was split into Autumn and Spring Series. Dundee would impress in their first official competition in years under new manager George Anderson, winning the Autumn series, before coming 5th in the Spring series. Dundee would also compete in the North Eastern League Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup, and made it to the final before being defeated by Aberdeen.

## Autumn series

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | Raith Rovers | A | 4–2 | Turnbull (2), Roberts, Miller | 5,000 |
| 2 | 19 August | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | Turnbull, Cox | 13,000 |
| 3 | 26 August | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | Turnbull (2) | 15,500 |
| 4 | 2 September | Rangers 'A' | H | 5–3 | Anderson (3), Gray, Roberts | 16,132 |
| 5 | 9 September | Heart of Midlothian 'A' | A | 3–1 | Anderson (2), Hill | 1,700 |
| 6 | 16 September | Arbroath | A | 4–1 | Turnbull (3), Auld | 5,500 |
| 7 | 23 September | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Turnbull | 11,000 |
| 8 | 30 September | Heart of Midlothian 'A' | H | 6–0 | Turnbull (3), Auld, McCall (2) | 11,000 |
| 9 | 7 October | East Fife | A | 0–1 | | 6,000 |
| 10 | 14 October | Arbroath | H | 6–2 | Auld (2), Anderson (4) | 6,100 |
| 11 | 21 October | Raith Rovers | H | 4–6 | Hill, Gray, Turnbull, Collins | 10,042 |
| 12 | 28 October | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | Anderson (3) | 15,000 |
| 13 | 4 November | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | Ruse, Anderson | 10,800 |
| 14 | 11 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–3 | McCall, Anderson, Blyth (o.g.), McKenzie | 5,000 |
| 15 | 18 November | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Anderson, Turnbull | 4,000 |
| 16 | 25 November | East Fife | H | 1–1 | Turnbull | 10,300 |
| 17 | 2 December | Rangers 'A' | A | 1–0 | Anderson | 6,000 |
| 18 | 9 December | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–1 | Anderson (2), Hill | 13,500 |

### Autumn Series table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dundee (C) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 28 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 27 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 22 |

## Spring series

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 0–5 | | 16,000 |
| 2 | 2 January | Dundee United | H | 4–0 | Auld, Turnbull (2), Anderson | 10,600 |
| 3 | 6 January | Falkirk 'A' | H | 5–1 | Turnbull (3), McCall, Ancell | 9,000 |
| 4 | 13 January | Heart of Midlothian 'A' | A | 3–5 | Ewen, Turnbull (2) | 3,000 |
| 5 | 10 February | East Fife | A | 4–1 | Hill, Turnbull (2), Ewen | 2,500 |
| 6 | 17 February | Rangers 'A' | A | 5–2 | Turnbull (2), Woodburn (o.g.), McCall, Ewen | 9,000 |
| 7 | 24 February | Heart of Midlothian 'A' | H | 5–1 | Dunn (o.g.), McCall, Turnbull (2), Hill | 8,000 |
| 8 | 3 March | Dundee United | A | 4–0 | Ruse, Turnbull, Hill, Gray | 11,000 |
| 9 | 10 March | Rangers 'A' | H | 2–3 | Ewen, Ancell | 14,205 |
| 10 | 17 March | Falkirk 'A' | A | 2–1 | Ventre, Ruse | 4,000 |
| 11 | 24 March | Raith Rovers | A | 1–2 | Ewen | 4,000 |
| 12 | 31 March | Arbroath | H | 4–2 | Turnbull (3), Auld | 8,300 |
| 13 | 7 April | Aberdeen | H | 1–4 | Ewen | 13,200 |
| 14 | 14 April | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–2 | | 1,200 |
| 15 | 21 April | East Fife | H | 3–2 | Turnbull (2), Smith | 9,000 |
| 16 | 28 April | Arbroath | A | 1–2 | Turnbull | 2,500 |
| 17 | 5 May | Raith Rovers | H | 4–0 | Smith, Turnbull (3) | 8,000 |
| 18 | 12 May | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–2 | Anderson | 7,370 |

### Spring Series table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 21 |
| 5 | Dundee | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 20 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 54 | 16 |

## North Eastern League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Semi-finals, 1st leg | 16 December | Raith Rovers | H | 2–1 | Moir, Anderson | 4,127 |
| Semi-finals, 2nd leg | 23 December | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | Turnbull, Hill | 5,000 |
| Final | 30 December | Aberdeen | H | 0–5 | | 19,098 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NEFL Total | NEFL Total | NEFL Cup | NEFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Ancell | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Anderson | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Andrews | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Robert Auld | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Barron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Beaton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Reuben Bennett | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | BIN | Doug Berrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Cowie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Sammy Cox | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archibald Downie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Ewen | 24 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Gay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gray | 36 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Roy Henderson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hill | 32 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | John Laurie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Lorimer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Marshalsay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy McCall | 21 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gibby McKenzie | 39 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Milne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Moir | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Niven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sam Roberts | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Vic Ruse | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Reg Smith | 21 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | William Sword | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Thomson | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ronnie Turnbull | 34 | 39 | 32 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | John Ventre | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Westwater | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |