# 1955–56 Dundee F.C. season

The 1955–56 season was the fifty-fourth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 13th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out of the group stages of the League Cup, and would be defeated by Rangers in the 6th round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–4 | | 26,000 |
| 2 | 17 September | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–0 | A. Henderson, Ritchie (2) | 11,000 |
| 3 | 24 September | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 20,000 |
| 4 | 1 October | Clyde | H | 2–1 | Chalmers, Malloy | 13,000 |
| 5 | 8 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–2 | Gallacher | 7,000 |
| 6 | 15 October | Raith Rovers | H | 6–3 | Smith (4), Malloy, Chalmers | 13,000 |
| 7 | 22 October | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 8 | 29 October | Falkirk | H | 0–0 | | 11,000 |
| 9 | 5 November | Airdrieonians | A | 3–3 | Ritchie (2), Anderson | 8,000 |
| 10 | 12 November | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Malloy | 24,000 |
| 11 | 19 November | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | Smith, Ritchie | 12,000 |
| 12 | 26 November | East Fife | H | 1–0 | Smith | 12,500 |
| 13 | 3 December | Queen of the South | H | 3–0 | Stables (2), Smith | 10,000 |
| 14 | 10 December | Hibernian | A | 3–6 | Merchant, Smith, Christie | 7,000 |
| 15 | 17 December | St Mirren | H | 5–1 | Stables, Smith, Merchant (2), Christie | 8,000 |
| 16 | 24 December | Stirling Albion | A | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 17 | 31 December | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | A. Henderson, Stables | 13,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | Aberdeen | H | 2–4 | Christie, Merchant | 29,000 |
| 19 | 7 January | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Ritchie | 46,000 |
| 20 | 14 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–2 | | 17,000 |
| 21 | 21 January | Clyde | A | 1–4 | Christie | 6,000 |
| 22 | 11 February | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | O'Hara | 8,000 |
| 23 | 25 February | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | A. Henderson | 11,000 |
| 24 | 3 March | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | Stables | 10,000 |
| 25 | 10 March | Airdrieonians | H | 1–3 | O'Hara | 11,000 |
| 26 | 17 March | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 25,000 |
| 27 | 24 March | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | Merchant, Gallacher (2) | 7,500 |
| 28 | 31 March | East Fife | A | 4–5 | Merchant (3), O'Hara | 6,000 |
| 29 | 2 April | Rangers | H | 0–3 | | 18,500 |
| 30 | 7 April | Queen of the South | A | 1–2 | Merchant | 5,500 |
| 31 | 13 April | Stirling Albion | H | 2–1 | Merchant, O'Hara | 4,000 |
| 32 | 21 April | St Mirren | H | 1–3 | Christie | 7,000 |
| 33 | 23 April | Hibernian | H | 3–2 | Merchant (2), Christie | 10,000 |
| 34 | 28 April | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | Cousin, O'Hara | 8,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 11 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 75 | 0.773 | 33 |
| 12 | East Fife | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 31 |
| 13 | Dundee | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 65 | 0.862 | 30 |
| 14 | Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 75 | 0.773 | 28 |
| 15 | St Mirren | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 57 | 70 | 0.814 | 27 |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | Airdrieonians | A | 0–4 | | 10,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Anderson | 16,000 |
| 3 | 20 August | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Chalmers, Anderson | 16,000 |
| 4 | 27 August | Airdrieonians | H | 2–2 | Chalmers, McIvor | 15,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | | 15,000 |
| 6 | 3 September | St Mirren | A | 3–0 | Roy, Ritchie (2) | 15,000 |

#### Group 1 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| St Mirren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 7 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 7 |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 6 |
| Airdrieonians | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0.929 | 4 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 5th round | 4 February | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | Stables, Merchant | 20,000 |
| 5R replay | 8 February | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | Merchant, Stables, Anderson | 17,000 |
| 6th round | 18 February | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 42,500 |

## 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 | Johnny Anderson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Birse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gordon Black | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bill Brown | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Chalmers | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | George Christie | 40 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Cousin | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Doug Cowie | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Craig | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Dunsmuir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Easson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Gallacher | 26 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Gray | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Henderson | 30 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Henderson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Irvine | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Danny Malloy | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur McIvor | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | George Merchant | 24 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George O'Hara | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Reid | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Ritchie | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Roy | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Ivor Smith | 16 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Sneddon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Stables | 23 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Stevenson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |