# 1986–87 Dundee F.C. season

The 1986–87 season was the 85th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 6th place for the third consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the League Cup by Rangers in the quarter-finals, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 35,443 |
| 2 | 13 August | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Ferguson, Stephen | 4,212 |
| 3 | 16 August | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Ferguson, Angus, Harvey | 7,216 |
| 4 | 23 August | Falkirk | A | 1–0 | Stephen | 5,000 |
| 5 | 30 August | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 12,486 |
| 6 | 6 September | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 12,079 |
| 7 | 13 September | Motherwell | A | 0–0 | | 2,880 |
| 8 | 20 September | Rangers | H | 1–0 | Brown | 17,132 |
| 9 | 27 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | | 9,947 |
| 10 | 4 October | Clydebank | A | 2–0 | Harvey, Stephen | 1,507 |
| 11 | 8 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–0 | Brown (pen.), Stephen, Harvey | 1,941 |
| 12 | 11 October | Celtic | H | 0–3 | | 15,351 |
| 13 | 18 October | St Mirren | A | 1–4 | Hendry | 3,032 |
| 14 | 25 October | Falkirk | H | 3–0 | Harvey, Angus, Hendry | 3,715 |
| 15 | 29 October | Hibernian | A | 3–0 | Jack, Stephen, Rafferty | 4,221 |
| 16 | 1 November | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | | 8,200 |
| 17 | 8 November | Dundee United | A | 3–0 | Harvey (2), Shannon | 11,733 |
| 18 | 15 November | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Harvey | 4,167 |
| 19 | 19 November | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Shannon | 22,992 |
| 20 | 22 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–3 | Angus | 12,094 |
| 21 | 29 November | Clydebank | H | 3–3 | Rafferty, Harvey (2) | 2,947 |
| 22 | 3 December | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–3 | Brown (2), Duffy (pen.) | 2,525 |
| 23 | 6 December | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 19,300 |
| 24 | 13 December | St Mirren | H | 6–3 | Wright (2), Brown, Duffy (pen.), Harvey (2) | 3,498 |
| 25 | 27 December | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | Shannon, Angus | 6,251 |
| 26 | 1 January | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Jack | 11,000 |
| 27 | 24 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | | 8,387 |
| 28 | 27 January | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 2,340 |
| 29 | 7 February | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | Coyne | 1,037 |
| 30 | 14 February | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–1 | Coyne (pen.) | 2,019 |
| 31 | 28 February | Celtic | H | 4–1 | Mennie, Shannon, Brown, Jack | 12,455 |
| 32 | 7 March | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | McKinlay | 2,294 |
| 33 | 10 March | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Brown | 11,615 |
| 34 | 17 March | Rangers | H | 0–4 | | 18,723 |
| 35 | 21 March | Hibernian | A | 2–2 | Coyne, Mitchell (o.g.) | 4,305 |
| 36 | 25 March | Falkirk | H | 4–0 | Lawrence, Jack (pen.), Wright, Brown | 2,997 |
| 37 | 28 March | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | Rafferty | 12,220 |
| 38 | 4 April | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Brown | 4,346 |
| 39 | 14 April | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 42,472 |
| 40 | 18 April | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | Wright, McKinlay, Coyne (2) | 3,080 |
| 41 | 21 April | Falkirk | A | 0–0 | | |
| 42 | 25 April | Clydebank | H | 4–1 | Coyne (3), Wright | 2,598 |
| 43 | 2 May | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | Wright (2), Rafferty | 7,818 |
| 44 | 9 May | Hamilton Academical | H | 7–3 | Brown, Wright (3), Shannon, Coyne (pen.), Harvey | 3,536 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 44 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 56 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 48 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Motherwell | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 34 | |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 2nd round | 20 August | Greenock Morton | A | 5–2(A.E.T.) | Harvey (2), Stephen, Angus (2) | 2,097 |
| 3rd round | 27 August | Montrose | H | 4–0 | Jack, Shannon, Harvey, Brown (pen.) | 3,851 |
| Quarter-finals | 3 September | Rangers | A | 1–3 (A.E.T.) | Forsyth | 33,750 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 4 February | East Fife | H | 2–2 | Smith, Coyne | 4,856 |
| 3R replay | 9 February | East Fife | A | 4–1 | Harvey, Wright, Coyne, Jack | 4,958 |
| 4th round | 21 February | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 1–1 | Harvey | 3,592 |
| 4R replay | 25 February | Meadowbank Thistle | A | 1–1 (A.E.T.) | Jack | 4,000 |
| 4R 2nd replay | 2 March | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 2–0 | Coyne (2) (pen.) | 4,516 |
| Quarter-finals | 14 March | Clydebank | A | 4–0 | Wright, Coyne, Brown (2) | 5,222 |
| Semi-finals | 11 April | Dundee United | N | 2–3 | Coyne, Wright | 13,913 |

## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Angus | 36 | 6 | 28+1 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | John Brown | 39 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 4+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Campbell | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Connor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Tommy Coyne | 27 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Duffy | 51 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Ferguson | 3 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Forsyth | 37 | 1 | 25+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 54 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 24 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graham Harvey | 41 | 17 | 28+5 | 12 | 4+1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin Hendry | 13 | 2 | 3+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Jack | 36 | 7 | 21+7 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Kidd | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alan Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 30 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tosh McKinlay | 41 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek McWilliams | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Vince Mennie | 25 | 1 | 13+7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stuart Rafferty | 44 | 4 | 28+8 | 4 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Rab Shannon | 49 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 49 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ray Stephen | 19 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Wright | 25 | 13 | 15+5 | 10 | 4+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |