1908–09 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1908â09 season
Manager	William Wallace
Stadium	Dens Park
Division One	2nd
Scottish Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: John Hunter (29); All: John Hunter (32)
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The 1908â09 season was the sixteenth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 2nd place. In a very tight race which would go down to the final day, Dundee were pipped to the title by Celtic by just a single point. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would lose to Rangers in the second round.^[1] Striker John "Sailor" Hunter would finish the season as Scotland's top scorer with 29 goals in the league, and 32 in all major competitions.^[2]

ManagerWilliam Wallace

StadiumDens Park

Division One2nd

Scottish CupSecond round

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Match day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee scorer(s)	Attendance
1	15 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	2â1	Hunter, Langlands	12,000
2	22 August	Airdrieonians	A	5â2	Fraser, Hunter (3), Langlands	7,000
3	29 August	Celtic	H	2â1	Hunter, Bellamy	21,000
4	5 September	Partick Thistle	A	1â1	Lee	3,000
5	12 September	Falkirk	H	1â1	Hunter	11,000
6	19 September	Greenock Morton	A	0â0		5,000
7	26 September	Queen's Park	H	7â1	MacFarlane (3), Hunter (3), Bellamy	7,000
8	28 September	Rangers	A	0â2		34,000
9	3 October	Hamilton Academical	A	1â0	Lee	5,000
10	10 October	Celtic	A	0â2		14,000
11	17 October	Hibernian	H	3â0	Hunter, MacFarlane, Fraser	9,000
12	24 October	Aberdeen	A	1â1	Langlands	12,500
13	31 October	Motherwell	H	3â1	Bellamy, Hunter (2)	7,000
14	7 November	Port Glasgow Athletic	A	3â2	Bellamy, Langlands, Hunter	2,000
15	14 November	Kilmarnock	H	5â0	MacFarlane, Bellamy (2), Hunter, Fraser	7,000
16	21 November	Falkirk	H	3â3	Langlands, Bellamy, Hunter	7,000
17	28 November	Airdrieonians	H	1â0	Hunter	7,000
18	12 December	Aberdeen	H	2â2	Dainty, Hunter	14,000
19	19 December	St Mirren	H	4â1	Hunter, Langlands, Dainty, MacFarlane	9,000
20	25 December	Third Lanark	A	1â2	Hunter	7,000
21	26 December	Kilmarnock	A	0â2
22	1 January	Port Glasgow Athletic	H	1â0	Hunter	7,000
23	2 January	Motherwell	A	4â1	Hunter (2), MacFarlane, Lee	6,000
24	9 January	Rangers	H	4â0	Hunter (3), MacFarlane	16,000
25	16 January	Partick Thistle	H	3â2	McCann, Hunter (2)	6,000
26	30 January	Clyde	H	1â0	Bellamy	14,000
27	20 February	Hibernian	A	1â0	Bellamy	10,000
28	27 February	Greenock Morton	H	1â2	Fraser	6,000
29	6 March	Clyde	A	2â0	Bellamy, Hunter	3,000
30	13 March	St Mirren	A	2â1	Dainty, MacFarlane	7,000
31	20 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	0â1		12,500
32	27 March	Third Lanark	H	1â0	Lee	6,000
33	3 April	Hamilton Academical	H	3â0	Hunter, Langlands, Mair	5,000
34	24 April	Queen's Park	H	2â0	Bellamy, Langlands	6,000

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic (C)	34	23	5	6	71	24	+47	51
2	Dundee	34	22	6	6	70	32	+38	50
3	Clyde	34	21	6	7	61	37	+24	48
4	Rangers	34	19	7	8	91	38	+53	45
5	Airdrieonians	34	16	9	9	67	46	+21	41

Match day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	23 January	Ayr Parkhouse	H	9â0	MacFarlane, Bellamy (3), Hunter (3), Dainty, Langlands	12,000
2nd round	6 February	Rangers	H	0â0		28,000
2R replay	13 February	Rangers	A	0â1		54,500

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	ENG	Jim Bellamy	34	14	31	11	3	3
	DF	SCO	George Chaplin	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Chaplin	29	0	26	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Cooper	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bob Crumley	36	0	33	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Bert Dainty	33	4	30	3	3	1
	FW	SCO	Jack Fraser	35	4	32	4	3	0
	FW	CAN	Sandy Hall	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Hunter	35	32	32	29	3	3
	FW	SCO	Fred Kemp	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Langlands	32	9	29	8	3	1
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Lawson	25	0	25	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bert Lee	36	4	33	4	3	0
	FW	SCO	Sandy MacFarlane	36	10	33	9	3	1
	MF	SCO	David Mair	19	1	16	1	3	0
	FW	SCO	Daniel McCann	7	1	7	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bert Neal	33	0	30	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Albert Oswald	4	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	George Philip	1	0	1	0	0	0

1908–09 Dundee F.C. season

Scottish Division One

League table

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

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