1923–24 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1923â24 season
Manager	Sandy MacFarlane
Stadium	Dens Park
Division One	5th
Scottish Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Halliday (38); All: Dave Halliday (39)
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The 1923â24 season was the twenty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 5th place.^[1] Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 2nd round by Raith Rovers.^[2] During this season, striker Dave Halliday would set the record for most goals scored by a Dundee player in a league campaign, topping the Scottish scoring charts with 38 goals, a total that remains a Dundee record to this day.^[3]

ManagerSandy MacFarlane

StadiumDens Park

Division One5th

Scottish CupSecond round

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For the second straight year, Dundee would follow up their season with a footballing tour of Spain. They would get revenge over Barcelona and consolidate their success over Real Madrid by beating both, becoming the first club outside of Spain to defeat both at their respective home grounds.^[4]^[5]

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Match day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee scorer(s)	Attendance
1	18 August	Raith Rovers	A	0â3
2	25 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	5â1	Bird (2), Knox (2), McLean	13,000
3	1 September	Aberdeen	A	0â0		19,000
4	8 September	Third Lanark	H	1â0	D. McDonald
5	15 September	St Mirren	A	2â2	D. McDonald, Halliday
6	22 September	Queen's Park	H	3â0	Halliday (3)
7	29 September	Kilmarnock	A	3â1	J. McDonald, McLean, Halliday
8	6 October	Rangers	H	1â4	Halliday	22,000
9	13 October	Motherwell	A	2â4	Halliday, J. McDonald
10	20 October	Airdrieonians	H	3â1	Halliday (2), J. McDonald
11	27 October	Hibernian	H	7â2	J. McDonald, Halliday (4), McLean, Duncan	12,000
12	3 November	Greenock Morton	A	1â2	Halliday
13	10 November	Clydebank	H	4â1	Halliday (3), Irving
14	17 November	Celtic	A	0â0		10,000
15	24 November	Hamilton Academical	A	0â0
16	1 December	Falkirk	H	4â2	McLean (2), Duncan, Halliday
17	8 December	Partick Thistle	H	0â0
18	15 December	Ayr United	A	0â2
19	22 December	Celtic	H	2â1	Halliday, McLean	20,000
20	29 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	0â1		13,000
21	1 January	Aberdeen	H	1â1	McLean	17,000
22	2 January	Falkirk	A	1â4	Halliday
23	5 January	Raith Rovers	H	1â1	Duncan
24	12 January	Rangers	A	1â1	Halliday	10,000
25	19 January	Kilmarnock	H	4â2	Halliday (3), McLean
26	2 February	Clyde	A	2â0	Halliday (2)
27	16 February	Hibernian	A	0â2		10,000
28	20 February	Ayr United	H	2â1	Duncan, Halliday
29	23 February	Third Lanark	A	5â3	Halliday (4), McGrory
30	27 February	Airdrieonians	A	2â4	Halliday (2)
31	1 March	Greenock Morton	H	1â1	Duncan
32	8 March	Motherwell	H	4â1	McLean (2), Halliday (2)
33	15 March	Hamilton Academical	H	1â1	McLean
34	22 March	Partick Thistle	A	2â5	McLean, Halliday
35	29 March	St Mirren	H	1â1	Halliday
36	5 April	Clyde	H	3â1	Duncan (2), Halliday
37	12 April	Queen's Park	A	1â1	McGrory
38	19 April	Clydebank	A	0â0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Celtic	38	17	12	9	56	33	+23	46
4	Raith Rovers	38	18	7	13	56	38	+18	43
5	Dundee	38	15	13	10	70	57	+13	43
6	St Mirren	38	15	12	11	53	45	+8	42
7	Hibernian	38	15	11	12	66	52	+14	41

Match day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee scorer(s)
1st round	26 January	Dykehead	H	2â0	McLean, Halliday
2nd round	9 February	Raith Rovers	H	0â0
2R replay	13 February	Raith Rovers	A	0â1

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee scorer(s)	Attendance
2 June	Barcelona	A	2â0	Halliday (2)
6 June	Barcelona	A	2â1	Duncan, McLean
8 June	Real Madrid	A	1â1	McLean	6,000
9 June	Real Madrid	A	2â1	Duncan, Letham	12,000
11 June	Deportivo de La CoruÃ±a	A	3â3	McLean (3)
13 June	Deportivo de La CoruÃ±a	A	1â5	McLean
15 June	Deportivo de La CoruÃ±a	A	2â0	McLean

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	ENG	Walter Bird	8	2	8	2	0	0
	DF	SCO	Finlay Brown	30	0	27	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh Coyle	36	0	33	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Duncan	33	7	30	7	3	0
	GK	SCO	Willie Fotheringham	38	0	35	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Gilmour	16	0	16	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Francis Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Sandy Herd	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Davie Halliday	39	39	36	38	3	1
	MF	EIR	Sam Irving	12	1	12	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Knox	26	2	24	2	2	0
	MF	SCO	Crawford Letham	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave McDonald	6	2	4	2	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jock McDonald	40	4	38	4	2	0
	GK	SCO	Harry McGregor	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom McGrory	12	2	12	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Davie McLean	36	13	33	12	3	1
	FW	SCO	Jim O'Neill	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Rankin	36	0	33	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Ross	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Ross	32	0	29	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	David Thomson	31	0	28	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Walker	1	0	1	0	0	0

1923–24 Dundee F.C. season

Scottish Division One

League table

Scottish Cup

1924 Tour of Spain

Player statistics

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