1984–85 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1984–85 season
ManagerArchie Knox
Premier Division6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Stephen (8)
All: John Brown (11)

The 1984–85 season was the 83rd season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 6th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would reach the quarter-finals both of the League Cup and Scottish Cup, before being defeated by Heart of Midlothian in the former and by Celtic in the latter.

Scottish Premier Division

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Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Aberdeen A 2–3 Rafferty, Stephen 14,700
2 18 August Hibernian H 0–1 6,290
3 25 August Dumbarton A 1–2 Stephen 2,000
4 1 September Rangers H 0–2 14,156
5 8 September Dundee United A 4–3 McWilliams, McKinlay, Harris, Brown 14,190
6 15 September St Mirren H 2–0 Rafferty, Brown 5,913
7 22 September Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 McKinlay, Brown 7,511
8 29 September Celtic H 2–3 McCormack, Stephen 13,761
9 6 October Greenock Morton A 1–1 McWilliams 2,000
10 13 October Aberdeen H 1–2 Connor 10,990
11 20 October Hibernian A 0–2 5,032
12 27 October Dumbarton H 1–1 Smith 4,375
13 3 November Rangers A 0–0 14,588
14 10 November Dundee United H 0–2 14,423
15 17 November St Mirren A 1–2 Stephen 2,877
16 24 November Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Richardson, Connor 6,414
17 1 December Celtic A 1–5 Connor 15,887
18 8 December Greenock Morton H 5–1 Stephen, McCall, Connor, Kidd (2) 3,525
19 15 December Aberdeen A 0–0 14,000
20 29 December Hibernian H 2–0 Stephen, Kidd 5,941
21 1 January Dumbarton A 0–1 2,500
22 5 January Rangers H 2–2 McCormack (2) 11,991
23 3 February Heart of Midlothian A 3–3 McCormack, Brown, Harvey 10,063
24 9 February Celtic H 2–0 Stephen, Connor (pen.) 12,087
25 20 February St Mirren H 1–0 Harvey 5,142
26 23 February Greenock Morton A 1–0 McGeachie 2,200
27 2 March Hibernian A 1–0 Brown 4,478
28 16 March Aberdeen H 0–4 9,161
29 23 March Rangers A 3–1 Rafferty, Connor, Stephen 9,954
30 3 April Dundee United A 0–4 15,167
31 6 April St Mirren A 2–4 McCormack (2) 3,500
32 13 April Dumbarton H 1–0 Rafferty 3,386
33 20 April Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 McCormack, Brown, McKinlay 7,421
34 27 April Greenock Morton H 0–0 3,454
35 4 May Celtic A 1–0 Brown 8,815
36 11 May Dundee United H 1–0 Connor 13,426

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Rangers 36 13 12 11 47 38 +9 38 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 St Mirren 36 17 4 15 51 56 −5 38
6 Dundee 36 15 7 14 48 50 −2 37
7 Heart of Midlothian 36 13 5 18 47 64 −17 31
8 Hibernian 36 10 7 19 38 61 −23 27
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1984–85 Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1st round 22 August Hamilton Academical H 3–0 McCall, Connor, Stephen 2,916
2nd round 29 August Kilmarnock H 1–1
(A.E.T.) 		Brown 3,367
Dundee win 3–2 on penalties
Quarter-finals 5 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 8,818

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 5 February St Johnstone A 1–1 Brown 5,955
3R replay 6 February St Johnstone H 2–1 McWilliams, Connor (pen.) 5,444
4th round 16 February Rangers A 1–0 Brown 26,619
Quarter-finals 9 March Celtic H 1–1 Brown 21,301
QF replay 13 March Celtic A 1–2 Stephen 37,390

Player statistics

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland SCO John Brown 42 11 33+1 7 5 3 3 1
GK Scotland SCO Tam Carson 23 0 20 0 0 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Connor 41 9 34 7 5 1 2 1
FW Scotland SCO Robert Docherty 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart Forsyth 15 0 10+3 0 2 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 21 0 16 0 5 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 37 0 28+1 0 5 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin Harris 17 1 13+2 1 0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Harvey 10 2 7 2 3 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Kidd 29 3 11+12 3 1+2 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Walker McCall 30 2 14+10 1 0+3 0 3 1
DF Scotland SCO John McCormack 42 7 34 7 5 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 43 1 35 1 5 0 3 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin McGlashan 12 1 2+6 1 0+2 0 0+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Tosh McKinlay 41 3 33+1 3 4 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek McWilliams 18 3 7+8 2 1 1 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Rafferty 44 4 35+1 4 4+1 0 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Lex Richardson 26 1 7+15 1 1+2 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Rab Shannon 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Smith 27 1 19+4 1 4 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ray Stephen 43 10 34+1 8 5 1 3 1
DF Scotland SCO John Waddell 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Results for Dundee for 1984-85". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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