1996–97 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
1996–97 season
Manager	Jim Duffy (1996); John McCormack (1997)
Stadium	Dens Park
First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	4th round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jerry O'Driscoll (10); All: Jerry O'Driscoll (11)
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The 1996–97 season was the 95th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish First Division.^[1]^[2] Dundee would finish in 3rd place, 2 points away from the promotion play-offs. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup, where they were knocked out by Greenock Morton in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup, by St Johnstone in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup, and by Heart of Midlothian in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Scottish First Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	17 August	Partick Thistle	A	0–0		3,160
2	24 August	Greenock Morton	H	2–1	Charnley, Tosh	3,561
3	31 August	Stirling Albion	A	1–1	Shaw	1,791
4	7 September	Airdrieonians	H	0–1		2,756
5	14 September	St Mirren	A	1–0	Ferguson	2,591
6	21 September	East Fife	H	2–0	Raeside, Hamilton	2,511
7	28 September	St Johnstone	A	1–0	Shaw	5,112
8	5 October	Clydebank	H	2–1	Shaw, Adamczuk	2,585
9	12 October	Falkirk	A	1–0	Raeside	2,855
10	19 October	Partick Thistle	H	0–2		3,303
11	26 October	Greenock Morton	A	0–0		3,320
12	2 November	St Mirren	H	0–1		2,631
13	9 November	Airdrieonians	A	0–0		2,173
14	16 November	St Johnstone	H	0–1		3,840
15	30 November	Clydebank	A	0–0		470
16	7 December	Falkirk	H	2–0	Anderson, Rae	2,198
17	14 December	Stirling Albion	H	1–1	O'Driscoll	1,828
18	17 December	East Fife	A	7–1	Winnie, O'Driscoll, Rae, Anderson (2), Raeside, Tosh	725
19	26 December	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	Anderson, Tosh	2,695
20	28 December	East Fife	H	6–0	Tosh, Power (2), Charnley, O'Driscoll (2)	2,312
21	1 January	St Johnstone	A	2–7	Charnley, O'Driscoll (pen.)	7,087
22	11 January	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	O'Driscoll, Power	2,469
23	18 January	Clydebank	H	1–0	O'Driscoll	1,954
24	28 January	St Mirren	A	2–3	Shaw, Robertson	2,407
25	1 February	Falkirk	A	1–1	O'Driscoll	2,502
26	8 February	Stirling Albion	A	1–0	Shaw	1,452
27	22 February	Greenock Morton	H	1–0	O'Driscoll	2,264
28	1 March	East Fife	A	1–1	Power	1,147
29	15 March	St Johnstone	H	0–0		5,634
30	22 March	Clydebank	A	0–0		710
31	5 April	Falkirk	H	0–2		3,474
32	12 April	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		2,530
33	19 April	St Mirren	H	2–0	Anderson, McKeown	2,462
34	26 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Annand	2,416
35	3 May	Greenock Morton	A	1–1	J. Anderson (o.g.)	1,617
36	10 May	Stirling Albion	H	4–2	Annand, Raeside, O'Driscoll, Tait (o.g.)	2,089

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone (C, P)	36	24	8	4	74	23	+51	80	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Airdrieonians	36	15	15	6	56	34	+22	60	Qualification for the Play-off
3	Dundee	36	15	13	8	47	33	+14	58
4	St Mirren	36	17	7	12	48	41	+7	58
5	Falkirk	36	15	9	12	42	39	+3	54

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.^[2]

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
2nd round	13 August	Dumbarton	H	2–1	Raeside, Hamilton	1,872
3rd round	3 September	Dundee United	A	2–2	Hamilton (2) (pen.)	11,902
Dundee win 4–2 on penalties
Quarter-finals	17 September	Aberdeen	H	2–1	Tosh, Hamilton	8,650
Semi-finals	23 October	Heart of Midlothian	N	1–3	Hamilton	15,653

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
3rd round	25 January	Queen of the South	H	3–1	Power, O'Driscoll, Anderson	2,391
4th round	15 February	Greenock Morton	A	2–2	Power, Anderson	4,195
4R replay	18 February	Greenock Morton	H	0–1		4,346

Scottish Challenge Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	9 August	Stenhousemuir	A	3–0	McQueen, Magee, Tosh	1,304
2nd round	27 August	Airdrieonians	A	2–0	Tosh, Shaw	1,313
Quarter-finals	10 September	St Johnstone	H	1–5	Farningham	2,346

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	POL	Dariusz Adamczuk	39	1	30	1	3	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson	42	7	28+7	5	2+1	2	1+1	0	1+1	0
	FW	SCO	Eddie Annand	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Bain	17	0	12	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Graham Bayne	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Cargill	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Chic Charnley	21	3	15	3	0	0	4	0	1+1	0
	DF	FRA	Laurent Croci	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Duffy	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	John Elliot	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ray Farningham	13	1	3+5	0	0	0	0+3	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Iain Ferguson	18	1	5+9	1	0	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	19	6	12	1	0	0	4	5	3	0
	GK	SCO	Jamie Langfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Kevin Magee	31	1	10+14	0	0+2	0	1+2	0	2	1
	GK	SCO	Gary McGlynn	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Gary McKeown	26	1	17+3	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy McQueen	23	1	15+1	0	2	0	3	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Jerry O'Driscoll	24	11	18+3	10	1+2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Lee Power	13	6	9+1	4	3	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Gavin Rae	22	2	11+6	2	3	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Robbie Raeside	44	5	34	4	3	0	4	1	3	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh Robertson	18	1	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Shaw	28	7	18+3	5	3	0	3	1	1	1
	FW	NOR	Ole Petter Skonnord	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Barry Smith	44	0	36	0	2	0	4	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	Billy Thomson	33	0	25	0	2	0	3	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Paul Tosh	33	7	19+5	4	2+1	0	3	1	3	2
	DF	SCO	Craig Tully	25	0	16+5	0	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Ward	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Winnie	31	1	26	1	1	0	2	0	2	0

References

^ "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for Dundee for 1996-97". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links

1996–97 Dundee season on Fitbastats

[:02-1] "Match results". deearchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[:0-2] "Results for Dundee for 1996-97". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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v t e 1996–97 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Raith Rovers Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dundee East Fife Falkirk Greenock Morton Partick Thistle St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Montrose Queen's Park Ross County