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1985–86 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
1985–86 season
ManagerArchie Knox
Premier Division6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ray Stephen (14)
All: Ray Stephen (18)

The 1985–86 season was the 84th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division.[1][2] Dundee would finish in 6th place for the second consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out of the League Cup by Hamilton Academical in the 3rd round, and were defeated by Aberdeen in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

During this season, the club would incorporate a single stripe onto their classic navy shirts, diagonally split displaying red and white.[3] This season would be most memorable for Dundee's final game of the league season, where a late double from substitute Albert Kidd would help Dundee defeat Heart of Midlothian, inadvertently ending their title hopes and allowing Celtic to win instead, resulting in Kidd becoming a cult figure for the Celtic fanbase, as well as for those of Hibernian faith.[4][5]

Scottish Premier Division

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 August St Mirren H 2–1 Connor (2) (pen.) 6,474
2 17 August Clydebank A 0–4 2,500
3 24 August Dundee United A 0–2 13,736
4 31 August Aberdeen H 1–3 Black 7,592
5 7 September Motherwell A 3–1 McCormack, Brown, Harvey 2,607
6 14 September Hibernian H 1–0 Brown 5,410
7 21 September Rangers A 1–0 Rafferty 23,600
8 28 September Celtic H 0–2 15,387
9 5 October Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 McWilliams 8,512
10 12 October St Mirren A 0–1 4,250
11 19 October Clydebank H 2–0 Stephen (2) 4,160
12 26 October Motherwell H 3–1 Harvey, Stephen, McCormack 4,628
13 2 November Hibernian A 1–2 Glennie 6,474
14 9 November Aberdeen A 1–4 Stephen 12,800
15 16 November Dundee United H 0–3 11,736
16 23 November Rangers H 3–2 Brown (3) (pen.) 10,798
17 7 December Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Brown 10,780
18 14 December St Mirren H 3–1 Brown, Harvey, Stephen 4,290
19 23 December Clydebank A 0–0 1,350
20 28 December Dundee United A 0–0 14,869
21 1 January Aberdeen H 0–0 9,096
22 4 January Rangers A 0–5 13,954
23 11 January Hibernian H 3–1 Brown (pen.), Stephen (2) 5,073
24 18 January Motherwell A 2–2 Rafferty, Brown (pen.) 2,204
25 1 February Celtic H 1–3 Stephen (pen.) 12,295
26 8 February Heart of Midlothian A 1–3 Mennie 15,365
27 22 February St Mirren A 2–1 Stephen (2) 3,123
28 1 March Clydebank H 4–0 Harvey, Stephen (3) 4,033
29 15 March Rangers H 2–1 Brown (pen.), Harvey 10,965
30 22 March Aberdeen A 0–0 13,013
31 29 March Dundee United H 0–1 15,079
32 2 April Celtic A 1–2 Stephen 12,506
33 12 April Hibernian A 0–1 4,477
34 19 April Motherwell H 4–0 Forsyth, Glennie, Rafferty 3,745
35 26 April Celtic H 0–2 13,521
36 11 May Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 Kidd (2) 19,567

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Aberdeen 36 16 12 8 62 31 +31 44 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Rangers 36 13 9 14 53 45 +8 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Dundee 36 14 7 15 45 51 −6 35
7 St Mirren 36 13 5 18 42 63 −21 31
8 Hibernian 36 11 6 19 49 63 −14 28
Source: Rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.[2]

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
2nd round 21 August Stranraer A 3–2 Smith, Stephen (2) 1,554
3rd round 28 August Hamilton Academical A 1–2
(A.E.T.)
Kidd 2,234

Scottish Cup

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Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee Scorer(s) Attendance
3rd round 25 January Nairn County A 7–0 Rafferty, Shannon (2), Harvey (3), Hendry 3,600
4th round 19 February Airdrieonians H 2–0 Stephen, Mennie 4,010
Quarter-finals 8 March Aberdeen H 2–2 Brown, Harvey 13,188
QF replay 12 March Aberdeen A 1–2
(A.E.T.)
Stephen 21,000

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
FW Scotland SCO Russell Black 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Brown 32 12 28+1 11 2 1 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Campbell 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Connor 41 2 35 2 4 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Crainie 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Duffy 42 0 36 0 4 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Stewart Forsyth 13 1 7+2 1 4 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 42 0 36 0 4 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Bobby Glennie 37 2 32+1 2 1+1 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Harvey 36 9 25+5 5 3+1 4 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 22 1 10+9 0 2+1 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Jack 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Albert Kidd 14 3 4+8 2 0+1 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Walker McCall 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO John McCormack 31 2 15+12 2 1+1 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tosh McKinlay 26 0 22 0 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek McWilliams 11 1 6+5 1 0 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Vince Mennie 14 2 11 1 3 1 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Rafferty 34 4 23+6 3 1+2 1 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Rab Shannon 39 2 33 0 4 2 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Smith 37 1 32 0 3 0 2 1
FW Scotland SCO Ray Stephen 38 18 32+1 14 3 2 2 2
DF Scotland SCO John Waddell 2 0 0+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 1985-86". londonhearts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dundee - Historical Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ Currie, David (1 June 2020). "Dundee sub Albert Kidd broke Hearts to become Celtic hero". BBC. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ Pye, Stephen (1 May 2015). "How Albert Kidd became a Hibs and Celtic hero without playing for them". theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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