Dundee 1975–76 football season
The 1975–76 season was the 74th season in whichDundee competed at aScottish national level, playing in the rebrandedScottish Premier Division .[ 1] [ 2] In a tight relegation scrap, Dundee were relegated for the first time since the1937–38 season due to inferior goal average. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both theScottish League Cup and theScottish Cup , where they would be eliminated in the group stage of the League Cup, and byFalkirk in the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup. Dundee would also compete in theAnglo-Scottish Cup , where they would be knocked out byMotherwell in the 1st round of the Scottish Group.
Scottish Premier Division [ edit ] Statistics provided byDee Archive .[ 2]
Match day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee scorer(s) Attendance 1 30 August Aberdeen H 3–2 Ford ,Gemmell (pen. ), Hoggan6,067 2 6 September Celtic A 0–4 24,504 3 13 September Heart of Midlothian H 2–3 Martin,Johnston 6,707 4 20 September Ayr United A 1–2 Wallace 4,024 5 27 September Rangers H 0–0 15,087 6 4 October Hibernian A 1–1 Wallace 8,708 7 11 October St Johnstone H 4–3 Hoggan (2) (pen. ),Gordon ,Wallace 5,300 8 18 October Dundee United A 2–1 Wallace , Hoggan (pen. )11,327 9 25 October Motherwell H 3–6 Gordon ,Strachan (pen. ),Wallace 6,850 10 1 November Aberdeen A 0–2 6,313 11 8 November Celtic H 1–0 Robinson 16,456 12 15 November Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 Strachan 9,304 13 22 November Ayr United H 2–2 Gordon ,Strachan 5,132 14 29 November Rangers A 1–2 Wallace 16,500 15 6 December Hibernian H 2–0 Caldwell (2)7,360 16 13 December St Johnstone A 3–1 Wallace (3)3,500 17 20 December Dundee United H 0–0 9,957 18 27 December Motherwell A 2–3 Wallace , Laing7,169 19 1 January Aberdeen H 1–3 Hutchinson 10,009 20 3 January Celtic A 3–3 Lynch (o.g. ), Hoggan, McIntosh19,968 21 10 January Heart of Midlothian H 4–1 Wallace , Martin,Hutchinson ,Robinson 6,568 22 17 January Ayr United A 1–3 Hutchinson 4,100 23 31 January Rangers H 1–1 Johnston 14,407 24 7 February Hibernian A 0–4 9,241 25 21 February St Johnstone H 3–0 Strachan (2) (pen. ),Wallace 4,100 26 28 February Dundee United A 0–1 10,199 27 13 March Aberdeen A 1–0 Hutchinson 6,460 28 20 March Celtic H 0–1 14,830 29 27 March Heart of Midlothian A 0–3 7,768 30 3 April Ayr United H 1–2 Strachan (pen. )4,150 31 10 April Rangers A 0–3 24,000 32 14 April Hibernian H 1–1 Ford 6,054 33 17 April St Johnstone A 1–1 Gemmell (pen. )3,410 34 21 April Dundee United H 2–1 Gemmell (pen. ),Sinclair 13,768 35 24 April Motherwell A 1–1 Hutchinson 4,675 36 1 May Motherwell H 1–0 Sinclair 7,661
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Statto Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Statistics provided byDee Archive .[ 2]
Statistics provided byDee Archive .
Match day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee scorer(s) Attendance 3rd round 24 January Falkirk H 1–2 Laing 5,600
Match day Date Opponent H/A Score Dundee scorer(s) Attendance 1st round, 1st leg 4 August Motherwell A 1–1 Wilson 3,799 1st round, 2nd leg 6 August Motherwell H 0–1 4,881 Motherwell won 2–1 on aggregate
Statistics provided byDee Archive
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