1965–66 Dundee F.C. season explained

The 1965–66 season was the 64th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place.^{[1] [2]} Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stages of the League Cup, and by Celtic in the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Division One

See main article: article and 1965–66 Scottish Division One. Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	25 August	Clyde	A	2–0	Penman, Bertelsen	2,500
2	11 September	Dundee United	H	0–5		15,058
3	18 September	Aberdeen	A	3–2	Penman, Cooke, Bertelsen	8,000
4	25 September	Rangers	H	1–1	Bertelsen	21,451
5	2 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		11,605
6	9 October	Falkirk	H	2–0	McLean, Murray	8,000
7	16 October	Kilmarnock	A	3–5	McLean, Penman, Cameron	8,000
8	27 October	Celtic	H	1–2	Penman	15,551
9	30 October	St Mirren	A	5–2	Murray (2), Cameron, Stuart, Bertelsen	2,500
10	6 November	Greenock Morton	A	2–2	Cameron, Penman	6,000
11	13 November	Hibernian	H	4–3	Cooke, Houston, Bertelsen, Murray	11,948
12	20 November	St Johnstone	H	3–1	Cameron, Penman, Houston	9,000
13	27 November	Stirling Albion	A	4–1	Cameron, Penman, Houston, Murray	2,000
14	18 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		3,500
15	25 December	Motherwell	H	4–0	Cameron (3), Bertelsen	8,000
16	3 January	Dundee United	A	1–2	Murray	21,325
17	8 January	Clyde	H	1–4	Harvey	9,000
18	29 January	Falkirk	A	1–3	Penman (pen.)	5,000
19	12 February	Kilmarnock	H	0–2		8,000
20	26 February	St Mirren	H	3–2	Penman, Cameron (2)	7,000
21	28 February	Celtic	A	0–5		21,358
22	5 March	Greenock Morton	H	5–1	Stuart, McLean (2), Penman, Wilson	8,000
23	9 March	Hamilton Academical	H	2–1	McLean, Wilson	7,000
24	12 March	Hibernian	A	1–1	Wilson	8,302
25	19 March	St Johnstone	A	0–1		7,000
26	26 March	Stirling Albion	H	6–2	Penman (3), Cooke (2), Cameron	6,000
27	4 April	Rangers	A	0–1		12,421
28	9 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–2	Stuart, Cameron	4,266
29	13 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Penman	5,157
30	16 April	Hamilton Academical	A	2–1	Murray, Penman	750
31	20 April	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Murray	5,500
32	23 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	McLean	4,000
33	27 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–2		3,500
34	30 April	Motherwell	A	0–2		3,000

League table

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1965–66 Scottish League Cup. Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Group 1

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Motherwell	A	0–1		6,000
2	18 August	Dundee United	H	0–0		23,095
3	21 August	Celtic	A	2–0	Cameron (2)	31,343
4	28 August	Motherwell	H	1–2	Cameron	12,000
5	1 September	Dundee United	A	3–1	Cameron (2), Murray	18,705
6	4 September	Celtic	H	1–3	Penman	22,262

Group 1 table

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1965–66 Scottish Cup. Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Dundee Scorer(s)	Attendance
1st round	9 February	East Fife	H	9–1	Penman (3), Cox, McLean (2), Cameron, Stuart (2)	8,000
2nd round	23 February	Celtic	H	0–2		29,000

Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive|}

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

External links

• 1965-66 Dundee season on Fitbastats

Notes and References

1. Web site: Match results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200722095215/http://www.deearchive.co.uk/matches.php . 2020-07-22 . 26 April 2021. deearchive.co.uk.
2. Web site: Results for Dundee for 1965-66. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115190821/https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/allg/dundee1966.htm . 2021-01-15 . 26 April 2021. londonhearts.com.