2009–10 Dundee F.C. season

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Dundee
2009–10 season
ChairmanScotland Bob Brannan
ManagerScotland Jocky Scott (until 20 March 2010)
Scotland Gordon Chisholm
(from 21 March 2010)
StadiumDens Park
Scottish First Division2nd
Scottish CupQuarter-Final, Losers v Raith Rovers
League CupQuarter-Final, Losers v Rangers
Challenge CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Harkins (15)
All: Leigh Griffiths (21)
Highest home attendance5,507 (vs Dunfermline Athletic, 12 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance3,187 (vs Raith Rovers, 24 April 2010)
Average home league attendance4,760

The 2009–10 season was Dundee's 5th consecutive season in the Scottish First Division following their relegation from the SPL in 2005. Dundee finished as runners-up in the league, losing out to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The Dee reached the quarter-finals in both the Scottish Cup & Scottish League Cup and were winners of the Challenge Cup for the second time in the club's history and first since 1991.[1]

Match results[edit]

Scottish First Division[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Fixture Date Week/Round Home team Score Away team Venue
8 August 2009
15:00
Week 1
Dundee 1–0 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins 56' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,449
Referee: Boyle
15 August 2009
15:00
Week 2
Raith Rovers 2–2 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Williamson 30'
Ellis 41'
BBC Sport Harkins 5' (pen.)
McMenamin 73'
Attendance: 4,744
Referee: Richmond
29 August 2009
15:00
Week 4
Airdrie United 1–1 Dundee Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Lauchlan 42' (o.g.) BBC Sport McMenamin 36' Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Nicholls
12 September 2009
15:00
Week 5
Dundee 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Harkins 37' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Thomson
19 September 2009
15:00
Week 6
Queen of the South 2–0 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Tosh 6' (pen.)
Holmes 61'
BBC Sport Bullock Red card 5' Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Robertson
26 September 2009
15:00
Week 7
Dundee 2–0 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 59', 77' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,682
Referee: Somers
10 October 2009
15:00
Week 8
Dundee 2–0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 4'
Harkins 48'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Allan
14 October 2009
19:45
Week 9
Ayr United 2–2 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
McGowan 73'
Stevenson 86'
BBC Sport Forsyth 13'
Griffiths 60'
Attendance: 1,710
Referee: McKendrick
17 October 2009
15:00
Week 10
Greenock Morton 0–1 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock
BBC Sport Griffiths 77' Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Winter
24 October 2009
15:00
Week 11
Dundee 2–1 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
McMenamin 15'
MacKenzie 35'
BBC Sport Smith 20' Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Brown
31 October 2009
15:00
Week 12
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
Bayne 77' BBC Sport Harkins 60' Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Norris
7 November 2009
15:00
Week 13
Dundee 2–1 Airdrie United Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins 28', 35' BBC Sport Baird 25' Attendance: 4,121
Referee: McDermott
14 November 2009
15:00
Week 14
Dundee 0–0 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,901
Referee: Law
1 December 2009
19:45
Week 15
Ross County 0–1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
BBC Sport Harkins 69' Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Nicholls
5 December 2009
15:00
Week 16
Partick Thistle 0–2 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport McMenamin 44'
Harkins 47'
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Thomson
12 December 2009
15:00
Week 17
Dundee 3–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
Forsyth 23'
Griffiths 66'
Harkins 90'
BBC Sport Reynolds 3' Attendance: 4,323
Referee: Finnie
19 December 2009
15:00
Week 18
Dundee 3–1 Greenock Morton Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 54'
Harkins 65'
Malone 87'
BBC Sport Weatherson 60' Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Murray
3 January 2010
15:00
Week 20
Dundee 0–1 Airdrie United Dens Park, Dundee
MacKenzie Red card 45' BBC Sport McDonald 25' (pen.)
Donnelly Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 4,319
Referee: Brown
17 January 2010
15:00
Week 21
Dundee 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 2', 82'
McMenamin 17'
BBC Sport Graham 10'
Kirk 49'
Attendance: 5,201
Referee: Brines
23 January 2010
15:00
Week 22
Queen of the South 1–1 Dundee Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Harris 6' BBC Sport Griffiths 77' Attendance: 3,415
Referee: Richmond
30 January 2010
15:00
Week 23
Dundee 0–1 Ross County Dens Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Lawson 44' Attendance: 4,912
Referee: Tumilty
20 February 2010
15:00
Week 24
Dundee 1–0 Partick Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Paton 6' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,216
Referee: McKendrick
17 March 2010
19:45
Week 26
Ayr United 1–1 Dundee Somerset Park, Ayr
Lafferty 42' BBC Sport Harkins 38'
Paton Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Winter
20 March 2010
15:00
Week 27
Airdrie United 3–0 Dundee Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
McLaughlin 54'
O'Carroll 60'
Gemill 75'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,172
Referee: Finnie
23 March 2010
19:45
Week 28
Dundee 1–1 Queen of the South Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 16' (pen.) BBC Sport McAusland Red card 16'
Harris 58'
Attendance: 4,508
Referee: Tumilty
27 March 2010
15:00
Week 29
Ross County 1–1 Dundee Victoria Park, Dingwall
Craig 87' BBC Sport Hutchinson 50' Attendance: 3,295
Referee: Thomson
30 March 2010
19:45
Week 30
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Dundee East End Park, Dunfermline
Gibson 6'
Bell 34'
BBC Sport Harkins 90' Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Collum
3 April 2010
15:00
Week 31
Dundee 3–0 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
McMenamin 10', 61'
Higgins 22'
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,270
Referee: MacDonald
10 April 2010
15:00
Week 32
Partick Thistle 0–1 Dundee Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
BBC Sport Clarke 75' Attendance: 2,545
Referee: O'Reilly
17 April 2010
15:00
Week 33
Greenock Morton 2–2 Dundee Cappielow Park, Greenock
Witteveen 41'
Monti 64' (pen.)
BBC Sport Harkins 67'
Griffiths 86'
Attendance: 1,998
Referee: Muir
21 April 2010
19:45
Week 34
Raith Rovers 1–0 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Hill 54' BBC Sport Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Law
24 April 2010
15:00
Week 35
Dundee 2–0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
Hiigins 52'
Harkins 65' (pen.)
BBC Sport Armstrong Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card Attendance: 3,187
Referee: Nicholls

Scottish Cup[edit]

Scottish League Cup[edit]

1 August 2009
15:00
Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 1
Dundee 5–0 Stranraer Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins 23'
Harkins 29'
Cameron 37'
McMenamin 47'
Griffiths 67'
BBC Sport Mitchell Red card 84' Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Collum
22 September 2009
19:45
Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 3
Dundee 3–2 (a.e.t.) Aberdeen Dens Park, Dundee
Malone 39'
Forsyth 55'
Griffiths 105'
BBC Sport Paton 63', 88' Attendance: 6,131
Referee: Conroy
27 October 2009
19:45
Co-Operative Insurance Cup Quarter-final
Dundee 1–3 Rangers Dens Park, Dundee
Griffiths 29' BBC Sport Whittaker 15'
MacKenzie 57' (o.g.)
Fleck 85'
Attendance: 10,654
Referee: McDonald

Scottish Challenge Cup[edit]

4 October 2009
19:45
Challenge Cup Semi-final
Dundee 3–0 Annan Athletic Dens Park, Dundee
Higgins 37'
Clarke 63'
Forsyth 71'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Finnie

Final[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

Last updated 9 December 2011
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 26 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Rab Douglas 20 0 15+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Derek Soutar 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 11 0 4+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Chris Casement 6 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
DF England ENG David Cowan 9 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Slovakia SVK Maroš Klimpl 22 0 16+2 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Lauchlan 34 0 25+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 2+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary MacKenzie 32 1 24+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Robert Malcolm 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Eddie Malone 43 2 33+0 1 3+0 0 4+0 1 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig McKeown 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan O'Leary 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Eric Paton 42 1 32+0 1 2+1 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Connor Rennie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron 18 1 5+9 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Forsyth 34 6 20+4 2 3+0 1 3+0 1 3+1 2
MF Scotland SCO Gary Harkins 45 19 32+2 15 3+0 1 4+0 1 3+1 2
MF Scotland SCO Richie Hart 32 0 20+6 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr 43 1 29+4 1 3+0 0 2+2 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul McHale 18 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 14 0 9+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Timmons 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 7 0 2+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Guadeloupe GLP Mickaël Antoine-Curier 2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 2 1+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Pat Clarke 23 2 3+14 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+2 1
FW Scotland SCO Leigh Griffiths 39 21 24+5 13 3+0 1 2+2 4 3+0 3
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 32 7 16+10 5 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 1
FW England ENG Ben Hutchinson 13 3 5+4 1 1+0 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin 40 8 23+8 7 0+3 0 2+1 1 1+2 0

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 9 December 2011
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
England GK Tony Bullock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland GK Rab Douglas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Bobby Geddes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Derek Soutar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kyle Benedictus 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Northern Ireland DF Chris Casement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England DF David Cowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovakia DF Maroš Klimpl 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Jim Lauchlan 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Scotland DF Gary MacKenzie 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
Scotland DF Robert Malcolm 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Eddie Malone 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland DF Craig McKeown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Ryan O'Leary 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Eric Paton 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland DF Connor Rennie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Colin Cameron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Craig Forsyth 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Gary Harkins 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Richie Hart 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Brian Kerr 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland MF Paul McHale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Andrew Shinnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Jordan Timmons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Darren Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Guadeloupe FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Pat Clarke 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Leigh Griffiths 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland FW Sean Higgins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England FW Ben Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Colin McMenamin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Top scorers[edit]

Last updated on 10 December 2011
Position Nation Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 Scotland Leigh Griffiths 13 1 4 3 21
2 Scotland Gary Harkins 15 1 1 2 19
3 Scotland Colin McMenamin 7 0 1 0 8
4 Scotland Sean Higgins 5 0 1 1 7
5 Scotland Craig Forsyth 2 1 1 2 6
6 Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier 0 0 2 1 3
= England Ben Hutchinson 1 1 1 0 3
8 Scotland Pat Clarke 1 0 0 1 2
= Scotland Eddie Malone 1 0 1 0 1
10 Scotland Colin Cameron 0 0 1 0 1
= Scotland Brian Kerr 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Gary MacKenzie 1 0 0 0 1
= Scotland Eric Paton 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets[edit]

R Pos Nat Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK England Tony Bullock 7 1 2 10
2 GK Scotland Robert Douglas 4 0 0 0 4
3 GK Scotland Derek Soutar 1 1 2
4 GK Scotland Bobby Geddes 0 0
Totals 12 1 1 2 16

Last updated: 10 December 2011
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Team statistics[edit]

Division table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) 36 21 10 5 72 32 +40 73 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee 36 16 13 7 48 34 +14 61
3 Dunfermline Athletic 36 17 7 12 54 44 +10 58
4 Queen of the South 36 15 11 10 53 40 +13 56
5 Ross County 36 15 11 10 46 44 +2 56
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division summary[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHHAHHHAAHAAHAAAHA
ResultWDDDWLWWDWWDWDWWWWDLWDLWDDLDDLWWDLWL
Position212436553212221111111111111122222222
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match stats[edit]

Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Games played 36 3 4 4
Games won 16 2 3 4
Games drawn 13 0 0 0
Games lost 7 1 1 0
Goals for 48 4 13 11
Goals against 34 3 7 3
Players used 28 20 22 22
Yellow cards 64 2 2 3
Red cards 4 0 0 0

Last updated: 10 December 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 16 13 7 48 34  +14 61 12 4 2 30 13  +17 4 9 5 18 21  −3

Last updated: 10 December 2011.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by opponent[edit]

Last updated on 10 December 2011
Team League Results[a] Points
1 2 3 4
Airdrie United 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 4
Ayr United 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 8
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 7
Greenock Morton 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 10
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 3
Partick Thistle 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 12
Queen of the South 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3
Raith Rovers 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 7
Ross County 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 7

Source: 2009–10 Scottish First Division Results Table

a. ^ Dundee's score is shown first.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers Summer[edit]

Transfers Winter[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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