The 1939–40 season was intended to be the forty-fifth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, and the second season playing in the second tier. After just 4 league games however, the Scottish Football League suspended its competition on 13 September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. A month later, Dundee would join the Eastern Division of the Scottish War Emergency League for the rest of the season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish War Emergency Cup in lieu of the suspended Scottish Cup, and were knocked out in the 1st round by Third Lanark over two legs. The club would retire from club football until 1944 due to the ongoing war.

Scottish Division Two

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance112 AugustRaith RoversH5–1McGillivray (3), Coats, Adam11,000219 AugustAirdrieoniansA4–2Adam, Warnock, Coats (2)2,000326 AugustDunfermline AthleticH3–1Warnock, Coats, Adam12,00042 SeptemberGreenock MortonA1–1McGillivray4,000

Scottish War Emergency League

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance121 OctoberHibernianH2–1Adam (2)4,500228 OctoberDunfermline AthleticA0–23,00034 NovemberAlloa AthleticH1–1Wattie1,000411 NovemberRaith RoversA1–2Adam2,500518 NovemberArbroathH9–3Adam (3), Wattie (2), Coats (2), Easson, Cook3,000625 NovemberFalkirkA1–6Cook2,50072 DecemberSt JohnstoneA2–2Adam, Coats2,50089 DecemberHeart of MidlothianH4–6Adam, Follon, Easson, Coats3,670916 DecemberKing's ParkH5–0Cook, McGillivray (2), Coats (2)1,7001023 DecemberStenhousemuirA3–0McGillivray, Easson, Coats9001130 DecemberAberdeenH3–1Coats (2), Adam4,297121 JanuaryDundee UnitedA1–2McGillivray5,500132 JanuarySt Bernard'sH2–2McGillivray (2)1,276146 JanuaryCowdenbeathA1–1Coats1513 JanuaryEast FifeH2–0Coats, Morgan2,5001610 FebruaryRaith RoversH2–3Easson, Cook2,5001717 FebruaryArbroathA1–3McGillivray189 MarchAlloa AthleticA2–2Coats (2)1916 MarchKing's ParkA3–3Hill, Adam, McGillivray1,0002030 MarchAberdeenA0–34,000213 AprilHibernianA0–6226 AprilDundee UnitedH2–1Coats, Adam8,000238 AprilDunfermline AthleticH2–2Coats, McGillivray2,5002413 AprilSt Bernard'sA0–02517 AprilStenhousemuirH7–1Coats (4), D. Davidson, McGillivray, Cook6002629 AprilEast FifeA0–3274 MaySt JohnstoneH7–2Coats (4), J. Davidson, Adam (2)1,5002811 MayHeart of MidlothianA3–2Adam, J. Davidson, Coats1,5002918 MayFalkirkH4–2Adam, Coats (2), McGillivray3,000

Emergency League table

Scottish War Emergency Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance1st round, 1st leg24 FebruaryThird LanarkH1–1McGillivray7,0001st round, 2nd leg2 MarchThird LanarkA1–3Adam8,600Third Lanark won 4–2 on aggregate

Player statistics Statistics provided by Dee Archive

See also

List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

External links

1939-40 Dundee season on Fitbastats