The 1986–87 season was the 85th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division. Dundee would finish in 6th place for the third consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the League Cup by Rangers in the quarter-finals, and by inter-city rivals Dundee United in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance19 AugustCelticA0–135,443213 AugustSt MirrenH2–1Ferguson, Stephen4,212316 AugustHibernianH3–0Ferguson, Angus, Harvey7,216423 AugustFalkirkA1–0Stephen5,000530 AugustAberdeenA0–212,48666 SeptemberDundee UnitedH0–212,079713 SeptemberMotherwellA0–02,880820 SeptemberRangersH1–0Brown17,132927 SeptemberHeart of MidlothianH0–09,947104 OctoberClydebankA2–0Harvey, Stephen1,507118 OctoberHamilton AcademicalA3–0Brown (pen.), Stephen, Harvey1,9411211 OctoberCelticH0–315,3511318 OctoberSt MirrenA1–4Hendry3,0321425 OctoberFalkirkH3–0Harvey, Angus, Hendry3,7151529 OctoberHibernianA3–0Jack, Stephen, Rafferty4,221161 NovemberAberdeenH0–28,200178 NovemberDundee UnitedA3–0Harvey (2), Shannon11,7331815 NovemberMotherwellH1–1Harvey4,1671919 NovemberRangersA1–2Shannon22,9922022 NovemberHeart of MidlothianA1–3Angus12,0942129 NovemberClydebankH3–3Rafferty, Harvey (2)2,947223 DecemberHamilton AcademicalH3–3Brown (2), Duffy (pen.)2,525236 DecemberCelticA0–219,3002413 DecemberSt MirrenH6–3Wright (2), Brown, Duffy (pen.), Harvey (2)3,4982527 DecemberHibernianH2–0Shannon, Angus6,251261 JanuaryAberdeenA1–2Jack11,0002724 JanuaryHeart of MidlothianH0–18,3872827 JanuaryMotherwellA0–22,340297 FebruaryClydebankA1–1Coyne1,0373014 FebruaryHamilton AcademicalA1–1Coyne (pen.)2,0193128 FebruaryCelticH4–1Mennie, Shannon, Brown, Jack12,455327 MarchSt MirrenA1–0McKinlay2,2943310 MarchDundee UnitedH1–1Brown11,6153417 MarchRangersH0–418,7233521 MarchHibernianA2–2Coyne, Mitchell (o.g.)4,3053625 MarchFalkirkH4–0Lawrence, Jack (pen.), Wright, Brown2,9973728 MarchDundee UnitedA1–1Rafferty12,220384 AprilAberdeenH1–1Brown4,3463914 AprilRangersA0–242,4724018 AprilMotherwellH4–1Wright, McKinlay, Coyne (2)3,0804121 AprilFalkirkA0–04225 AprilClydebankH4–1Coyne (3), Wright2,598432 MayHeart of MidlothianA3–1Wright (2), Rafferty7,818449 MayHamilton AcademicalH7–3Brown, Wright (3), Shannon, Coyne (pen.), Harvey3,536

League table

Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance2nd round20 AugustGreenock MortonA5–2(A.E.T.)Harvey (2), Stephen, Angus (2)2,0973rd round27 AugustMontroseH4–0Jack, Shannon, Harvey, Brown (pen.)3,851Quarter-finals3 SeptemberRangersA1–3(A.E.T.)Forsyth33,750

Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive. Match dayDateOpponentH/AScoreDundee scorer(s)Attendance3rd round4 FebruaryEast FifeH2–2Smith, Coyne4,8563R replay9 FebruaryEast FifeA4–1Harvey, Wright, Coyne, Jack4,9584th round21 FebruaryMeadowbank ThistleH1–1Harvey3,5924R replay25 FebruaryMeadowbank ThistleA1–1(A.E.T.)Jack4,0004R 2nd replay2 MarchMeadowbank ThistleH2–0Coyne (2) (pen.)4,516Quarter-finals14 MarchClydebankA4–0Wright, Coyne, Brown (2)5,222Semi-finals11 AprilDundee UnitedN2–3Coyne, Wright13,913

Player statistics Statistics provided by Dee Archive

See also

List of Dundee F.C. seasons

References

External links

1986–87 Dundee season on Fitbastats