2009–10 Dundee F.C. season

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]

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

Match results

Scottish First Division

  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
22 August 2009 Week 3 Dundee 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Harkins 9', 29' BBC Sport Sánchez 20'
Cox 38'		 Attendance: 5,507
Referee: Tumilty
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
26 December 2009
15:00 Week 19		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 Dundee Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Rooney 57' BBC Sport Griffiths 45' (pen.)
Harkins Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 3,660
Referee: Nicholls
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
6 March 2010
15:00 Week 25		 Dundee 2–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dens Park, Dundee
Kerr 78'
Harkins 84'		 BBC Sport Foran 46'
Odhiambo 59'		 Attendance: 4,974
Referee: Brown
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
1 May 2010
15:00 Week 36		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0 Dundee Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Rooney 28' BBC Sport Attendance: 6,031
Referee: Conroy

Scottish Cup
20 January 2010
19:45 Active Nation Scottish Cup round 4		 Livingston 0–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
BBC Sport Harkins 33' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Collum
6 February 2010
15:00 Active Nation Scottish Cup round 5		 Dundee 2–1 Ayr United Dens Park, Dundee
Hutchinson 41'
Griffiths 70'		 BBC Sport McManus 11' Attendance: 2,852
Referee: McDonald
13 March 2010
15:00 Active Nation Scottish Cup Quarter-Final		 Dundee 1–2 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
Forsyth 73' BBC Sport Simmons 3'
Ellis 10'		 Attendance: 7,306
Referee: Richmond

Scottish League Cup
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
25 August 2009
19:45 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 2		 Forfar Athletic 2–4 Dundee Station Park, Forfar
Tulloch 55'
Campbell 72'		 BBC Sport Griffiths 11'
Antoine-Curier 15', 31'
Tod 67' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 1,929
Referee: O'Reilly
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
18 August 2009
19:30 Challenge Cup round 2		 Cowdenbeath 0–3 Dundee Central Park, Cowdenbeath
BBC Sport Griffiths 20'
Harkins 82'
Antoine-Curier 88'		 Attendance: 457
Referee: Salmond
6 September 2009
15:00 Challenge Cup Quarter-final		 Stirling Albion 1–2 Dundee Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Devine 89' (pen.) BBC Sport Griffiths 10', 26' Attendance: 1,277
Referee: Norris
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
22 November 2009
15:00 Challenge Cup Final		 Dundee 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
Bulvītis 48' (o.g.)
Harkins 53'
Forsyth 83'		 BBC Sport Rooney 20'
Bulvītis 33'		 Attendance: 8,031
Referee: Richmond

Player statistics

Squad
Last updated 9 December 2011
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 26019+000+003+103+00
GK Scotland SCO Rab Douglas 20015+102+001+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Bobby Geddes 100+100+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Derek Soutar 302+001+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 1104+101+002+002+10
DF Northern Ireland NIR Chris Casement 600+101+001+101+10
DF England ENG David Cowan 905+100+001+002+00
DF Slovakia SVK Maroš Klimpl 22016+201+101+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Jim Lauchlan 34025+003+003+002+10
DF Scotland SCO Gary MacKenzie 32124+112+002+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Robert Malcolm 303+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Eddie Malone 43233+013+004+013+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig McKeown 1109+200+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan O'Leary 808+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Eric Paton 42132+012+104+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Connor Rennie 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Colin Cameron 1815+900+002+012+00
MF Scotland SCO Craig Forsyth 34620+423+013+013+12
MF Scotland SCO Gary Harkins 451932+2153+014+013+12
MF Scotland SCO Richie Hart 32020+601+001+103+00
MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr 43129+413+002+203+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul McHale 18011+300+002+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 1409+300+200+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Timmons 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Darren Young 702+301+000+001+00
FW Guadeloupe GLP Mickaël Antoine-Curier 230+000+001+021+01
FW Scotland SCO Pat Clarke 2323+1410+100+201+21
FW Scotland SCO Leigh Griffiths 392124+5133+012+243+03
FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 32716+1051+003+012+01
FW England ENG Ben Hutchinson 1335+411+013+010+00
FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin 40823+870+302+111+20

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

Disciplinary record

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
EnglandGKTony Bullock 0100000001
ScotlandGKRab Douglas 1000000010
ScotlandGKBobby Geddes 0000000000
ScotlandGKDerek Soutar 0000000000
ScotlandDFKyle Benedictus 3000000030
Northern IrelandDFChris Casement 0000000000
EnglandDFDavid Cowan 0000000000
SlovakiaDFMaroš Klimpl 3000100040
ScotlandDFJim Lauchlan 7000001080
ScotlandDFGary MacKenzie 5110001071
ScotlandDFRobert Malcolm 3000000030
ScotlandDFEddie Malone 6000100070
ScotlandDFCraig McKeown 1000000010
ScotlandDFRyan O'Leary 2000000020
ScotlandDFEric Paton 5100000051
ScotlandDFConnor Rennie 0000000000
ScotlandMFColin Cameron 1000000010
ScotlandMFCraig Forsyth 2000000020
ScotlandMFGary Harkins 3100000031
ScotlandMFRichie Hart 4000000040
ScotlandMFBrian Kerr 2000001030
ScotlandMFPaul McHale 1000000010
ScotlandMFAndrew Shinnie 0000000000
ScotlandMFJordan Timmons 0000000000
ScotlandMFDarren Young 1000000010
GuadeloupeFWMickaël Antoine-Curier 0000000000
ScotlandFWPat Clarke 2000000020
ScotlandFWLeigh Griffiths 6010000070
ScotlandFWSean Higgins 2000000020
EnglandFWBen Hutchinson 1000000010
ScotlandFWColin McMenamin 3000000030

Top scorers
Last updated on 10 December 2011
Position Nation Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
1ScotlandLeigh Griffiths 1314321
2ScotlandGary Harkins 1511219
3ScotlandColin McMenamin 70108
4ScotlandSean Higgins 50117
5ScotlandCraig Forsyth 21126
6GuadeloupeMickaël Antoine-Curier 00213
=EnglandBen Hutchinson 11103
8ScotlandPat Clarke 10012
=ScotlandEddie Malone 10101
10ScotlandColin Cameron 00101
=ScotlandBrian Kerr 10001
=ScotlandGary MacKenzie 10001
=ScotlandEric Paton 10001

Clean sheets
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
Totals1211216

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

Team statistics

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

Match stats
Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Games played36344
Games won16234
Games drawn13000
Games lost7110
Goals for4841311
Goals against34373
Players used28202222
Yellow cards64223
Red cards4000

Last updated: 10 December 2011
Source: Competitive matches

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Last updated on 10 December 2011
Team League Results[a] Points
1 2 3 4
Airdrie United1–12–10–10–34
Ayr United2–23–11–13–08
Dunfermline Athletic1–01–13–21–27
Greenock Morton1–01–03–12–210
Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–21–12–20–13
Partick Thistle2–02–01–01–012
Queen of the South0–10–01–11–13
Raith Rovers2–22–10–12–07
Ross County2–01–00–11–17

Source: 2009–10 Scottish First Division Results Table

a. ^ Dundee's score is shown first.

Transfers

Transfers Summer

Transfers Winter

See also

References
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