Build Up to Season 2021-22 as it Happens..........

21st June 2021

Dundee players today returned to Pre-Season training today, they will be joined by Corey Panter of Luton Town who is set to join Dundee on loan for this season.

18th June 2021

Dundee will play Leyton Orient (6th July) and West Ham United (9th July) at Dens Park in Pre-Season games. 

17th June 2021

Lyall Cameron and Josh Mulligan have joined Peterhead on season long loans. Both players spent time at the Blue Toon last season and will return for the 2021/22 campaign.

16th June 2021

Dundee have signed Ryan Sweeney on a two year deal. The centre half has played for Wimbledon, Stoke City, two loan spells at Bristol Rovers and Mansfield Town. He joined Mansfield and has played over 100 games for The Stags. Ryan will wear No 5 and will meet his new team mates when Pre-Season starts on Monday.

15th June 2021

Dundee will play St Mirren at home when the league games start on 31st of July, followed by a trip to face Celtic, then Hibs at home and finish August with a trip to Fir Park to face Motherwell.

11th June 2021

Paul McMullen Signs Two Year Deal

Paul McMullen has signed a two year contract with the club, after joining on a Pre-Contract deal in January, then he was allowed to join Dundee shortly after this. The winger played 19 games and with 13 assists. 

7th June 2021

Manager James McPake and Assistant Manager Dave Mackay has signed new contracts with the club. Great news for the club.

3rd June 2021

Players Depart Dens Park........

Goal keepers Jack Hamilton and Calum Ferrie have left the club at the conclusion of their contracts. 

Jack joined the club in 2018 and made 60 appearances for the club. Last season as the team gained promotion to the Premiership, Jack featured 13 times.

Calum moved to Dens a few years before Jack and was a regular in the Under 20s and had loan spells with Stirling and Falkirk. He made six appearances for the first team in his time with the club.

Osman Sow will also move on from the club after agreeing a move to join a team overseas. Osman signed ahead of the Championship campaign getting underway and hit the net 10 times throughout the season.

Nicholas Hamilton and Jonathan Afolabi have returned to their parent clubs following the completion of their loan spells.

Michael Cunningham, Kyle Fleming, Louis Joyce, Finn Kemlo, Adam Mansouri and Grady McGrath have also all left the club.

2nd June 2021

Dundee will start Pre-Season with a game against Forfar Athletic at Station Park, it will kick off at 2pm on the 26th of June.

Adam Legzdins has signed a new two year deal with the club, he joined the club last November and had six clean sheets in the final stages of the season. Great news for the club.

1st June 2021 

Paul McGowan has won goal of the season for his effort against Ayr United in April at Somerset Park.

Luke Signs.....

Dundee have signed of Luke McCowan on a two year deal. Luke who came through the ranks at Ayr United made his debut in 2017 and impressed throughout the Championship campaign last season, scoring nine times for the Honest Men.

He hit the net in matches against Alloa, Hearts and Morton. 

League Cup Games.......

Our Premier Sports Cup campaign will kick off with a home match against Brora Rangers on Tuesday 13th July, kick off 7.45pm.

We’ll then travel to Dingwall on Sunday 18th to take on Ross County live on Premier, kick off 3pm.

Wednesday 21st July sees us travel to Links Park to play Montrose before we finish the group section at Dens against Forfar Athletic on 24th July, kick off 3pm.

Cammy Kerr has signed a new two year contract with the club, Cammy has made 181 appearances for the club.

Glens Manager of the Year Award......

James McPake has won the Glens Manager of the year for season 2020-21. After a slow start it has been well deserved come the end of the season.

30th May 2021

Season Tickets Prices 

O65s – £255

Adult – £375

Students – £195

U18 – £125

U12 – £1

Disabled – £255

Season Tickets will go on sale from the Ticket Office inside Dundee Direct from 10am on Tuesday 1st June. 

28th May 2021

Liam Fontaine signs up for next season which is great news for the club, Liam as been added a lot to our defence since signing last November.

Dundee will be in Group C alongside Ross County, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, and Bora Rangers after the draw for the 2021/22 Premier Sports Cup took place this afternoon.

Fixtures will be release in due course with the matchdays being as follows :

MD1: Weekend of July 10/11

MD2: Midweek of July 13/14

MD3: Weekend of July 17/18

MD4: Midweek of July 20/21

MD5: Weekend of July 24/25

Kilmarnock 1, Dundee 2, Rugby Park, Play-Offs Final 2nd Leg, 24-May-21

In this second leg final against Kilmarnock, Dundee made one change Jordan Marshall came in for Christie Elliott, with Cammy Kerr moving across from left to right back. 

Dundee got off to the perfect start scoring from their first attack.  A Killie attack broke down and the ball was cleared to the half way line. Danny Mullen won an aerial challenge allowing Paul McMullan to race through the middle, supported by Mullen and Jordan McGhee, facing only two Killie defenders. McMullan shaped to send McGhee in on goal but switched the ball the other way for Danny Mullen to stroke his shot across Doyle and inside the far post. It was a lethal break capped with a delightful finish.

Five minutes and it was 2-0 when from a Paul McGowan corner Lee Ashcroft headed home to put Dundee 4-1 up on the tie. Dundee could have made it three nil but Jordan McGhee's header came back off the bar. 

Killie struggled to trouble the Dundee defence and that was after they changed their formation playing three and the back and three up front.

Killie did scored with 77 minute on the clock, Kyle Lafferty went down after a challenge from Legzdins and the striker scored from the spot. Dundee managed the next 10 minutes okay and they seen the game out without being troubled. 

Pure dee light for the Dundee players at the end, they have done the job which looked pretty unlikely in January. The squad has come good at the right time. James McPake has proved a lot of people wrong as many called for his head. 

So back to the Top league for the club. Happy Dundee fans which will last all summer now!

Dundee: Legzdins, Kerr, Fontaine, Ashcroft, Marshall, Byrne, McGhee, McMullan, Adam (c), McGowan (McDaid 77), Mullen (Sow 70) Unused Subs: Ferrie, Jakubiak, Anderson, Fisher, Cummings.

Referee: Bobby Madden

Att: 500

Dundee 2, Kilmarnock 1, Dens Park, Play-Offs Final 1st Leg, 20-May-2021

Dundee Manager James McPake made two changes from the semi-final second leg against Raith. Liam Fontaine returned in central defence with Jordan McGhee moving forward into the midfield and Max Anderson on the bench. Danny Mullen started with Jason Cummings named as a substitute.

Dundee got off to a perfect start scoring after only  six minutes when Christie Elliott moved infield and found Charlie Adam who flighted a lovely pass over the defence for Cammy Kerr to race in and cross with a first time volley. Danny Mullen’s glancing header was pushed onto the post by keeper Doyle, but Jordan McGhee was on hand to score from three yards. 

It should have been 2-0 minutes later when Paul McMullen raced clear but Doyle in the Killie goal managed to block his effort. Killie had a wee bit of pressure but failed to trouble the Dundee defence. 

Dundee had a good chance before the end of the first half when McGhee's shot just wide, after good play from Danny Mullen.

Dundee like the first half got the second goal on their first attack great work from Christie Elliott forced Killie captain Gary Dicker to lose the ball 30 yards from his own goal. Paul McMullan pounced, raced into the penalty area and laid the ball back for Charlie Adam to smash home the vital second goal from 12 yards. 

Dundee had to make a change when Elliott picked up a injury being replaced by Jordan Marshall, Dundee were in total control in the first 30 minutes of the second half. Doyle made a great save from Mullen or it would have been 3-0.

But Kilmarnock scored on 77 minutes when Haunstrup had the chance to shoot from the edge of the area. Mullen and Kerr flung themselves in the way to block, but the ball broke perfectly to leave the Killie left back in the clear with the two Dees on the deck. He shot through Legzdin’s leg to give Kilmarnock a vital goal.

Dundee pushed forward in the last 10 minutes but failed to get the vital third goal, it was a great all round performance from every one in dark blue. They will need to do it all again on Monday night, at least they know what is needed in the second leg.  

It was also wonderful for 500 lucky Dundee fans who watched the game, they backed the team for the whole 90 minutes.

Dundee: Legzdins, Elliott (Marshall 66), McGhee, Ashcroft, Kerr, Byrne, McGhee, McMullan (Sow 72), Adam (c), McGowan, Mullen (McDaid 79) Unused Subs: Ferrie, Jakubiak, Anderson, Cummings.

Referee: John Beaton

Att: 500

Kilmarnock Next For The Dark Blues.......

 Dundee will play Kilmarnock in the Play-Off Final. The first leg on Thursday will be at Dens Park, the second leg will be at Rugby Park on Monday. Both games will be on SKY TV with highlights on BBC1 on Thursday night at 23:30.

Dundee 0, Raith Rovers 1, Dens Park, Play-Offs Semi-Final 2nd Leg, 15-May-21

Dundee made just one forced change to the side from their last game, Max Anderson coming in for the injured Liam Fontaine. Jordan McGhee moved back in to defence.

Raith Rovers started well and pushed Dundee back, they forced Adam Legzins into a couple of saves, Dundee had a glorious chance when a great ball into the box and Ashcroft put it over the ball from six yards. Rovers scored on 22 minutes when good play from Lewis Vaughan and his neat turn before blasting home.

Dundee came back and Max Anderson had a good chance but the Rovers keeper saved with his knees. Dundee kept going and they defended well to keep score at half-time at 1 nil.

Second half and both team had chances but Dundee defended well and really looked in no danger of losing further goals. 

It was a hard one to see out, they needed a goal to finish the tie. But in the end they got the job done. Dundee will play Kilmarnock or Ross County as both teams play their final game on Sunday.

Dundee: Legzdins, Elliott, McGhee, Ashcroft, Kerr, Byrne, Anderson, McMullan (McDaid 63), Adam (c) (Mullen 74), McGowan, Cummings (Sow 56) Unused Subs: Ferrie, Jakubiak, Afolabi, Marshall.

Players Awards................

 Lee Ashcroft  won the Andrew De Vries Player of the Year award and the Player’s Player of the Year for the 2020/21 season. 

The De Vries trophy is voted for by the Dundee FC Supporters Association supporters clubs and is the club’s official Player of the Year award.

Lee picked up an incredible 16 individual awards from the clubs to win the overall trophy.

His teammates also selected him as the stand out performer of the season as he became the third player to win both awards in the same season since the Player’s Player was introduced five seasons ago.

Max Anderson has won the Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the Year award for 2020/21. The young midfielder has done really well this season and looks a real prospect for the future.

Well done to both players who fully deserve their awards, and hopefully next year we  the fans can attend the player of the year which is a great night out.

Raith Rovers 0, Dundee 3, Starks Park, Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg, 12-May-21

Dundee took a massive step in this Play-off Semi-Final, winning 3-0 in the away leg against Raith Rovers. The only team change was Liam Fontaine came back replacing Max Anderson. Jordan McGhee kept his place but he moved into the midfield.

Dundee started well and they looked good going forward, Paul McMullen fired wide of the goal and any Rovers attacks were blocked by Cammy Kerr and Charlie Adam.

Dundee took the lead half way through the half, a delightful 40 yard pass from Adam found Jordan McGhee in the box to place a precise volley across Jamie MacDonald and into the net. It was a superb goal from the dark blues. 

Dundee got lucky when Rovers scored just before half-time and it was ruled out for off side, it should have been a goal. 

Second half and Dundee doubled their lead when again Charlie Adam played a superb ball to the on running Jordan McGhee who finished well. 

Dundee were in total control and they were able to make changes to the team, and it paid off Adam found Max Anderson wide and he played in Osman Sow who scored the third goal to seal a vital first leg win.

Dundee now play Rovers again at Dens on Saturday, I'm sure they will prepare right and treat the game in the right manner. 

Dundee: Legzdins, Elliott, Fontaine (Anderson 72), Ashcroft, Kerr, Byrne, McGhee, McMullan (Sow 81), Adam (c), McGowan, Cummings (Mullen 65) Unused Subs: Ferrie, Jakubiak, McDaid, Marshall.

Queen of the South 0, Dundee 2, Palmerstone Park, Scottish Championship, 30-April-21

Dundee secured second spot in the league after a fine 2-0 win at Queen of the South. The only change in the Dundee line up was Max Anderson replaced the injured Liam Fontaine. 

Dundee started well and knocked the ball about, and attacked with pace when they broke from defence. Jason Cummings had two efforts on goal, before Paul McMullen hit the ball off the bar,  a couple of inched down it would have been a goal.  

But a couple of minutes later and Jason Cummings scored after beating the off-side trap to round the keeper to score the vital opening goal. It was a great pass from McMullen to set up the goal.

This settled Dundee and they kept going forward with the defence looking good and solid. Queens did have a few efforts but they never troubled Adam Legzdins in the Dundee goal.

Max Anderson had a great chance but the young midfielder just missed the target with a fine shot, but minutes later and Jason Cummings scored again after his first shot was saved, but the ball bounced of Jason's knee and into the net. 

Second half and Cummings nearly got his hat-trick but his shot was just wide, Dundee were in control of the game and were never in any danger of losing the game. 

Paul McMullen almost scored with a rising shot which just missed the top corner of the goal. Declan McDaid and Osman Sow replaced McMullen and Cumming in the last 15 minutes. 

Dundee seen the game out and it was good to see as the club finished second and it means two less games in the play-offs. Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic will now play and Dundee will play the winner in the Semi-Final.

Dundee: Legzdins, Elliott, McGhee, Ashcroft, Kerr, McMullan (McDaid 72), Byrne, Anderson, McGowan, Adam (c), Cummings (Sow 78). Unused Subs: Ferrie, Jakubiak, Mullen, Afolabi, Fisher.

Referee: Don Robertson