The 1973–74 season was the 72nd season in which
Dundee
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competed at a
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national level, playing in
Division One, where the club would finish in 5th place for the fourth consecutive season.
Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the
Scottish League Cup
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and the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Celtic
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in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup for the second straight year, but would defeat them to win the club's third League Cup. Despite the issues such as a miners' strike and blizzards causing attendances for games to be uncharacteristically low, a
Gordon Wallace goal would give Dundee its fifth major title.
Dundee would also compete in the
UEFA Cup
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, where they would be knocked out by
FC Twente
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in the 1st round.
Scottish Division One
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League table
Scottish League Cup
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Group 3
Group 3 table
Knockout stage
Scottish Cup
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UEFA Cup
Player statistics
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See also
*
List of Dundee F.C. seasons
References
External links
1973-74 Dundee season on Fitbastats
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Dundee F.C. seasons
Dundee
Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firt ...