Dave Sneddon Player Profile

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Personal

  • Born: April 24th, 1936 (Kilwinning)
  • Died: December 24th, 2020

Career

  • Position: Inside Forward
  • Dundee Career Totals:
    69 first team competitive appearances
    14 first team competitive goals
  • Also Played For: Hurlford United, Kilmarnock, Preston Athletic, Raith Rovers


Dundee Career Summary

Competitive Friendlies Other (War)
1954-55 1- - - - -
1955-56 1- - - - -
1956-57 3 1 - - - -
1957-58 25 6 - - - -
1958-59 39 7 - - - -
TOTAL 69 14 - - - -

NOTES:
Other Cups may include: Anglo-Scottish Cup, Challenge Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Drybrough Cup, International Soccer League, League Cup, Summer Cup, Texaco Cup.


Biography

David Sneddon started his senior career with Dundee after being signed by Dundee manager George Anderson from Junior side Kilwinning Rangers in 1953. When Davie joined the Dark Blues a certain Billy Steel held his favoured inside-left position and so had to patiently wait to left until both Steel and Anderson left Dens Park to make his debut under Willie Thornton on March 19th, 1955 in a 4-1 home win over Stirling Albion.

Davie made just one appearance again in the 1955/56 season and the following year scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 home win over Motherwell on April 8th.

The following season saw Davie finally established himself as a first team regular scoring six times in 25 appearances playing alongside such Dundee legends as Doug Cowie, Bill Brown, Bobby Cox, Alan Cousin, Alex Hamilton, Hugh Robertson and Pat Liney. The 21-year-old became an influential figure in the ‘Thornton Babes’, where the seeds of the title winning side were sown and the following season was joined in the team by Ian Ure and Andy Penman.

However the 1958/59 season would be Davie’s last at Dens where he missed just two matches and scored seven times in 39 appearances, including a hat-trick in a 3-2 home win over Falkirk on December 27th. The busy, stylish inside-forward struck up a good partnership with Alan Cousin as the Dark Blues finished a credible fourth in the League but a disastrous third round exit at Fraserburgh in January meant a lack of income from a Scottish Cup run.

In addition to Dundee’s average attendance of 11,500 was half of the 1951/52 average so the directors looked to raise money from the sale of players and in April Davie was sold to Preston North End for £12,000, making his debut for the Lilywhites against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-2 draw.

His last game for The Dee was a 2-1 win over Hibernian at Easter Road and after two years at Deepdale the Scotland Under 23 internationalist moved Kilmarnock for a fee of £17,000 where he won the Scottish League championship in 1965, scoring the opener in a 2-0 win over Hearts at Tynecastle where the title was secured on goal average.

He would later manage Kilmarnock from 1977-1981 and in 2014 received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the Kilmarnock community and Kilmarnock Football Club.

Debut

March 19th, 1955
Dundee 4 - 1 Stirling Albion

League (A Division)


Playing Statistics - First Team Competitive matches (All Seasons)


Competition NPS Win % Draw % Loss %
League 6013- --
Scottish Cup 3-- --
League Cup 61- --
Totals: 6914- --

 Recent Starting Appearances (First Team Competitive matches)
 04/04/59 Division One vs. Hibernian (A) 2 - 1
 28/03/59 Division One vs. Partick (H) 3 - 2
 21/03/59 Division One vs. Third Lanark (A) 3 - 0
 14/03/59 Division One vs. Queen of South (H) 2 - 1
 07/03/59 Division One vs. Stirling Albion (A) 1 - 0

 Recent Goals Scored (First Team Competitive matches)
 28/01/59 Division One vs. Rangers (H) 1 - 3
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H) 3 - 2
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H) 3 - 2
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H) 3 - 2
 13/12/58 Division One vs. Dunfermline (A) 1 - 2

 List of First Team Competitive matches played (click to expand)
 04/04/59 Division One vs. Hibernian (A)  2 - 1
 28/03/59 Division One vs. Partick (H)  3 - 2
 21/03/59 Division One vs. Third Lanark (A)  3 - 0
 14/03/59 Division One vs. Queen of South (H)  2 - 1
 07/03/59 Division One vs. Stirling Albion (A)  1 - 0
 04/03/59 Division One vs. Celtic (A)  1 - 1
 28/02/59 Division One vs. Clyde (H)  2 - 1
 21/02/59 Division One vs. St Mirren (H)  4 - 6
 07/02/59 Division One vs. Hearts (A)  0 - 1
 31/01/59 1st Round vs. Fraserburgh (A)  0 - 1
 28/01/59 Division One vs. Rangers (H)  1 - 3
 24/01/59 Division One vs. Motherwell (A)  0 - 2
 10/01/59 Division One vs. Kilmarnock (A)  0 - 1
 03/01/59 Division One vs. Raith Rovers (H)  2 - 0
 01/01/59 Division One vs. Aberdeen (A)  1 - 1
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H)  3 - 2
 20/12/58 Division One vs. Airdrie (1878) (H)  1 - 1
 13/12/58 Division One vs. Dunfermline (A)  1 - 2
 06/12/58 Division One vs. Hibernian (H)  2 - 1
 29/11/58 Division One vs. Partick (A)  0 - 3
 22/11/58 Division One vs. Third Lanark (H)  3 - 0
 15/11/58 Division One vs. Queen of South (A)  3 - 1
 08/11/58 Division One vs. Stirling Albion (H)  3 - 0
 01/11/58 Division One vs. Celtic (H)  1 - 1
 25/10/58 Division One vs. St Mirren (A)  2 - 2
 18/10/58 Division One vs. Clyde (A)  2 - 3
 11/10/58 Division One vs. Hearts (H)  3 - 3
 04/10/58 Division One vs. Motherwell (H)  1 - 1
 27/09/58 Division One vs. Rangers (A)  2 - 1
 20/09/58 Division One vs. Kilmarnock (H)  1 - 0
 13/09/58 Division One vs. Raith Rovers (A)  1 - 4
 06/09/58 Division One vs. Aberdeen (H)  2 - 1
 30/08/58 Group 3 vs. Queen of South (H)  2 - 0
 27/08/58 Group 3 vs. Motherwell (H)  2 - 3
 23/08/58 Group 3 vs. Partick (A)  2 - 3
 20/08/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (A)  5 - 2
 16/08/58 Group 3 vs. Queen of South (A)  0 - 1
 13/08/58 Group 3 vs. Motherwell (A)  2 - 1
 09/08/58 Group 3 vs. Partick (H)  2 - 3
 10/05/58 Division One vs. Rangers (A)  1 - 0
 30/04/58 Division One vs. East Fife (H)  2 - 0
 28/04/58 Division One vs. Motherwell (A)  0 - 1
 26/04/58 Division One vs. Airdrie (1878) (H)  1 - 3
 16/04/58 Division One vs. Hibernian (A)  1 - 1
 12/04/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (A)  2 - 0
 29/03/58 Division One vs. Celtic (H)  5 - 3
 22/03/58 Division One vs. Queen's Park (A)  7 - 2
 15/03/58 Division One vs. St Mirren (H)  0 - 0
 05/03/58 Division One vs. Third Lanark (H)  2 - 0
 01/03/58 3rd Round vs. Aberdeen (H)  1 - 3
 22/02/58 Division One vs. Queen of South (A)  0 - 4
 15/02/58 2nd Round vs. Raith Rovers (A)  1 - 0
 11/01/58 Division One vs. Kilmarnock (A)  1 - 1
 04/01/58 Division One vs. Hearts (H)  0 - 5
 02/01/58 Division One vs. Raith Rovers (A)  0 - 4
 01/01/58 Division One vs. Aberdeen (H)  1 - 2
 28/12/57 Division One vs. Airdrie (1878) (A)  1 - 7
 26/12/57 Division One vs. Kilmarnock (H)  2 - 0
 21/12/57 Division One vs. Falkirk (H)  2 - 4
 14/12/57 Division One vs. Rangers (H)  1 - 2
 07/12/57 Division One vs. Celtic (A)  0 - 0
 26/10/57 Division One vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 3
 19/10/57 Division One vs. Hibernian (H)  3 - 0
 05/10/57 Division One vs. Clyde (A)  1 - 3
 23/04/57 Division One vs. Partick (H)  0 - 5
 08/04/57 Division One vs. Motherwell (H)  3 - 1
 13/10/56 Division One vs. Queen of South (A)  1 - 3
 21/04/56 Division One vs. St Mirren (A)  1 - 3
 19/03/55 A Division vs. Stirling Albion (H)  4 - 1

 List of First Team Competitive goals scored (click to expand)
 28/01/59 Division One vs. Rangers (H)  1 - 3
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H)  3 - 2
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H)  3 - 2
 27/12/58 Division One vs. Falkirk (H)  3 - 2
 13/12/58 Division One vs. Dunfermline (A)  1 - 2
 20/09/58 Division One vs. Kilmarnock (H)  1 - 0
 09/08/58 Group 3 vs. Partick (H)  2 - 3
 29/03/58 Division One vs. Celtic (H)  5 - 3
 22/03/58 Division One vs. Queen's Park (A)  7 - 2
 22/03/58 Division One vs. Queen's Park (A)  7 - 2
 05/03/58 Division One vs. Third Lanark (H)  2 - 0
 01/01/58 Division One vs. Aberdeen (H)  1 - 2
 19/10/57 Division One vs. Hibernian (H)  3 - 0
 08/04/57 Division One vs. Motherwell (H)  3 - 1

  = Starting Appearances (Sub Appearances) | = Goals | NPS = Squad Appearances (as Non-Playing Sub) | GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio
 Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in


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