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From the thousands of matches ever played by Dundee United, stretching from the early years at Tannadice to the SPL era, here are 50 of the Terrors' most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context and described incident-by-incident in atmospheric detail, Dundee United Greatest Games offers a terrace ticket back in time, taking in everything from Scottish Premier Division and Scottish Cup glory to nationally celebrated European nights. An irresistible cast list of club legends - Jimmy Briggs, Finn Dossing and Maurice Malpas, Duncan Ferguson, Richard Gough, Billy and Davie Dodds - springs to life in a thrilling selection of underdog upsets, the club's first major cup win after 70 years, a landmark European Cup semi and UEFA Cup Final. In all, a defining journey through the highlights of Tangerines history which is guaranteed to make any fan's heart swell with pride.

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing
Date de parution	26 septembre 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781909626911
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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First published by Pitch Publishing, 2014
Pitch Publishing
A2 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Durrington
BN13 3QZ
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
Mike Watson, 2014
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Foreword by Dave Bowman
v Albion Rovers 6-1, 19 December 1914
v Broxburn United 2-2, 18 April 1925
v Nithsdale Wanderers 14-0, 17 January 1931
v Edinburgh City 9-6, 28 November 1934
v Queen s Park 6-3, 9 February 1935
v East Stirlingshire 12-1, 13 April 1936
v Hearts 3-1, 22 January 1938
v St Bernards 7-1, 15 November 1941
v Celtic 4-3, 22 January 1949
v St Johnstone 4-3, 6 September 1958
v Berwick Rangers 1-0, 30 April 1960
v Celtic 4-5, 13 January 1962
v Dundee 5-0, 11 September 1965
v Barcelona 2-1, 28 October 1966
v Celtic 3-2, 3 May 1967
v Hearts 5-6, 17 February 1968
v Hearts 4-2, 9 April 1974
v Rangers 3-0, 9 December 1978
v Aberdeen 3-0, 12 December 1979
v Dundee 5-1, 30 January 1980
v Celtic 3-0, 19 November 1980
v Dundee 3-0, 6 December 1980
v Rangers 4-1, 18 March 1981
v Celtic 3-2, 15 April 1981
v Aberdeen 3-0, 28 October 1981
v Borussia M nchengladbach 5-0, 3 November 1981
v PSV Eindhoven 2-0, 28 September 1982
v Werder Bremen 1-1, 8 December 1982
v Dundee 5-3, 12 March 1983
v Celtic 3-2, 20 April 1983
v Dundee 2-1, 14 May 1983
v AS Roma 2-0, 11 April 1984
v Morton 7-0, 17 November 1984
v Manchester United 2-2, 28 November 1984
v Rangers 3-2, 16 August 1986
v Barcelona 2-1, 18 March 1987
v Dundee 3-2, 11 April 1987
v Borussia M nchengladbach 2-0, 22 April 1987
v IFK Gothenburg 1-1, 20 May 1987
v Rangers 1-0, 21 May 1994
v Partick Thistle 2-1, 16 May 1996
v Aberdeen 3-1, 15 October 1997
v Aberdeen 4-0, 17 April 1999
v St Johnstone 3-2, 12 May 2001
v Hibernian 2-1, 9 April 2005
v Motherwell 5-4, 20 August 2005
v Aberdeen 4-1, 5 February 2008
v Rangers 3-3, 14 March 2010
v Ross County 3-0, 15 May 2010
v Motherwell 4-0, 9 November 2013
Bibliography
Photographs
Acknowledgements
J ANE and PAUL CAMILLIN at Pitch Publishing made this project possible, for which I am most grateful. Paul also provided advice and support throughout, most importantly in the latter stages as location of images proved unexpectedly problematic.
Through Paul I worked with Gareth Davis, Derek Hammond, Eric McCowat and Duncan Olner, who were all very helpful in various ways.
Nobody is more knowledgeable about Dundee United than Peter Rundo, club historian and programme editor (now beginning his 32nd season in that job!). I am proud to say that Peter has been a close friend since we first met on the terraces at the Arklay Street end at Tannadice more than 50 years ago and his advice and assistance at various stages of this book have been invaluable.
Many other people have contributed in some way and I can only hope that my memory didn t fail me as I compiled this list of honour:
Derek Robertson and Keith Haggart at Dundee United.
Dave Bowman for the foreword.
All those Arabs who responded to the invitation to let me have their suggestions of great games.
Mark Tadman at Just Sport (Pro Club) Limited.
John Litster, editor and publisher of Scottish Football Historian , who enabled contact with club historians Robin Marwick (Albion Rovers), George Park (St Bernards) and David Beecroft (Edinburgh City).
Hugh Andrew at Birlinn and Bill Campbell at Mainstream for permission to use extracts from their publications.
Staff at the Local History Room in Dundee City Council s Central Library and the Mitchell Library in Glasgow for their assistance in tracing obscure reports and providing access to bound copies from their newspaper archives.
Ken Gall - now domiciled in London for more than 20 years but still an Arab - for his general advice and for much time spent proofreading. Of course, any inaccuracies remain my sole responsibility.
The photographs appear courtesy of Alamy Images, Colorsport, DC Thomson, Dundee United FC, Fotopress, Getty Images, Alan Richardson and Peter Rundo.
Finally, researching and writing any book requires copious amounts of time, a valuable commodity that becomes precious when used at the expense of immediate family. My wife Clare was enthusiastic when I first suggested the project and her support never wavered, even when the time required away from her and our three-year-old son, Thomas, became greater than had been anticipated. To them both go my love and thanks.
Mike Watson August 2014
Introduction
W HAT constitutes a great game? How long is a piece of string? For some football fans a last-gasp winner - or even an equaliser - can turn what has up until then been an utterly forgettable performance by their team into a great game, particularly if it involved an old rival. Of course, that s a rather narrow interpretation of what makes watching your team special, though there are many fans - and fair play to them - who adhere to the time-worn clich if they win, then I m entertained .
When I first attempted to compile a list of the most notable games played by Dundee Hibernian and Dundee United through 105 years of the club s rich and varied history, certain occasions naturally jumped out: the five major trophy wins; the UEFA Cup Final, though it ultimately ended in anti-climax, was also an automatic choice. Victories over some of Europe s biggest clubs, too, self-nominated - but then what?
I decided to include under the heading of great , those occasions when a record score was achieved, or the most goals in a game happened, or when a player scored a record number of goals, or when a fightback was particularly remarkable (even when, on two occasions, it didn t avoid a defeat).
I didn t have great difficulty in reaching a total of 50 games that I felt merited inclusion but I did anticipate the inevitable reaction of many Arabs who would wonder why on earth a certain match had or hadn t been included.
There can be no such thing as a definitive list of the club s greatest games but I felt it might help if I involved fellow Arabs by inviting them to let me know what encounters - apart from the obvious ones - should be included.
The club s matchday magazine and weekly e-newsletter conveyed that invitation and I was thrilled by the response. There were not that many suggestions that I didn t have on the original list and, with very few exceptions, they have been included.
Any football fan relishes the opportunity to proclaim, when a particular match is brought up in discussion, I was there. But this club is about much more than the present or the recent past. Its history, particularly the often faltering steps that it took to advance to where it is today, is of fundamental importance to an understanding of the club and what makes it so special to so many people.
There were occasions when Dundee Hibernian (1920s) and Dundee United (1930s) came perilously close to going out of existence. That would have left a void not just in the city of Dundee but in Scottish football, a void that United have filled with such distinction on so many occasions over the past 50 years, based particularly on the Herculean efforts of managers Jerry Kerr and Jim McLean.
I hope, for whatever personal reason, you will enjoy the moments and the memories recalled in this book - and in doing so will join me in keenly anticipating great Dundee United games to come.
Mike Watson August 2014
Foreword by Dave Bowman
I WAS delighted to be asked to provide the foreword for Dundee United Greatest Games because the club has been a major part of my life. I spent 12 great years as a player at Tannadice, a period that saw many more highs than lows and left me with memories that I cherish to this day.
When Mike Watson first asked me to write this foreword I didn t need to think twice - because he told me I had played in six of them! No, seriously I m very pleased to have my name associated with such a comprehensive showcase of the most memorable matches that the club has been involved in throughout its proud history.
You might think my personal great game for the club would be the 1994 Scottish Cup Final. That was a huge occasion in the club s history and I was so proud to be part of it but the game that sticks most in my mind came two years later.
We had suffered the shock of relegation in 1995 and everyone at the club knew that we just had to bounce straight back. As we prepared for the second leg of the play-off against Partick at Tannadice I remember saying to Maurice Malpas - who wasn t playing that night - You, me and a few others are coming to the end of our days with United; after all we ve achieved we can t leave the club when it s in the First Division, we just can t.
That was the determination I took with me on to the park that night and there was no way we were going to lose. I had hoped it might have been a bit more straightforward, but we got there in the end and I ll never forget the crowd and how much it meant to them.
There is an old saying that football is all about opinions and United supporters will want to have a copy of this book to see whether they agree with the choice of the club s greatest games. Probably, many will ask Why isn t this match or that match there? but the n