Time for a wee summer break now, and I'll be back with more DFC goodies from the vaults in August. Remember, all the Shrine Archives are still active and you can backtrack through them by clicking on the dates in the column on the right of the layout. New comments are being added to the older posts as more people find them, so there is always fresh material to catch up with. And in case you're wondering, the wee Dee in the baggy breeks above, is Billy Steel, having a round on the St Andrews course in 1950.DFC ye later!!
Dundee set off for Austria shortly to get some pre-season training in and to play a couple of matches while they're there.63 years ago, the Dee also visited Austria for some pre-season friendlies, which included games in Germany and Italy. This was a kind of "entertaining the troops" tour, as they played all their matches against British Army teams.The medal above was dished out to those who took part in the game in Graz, Austria, on 15th June 1946. A Dundee victory, with the match finishing 2-1.
Allan and Wilson appear to be having an argument as Gemmell goes over to try calm things down. Fighting amongst themselves being a bit of a tell-tale sign that things aren't going well in the Dee camp, and in this case Dundee were struggling to stay in the newly formed SPL in 1976.This was the penultimate game of the season against Motherwell at Fir Park - the match ending in a 1-1 draw. The following week we played them again in the final game of the season at Dens and won 1-0, but it wasn't enough to prevent us going down. 3 teams ended up with 32 points, with Dundee relegated on goal difference. If we had won the above game, we would have stayed up and United would have gone down.
Here's an article on Giovanni Di Stefano that appeared in Private Eye magazine in 2004. As well as his links with Dundee FC getting a mention, it also goes on to list a few of his charming friends and acquaintances!!Click the image to enlarge. .
If you've got it, flaunt it..!!
Here's another squad picture from the past. 1978 to be precise. Allan & Donaldson still sharing goal duties I see.Click image to enlarge if you want to spot who's who.Photo by DC Thomson.
A nice close up of the badge on the players shirt for Cup Final day in 1980. This being the Scottish League Cup of course, played at Dens on 6th December that year. Not such a good result on the day though. All that fancy sewing and not a stitch to show for it..!!
The Dees in the trees are, from left to right - Bobby Wilson - Bobby Robinson - Jocky Scott - Dave Johnston and Jimmy Wilson. If anyone reckon they know where the location is, pop it into the comments.
Roond the backies in 1998. Just thought I'd keep this one short and sweet!
Time for a wee summer break now, and I'll be back with more DFC goodies from the vaults in August. 
