Alec Caldwell taking control of the situation in a Scottish Cup tie at Dens against Aberdeen on 26th Feb 1977, with 17,000 in attendance. The score here was 0-0 but we managed to win 2-1 in the return leg at Pittodrie.Caldwell was at Dens from 1973 to 1980 and played a total of 137 full games.He was the only Dee player I can remember, who around 1973/74, had a Bowie haircut..!!I think that is Davidson beside him, a Don who later became a Dee.
"Pull over" shouted the traffic police. "£10 fae Markies" Thomson Allan replied.This picture of Dundee's ace keeper was taken in 1972. The motor in a safe pair of hands.
It doesn't happen very often so thought I'd capture the moment of the Cup Final score on view on BBC's text service.
What do you think of the opposition so far?RUBBISH!!!
Here's Bobby Cox projecting a confident, but rather intimidating pose, back in 1965.Glad he was on our side!!
In contrast to the photo I posted in my December 2008 Archives of the team in a formal pose with the Scottish League cup, here's the squad on the night they won it. They'll have downed a few bottles of champagne at the Angus Hotel by the time this picture was snapped!!Photo by DC Thomson.
In his DFC debut season of 1969/70, Gordon Wallace made the cover of UK football magazine, Shoot. The date of the mag is 23rd May 1970, and shows him doing battle with Dunfermline's Doug Bailee. The game itself was played at Dens on 8th November 1969 and was a 1-1 draw. No prizes for guessing who scored... yep, our star man, GW.
A fresh faced Gordon Wallace posing in dark blue for the first time, in 1969, having just signed for the club.He got his Dee career off to a great start, being Dundee's top scorer in his debut season, with 23 goals in 1969/70. He later went on to become club top scorer in 1971/72 & 1975/76.Little did he know when this photo was taken that he'd end up scoring against the likes of Cologne & AC Milan, and most famously, getting the winner that won us the Scottish League Cup in 1973, thus achieving legend status!So then, in his career from 1969 to 1976 he played in a total of 259 full games and hit the back of the net 119 times, making him the 6th highest scorer in DFC's history.A few years later he also had a stint as club manager - 1989 to 91.
As a player, Pud was way before my time, his playing days at Dens being from 1940 to 1955. So although I never got to see his wing wizardry in action, I did actually get to meet him quite a few times. He used to drink in our local, The Boars Rock in Arbroath Road, and sat with us regularly. He had a great memory and told many DFC tales that had us all hooked, especially when he'd name-drop Billy Steel and so on. In fact one time we all ended up back at his house in Craigiebank for a wee New Year sing song! A really good guy.He had plenty story telling material, his 15 years at Dens seeing him play in a total of 257 games.Pud died in 2002, and this article from the Courier, Dec 2002, tells a bit about his talent.Click image to enlarge.
A windswept Billy Williamson posing in the DFC braces strip in 1977.When he first played for Dundee, he was a striker and managed to bag 17 goals in his debut season of 77/78 which is no bad going, but for some reason he was moved to a more midfield position the following years and as a consequence the goals were few and far between.So, during his 4 years at Dens he notched up a total of 93 full games, with a 24 goal tally.
Alec Caldwell taking control of the situation in a Scottish Cup tie at Dens against Aberdeen on 26th Feb 1977, with 17,000 in attendance. The score here was 0-0 but we managed to win 2-1 in the return leg at Pittodrie.
"Pull over" shouted the traffic police. 
It doesn't happen very often so thought I'd capture the moment of the Cup Final score on view on BBC's text service.
Here's Bobby Cox projecting a confident, but rather intimidating pose, back in 1965.
In contrast to the photo I posted in my December 2008 Archives of the team in a formal pose with the Scottish League cup, here's the squad on the night they won it. They'll have downed a few bottles of champagne at the Angus Hotel by the time this picture was snapped!!
In his DFC debut season of 1969/70, Gordon Wallace made the cover of UK football magazine, Shoot. The date of the mag is 23rd May 1970, and shows him doing battle with Dunfermline's Doug Bailee. The game itself was played at Dens on 8th November 1969 and was a 1-1 draw. No prizes for guessing who scored... yep, our star man, GW.
A fresh faced Gordon Wallace posing in dark blue for the first time, in 1969, having just signed for the club.
As a player, Pud was way before my time, his playing days at Dens being from 1940 to 1955. So although I never got to see his wing wizardry in action, I did actually get to meet him quite a few times. He used to drink in our local, The Boars Rock in Arbroath Road, and sat with us regularly. He had a great memory and told many DFC tales that had us all hooked, especially when he'd name-drop Billy Steel and so on. In fact one time we all ended up back at his house in Craigiebank for a wee New Year sing song! A really good guy.
A windswept Billy Williamson posing in the DFC braces strip in 1977.
