Dundee made the cover of Scorcher and Score in April 1972.The small inserts of info beside the drawings touch on subjects like the club's high profile transfers to teams down South, the 1910 Scottish Cup victory and the Dees performance in the 72 season.Click onto the cover if you want to read the large version.
Flicking through an old Shoot annual I have from 1971, I caught glimpse of 2 ex Dee players who had coincidentally been put side by side in the book.On page 42 on the left is Ian Ure in his Manchester United strip, and on page 43, Alan Gilzean in action for Spurs.In the page 43 caption it says, "English football needs more foreigners - long may they continue to invade England!".
Dundee were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the 1st round during the 1961/62 season. This meant they had a couple of spare days in their calendar. To fill them, they arranged two friendlies with Arsenal, one away and one at home.The programme above is from the first game at Highbury on 17th Feb 1962 - score 2-2.The return match at Dens on the 10th of March was a 1-0 victory to the Gunners.The games didn't have much of an impact on Dundee's season though as we went on to become Scottish Champions that year!!Ian Ure, who played against Arsenal, ended up playing for the London club the following year.
Here's Ian Ure and Alex Hamilton waiting in an Edinburgh hotel ready to travel with the Scotland team for an international match.Ian and Hammy played in the same Scotland team together quite a few times in 1962-63. In fact they both featured in Scotland's famous 2-1 victory against England at Wembley in 1963. Also in the team were icons, Dennis Law and Jim Baxter.The footage below has some moments from that very game. Listen out for the commentator stating that Ian Ure is considered to be the best centre-half in the world!Incidentally, Scotland played most of this match with 10 men. Captain Eric Caldow broke his leg early in the game, and there were no subs allowed for this back then.Photo by the Scotsman.
You'll all be familiar with the Surrealist art movement.Well here's an example of the lesser known UREALIST art movement!
Dundee made the cover of Scorcher and Score in April 1972.
Flicking through an old Shoot annual I have from 1971, I caught glimpse of 2 ex Dee players who had coincidentally been put side by side in the book.
Dundee were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the 1st round during the 1961/62 season. This meant they had a couple of spare days in their calendar. To fill them, they arranged two friendlies with Arsenal, one away and one at home.
Here's Ian Ure and Alex Hamilton waiting in an Edinburgh hotel ready to travel with the Scotland team for an international match.
You'll all be familiar with the Surrealist art movement.
