Celtic had defeated Dundee 5-3 in the 1967 League Cup Final and with only one defeat to Dundee since 1966, they were strong favourites to take the trophy. It looked to be heading for a draw but with just four minutes left Gilzean broke away and thundered a 25-yard shot towards the United goal, which bounced over United keeper Ugolini and into the net.
Last game played with Brora Rangers, which ended with result: Win Dundee FC 0:2.In this season games all leagues the most goals scored players: Daniel Mullen 1 goals, Graham Dorrans 1 goals. And so onto Perth on Saturday 28th April 1962 for arguably the greatest day in Dundee FC’s history. The ‘Winter of Discontent’ had robbed Dundee of key players to injury and their loss of form could be attributed to the absence of not just Alan Gilzean but also Bobby Wishart, Bobby Cox and Hugh Robertson for a number of games. The Parkhead side were dominant in the Scottish Football at that time and in the middle of their nine-in-a-row League Championships while in the League Cup had played in the last nine finals winning five of them. Despite Dundee’s bad run and the game being midweek, the Dark Blue’s largest home crowd of the season of 35,000 turned up at Dens but the only winner was the tension. There then followed five minutes of Dark Blue madness in which Rovers netted three times as the match saw five goals in just thirteen second half minutes. Dundee were now just a point behind and were able to reclaim top spot on March 31st with a 3-2 win at Stirling Albion as Rangers were on Scottish Cup semi-final duty. Celtic generally wanted to run with the ball while Dundee looked to use a more studied passing approach and it the early stages it was the Dark Blues who were more successful, creating four good scoring chances to Celtic’s one. Easter Monday, two days later, was when derby games were traditionally scheduled and with three games left and one point separating the top two, Rangers were at Parkhead while Dundee had to cross the road to face Dundee United. If the score was a treat, it was about to get even better. After a pre-season tour of Iceland from which Dundee returned with a 100% record, the season aptly kick off on the ‘Glorious Twelfth’ with a home League Cup sectional tie against Airdrieonians. For the Dundee fans there was uncertainty over whether any trains were running and the 50 mph limit on the roads was expected to reduce the Dundee crowd and it took the players’ coach three hours to reach Glasgow through snowbound roads which as a result saw the pre-match meal a hurried affair. Founded 1893 Address Sandeman Street DD3 7JY Dundee Country Scotland Phone +44 (1382) 889 966 Fax +44 (1382) 832 284 E-mail dfc@dundeefc.co.uk In the Final Dundee were due to meet Celtic who had emerged from the other semi-final with a 3-1 win over their Old Firm rivals Rangers. For more information click here: Dundee FC is currently on the 6 place in the 1. Andy Penman opened the scoring with his third goal in four games against United and Gordon Smith scored his first goal at Dens.
The pitch itself was bone hard with slush and pools of water forming as the game went on thanks to the relentless rain. ), Ford, Stewart, Phillip, Duncan, Robinson, Wallace, J. Scott, Lambie. At the interval however the score was still goalless and as conditions worsened after the break, chances became few and far between. Admission to the terracing was three shillings (15p) but the 13,000 crowd had to wait until the second half for the clinching goal when Alan Cousin netted from close range. Statistics of matches that the team Dundee FC won or lost with a particular goal difference. Dundee reached the semi-finals of both the European Cup where they beaten by eventual winners AC Milan & Inner-Cities Fairs Cup where they again lost out to the winners Leeds United. Just over 20,000 Dundee fans made the short trip along the Tay to see if they could realise a dream and the result was never really in doubt. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights] Dundee had held out its vote in controversial manner, hoping for league reconstruction. Clunie duly did so and aimed his penalty towards the top right-hand corner and remembering his father’s advice, Pat somehow twisted in mid-air and clawed the ball to safety. Thirty-seven year old Gordon Smith, who had signed on a free transfer from Hearts in the summer, rediscovered his rhythm and dashed up the wing in his old accustomed style, scoring his first goal for his new club. By then Rangers had been restored to the top after beating St Johnstone in midweek and continued to drive towards the title with a 1-0 win at home to Dunfermline. United took the lead through Jim Irvine but Gilzean pulled the sides level before the break. In just five short weeks Dundee had gone from eight points clear of Rangers to three points behind after a shattering loss of form and the next match up on Wednesday 14th March 1962 were the men from Govan, desperate for revenge for their Remembrance Day humiliation. That 1973 win was therefore Dundee’s third victory in the competition which along with East Fife and Hearts gave them the best record behind the Old Firm. Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY T: 01382 889966 E: reception@dundeefc.co.uk Celtic: Hunter. Referee Bobby Davidson deemed the pitch playable and told the managers that the game was on and the 29,974 attendance was not surprisingly, the lowest ever for a League Cup Final. Dundee had never lost to United in the league at Dens and didn’t intend doing so in the first derby of the season and with supporters of both sides generally starved of derbies thanks to United’s existence in the lower tier until recently, the build-up to the game reached fever pitch. The momentum continued the following week on a wet and windy day at Dens with a 1-0 win over Hibs thanks to a Bobby Waddell goal and the pendulum started to swing Dundee’s way from an unexpected source when Dundee United surprisingly won 1-0 at Ibrox. Gilzean’s winner was his eleventh goal of the season but he was to sensationally to add another four to his tally in the next match away to Rangers. Matches in which the team has not lost a goal. Sport / Football / Dundee FC Dundee’s top 10 greatest signings, part one: From the Champions League winner that was ‘sheer showbiz’ to the … Slade topped the charts when Dundee won the League Cup in 1973 but it wasn’t Noddy Holder hollering “It’s Chriiiiistmassss!” which lifted the gloom amongst a national energy crisis, miners’ strike and horrific weather but a 5ft 9in Dundonian who went by the nickname of ‘Stubby’. The next few weeks would see wins against Hearts, Kilmarnock and Partick Thistle at home and Third Lanark, Motherwell and Dunfermline away with the 4-2 win at Fir Park being described by Bob Shankly as “our finest all round display of the season.”. Although Celtic had forced thirteen corners to Dundee’s five, most of the menace had come from the Dark Blues and the Dens Park club were well worth their victory. The club was formed in 1893 from the amalgamation of two local clubs Our Boys FC and East End FC and played their first competitive match in August 1893 in Scottish Division One fixture at West Craigie Park. Subscribe now for exclusive video content! Dundee and Rangers now shared the lead with a maximum four points from two games (it was two points for a win) but Dundee slipped off the top the following week with a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Aberdeen. Dundee however failed to get out of a section which also contained Rangers and Third Lanark, finishing second to the Ibrox men with a record of played 6, won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2. It had been a topsy-turvy game. At the end of the season Bob Shankly refereed to the Raith game as his “number one match” and said that “Dundee’s terrific fight and last gasp winner are surely amongst the greatest feats recorded all season.” The win over Raith, coupled with the rout at Ibrox, finally convinced Shankly that he had potential champions in his charge. By the end of their debut season, Dundee had moved to a new ground Carolina Port where they spent five seasons before moving to their current stadium Dens Park which is now known as the Kilmac Stadium which has been their home for the past 112 years. This was because the miners’ strike had developed into a national energy crisis that would soon bring down Ted Heath’s Conservative Government and with blizzard conditions all over Scotland in the lead up to the Final twelve days later, the game was in doubt right up to kick-off. On December 15th 1973 Dundee defeated Celtic 1-0 in the League Cup Final at Hampden and Gordon Wallace wrote his name into Dundee folklore.
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