Dundee F.C.

Association football club in Dundee, Scotland
This article is about the side formed in 1893. For the similarly named clubhouse formed in 1909, see Dundee United F.C .
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Map showing the proximity of Dundee FC ‘s stadium Dens Park ( left ) and Dundee United FC ‘s stadium Tannadice Park ( right ) Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1893, they are nicknamed “ The Dark Blues ” or “ The Dee ”. The cabaret plays its home matches at Dens Park. The baseball club was formed after a fusion between clubs Dundee East End and Dundee Our Boys in order to apply for the SFL. [ 2 ] Within a decade they had become a major effect in scottish football, finishing as league runner-up three times in the 1900s, and finished the decade as scottish Cup winners in 1910. [ 3 ] They would remain a major side in scottish football before a decline in the 1930s. After the come back to football in the aftermath of World War II, the baseball club experienced a revival in the late 1940s and 1950s under George Anderson with another runner-up ending and back-to-back Scottish League Cup wins in 1952 and 1953. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The clubhouse ‘s most successful era was in the 1960s when, under the management of Bob Shankly, Dundee won the scottish Football League title in 1962, before reaching the semi-finals of the 1962–63 european Cup. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The club would once again win the League Cup in the 1973–74 temper, but have so far to win another major respect since. [ 8 ] Since the former 1970s, the club has experienced issues with frequent relegations and fiscal issues, though have found stability in the latter as of late. The club has a long-standing competition with chap Dundee side Dundee United, who are situated on the like street. It is the most local football bowler hat in Great Britain. [ 9 ] Matches between the two are called the Dundee bowler hat, and games are fiercely contested and are much considered one of the most exciting fixtures in scottish football. Despite this, the competition is much friendlier than other scots derbies such as the Old tauten, with families frequently split down the in-between in terms of support .

history [edit ]

deep 19th and early twentieth century [edit ]

Dundee F.C. was formed in 1893 by the fusion of two local clubs, East End and Our Boys, with the intention of gaining election to the scots Football League ( SFL ). Their application was successful and they played their foremost League game on 12 August 1893 at West Craigie Park, securing a 3–3 reap against Rangers. Dundee struggled during the first gear 10 years of their universe. Their best league stead was fifth which they achieved in seasons 1895–96 and 1896–97. They besides reached the semi-finals of the scottish Cup in 1894–95 and 1897–98, losing to Renton and Kilmarnock respectively. On 26 October 1895 Dundee lost a league game by a club read sexual conquest of 0–11 to Celtic in Glasgow. On 1 January 1894 Dundee defeated Newton Heath ( the future Manchester United ) 2–1 at their then Carolina Port reason in Dundee. Carolina Port besides hosted the beginning international football match held in Dundee on 21 March 1896 when Scotland defeated Wales 4–0. Dundee ‘s goalkeeper Frank Barrett, midfielder Sandy Keillor and inside-forward Bill Thomson were all capped for Scotland during this early period of the club ‘s history. Things began to improve for Dundee with the beginning of the new century. In 1899 they moved from Carolina Port to their present ground of Dens Park. In season 1902–03 they finished runner-up in the league championship to Hibernian. ( In season 1902–03 Dundee allowed 12 league goals against, which remains the fewest goals conceded by any british club in a full league season. ) Dundee were besides league runner-up in 1906–07 and 1908–09 coating behind Celtic on both occasions, in 1908–09 by merely 1 point. In the 10 seasons from 1902 to 1903 Dundee lost precisely 16 league games at Dens Park out of 154 played and were unbeaten at home during temper 1909–10. Although ultimate success eluded Dundee in the league the club achieved success in the scots Cup. In season 1909–10 Dundee won their first trophy by defeating Clyde in the scottish Cup Final. ( Dundee took three games to beat Hibernian in the semi-final and then the same phone number to defeat Clyde. ) The winning goal in the second base replay was scored by John ‘Sailor ‘ Hunter. In season 1910–11 Dundee defeated Rangers 2–1 at Dens Park in the scots Cup quarter-final but lost to Hamilton in the semi-final. The begin of the First World War and the call-up of many players for military duty drastically curtailed football in Britain from 1914 and in 1917 Dundee and Aberdeen were both asked to withdraw from the league due to increasing enchant costs for the early league clubs. In 1919 league football recommenced and well base class once again propelled Dundee up the league. They finished 4th in seasons 1919–20, 1920–21 and 1921–22, and were unbeaten at home during season 1921–22. however, they could not make the breakthrough to win the league championship. Dave Halliday had played on the left field fender for his previous clubs, his hometown side Queen of the South and St Mirren. Halliday went to Dundee in 1921 where Scotland internationalist Alec Troup played left fly. Dundee therefore converted Halliday to centre forward with fecund results ; he finished as scots top scorer in the 1923–24 season with 38 goals from his 36 top division appearances. This remains the club record all-time seasonal league goal seduce record. Halliday top scored in England ‘s top division in 1928–29 to become the most recent of only 2 players to be outright top scorekeeper in Scotland and England. With Halliday Dundee reached the 1924–25 scottish Cup final eliminating the holders en route, the Airdrieonians side of Hughie Gallacher. Dundee led celtic 1–0 at half time in the final before losing out to a last minute Jimmy McGrory winner. Halliday top scored for Dundee in that cup run. In end of season tours with Dundee, Halliday scored doubles against each of Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid, Valencia CF and FC Barcelona. Halliday scored 103 goals in 147 league and cup appearances for the Dee. He then moved South to set score records in England where other teams profited from Dundee ‘s decision to convert Halliday to centre-forward. [ 10 ]

Mid twentieth hundred [edit ]

Chart of annual table positions of Dundee in the Scottish League. The post-Second World War menstruation was a golden era for Dundee Football Club. Having been relegated on the eve of war, the Dark Blues started in 1946 in the first official season in the second tier but within five years they were runner-up in the Scottish League Championship and won their beginning trophy in forty-one years. back to back ‘B ’ Division titles earned George Anderson ‘s Dundee promotion in 1947 and merely two years late they were within a hair’s-breadth of becoming Champions of Scotland. Silverware was not far away however as, after spending a earth record transfer tip of £23,500 on Billy Steel, ( much to the humiliate of some supporters of the clubhouse – who resented the expression of finance in football and wished alternatively for ‘homegrown ‘ endowment ) they won the Scottish League Cup in 1951 in one of the most exciting finals Hampden has always seen. Twelve months late Dundee were back at Hampden to become the first base side to retain the League Cup and in between these two victories appeared in the 1952 scottish Cup Final. The Dark Blue side of the earned run average included players such as Bill Brown, Tommy Gallacher, Doug Cowie, Alfie Boyd, Bobby Flavell and Billy Steel. In the 1958–59 scottish Cup Dundee suffered a shock 1–0 frustration to Highland League slope Fraserburgh. This is widely regarded as Dundee ‘s most awkward frustration in their history .

1960s – Dundee ‘s aureate age [edit ]

Bob Shankly ( buddy of Bill Shankly ) was appointed coach in 1959. Dundee became champions of Scotland when they won the Division One league deed in the 1961–62 season. With players such as Bobby Cox, Bobby Wishart, Pat Liney, Alan Cousin, Andy Penman, Hugh Robertson, Alan Gilzean, Alex Hamilton, Bobby Seith, Gordon Smith and Ian Ure they clinched the style with a acquire against St Johnstone, which in flex relegated St Johnstone to the then Second Division. Gordon Smith earned the differentiation of being the entirely player to win the scottish football championship with three clubs ( Hibs, Hearts and Dundee ), none of them either half of the traditionally prevailing Old firm. [ 11 ] The follow season, 1962–63, Dundee reached the semi-finals of the european Cup beating 1. FC Köln, Sporting Clube de Portugal and R.S.C. Anderlecht. Dundee lost to A.C. Milan on sum in the semi-finals, though they won ( and kept a clean sheet ) against Milan in the home leg at Dens Park. The Dee reached the scottish Cup final again in the 1963–64 competition. Shankly left Dundee in February 1965. [ 11 ] The adjacent coach after Shankly was former player Bobby Ancell from the 1947 B Division Championship side. Ancell took Dundee to a 1967–68 League Cup final examination against the previous season ‘s european Cup winners, Celtic. Ancell ‘s team scored three times at Hampden Park in Glasgow but distillery lost 5–3. In the predecessor to the UEFA Cup / Europa League, Dundee reached the semi-finals of the 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Dundee eliminated resistance from the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland to meet Leeds United in the semi-final. After a 1–1 draw at Dens, a 1–0 second leg win took Leeds through. [ 11 ]

late twentieth century [edit ]

In 1973 under the management of David White and captainship of Tommy Gemmell, the League Cup returned to Dens following a 1–0 gain against Celtic .

twenty-first century [edit ]

In 2000 the club hit the headlines when they signed Argentine external Claudio Caniggia, [ 12 ] who late signed for Rangers. [ 13 ] Caniggia was only one of many alien signings in the Dundee side in the early 2000s, which besides included erstwhile Newcastle United player Temuri Ketsbaia. [ 14 ] The sign of such high-profile players along with many others led Dundee to a scots Cup final examination and two top-six finishes. This was achieved first under the managership of Ivano Bonetti, who besides made a short but noteworthy contribution on the park linking up well with Caniggia, and then under Jim Duffy. Attendances were still short of the hope for numbers and with outgo significantly outweighing income, Dundee were soon forced into administration. Before Dundee went into fiscal fuss they knocked out Glasgow side Partick Thistle 2–0 away from home in the third gear orotund of the scots Cup in 2003. The fourth attack saw Dundee knock out Aberdeen 2–0 at Dens Park. Dundee continued their march towards Hampden Park with a 1–1 draw aside and a 4–1 supernumerary time victory over Falkirk at Dens booked their position in the semi-finals playing Inverness CT at Hampden Park. A goal by Georgi Nemsadze secured a 1–0 victory and a place in the Final against Rangers. In the final Barry Smith hit the post for Dundee but Lorenzo Amoruso scored to bring Dundee ‘s cup run to an end. That year, due to the club ‘s failure to sell on players as anticipated insufficient income was raised to fund the large engage circular under owners Peter and James Marr, resulting in a £23m debt which meant they were forced to go into presidency with many players such as fabian Caballero, Craig Burley and Georgian captain Giorgi Nemsadze leaving in 2005. Despite this huge debt, Dundee survived by selling their stadium in 2003. But the club was then relegated to the second grade of the Scottish leagues, where they remained until July 2012. In mid-2006, it was announced that fiscal restructure would see the baseball club become debt-free. In 2007, James and Peter Marr severed some of their ties with Dundee, stepping down as chair and Chief Executive respectively, when their company P & J Taverns was forced into government. Bob Brannan and Dave MacKinnon took the Marrs ‘ place. In 2008, after a poor run in the league, director Alex Rae was sacked, with former director Jocky Scott taking over for his third base least sandpiper with the club. [ 15 ]
[16] Logo used from 1987 to 2008 In the 2009–10 season Dundee conductor Calum Melville was in trouble for claiming he was going to offer rivals Dundee United £500,000 for ex-Dundee midfielder Scott Robertson. [ 17 ] Dundee won the Challenge Cup Final when they beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2. [ 18 ] In March 2010, Scott was sacked as director after a 3–0 frustration by Airdrie United. [ 19 ] He was replaced by Gordon Chisholm, with Billy Dodds as his assistant. In September 2010, Dundee were again on the brink of going into administration due to a £365,000 unpaid tax bill. During negotiations with HM Revenue & Customs, the cabaret ‘s put up to pay £100,000 immediately was rejected. [ 20 ] On 14 September it was announced that the club would be going into presidency. [ 21 ] As punishment for entering administration the scots Football League docked Dundee 25 points on 1 November 2010. At the time the punishment was imposed, this left Dundee bottom of the First Division table with −11 points, 20 points behind the second-bottom team. On 10 December 2010 the Dark Blues Business Trust was set up by erstwhile Dundee owner Peter Marr and former film director Steve Martin to help the club recover from their fiscal site. On 17 December 2010 Dundee ‘s appeal against the points deduction was rejected. Dundee went on a 23 match undefeated streak in the first division beating the previous record set by the team. On 12 May 2011, Dundee FC exited administration. The club ‘s supporters ‘ reliance, Dundee FC Supporters ‘ Society Ltd., became the majority stockholder, and Steve Martin of the DFC Business Trust joined the control panel of directors along with 5 of the Society Fans dining table. [ 22 ] On 6 November 2011, it was announced Harry MacLean had resigned from his stead as Chief Executive and would work a month ‘s notification. [ 23 ] MacLean, who had played a key function in saving the club during administration, [ 23 ] accepted an invitation to re-join the baseball club in a non-executive role before departing his position as Chief Executive. [ 24 ] His resignation was followed merely eleven days late by Stuart Murphy ‘s decision to step down a clubhouse chair and Director of the Club which was effective immediately. [ 25 ] On 27 December 2011, Harry MacLean resigned from his non-executive character [ 26 ] causing questions to arise about the stability of the boardroom. soon after the gap left by MacLean was filled by Scot Gardiner. [ 27 ] On 16 July 2012, Dundee were invited to join the scots Premier League to replace Rangers after their liquidation and subsequent entree to the one-fourth grade of scots football. [ 28 ] Since the second period of presidency, Dundee, along with their Supporters ‘ Society, implemented regular KPI targets. These targets were set to ensure, in some share, that the failures that led to administration and indeed, several decades of fiscal tumult, could not be repeated. Dundee were left after the second base presidency with only footballing debt and no adopt capability. Since exiting government, the club has focussed on honouring the footballing debt, whilst keeping lower football wages and stadium bills, according to the income generated. The debt post-admin was by chance still over £200,000 which had to be quickly worked into the dining table ‘s already stretched budgets.

return to the premiership [edit ]

Paul Hartley was quick in the remove window for the follow temper, bringing in no fewer than twelve new players, to rebuild the squad for top-flight football, having already signed Greg Stewart on a pre-contract from Cowdenbeath and Philip Roberts who joined before the end of May. Released Hibernian players James McPake and Kevin Thomson were adjacent to join, along with Alloa goalkeeper Scott Bain. Thomson was made Captain after signing. Simon Ferry, released from Portsmouth then returned to his hometown to play for Dundee. Paul McGowan and Paul McGinn arrived from St Mirren and Dumbarton respectfully, then attacking midfielder Gary Harkins signed for his third gear spell at the club on the final day of June, after besides being released from St Mirren. A number of first team players departed, namely christian Nade and Ryan Conroy, who both went on to join Raith Rovers, Gavin Rae who retired from playing and player-coach Matt Lockwood. On the first step sidereal day of the 2014–15 season, Dundee recorded a 1–1 absorb against Kilmarnock at home, Gary Harkins put Dundee ahead from the spot after Kilmarnock conceded a punishment, with Craig Slater equalising for the visitors from a well strike free-kick on the edge of the Dundee area. Dundee won their beginning game of the 2014–15 season on 23 August with a 1–0 succeed over St Mirren away from base, a 79th-minute finish from Peter MacDonald securing the win, making them unbeaten in their first four league games of the season. Dundee besides started the League Cup well with two 4–0 wins on the bounce over Peterhead and Raith Rovers. Dundee managed to gain a top six position by mid-april frankincense securing their position in the Premiership for 2015–16 campaign. They secured the place for definite after Kilmarnock were defeated 2–1 by Aberdeen on 12 April and a Dundee bowler hat victory on 8 April in a 3–1 Win at home to Dundee United. [ 29 ] At the end of the 2014–15 season, in June, Dundee president Bill Colvin stepped down as chair and sold his parcel in Dundee to then director, Tim Keyes who became the modern chair of the club. [ 30 ] Dundee finished 8th in the 2015–16 scots Premiership, notably relegating rivals Dundee United at Dens Park. Dundee were relegated to the scots Championship at the end of the 2018–19 season. Manager Jim McIntyre and adjunct director Jimmy Boyle were sacked on 12 May. [ 31 ] After playing the function of interim coach in Dundee ‘s final home game, former actor James McPake was hired as coach on a permanent wave basis, with Jimmy Nicholl, then current adjunct coach of Northern Ireland, brought in as adjunct coach. [ 32 ] The golf club would finish the season ( prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) in 3rd place, and the take after temper would finish as runner-up. In the Premiership play-offs, Dundee would defeat Raith Rovers and Premiership side Kilmarnock to earn promotion back into the top flight after two seasons. [ 33 ] [ 34 ]

stadium [edit ]

Since 1899, Dundee have played their home matches at Dens Park which has a capacity of 11,775. uniquely, the stadium shares separate of the same road ( Sandeman Street ) as Tannadice Park, which is the home of city rivals Dundee United. In 2002, plans were drawn up for a newly stadium to be built in the city as depart of Scotland ‘s bid to host the 2008 european Football Championship. This stadium would have been shared by Dundee and near-neighbours Dundee United, which would have required the two to leave their historic grounds at Dens Park and Tannadice Stadium respectively. however, when Ukraine and Poland were selected to co-host the event, the plans were shelved for the immediate future. In May 2009, it was reported that the stadium is owned by local anesthetic businessman John Bennett who, despite having invested heavily in Dundee, had rejoined the Dundee United dining table, where he had previously been a conductor until September 2008. In October 2014, Dundee Supporter ‘s Society announced they had put forward plans to then club chair, Bill Colvin which would allow the cabaret to buy back the stadium from current owner John Bennett. They besides expressed this was not a plan to enable the Supporter ‘s Society to own the stadium but for the club themselves, and that they will “ just administer the dodge ”. [ 35 ] In April 2015, Colvin announced that negotiations were taking seat to buy back the stadium from stream owner John Bennett and his ship’s company Sandeman Holdings. [ 36 ] In August 2016, club owners Tim Keyes and John Nelms were reported to have bought state in the Camperdown area of Dundee, following to the city ‘s Ice Arena. [ 37 ] It was then made clear in February 2017 that the plan for this domain was to develop a new stadium for the golf club due to the increasing maintenance costs of Dens Park, although plans for a go were described by Nelms as being “ early doors ” in a television interview published on the golf club ‘s web site. [ 38 ] In May 2018 it was announced that the stadium would be renamed Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park for sponsorship reasons for the adjacent two seasons. [ 39 ] In October 2020, the club announced that Kilmac had extended its sponsorship for another year, again renaming the stadium to Kilmac Stadium. [ 40 ]

Club staff [edit ]

Corporate board [edit ]

Position
Name

Chairman
Tim Keyes

Managing Director
John Nelms

Company Secretary
Lindsay Darroch

Club Secretary
Eric Drysdale

Finance Director
Alasdair McGill

Director
Bob Hynd

Honorary Life President
Pat Liney

management and staff [edit ]

Players [edit ]

First-team police squad [edit ]

As of 24 September 2021[41]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

On lend [edit ]

notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

International players [edit ]

Former and current players who have played at fully international level while with the club, ordered by nationality and year of their debut :

hallway of fame [edit ]

+Bobby Geddes was inducted into the Hall of Fame and besides received a ‘Special Recognition Award ‘. Note : year is class inducted into Hall of Fame

managerial history [edit ]

Player and young player of the year awards [edit ]

Andrew De Vries Player of the class [edit ]

Isobel Sneddon Young Player of the year [edit ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Dundee ‘s traditional rivals are Dundee United, with whom they compete in the Dundee bowler hat. The competition is alone, as the two teams ‘ stadiums are located within 100 yards of each early, making them the two closest League grounds in Britain. The close proximity of the two teams besides fuels the intensity of the competition. This volume makes it one of the most stimulate and luminary derbies in Scotland. While it is far friendlier than other scots derbies such as the Old firm, both sets of fans regard the regular to be of gamey importance, with bowler hat results throughout the season being defining points in each teams ‘ seasons. Dundee traditionally dominated the fixture in its first few decades, but the momentum shifted in the 1980s, with United taking a beachhead in the fixture. The history of late has been defined by the inability of both teams to systematically stay in the lapp division, with Dundee a division below United for quite a few seasons while dealing with the after-effects of multiple administrations. Dundee finally returned to the scottish Premiership in 2014, and in 2016 it was a Dundee bowler hat victory over United that confirmed the latter ‘s own delegating. [ 55 ] After a few years of Dundee being a league above United, the two were finally reunited again in the scottish Championship in 2019 following Dundee ‘s delegating. Dundee and United besides plowshare a reciprocal competition with St Johnstone, due to the close proximity between Dundee and Perth, known as the Tayside bowler hat. This repair however is considered far less good than the Dundee bowler hat, though took bulge after United ‘s delegating in 2016. The most luminary fixture between the two occurred in 1962, where Dundee defeated St Johnstone 0–3 at the latter ‘s erstwhile labor, Muirton Park. This leave both confirmed Dundee as league champions for the first and to date only time in their history, and confirmed St Johnstone ‘s relegation from the First Division .