Dundee F.C.

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Dundee

Full name	Dundee Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Dee The Dark Blues
Founded	1893
Ground	Dens Park (Capacity: 11,858)
Chairman	Bob Brannan
Manager	Jocky Scott
League	Scottish First Division
2008–09	Scottish First Division, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, is a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their home shirt colour is dark blue.

Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League in the 2004–05 season. The manager is currently Jocky Scott who was appointed on 30 October 2008,^[1] after Alex Rae was sacked on 20 October 2008 following a 2–1 home defeat to Ross County.^[2] For the past three seasons they have failed to gain promotion back to the top tier as they finished 7th in 2005–06, 3rd in 2006–07 and 2nd in 2007–08. In the 2005–06 Scottish Cup Dundee managed to reach the semi-finals but were beaten 3–0 by Gretna, then a Scottish Second Division side.

Unusually for a city of its size, Dundee supports two senior professional football teams, Dundee and Dundee United. Their grounds are within a few yards of each other and are the two closest professional football grounds in the World.^[3]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation and early years 1.2 Early 20th century 1.3 Mid 20th century 1.4 Early 60s - Dundee's golden age 1.5 Late 20th century 1.6 21st century 2 Non-playing staff 3 Current squad 4 International players 5 Hall of Fame 6 Managers 7 Records 8 Honours 8.1 League 8.2 Domestic cups 8.3 European cups 8.4 Other 9 References 10 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Formation and early years

Formed in 1893, Dundee Football Club was formed by an amalgamation of two city teams, Dundee Our Boys and Dundee East End. The club played their first Scottish league match on 12 August, 1893 drawing 3–3 with Rangers. Dundee moved to their current stadium, Dens Park, in 1899.

[edit] Early 20th century

The club were relatively unsuccessful in their early days until the Scottish Cup win of 1910, beating Clyde in a twice replayed final.

Dave Halliday had played on the left for his previous clubs, his hometown side Queen of the South and St. Mirren. Halliday went then to Dundee in 1921 with the celebrated Alec Troup already playing on the left wing. Dundee thus converted Halliday to centre forward with prolific results, finishing as Scottish top scorer in the 1923–24 season with 38 goals from 36 appearances - a very good return in the era of the 3 man off side rule. With Halliday Dundee reached the 1924–25 Scottish Cup final. Halliday scored 103 goals in just 147 league and cup appearances for the Dees before moving to England's top division to wreak further havoc among opposing defences.^[4][5]

[edit] Mid 20th century

The first decade after the war saw Dundee come close to a league title in the 1948–49 season, finishing just one point behind champions Rangers. They went on to win two League Cup's and reach a Scottish Cup final in 1952 and they also paid a Scottish record fee of £15,000 for Billy Steel. At this time Dundee's home attendances averaged more than 20,000.

In the 1958–59 Scottish Cup Dundee suffered a shock 1–0 defeat to Highland League side Fraserburgh. This is widely regarded Dundee's most embarrassing defeat in their history.

[edit] Early 60s - Dundee's golden age

Bob Shankly (brother of Bill Shankly) was appointed manager in 1959. Dundee won the league title of Scotland's top division, then called the Division One, in the 1961–62 season. With players such as Bobby Cox, Alan Gilzean, Alex Hamilton, Bobby Seith, Gordon Smith and Ian Ure they clinched the title with a win against St. Johnstone, which in turn relegated St. Johnstone to the then Second Division. Gordon Smith at Dundee thus collected the distinction of being the only player to win the Scottish football championship with three different clubs, none of them either half of the Old Firm.

The following season the club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup beating 1. FC Köln, Sporting Clube de Portugal and R.S.C. Anderlecht, before losing to A.C. Milan. The Dees reached the Scottish Cup final again in the 1963–64 competition. Shankly moved on from Dundee in February 1965.

[edit] Late 20th century

Dundee reached the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968, losing to Leeds United.

In 1973 under the management of David White and captaincy of Tommy Gemmell the League Cup returned to Dens following a 1-0 win against Celtic. This is to date the last occasion when one of Scotland's three major trophies went to Dens Park.

[edit] 21st century

In 2000 the club made perhaps their biggest ever signing when they brought in Argentine international Claudio Caniggia, who later signed for Rangers. Caniggia was only one of many foreign signings in the Dundee side in the early 2000s, which also included former Newcastle United player Temuri Ketsbaia. The signing of such high-profile players along with many others led Dundee to a Scottish Cup final and two top-six finishes (although it is worth noting that Jocky Scott, with considerably less money to spend, led the team to their highest placed finish in the Scottish Premier League - namely 5th.) This was achieved under the managership of Ivano Bonneti, who also made a short but notable contribution on the park linking up well with the great Caniggia. However as the Marrs brothers chased an impossible dream, the attendances at Dundee were still short of the hoped for numbers and Dundee FC's spending significantly out-weighed their income. Dundee were soon forced into administration. This is hardly surprising due to their unsustainable spending, however the main factor was the lack of income during the period when the club's plans to sell off players at a profit was doomed when the bottom fell out of the transfer market just at that time.

Before Dundee went into financial trouble they enjoyed a good run in the Scottish Cup. In the third round Dundee knocked out Glasgow side Partick Thistle 2–0 away from home. The fourth round saw Dundee knock out Aberdeen 2–0 at Dens Park. Dundee continued their march towards Hampden Park with a 1–1 draw away and a 4–1 extra time victory over Falkirk at Dens booked their place in the semi-finals playing Inverness CT at Hampden Park. The only goal of the game was by Giorgi Nemsadze. This secured a 1–0 victory and a place in the Final against Rangers. Former Dee Barry Smith hit the post but Lorenzo Amoruso scored to bring Dundee's cup run to an end.

In 2003, due to the clubs failure to sell on players as anticipated, insufficient income was raised to fund the large wage bill, under owners Peter & James Marr, resulting in a £23 m debt, they were forced to go into administration with many players such as Fabian Caballero, Craig Burley and Georgian captain Giorgi Nemsadze leaving the club in 2005. Despite this huge debt, Dundee survived by selling their stadium in 2003. The club's finances now look much better with the club focusing on its youth policy. In mid-2006, it was announced that financial restructuring would see the club become debt-free.

In early 2007 James & Peter Marr severed all ties with Dundee, stepping down as Chairman and Chief Executive respectively, when their company P&J Taverns was forced into administration. Bob Brannan and Dave MacKinnon took the Marrs' place.

In 2008 after a poor run in the league, manager Alex Rae was sacked, with former manager Jocky Scott taking over for his third stint with the club.^[1]

[edit] Non-playing staff

Chairman: Bob Brannan Club Director: George G. Knight Club Director: Calum G. Melville Finance Director: Ian Bodie General Manager: Jim Thomson Finance Director: Susan Tosney

Manager: Jocky Scott Assistant Manager: Ray Farningham Director of Youth Development and First Team Advisor: Gordon Wallace Goalkeeping Coach: Bobby Geddes Club Doctor: Dr. Alan Dawson Under 19s Coach: Barry Smith Youth Development Coach: John Holt Physio: Karen Gibson Head Groundsman: Brian Robertson

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player GK Robert Douglas GK Tony Bullock DF Kyle Benedictus DF David Cowan DF Craig Forsyth DF Eddie Malone DF Chris Casement DF Jim Lauchlan DF Gary McKenzie DF Craig McKeown DF Eric Paton DF Barry Smith MF Colin Cameron

No. Position Player MF Gary Harkins MF Mark Gilhaney MF Richie Hart MF Brian Kerr MF Paul McHale MF Darren Young FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier FW Pat Clarke FW Bryan Deasley FW Leigh Griffiths FW Sean Higgins FW Colin McMenamin

For recent transfers, see List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10.

[edit] International players

A list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club are ordered by nationality and year of their debut below.

For a full list of former/current players with articles, see Category:Dundee F.C. players.

Australia 2001 Mark Robertson Canada 2008 Chris Pozniak China 2001 Fan Zhiyi Denmark 1992 Morten Wieghorst Guadeloupe 2008 Mickaël Antoine-Curier Georgia 2000 Giorgi Nemsadze 2001 Zurab Khizanishvili Poland 1993 Dariusz Adamczuk

Scotland 1894 Sandy Keillor 1894 William Longair 1894 Francis Barrett 1896 Bill Thomson 1896 Bob Kelso 1903 Peter Robertson 1905 Jack Fraser 1907 George Chaplin 1907 John Hunter 1913 Tom Kelso 1945 Doug Cowie 1949 Bill Brown 1952 Billy Steel 1957 Alan Gilzean 1957 Alex Hamilton 1958 Ian Ure 1958 Hugh Robertson 1959 Andy Penman 1964 Jocky Scott 1971 Thomson Allan 1972 Bobby Robinson 1986 Bobby Connor 2001 Gavin Rae 2002 Lee Wilkie

Trinidad and Tobago 2003 Brent Sancho 2004 Kelvin Jack Venezuela 2002 Jonay Hernández Santos

[edit] Hall of Fame

On 3 April 2009 Dundee inducted eight players into their Hall of Fame^[6]. They were:

• William 'Plum' Longair (Heritage Award)
• Claudio Caniggia (International Award)
• Bobby Cox
• Alan Gilzean
• Doug Cowie
• Billy Steel
• Jocky Scott
• Barry Smith

[edit] Managers

Willie Wallace (1899–1919) Sandy MacFarlane (1919–1925) Alec McNair (1925–1928) Sandy MacFarlane (1928) Jimmy Bisset (1928–1933) Billy McCandless (1933–1937) Andy Cunningham (1937–1940) George Anderson (1944–1954) Willie Thornton (1954–1959) Bob Shankly (1959–1965) Sammy Kean (caretaker) (1965–1965) Bobby Ancell (1965–1968) John Prentice (1968–1972) David White (1972–1977) Tommy Gemmell (1977–1980) Don Mackay (1980–1984)

Archie Knox (1984–1986) Jocky Scott (1986–1988) Dave Smith (1988–1989) Gordon Wallace (1989–1991) John Blackley (caretaker) (1991–1991) Iain Munro (1991–1992) Simon Stainrod (1992–1993) Jim Duffy (1993–1996) John McCormack (1997–1998) Jocky Scott (1998–2000) Ivano Bonetti (2000–2002) Jim Duffy (2002–2005) Alan Kernaghan (2005–2006) Alex Rae (2006–2008) David Farrell (caretaker) (2008) Jocky Scott (2008-)

[edit] Records

• Highest attendance: 136,495 fans attended the 1952 Scottish Cup final between Dundee and Motherwell. This is also a record for a club match in Scotland not featuring either of the Old Firm.^[7]
• Highest home attendance: 43,024 vs Rangers, 7 February 1953, Scottish Cup 2nd Round^[8]
• Highest average home attendance: 24,532, 1948–49 (15 games)^[9]
• Biggest league win: 10–2 vs. Queen of the South 1962. vs. Alloa Athletic 1947 vs. Dunfermiline Athletic 1947
• Biggest league loss: 11–0 vs. Celtic 1895
• Most capped player: Alex Hamilton, 24 Scotland
• Most league appearances: Bill Marsh, 386, 1924–1937 & Barry Smith, 400, 1995–2006
• Most league goals: Alan Gilzean, 113
• Most goals in a season: Alan Gilzean, 52, 1963–64
• Highest transfer fee paid: £600,000, Fabián Caballero from Club Sol de América
• Highest transfer fee received: £1,200,000, Robert Douglas to Celtic

[edit] Honours

[edit] League

• Scottish Football League:

• Winners (1): 1961–62
• Runners-up (4): 1902–03, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1948–49

• Scottish Football League First Division:^[10]

• Winners (4): 1946–47, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1997–98
• Runners-up (2): 1980–81, 2007–08

[edit] Domestic cups

• Scottish Cup:

• Winners (1): 1909–10
• Runners-up (4): 1924–25, 1951–52, 1963–64, 2002–03

• Scottish League Cup:

• Winners (3): 1951–52, 1952–53, 1973–74
• Runners-up (3): 1967–68, 1980–81, 1995–96

• Scottish Challenge Cup:

• Winners (1): 1990–91
• Runners-up (1): 1994–95

[edit] European cups

• European Cup:

• Semi-finalists (1): 1962–63

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

• Semi-finalists (1): 1967–68

[edit] Other

• Forfarshire Cup:

• Winners (27): 27 times

• Scottish Youth Cup

• Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1995–96, 1998–99

• Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup:

• Winners (1): 2006

• Tennents' Sixes:

• Winners (1): 1988
• Finalists (1): 1984

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Satellite Photo of Dens Park and Tannadice
• Dundee BBC My Club page

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