Thanks for the numbers Siebby.

The 12th game of Round 1 witnessed a thumping win registered for one of the heroes of the Nou Camp KEVIN GALLACHER who easily won the tie and will now as a consequence progress through to the 2nd round as a seed.Joining him in the 2nd Round also (albeit unseeded) will be former maverick striker PADDY CONNOLLY who finished runner-up.Eliminated from the tournament at the first hurdle are Scott Crabbe and former 60's cult hero Billy Hainey,who sadly registered no votes (WHERE WERE YOU MR HAINEY?EH EH?).

Round 1/Game 13 -

Kjell Olofsson - Utd Striker 1996-99 (Seeded)

Born - Gothenburg,Sweden (23rd July 1965)
Appearances - 119
Goals - 46
Honours - 0
International Caps - 0
International Goals - N/A

V's

Gary McSwegan - Utd Forward 1995-98

Born - Glasgow,Scotland (24th Sept 1970)
Appearances - 119
Goals - 47
Honours - 0
International Caps - 2 (Scotland)
International Goals - 1

V's

Victor Ferreyra - Utd Forward 1991-1992

Born - Rio Tercero,Argentina (24th February 1964)
Appearances - 35
Goals - 8
Honours - 0
International Caps - 2 (Argentina)
International Goals - 1

V's

Mark de Vries - Utd Forward Jan-May 2008

Born - Paramiribo,Surinam (24th August 1975)
Utd Appearances - 18
Utd Goals - 3
Honours - 0
International Caps - 0
International Goals - N/A

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW (Friday 16th October) AT 7PM
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Players Through Round 1 -

1.David Goodwillie (S)
2.Andy Gray
3.Jim McIntyre (S)
4.Nadir Ciftci
5.Steven Thompson (S)
6.Jim Irvine
7.Johnny Russell (S)
8.Billy Dodds
9.Mixu Paatelainen (S)
10.Alan Gordon
11.Iain Ferguson (S)
12.Finn Dossing
13.Duncan Ferguson (S)
14.Noel Hunt
15.Kenny Cameron (S)
16.Jim Hamilton
17.Davie Dodds (S)
18.Gordon Wallace
19.Craig Brewster (S)
20.Jon Daly
21.Willie Pettigrew (S)
22.Danny Cadamarteri
23.Kevin Gallacher (S)
24.Paddy Connolly
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Players Eliminated in Round 1 -

1.Sergio
2.Warren Feeney
3.Hamish French
4.Derek Lilley
5.Alex Mathie
6.Francisco Sandaza
7.Robbie Winters
8.Jason Scotland
9.Neil Mochan
10.Pat Gardner
11.Alec Reid
12.Stuart Beedie
13.Joaquim Ferraz
14.Tom McAdam
15.Joe Ward
16.Colin Samuel
17.Brian Graham
18.Damian Casalinouvo
19.Jerren Nixon
20.Lee Miller
21.Dragutin Ristic
22.Willie McDonald
23.Scott Crabbe
24.Billy Hainey
 

Kjell, absolute class

McSwegan scored most of those in the league of Fun. Big Kjell scored them everywhere

Big Kjell by miles. Absolute hero. Probably my fav striker other than Luggy

All 4 of them very good players.

Kjell the best of the 4 and my All-Time favourite Dundee Utd player i think if push comes to shove.But he's romping it here so i will vote on this occasion tactically (i'll vote for Kjell when it matters and he needs my vote).

Out of the other 3....

Victor i didn't see much of in the flesh but when i did see him he looked a (technically) outstanding player.Great first touch,very good passer,nice bit of acceleration when he had the ball,and could chip in with goals (normally good goals too).He also however struck me as being a bit lazy though and never quite looked like he was giving of his absolute best (kinda like Ciftci).I remember one night he got 'angry' v Celtic at Tannadice after a heavy challenge on him and he then proceeded to rip their defence apart and scored 2 beauties (though iirc we lost 2-3).A very good player who unfortunately we never quite seen the best of or for long enough.

Mark de Vries was a beast of a player and i remember him being fucking excellent at Hearts (scored 4 on his debut for them v Hibs).Unfortunately by the time we got him his career was winding down and those massive knees had had one or two injuries too many when down at Leicester with Levein.He did still do a job for us though despite this and the goal he scored at Hampden in the Final 'we shant talk of again' was utterly tremendous and posibly the best 'team goal' i've ever saw Utd score when you take into account the amount of passes,the movement,the finish,the occasion,who it was against and at what venue etc etc.

My vote though goes to Gary McSwegan.He was a bit of a coup for us at the time and i was very excited when i read we'd signed him and Owen Coyle in a double deal.Thought the title was in the bag.After 'Sweggy's debut at Boghead i wondered if we'd signed a haddy after we suffered a humiliating defeat to Dumbarton.

Thankfully my fears were soon allayed as he done what he was bought to do and scored a hatful of goals to bring us back into the title race and of course eventually promoted.He then kicked on and also scored in the Premier League some inportant goals,though he did normally have to play 4th fiddle to Kjell,Robbie and Andy McL as wee Tommy played 3 upfront with pace.His last minute goal v Celtic one of my favourite ever Utd goals,And his winner at Ibrox in Extra Time of a League Cup match was one of the best Utd goals i've ever seen...World Class and i mean that.Goram never even dived for it...he knew where it was going the second it left Sweggy's boot.

Outstanding.

Kjell

Mark de Vries scored the best cup final goal ever.

But he's not big Kjell. Legend

Kjell is pissing it so my vote goes to McSwegan, he was part of a fantastic front line that were destroying teams.

It was a pity he left just days after Billy Dodds signed, Kjell,Dodds & himself played one maybe two games together and looked the real deal.


One of my favourite memories involving Victor Ferreyra did not really include the man himself. I was on holiday in Ibiza with my parents in 1992, walking down the road wearing my United shirt I heard a group of lads (late twenties) signing "oh Victor, oh Victor" laughing away I gave them a raised arm as a sign of mutual respect, I went from walking down the road like a normal 14 year old to swaggering like i was Liam Gallagher, good times.