Thanks for all you did for us and your club Jum.

Rest in peace Jim, suffer no more. very saddened to hear this news. Thanks for the best days of my United life 👏👏👏

What Jim achieved will never again be repeated by a provincial club that uses buttons as currency. Absolute legend, I raise my glass to the great man tonight 🍻

Very sad news indeed.

A genius in his field.

We won the Title in 83, and he passed away aged 83.

God Bless you Jim. You'll have a place in every Arab's heart for ever.

Last edited by Billy_Hainey (26/12/2020 9:19 pm)

Shankly , Busby, Clough, McLean, Stein and Ferguson. In no particular order! The best of the best.
Will never be repeated or forgotten. 🧡🖤🧡🖤

RIP Jim

I feel nothing i can type will emulate the greatness of the man himself.

He is the reason Dundee United are what they are today. A footballing visionary who embraced sports science years before the rich clubs did. A fantastic tactician and a man who despite all the glories remained humble and insisted the same of everybody at the club. He's a manager synonymous with work ethic, respect and entertaining football.

Although he has stepped back from the limelight, he remained and will remain as one of the 2 managers who upset the Scottish football norm and made Dundee United a household name with football fans around Europe and the world.

On a personal note, without him, I simply would not be an arab. I wouldn't have experienced the cup wins and the joys and heartbreak of supporting a real club. Perhaps I'd have turned into one of the plastic football fans who support man u, juventus or Barcelona. I only hope that we the fans can pay homage to him in some way, even in the days of tier 4 lockdown.

lifesanocean wrote:

https://madnessistangerineincolour.blogspot.com/2020/12/jim-mclean.html

Class, mate.
 

If anyone would like to send a Sympathy Card to Doris and the McLean Family they can PM me on here and i have the address they can send the card too.

Obviously, i don't want to write it up online, but it would be a nice touch if posters on here want to send her a card and write their own personal sympathies, tributes and thoughts on the great man.

As none of us , sadly, will be able to properly pay our massive respects to the man outside his funeral or at a Tannadice game. Which is upsetting.🙁

Very sad news, RIP. 

I hope that quote is put on to the walls inside Tannadice.

Club statement:

Across the football spectrum, tributes continue to pour in for Jim McLean.

From every corner of the footballing map, people have been keen to show their respect and admiration for 'Wee Jim' and most of the anecdotes and memories have brought tears to many an eye.

There will only ever be 'One Jim McLean' and as difficult as it may be to ever fully pay tribute to this titan of our Club's history, we will look to do so in the most appropriate manner.

Dundee United continue to respect the McLean’s family right to privacy at this current difficult time.

Our Supporters’ Liaison Officers and Board members David Dorward and Colin Stewart are in contact with the family. With their permission, we are working to have available an online condolence book for people to pay respect as soon as possible.

The players and staff will wear black armbands and observe a minute’s silence ahead of the visit to Celtic on Wednesday and the Club will also look to pay a fitting and lasting tribute to Jim to commemorate his life and his tremendous service to Dundee United at the next home match and beyond.