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Sieb22 · 24/3/2015 5:28 pm

TEK wrote:
5 years ago today (5 years FFS) 24th March 2010

Dundee Utd 1 (Robertson 90) Rangers 0
Att;11,898
Referee - Dougie McDonald

Best commentary ever!

dufc5 · 24/3/2015 5:34 pm

TEK wrote:
5 years ago today (5 years FFS) 24th March 2010

Dundee Utd 1 (Robertson 90) Rangers 0
Att;11,898
Referee - Dougie McDonald

Time flies by. We were breathtaking two games after that. Pumped Motherwell with ten men then were sensational at Easter Road the following Wednesday.

bowers · 24/3/2015 6:54 pm

Was fucking madness when the ball went over the line that night

St Obswell · 25/3/2015 2:06 am

Some good attendances looking back too, obviously the games back in 87 were a joy to be part of (the sways were great) but even 10yrs on we were getting very decent crowds albeit all seated and no sways but sore shins became the new fashion

seggyboy73 · 25/3/2015 5:49 pm

bowers wrote:
Was fucking madness when the ball went over the line that night

Aff his arse too

Tek · 17/4/2015 10:23 pm

16 years ago today - 17th April 1999

Aberdeen 0 Dundee United 4 (Dodds,Joe Miller,Olofsson,Dodds)

One of our best ever displays at Pittodrie.Joe Miller terrorised them that day,as did Olofsson and Doddsy.

Here's hoping it can possibly be a wee omen for tomorrow.

Tek · 29/10/2015 5:26 pm

24 years ago today....29th October 1991

Dundee Utd 3 (McKinnon 17,Jackson 18,Ferguson 77) Rangers 2 (McCoist 29,McCoist 58)

Tuesday 29th October 1991 - 7.30pm
Att; 15,041
Referee - George Smith (Edinburgh)

huntedbyafreak · 29/10/2015 5:48 pm

I would have been at that game. I cannot for the life of me remember it though

Tek · 29/10/2015 6:18 pm

I normally have a good memory for games from the past.

But I must confess I can't remember this game either. Possibly because it was a midweek encounter.

PatReilly · 29/10/2015 6:41 pm

The goal times are surely wrong for that match. I mind a cheating chunt of a referee giving them everything, and them in the lead up until quite late in the match. I'll try to check somewhere.

lifesanocean · 29/10/2015 7:33 pm

Tek wrote:
24 years ago today....29th October 1991

Dundee Utd 3 (McKinnon 17,Jackson 18,Ferguson 77) Rangers 2 (McCoist 29,McCoist 58)

Tuesday 29th October 1991 - 7.30pm
Att; 15,041
Referee - George Smith (Edinburgh)

What a fucking quality squad of players we had back then. The younger ones there would wipe the floor with our so called talented youngsters today.

Andy · 29/10/2015 8:14 pm

PatReilly wrote:
The goal times are surely wrong for that match. I mind a cheating chunt of a referee giving them everything, and them in the lead up until quite late in the match. I'll try to check somewhere.

You're spot on, I mind it well.

Gave them a dodgy penalty.

Jackson got a late penalty for us to equalise then Big Dunc scored the winner.

Think McCoist got sent off at full time.

Edmond Dantes · 29/10/2015 9:35 pm

huntedbyafreak wrote:
I would have been at that game. I cannot for the life of me remember it though

You were

I can. Your mum picked us up at the Paulies and gave me a lift, the wee bit along the road.

Remember saying something like 'after tonight i'm a United supporter for life-that was magic' when i got in the car.

Never forget me.

huntedbyafreak · 29/10/2015 9:56 pm

SCENES

SlatefordArab · 29/10/2015 11:09 pm

Remember that game clear as day. Bedlam in The Shed when Dunc scored. Fuck I miss standing in The Shed.

PatReilly · 30/10/2015 11:46 am

Andy wrote:
PatReilly wrote:
The goal times are surely wrong for that match. I mind a cheating chunt of a referee giving them everything, and them in the lead up until quite late in the match. I'll try to check somewhere.
You're spot on, I mind it well.

Gave them a dodgy penalty.

Jackson got a late penalty for us to equalise then Big Dunc scored the winner.

Think McCoist got sent off at full time.

Can't mind McCoist getting sent off, he'd been given everything in the match as per. A dodgy penalty and an offside goal put them 2-1 up.

huntedbyafreak · 30/10/2015 7:51 pm

Edmond Dantes wrote:
huntedbyafreak wrote:
I would have been at that game. I cannot for the life of me remember it though
You were

I can. Your mum picked us up at the Paulies and gave me a lift, the wee bit along the road.

Remember saying something like 'after tonight i'm a United supporter for life-that was magic' when i got in the car.

Never forget me.

Aye 91. Must have been after the pair of us had moved from Ancrum Road

Tek · 18/12/2015 12:24 am

On this day 27 years ago (Wow) 17th December 1988 a very excited 8 year old in East Kilbride was jumping about his living room listening to this on the wireless.

Dundee Utd 2 (Paatelainen pen 65,Bailey o.g 85) Celtic 0
League - Premier Division
Saturday, December 17th, 1988, 3:00 PM at Tannadice Park
Attendance: 18,745
Referee: Mike McGinley (Clydebank)

^^^^

This was in a good run of form and this win seen us go 10 games undefeated.This was also Celtic's 3rd visit to Tannadice that season already...and their 3rd defeat!! Infact we hadn't even conceded a goal to them in any of the 3 games (changed days indeed eh?).

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3g4sn8_dundee-united-2-celtic-0-1988-89_sport

^^
Highlights

Tek · 18/12/2015 12:39 am

And also 'On This Day' 15 years ago (again fucking Wow) 17th December 2000

Dundee Utd 1 (Lilley 32) Rangers (Reyna 18)
League - SPL
Sunday, December 17th, 2000, 6:05 PM at Tannadice Park
Attendance: 10,750
Referee: John Rowbotham

What was significant about this game is that it was imo the match that was the catalyst for our 'Great Escape' of season 2000/01.

Until that point we had by and large looked a certainty to drop like a stone into Division 1.We didn't even register our first win till late into November v Dunfermline (3-2),but it was this performance and battling draw against a Rangers side with no fewer than 11 Internationalists in the starting XI that really lit the touch paper on our season and sparked our revival.Infact after this game we were easily the 3rd best team in the country for the remainder of the season (we had to be).

Derek Lilley scored a brilliant opportunistic half-volley on his debut.Fine player,liked him a lot.

RRDH · 18/12/2015 12:54 am

I thought Derek Lilley was going to go on and have a great career, never really panned out for him. Who did we buy in from? I remember the old man telling me about him prior to him signing and that he was going to be a PLAYER.

Tangerine_Ultra · 18/12/2015 1:03 am

RRDH wrote:
I thought Derek Lilley was going to go on and have a great career, never really panned out for him. Who did we buy in from? I remember the old man telling me about him prior to him signing and that he was going to be a PLAYER.

Going by his Linkedin profile he's a business manager for a pharmaceutical company in Glasgow.

Tek · 18/12/2015 1:26 am

RRDH wrote:
I thought Derek Lilley was going to go on and have a great career, never really panned out for him. Who did we buy in from? I remember the old man telling me about him prior to him signing and that he was going to be a PLAYER.

We signed him from Leeds Utd if i remeber rightly.

Can't remember now if it was a freezer or if there was a nominal fee to pay.I do know he played a huge part in keeping that side in the Premier.

Ex Houston Arab · 18/12/2015 9:36 am

Did we not used to sing Derek lilleys name to the tune of the great escape that season?
Very apt.
I remember he also scored a screamer against rangers at Ibrox when we beat them 2-0 that season.

Me and my mate were in the broomloan stand as we were through buying a car and decided to go at the last minute. Touts only sold tickets for the him end obviously. We kept our pusses shut all the way back to the adds car park before celebrating!

PatReilly · 18/12/2015 10:16 am

I could have sworn we bought Derek Lilley from Leeds for £100,000. But we didn't, seems it was Oxford United.

Ex Houston Arab · 18/12/2015 11:08 am

Did lilley not go to Leeds from Morton for £100k?