Tekel Towers » Dundee United FACTS to be proud of

Tek · 20/9/2017 4:14 pm

Just a lighthearted thread.

Everything is so down about the club right now (and has been for 2 and a half years now).

But we do have a great club.And there are certain nights and matches under the floodlights and/or on a Saturday afternoon where our club has created a wee bit of Scottish football history to be proud of.

So what are your favourite DUFC FACTS?

I'll start......

Ivan Golac was the first Manager from outwith the UK to win the Scottish Cup (and indeed ANY national Cup Final in the UK).

20/9/2017 4:16 pm

Dundee United have played FC Barcelona twice in European Competition to date. We have won all four matches over the two ties.

Fidel_Castro · 20/9/2017 5:51 pm

Lars Zetterlund got a winners medal for IFK Gotherburg 1987 against United then he joined United in 1996.

Is he the only player for United with a European winners medal?

Ex Houston Arab · 20/9/2017 7:20 pm

Lamar Hunt, founding member of the American Football League (now AFC), inventor of the Super Bowl and owner of the Kansas City chiefs also owned shares in Dundee united until he passed away.

He is also indirectly responsible for us playing in tangerine as he was the owner of the Dallas Tornadoes and invited us over to play as them back in the 60's

PatReilly · 20/9/2017 7:23 pm

Tek wrote:

Ivan Golac was the first Manager from outwith the UK to win the Scottish Cup (and indeed ANY national Cup Final in the UK).

Never realised this, good fact. This includes the League Cups as well.

Fidel_Castro wrote:
Lars Zetterlund got a winners medal for IFK Gotherburg 1987 against United then he joined United in 1996.

Is he the only player for United with a European winners medal?

Good fact too (part one). But for part two, does Frankie Kopel not count?

Here's one which someone can maybe correct for me if I'm wrong.

United's first foreign player was Harry Boye Karlson, a Norwegian who was posted locally during the Second World War. He went on to win trophies and many caps in his homeland.

Fidel_Castro · 20/9/2017 7:48 pm

I thought Frank too, but Ive looked up as much as I can.....it doesn't mention on any biopic for Frank that he got a medal although he was in the first team squad......these days he probably would have, but not sure about then.

kiwiarab · 20/9/2017 8:09 pm

FIFA created an award for us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Fair_Play_Award

Tek · 20/9/2017 8:43 pm

Dundee United have a 100% win record against The Rangers Football Club.

The only club in Scotland to hold such a record.

Tek · 20/9/2017 9:17 pm

Dundee United FC were the first ever team to win a European match at the Old Bokelberg Stadium.

Home of Borussia Monchengladbach.

lifesanocean · 20/9/2017 10:12 pm

Brian Clough (RIP) was a huge fan of Dundee United.

Tangerine'n'Black · 20/9/2017 10:13 pm

Fidel_Castro wrote:
Lars Zetterlund got a winners medal for IFK Gotherburg 1987 against United then he joined United in 1996.

Is he the only player for United with a European winners medal?

There's a few others I think,

Derek Johnstone UEFA cup winners cup and Peter Bonetti have UEFA Cup medals.

Tek · 20/9/2017 11:01 pm

Fidel_Castro wrote:
Lars Zetterlund got a winners medal for IFK Gotherburg 1987 against United then he joined United in 1996.

Is he the only player for United with a European winners medal?

Florent Sinamma-Pongolle has a Champions League winners medal.

blackandtangerine · 21/9/2017 6:38 am

Neil Paterson played for DUFC in the mid 30's. He later went on to win an oscar for best adapted screenplay fir the film Room at the top in 1959

nixonisworth20million · 21/9/2017 9:54 am

Tek wrote:
Fidel_Castro wrote:
Lars Zetterlund got a winners medal for IFK Gotherburg 1987 against United then he joined United in 1996.

Is he the only player for United with a European winners medal?
Florent Sinamma-Pongolle has a Champions League winners medal.

This must've been awarded over course of competition as he didn't feature in the squad of 18. Up there with one of the worst players to wear tangerine!

Arabnophobia · 21/9/2017 10:16 pm

Maybe not worth getting excited about or mentioning here but with us having been the wee team in the city then big and now wee in terms of league status we still hold a record to be proud of in derby matches that compares well across Scotland and Englandshire's notable derby matches.

Total competitive matches...

League matches according to Sky within their ,"Top 20 derbies, ranked by most competitive", published yesterday...

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/11043204/which-is-the-most-competitive-derby-in-england-and-scotland

Arabnophobia · 21/9/2017 10:51 pm

Only 4 other derbys command a bigger win percentage across Scotland and Engalnd's league derby matches...

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22/9/2017 2:49 pm

That table is a good ane.
We have a 70% unbeaten record v Fun.
45% wins.
25% draws.
So only 3 times out of 10 have we left a Derby beaten.
This to me beats 4 out of 4 v Barcelona.