| Indeed, Dark Blues manager Jim Duffy ended up on the park at Gayfield as the city side met Arbroath in a testimonial for long-serving stalwart John McAulay.
“We’ve had a really heavy schedule recently and a lot of commitments,” said general manager Gordon Wallace.
“First-team players Barry Smith and Iain Anderson played for 45 minutes and came through OK.
“We had planned to play John Sutton for just an hour, but young Scott Robertson picked up a leg injury, so he had to come off and big John played out the game.
“In the later stages of the game, another injury meant that the manager had to go on.”
Norwegian striker Glenn Larsen also got a run-out, and Gordon was also delighted with the return to action of defender Stephen McNally.
“We gave him an hour and he did well,” continued Gordon. “He’s been out for a long time and he will probably feel a bit sore this morning.”
Sutton was on target for the Dee in last night’s game, but Arbroath gave John McAulay a night to remember by winning 3-1 with goals by Gavin Swankie, Iain Diack and Alan Brazil.
Meanwhile, Glenn Hoddle will bring his Wolves side to Dundee to compete for the City Of Discovery Cup on the weekend of July 23-24. The two Dundee clubs and Paul Sturrock’s Sheffield Wednesday are the other teams taking part. |
