Blether: Dundee man Derek puts names to East Craigie FC team pic
The excellent East Craigie JFC photograph which was used on February 16 didn’t have any names.
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Blether: Dundee reader Jackie Knight is looking for former Broughty United teammates
Broughty Ferry reader Jackie Knight, well-known on the local after-dinner circuit and also in local football and cricket circles, is on the lookout for two former teammates.
Blether: Dundee North End side from 1971 – do you recognise anyone?
This is a Dundee North End JFC team photo, taken in January 1971.
Blether: Broughty Athletic team from January 1959 are named
This Broughty Athletic JFC team photo was taken in January 1959. Back row (from left) – McLaughlan, S Donaldson, Fiddes, Inglis, Flight, Bowden Front row – Kearns, Dewar, Jeffrey, Rodger, Bertie. The young mascot is Peter Carver, who was aged 10 at the time.
Blether: Former Dundee keeper Ally hunting descendents of John McLaren
As he has done on many occasions, former Dundee goalkeeper Ally Donaldson got in touch.
Blether: Events of early December 1971 changed Dundee’s football landscape
The first few days of December 1971 were to change the shape of professional football in the city of Dundee for many, many years.
BLETHER: Mesmerising Cooke definitely was the bonnie prince of Dundee FC
Ian Coombes recently asked me to name my best-ever Dundee FC player.
BLETHER: Scottish boxing was thriving in the 1930s – including in Dundee
Lochee narrator Andy Walker was clearing out some of his archives, which, unfortunately, were severely damaged by time and damp.
BLETHER: Goal machine Norrie played with chipped ankle bone
Sam McCann got in touch to say he “quite enjoys the Blether with Brown stories of old footballers”.
BLETHER: Goalie for Man United and Aston Villa won two European Cups
Football throws up many quirky tales. The following two tales, I’m assured, are true . . .
BLETHER: Hand-me-down boots would only fit with four pairs of socks
Previous contributions from Rob Boag to these pages have seen the Canadian resident pen solo.
BLETHER: Shankly’s Dundee pip Saints to sign local ‘tax man’ from Broughty Athletic
I’ve never hidden the fact that I love perusing through our archives with old photographs and cuttings.
BLETHER: The referee whose teeth fell out and couldn’t blow to finish match
Some football stories are legend. The following two tales, I’m assured, are true...
BLETHER: ‘Dundee junior stars on their way to play England’
Rob Boag sent in this grainy photo, with the line: “Another piece of lost history dragged into the light.”
BLETHER: Football medal sheds some more light on history of Seafield FC
The latest information on Seafield FC comes from Maralyn Knight.
Blether: When only six players had been sent off at Wembley
Continuing our look back at some of the old Sporting Queries, which were so popular in the Sporting Post.
Blether: Dundee-born Frank Munro had to lose 2st to sign for Aberdeen
Many fine footballers have been born and bred in the city of Dundee.
Blether: When English Saints Southampton took on Scottish St Johnstone
Continuing our look back at some of the old Sporting Queries, which were so popular in the Sporting Post.
Blether: At last, the definitive proof of Jim Henry’s Black Trophy involvement
Definitive proof that Jim Henry played in a winning Black Trophy team has come from one of his victorious team-mates.
Blether: ‘Dazzler Dossing Dumps Dundee’
Dundee United legendary striker Finn Dossing was the subject of our lead story on October 13.