Spirit of Barcelona

McLean sat in a box behind the dugout at the half way line towards the end of his reign at Tannadice. The “get Bannon off “ was an explosion of frustration after trying to decide who deserved it most. Jim remains banned by the SFA to this day, a sad post script to the greatest Scottish club manager after Stein and Ferguson..

The so called GA Arena is, still “owned”, one is led to believe, by the now ex Chairman, Michael Martin, with the club retaining an option to repurchase it....Difficult times for United on and off the pitch, we’ll see what the Americans bring to the party...

The South enclosure at Dens was not roofed until the 1950s. The photo above will be in the 1920s I think.

The ground to the right is Tannadice. The ground at the top of the picture is the “ TCKeay” end of Dens Park. The most obvious pitch is on the left and is what is now known as Gussie Park which is still operated by United for youth teams !

Have just spent several hours over the holidays reading this 127 page thread and thoroughly enjoyed it. Better than anything on TV with the possible exception of the Billy Connolly stuff.. Forgot I had ever joined until I tried to sign in !

Was given the lifted over the turnstiles book for Christmas and naturally, the way you do, went to the entry about my own team. ”Dundee United were formedin 1909 by the amalgamation of several well-established football clubs in the town “ No they weren’t....!