Jump to content

A Photographic History Of Scottish Football


Recommended Posts

4 hours ago, Eednud said:

Dens Park on Wednesday afternoon 6 October 1948 saw Dundee United win the Forfarshire Cup for the first time since 1929/30. This was the 1947/48 Final and a 5,000 crowd wasn’t too bad although Wednesday was the half-holiday for shops in Dundee, not sure about Arbroath. 
https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=5405

https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=4011

IMG_2265.jpeg

Due to the Final being delayed Dundee got invited as Forfarshire's representative to the 1948-49 Dewar Shield on the grounds they were holders, and went on to win. This was itself an epic as their 2-legged SF v Aberdeen ended drawn, and went to a replay in October 1949; then the 2-legged Final wasn't played until February & April 1950. Majority of the 1949-50 tournament had been played before 1948-49 had finished.

Dundee didn't lift the Dewar Shield outright again till 1958 - when in remarkable circumstances they won 1956-57 edition at Fraserburgh on a Friday night, and 1957-58 by coin toss after drawing at Buckie the following afternoon.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   1 member

×
×
  • Create New...