Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bohemian said: Dirty Rovers b*****ds.... mon the Hibs... I have to say the last few pages have been educational and a welcome break from Hearts relegation farewell.. Never heard about that American tournament... interesting stuff. Wiki rabbit hole sorted for a while There was another tournament prior to that, the New York Tournament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Soccer_League Dundee, Hearts & Kilmarnock (4 times) represented Scotland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannadeechee Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Bohemian said: Dirty Rovers b*****ds.... mon the Hibs... I have to say the last few pages have been educational and a welcome break from Hearts relegation farewell.. Never heard about that American tournament... interesting stuff. Wiki rabbit hole sorted for a while That tournament is the reason Dundee United wear tangerine. We wore mainly white with black strips. Wore tangerine strips (socks,tops and shorts) with blue numbers while playing as Dallas Tornados. Jerry Kerr's wife liked the colour and suggested it for the home strip and changed to it in '69. The rest as they say is history. Edited July 15, 2020 by Tannadeechee 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, Sheep62 said: Just had a quick look at this and will watch it later. Few things strike me immediately though Firstly picture is shite Secondly pace of the game is incredible Thirdly, there were no prisoners taken in some of the tackling/challenges. Fairly brutal at times and certainly not played in the friendliest of manners. This was the third time that the two sides had played each other in the competition, and I might be making this up, but I think that there may have been some bad blood between them from the previous matches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, kingjoey said: This was the third time that the two sides had played each other in the competition, and I might be making this up, but I think that there may have been some bad blood between them from the previous matches. That was my recollection of it, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tannadeechee said: That tournament is the reason Dundee United wear tangerine. We wore mainly white with black strips. Wore tangerine strips (socks,tops and shorts) with blue numbers while playing as Dallas Tornados. Jerry Kerr's wife liked the colour and suggested it for the home strip and changed to it in '69. The rest as they say is history. More fun trivia.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Tannadeechee said: That tournament is the reason Dundee United wear tangerine. We wore mainly white with black strips. Wore tangerine strips (socks,tops and shorts) with blue numbers while playing as Dallas Tornados. Jerry Kerr's wife liked the colour and suggested it for the home strip and changed to it in '69. The rest as they say is history. The Dons played with numbers on the front of their shirts in season 1967/68 after competing in the NASL, if IRC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tannadeechee said: That tournament is the reason Dundee United wear tangerine. We wore mainly white with black strips. Wore tangerine strips (socks,tops and shorts) with blue numbers while playing as Dallas Tornados. Jerry Kerr's wife liked the colour and suggested it for the home strip and changed to it in '69. The rest as they say is history. Any names in that squad that some of us (ahem) older chaps might recognise ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Anyway, back to the topic in hand - "It's no' fair". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewh Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Are a Welsh team who just happen to play home games in England.Chester City are an English team but play home games in Wales. Or so the story goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: Anyway, back to the topic in hand - "It's no' fair". Funnily enough Life isn't, so suck it up Jambos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Gordon Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Tannadeechee said: That tournament is the reason Dundee United wear tangerine. We wore mainly white with black strips. Wore tangerine strips (socks,tops and shorts) with blue numbers while playing as Dallas Tornados. Jerry Kerr's wife liked the colour and suggested it for the home strip and changed to it in '69. The rest as they say is history. Didn't know that, cheers! There are loads of different theories why you guys refer to yourselves as Arabs, do you know which is the definitive version? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, andrewh said: Chester City are an English team but play home games in Wales. Or so the story goes. Chester City did a Sevco and are no more. Chester FC play at the Deva Stadium where the East stand is in England and the pitch and the other 3 stands are in Wales. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewh Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Chester City did a Sevco and are no more. Chester FC play at the Deva Stadium where the East stand is in England and the pitch and the other 3 stands are in Wales.I thought I’d read that somewhere. Thanks for the info. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, andrewh said: Chester City are an English team but play home games in Wales. Or so the story goes. Their Main Stand is in England, the pitch and rest of the stadium is in Wales. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Chester City did a Sevco and are no more. Chester FC play at the Deva Stadium where the East stand is in England and the pitch and the other 3 stands are in Wales. Used braziers to melt the ice but burned the grass off in the process. Had to put down sand to make the pitch playable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Golden Gordon said: Didn't know that, cheers! There are loads of different theories why you guys refer to yourselves as Arabs, do you know which is the definitive version? Goes back to the big freeze in season 62/63 and I was at the game. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/the-truth-why-are-dundee-united-supporters-called-arabs/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, The DA said: Used braziers to melt the ice but burned the grass off in the process. Had to put down sand to make the pitch playable. I think you quoted the wrong post. Fortunately I know what you're on about, otherwise that would be totally incomprehensible... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Fitlike Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Chester City did a Sevco and are no more. Chester FC play at the Deva Stadium where the East stand is in England and the pitch and the other 3 stands are in Wales.The (un)subtle difference is of course Chester City FC were liquidated and the NEW club were formed with a change of name to reflect that situation. None of that ‘it was the company, not the club’ bullshit. See also Hereford, Halifax, Aldershot, Wrexham, Gretna and several others. I can think of only one Clumpany who sail serenely on denying the reality their ‘reformation’. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Gordon Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, The DA said: Used braziers to melt the ice but burned the grass off in the process. Had to put down sand to make the pitch playable. 6 minutes ago, Eednud said: Goes back to the big freeze in season 62/63 and I was at the game. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/the-truth-why-are-dundee-united-supporters-called-arabs/ Thanks both! So it is either down to the sand thing or some mad Pied-Piper guy? 'I'm Nasser & you are my Arabs!' I think * like that one the best! * I Edited July 15, 2020 by Golden Gordon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, Eednud said: Goes back to the big freeze in season 62/63 and I was at the game. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/the-truth-why-are-dundee-united-supporters-called-arabs/ I prefer the other explanation in that article. Quote “At one particular game our cheerleader was full of it. I’ll never remember what game it was but he had a new line, a new cheer. He was on to something. After the warm-up he was heard to bellow – ‘I AM NASSER AND YOU ARE MY ARABS!’ “The Amalfi End cheerleader bore a striking resemblance to President Nasser. The same dark, receding hair line and, crucially, the pencil moustache and dusky complexion. “So Nasser he became. I’d love to know what his real name was. “United supporters have been Arabs ever since.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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