JOCKY'S BOOK

Something all Dundee fans can add to their Christmas list this year - the book about Dee legend, Jocky Scott, called "Jocky's Journey".
The full story about Jocky's career with loads of great photos.
Go get!

JOCKY SCOTT IN 1970

"Ohhhhh Jocky Jocky - Jocky Jocky Jocky Jocky Jocky Scott."
This is Jocky Scott getting the pitch all to himself in 1970.
Still a bit young for his side-lappers to make an appearance, but by this time his many match appearances saw him well on the road to being our very own 70's superstar!

JIMMY WILSON - 70'S WINGER

What Dundee got when they signed Jimmy Wilson was, a busy wee winger - sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right.
This picture of him was taken when he first arrived at Dens in 1970.
He played a total of 123 full games for the club, right through to 1975.
The wee man also managed to bag a few goals along the way.

GEORGE STEWART - CENTRE HALF - 1964-76

You can tell by the strip and his rather youthful looks, that this picture of George Stewart was taken in the mid 60's - very early on in his long career at Dens.
Although he joined the Dee in 1964, he didn't make his debut until the 1966/67 season, and then went on to play a total of 291 full games for the club, all the way through till 1976, which is pretty good going.
A typical centre half really, dependable, got stuck in, and being of tall build he'd often use his height advantage for corners and free kicks, hitting the back of the net on a few occasions too.
In fact, one of his rare goals was captured on telly, here it is below.
A 2-1 Dee victory away at Tynecastle, with big Dode getting on the end of a Biffo free kick - December 1972.

DUNCAN McLEOD - STRIKER - 1971/73

Here's a DFC player to test your memory cells - striker, Duncan McLeod.
This cutting, dated Friday 14th January 1972, mentions the possibility of McLeod making his Dundee debut that Saturday as he was included in the pool to play Hearts at Tyncastle the next day.

It wasn't to be however, in fact McLeod only played one full game for the club and that was the following season when he took part in the Dees away game against Norwich in the Texaco Cup in September 72. So at the end of the day, there can't have been many Dee fans who actually saw him play for the dark blues!

Anyone go to Norwich?

Incidentally, the game at Tyncastle - we won it 5-2!

THE WEE RED BOOK - 1973

Here's a reminder of how the popular Wee Red Book looked in the 1973-74 season, the year we lifted the League Cup.

Under it, Tommy Gemmell parades the trophy at Hampden with Thomson Allan alongside.

DUNDEE ON SCORCHER COVER - 1972

Dundee made the cover of Scorcher and Score in April 1972.
The small inserts of info beside the drawings touch on subjects like the club's high profile transfers to teams down South, the 1910 Scottish Cup victory and the Dees performance in the 72 season.
Click onto the cover if you want to read the large version.

MAURICE FRIEL - PHYSIO - EARLY 70'S

Not sure how many years exactly Maurice Friel was Dundee Physio, but he was definitely with the club during the 1969 to 71 period, this photo taken in 1970.
It just occurred to me when I saw this image that this round DFC crest he has on, has never been resurrected like other crests from the past have. This simple design is my favourite too but has only been used on the shirts circa 1970-73. There was a blue version and a red version I remember. This was the one worn when we beat AC Milan at Dens in 71, so maybe time to reintroduce it again for newer generations to get acquainted with.

JIM STEELE IN THE 60'S

I already have a couple of items up about Jim Steele's playing career at Dens, so no need to go into detail again, but I just thought I'd put up this pre-curly top image of him as a young lad.
The photo was taken around 1967 when Jim had not been at the club very long and was still a couple of years away from making his first team debut.
When Jim moved to Southampton in 1972, he was a top player by then, and I remember that same year when I was 14, I wrote asking for a signed photo of him wearing his Saints strip. However, not having a clue of the postal address of Southampton's ground, all I could muster was the name of it, so I ended up just putting - Jim Steele, The Dell, Southampton - on the envelope!
It was no surprise that I received no reply, as I suspect my letter never reached him in the first place!

MIKE HEWITT - GOALKEEPER - 1970-74

Dundee were fortunate to have 3 great keepers on the go around the same era, however, this wasn't such good fortune for Mike Hewitt who found himself in the middle of, firstly, competing with Ally Donaldson in 1970 & 71, then going straight into battle for position with Thomson Allan in 1973 & 74.
Hewitt's best season was 1971/72 when he became the dominant keeper wearing the #1 jersey.
All together he played a total of 55 games in the 4 seasons he was with the Dee.
He then left Dens in 75 to play in the United States.
Not sure if he ever returned?!

DUNDEE SQUAD - 1975

Another squad photo for the collection. This time from a 1975 Shoot magazine. It has quite a few reserve players in it alongside the more well known faces, although in the names listed, it has Ian Gordon when it should be Alan Gordon!
Click on the image to view the large version.

BILLY SEMPLE - 1972 & 73

Here's Billy Semple, before and after the mouser!

Although he played for Rangers before moving to Dens, he only ended up taking part in a handful of games for the Dees in the 1972 & 73 seasons.

DUNDEE FC SQUAD - 1970-71

Here's a photo featuring a few of the unsung guys I recently featured, sitting alongside the first team players in 1970/71.
Dundee finished 5th that season, one place behind Rangers, and as a consequence, were rewarded with a UEFA Cup spot.
The team also took part in the Texaco Cup that year, and (hush hush) won the Forfarshire Cup!

DAVE SOUTAR - FULL BACK

The last, for now, of the lesser known Dee players is, ex Clyde full back, Dave Soutar. He seems like an old pro compared to the previous players in the sequence, as he managed to notch up 9 full games for the club during the 1970/71 season, when this photo was taken.

IAN SMITH - OUTSIDE RIGHT

This photo of right winger, Ian Smith, was taken in the 1970/71 season.
He did actually play in 1 full game for the first team on 21st October 1972 against Killie, and so was obviously on Dundee's books for at least 3 seasons.

DAVID HENDERSON - CENTRE FORWARD

This is David Henderson, centre forward in the 1970/71 season, although no sign of him having had any first team action.

GRAHAM ROBERTSON - FULL BACK

This one is Graham Robertson, full back for the Dee reserves in the 1970/71 season.

ROBERT PRENTICE - OUTSIDE LEFT

This is Robert Prentice, who played outside left in 1970/71.
I also have a photo of him with the full first team squad from the same season, but there is no account of him having played with them, so I can only assume his time at Dens was with the reserves.

CHARLIE McVICAR - INSIDE FORWARD

Another one of the Dees mystery men was Charlie McVicar, inside forward in the 1970/71 season.

GEORGE FALCONER - INSIDE FORWARD

At least I have a wee bit of info on George Falconer. He was a forward, previously with Raith Rovers, and as far as I've been able to establish, he has played only 1 full game for the Dee, that being in the 1970/71 season against Killie.