Blether with Brown: Fully-fledged Dundonian Dick McTaggart first opened his...
Duncan Fenwick, of Haddington, isn’t too sure if Dick McTaggart is a born-and-bred Dundonian. Duncan got in touch the week after BwB highlighted in our October 13 issue the fact that Dick — Dundee’s...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Doddie’s Scotland strip was given to supporter Murray
Peter Marr’s tale about Scottish Junior football tops at Downfield (October 27) prompted a former Spiders official to reply. Sam Barnes was a vice-president and president of Downfield JFC. “I was...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Another Doug who was never booked
“When we ask about football players with outstanding disciplinary records, Doug Smith and Bobby Lennox immediately spring to mind,” said Andy Walker. “However, there is another player — a local player...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Rolando Ugolini never played in Italy
The photo of Rolando Ugolini in a Dundee United team group brought back memories for William Lyall. “Ugolini was the goalkeeper for United, joining about the time we came up from the Second Division,”...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: ‘Haud oan a minute’– then Mo came back with autographed...
The Dundee v Celtic game of the 1947-48 season continues to create comment. However, Rob Boag diversifies: “These Dundee v Celtic articles nudged my memory back to 1994 when the city of Hamilton,...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: England destroyer Joe’s demise is Haitian mystery
“A footballer all Scots took to their heart was Joe Gaetjens,” said Lochee contributor Charlie Walker. He then explained why: “Gaetjens was the player who scored the only goal when the USA produced the...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Dundee United played in Violet centenary
Signing himself only as ‘Patty The Pansy’, he wanted to know details of the match Dundee Violet had to celebrate their centenary. He reckoned it was against a very strong Dundee United side and that...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Rob surprised Dundee United’s Jerry Kerr is not in the...
Joe Morton’s view on the Celtic ‘nine-in-a-row’ teams provoked a response from Rob Boag. “Today’s Celtic team, with their multi-national line-up, is in stark cultural contrast to Joe Morton’s nine...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: DRI team in hospital league didn’t have any guest players
Brian Christie remembers playing in the local hospital football league, as highlighted in our November 10 edition. That was when Jim Anderson reminisced of his time playing with the Strathmartine...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Former Dundee United man Eddie Stewart
Former Dundee United player Eddie Stewart recently passed away. Eddie signed for United in September 1954 from local junior side Osborne. The half-back made his debut against Stenhousemuir the same...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Dundonian fighters excelled in halcyon days of amateur...
Broadcaster and author Frank Gilfeather has been a good friend to BwB over the years, and he has offered up another gem. “I came across the attached photo which I thought might interest your older...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Players named by ‘higher authority’
Dundee schoolteacher Andy Hutt was very complimentary in his opening line. “Still love the column on a Tuesday, especially the pictures,” he enthused. “In your Bobby Clark story, regarding the Scotland...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Were the Shaws the first Scottish brothers capped?
A further take on our ‘brothers’ theme over the last few months sees it entering international territory. A friend asked me if I knew who were the first brothers to play together for Scotland. It is...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Take the SPFL play-off abroad
Recent proposals and news concerning SPFL clubs prompted Kenneth Brannan to write once again to BwB. “I have written to you many times over the years,” said Kenneth. “However, up till now, every time I...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Sammy Kean’s remarkable run as Dundee gaffer
We recently featured former Dundee coach Sammy Kean. Kean, of course, was a former Hibs player and was No 2 to Bob Shankly in the Dark Blues’ famous championship season of 1961-62. Brian Reynolds, of...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Now the ‘Tin Pail’ are casting doubt over The...
Jim Fairlie offered a very complimentary “great column this week” when referring to a BwB piece from December 16. This was the article debating who was the oldest junior football club in Scotland. Many...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Grier brothers find (hall of) fame in Downfield
Downfield Junior Football Club are holding a Hall of Fame Dinner on Saturday in the club’s recently-renovated function suite. Inductees on the night will include Willie and George Grier, who were at...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: United lost cup-tie at Dens Park on toss of a coin – but...
Matty Harris recalls Dundee United playing a couple of games at Dens Park within months of each other — but they were not against Dundee. “This came up in a discussion with friends,” said Matty, of St...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Hawkeye readers rally to point out it is Hawkhill!
The confirmation of Dick McTaggart being a fully-fledged Dundonian in this column back in December contained a mistake. And, boy, was it picked up by ‘hawkeyed’ BwB readers. The edition was hardly on...
View ArticleBlether with Brown: Going to away match on Dickson’s football specials
My son-in-law Steve Shannon came across a couple of old football programmes from the 1960s. “I thought they might be of interest to you,” said Steve, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee. “They are just...
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