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Dundee United Historical Archive, known as The Arab Archive. Every player, every game, every goal. Blissfully living in the past.
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Aged 16 years and 6 days, striker Rory Macleod becomes United’s youngest ever player by coming on as a sub tonight.
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Tam Courts is the first United manager to take points off both Rangers and Celtic in his first games against them since Craig Levein in 2006 (2-1 v Rangers at Tannadice and a 2-2 draw at Parkhead).
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"I repeat the famous words, mother close your eyes."
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Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Sir Alex Ferguson.
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As Robbie Neilson welcomes his players to training for the first time, we take a look back at how the club's greatest ever manager went about things in his own unique way.
#UnitedInHistory
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#OnThisDay
2014 | Just five years ago - United 5 Motherwell 1.
That team was so bloody good to watch.
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With his hat-trick today,
@Shankland_25
(24 goals) has surpassed Jon Daly and Kjell Olofsson's best tallies of 22 and 23 goals in one season, the most since Iain Ferguson with 28 in 1986-87. Will he surpass Ferguson's total?
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There aren’t many images as satisfying as this one.
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We are extrememly saddened to hear of the passing of Scottish Football legend Walter Smith.
As assistant to manager Jim McLean, he will forever be remembered at Tannadice for playing a massive role in the most successful years of Dundee United's history.
🖤🧡
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As far as we can make out - the first and only hat-trick scored by a centre half in the club’s history.
Partick Thistle 0-5 Dundee United: Kevin Holt bags HAT-TRICK against former club as Tangerines make Championship statement
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34 years ago tonight.....
For the FULL MATCH with BBC Scotland's coverage, click here:
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"The players have rightly built up a reputation in recent years. European teams definitely respected us. We need fear no-one."
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Please follow us at
@ArabArchiveDUFC
as we continue to preserve the history of Dundee United FC - from 1909 to present day. Every game, every player, every goal - the most detailed statistical records of the club available anywhere.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Barry Robson (166 apps 37 goals)
#UnitedInHistory
Former captain and top scorer for United in 2006-07, Barry is most remembered for some stunning goals during his 5 years at Tannadice.
Profile -
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Completing his second season at Tannadice, Benji Siegrist has now kept a total of 27 competitive clean sheets for
@dundeeunitedfc
, 12 of those during 2019-20 - including 5 in a row during Oct/Nov. Only ten other keepers in United's history have kept more overall.
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As mentioned on this weeks
@dodefoxpodcast
, 34 years ago today, United’s Dave Narey, Maurice Malpas, Eamonn Bannon and Richard Gough all started in Scotland’s second match of the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, against West Germany.
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The day the 1994 Cup winning team was complete? Suppose it helps to sign a Jedi!
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Paul Dixon beating his chest in front of the travelling Arabs. Love it.
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Saturdays as a kid...
Tiswas/Swap Shop
Saint and Greavsie
Panini stickers
Stand outside pub
Crisps and Coke
Into Tannadice
Buy programme
Find your usual spot
Hamish, Heggy & Co. 2 points
Sporting Post on way home
Crispy pancakes & chips
Sportscene with Archie
Bed
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With 28 goals in 33 games
@Shankland_25
finished 2019-20 as
@dundeeunitedfc
's top scorer. His contribution was the highest season tally for any United player since Iain Ferguson - who also netted 28 times in the 1986-87 season.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Ian Redford (155 apps 32 goals)
#UnitedInHistory
The ex Dundee and Rangers midfielder signed for United in 1985 for £70,000 and played a huge part in the club's famous UEFA Cup run. He then moved to Ipswich in 1988.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Iain Ferguson (104 apps 44 goals)
#UnitedInHistory
Iain contributed 44 goals in just two seasons with United before leaving for Hearts in 1988. He scored this goal against his future club on December 20th, 1986.
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Some 35 years ago today,
@dundeeunitedfc
turned in one of the club's greatest ever performances with a win at Tannadice against
@ASRomaEN
, taking a 2-0 first leg advantage in the European Champions' Cup semi-final.
#UnitedInHistory
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Farewell Ray McKinnon. Always harder watching the descent from fondly remembered player to failed manager. Best wishes in what comes next.
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#OnThisDay
1984 - Celtic 1 United 2
A Hamish penalty save, a well taken goal from substitute Paul Sturrock and a header from Richard Gough are enough for United to earn all three points at Celtic Park.
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As a United supporter, what does this former defender mean to you?
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This weekend on Arab Archive TV, possibly one of the best pieces of transfer business (excluding legends) that the club has ever conducted?
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Morning folks. Twitter problems this morning. Can you see this tweet? If so, let us know.
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The Race For The Title '83 - Saturday 2nd April 1983
United - two points behind leaders Aberdeen and one behind Celtic in the race for the Premier Division championship - faced John Greig's Rangers side, who themselves were more-or-less all but confirmed to be out of contention.
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The Race For The Title '83 - Saturday 14th May 1983
It was all down to this... the last Premier Division match of the season, against Dundee. United were sitting top - all they had to do was win and they would be champions of Scotland for the first time in history.
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Happy 65th Birthday to arguably the best player to have ever played for the Club, David Narey.
Here’s a newspaper report for where it all started, on a cold, dark Wednesday afternoon in front of just 1300 fans.
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What Jimmy Gomis meant to United fans in happier times.
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Our chronological uploads are currently complete - 27 consecutive seasons, from 1980 to 2007, with (nearly) every United goal caught on film in that time now available on our YouTube channel. Here’s a selection from 1980 to 1989.
#dundeeunited
#1980s
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Dundee United v Aberdeen this weekend. Let’s hope for one of these! Jim McInally 1991.
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#OnThisDay
1983 - Celtic 2 United 3
Against all the odds and under the most severe of pressure before the match, United pulled off a victory that was so instrumental in their eventual capture of the Scottish League Championship.
#ArabArchive
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Jim McInally (395 apps, 22 goals )
#UnitedInHistory
Signed from Coventry in 1986, Jim played in a UEFA Cup Final, was capped for Scotland and won a Scottish Cup medal while with United. A club legend.
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Dundee United fans heading through to Parkhead, March 1977.
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Merry Christmas one and all and thank you for following us in 2018. Arabest for the festive season.
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The Race For The Title '83 - Saturday 14th May 1983
CHAMPIONS! The Sportscene cameras capture the celebrations in the Tannadice boardroom after the match.
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If
@simonmurrayy
plays in both legs of the playoff final, he'll be the first player to hit 50 apps in one season since Brian Welsh in 93-94.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - John Clark (329 apps, 37 goals )
#UnitedInHistory
Scored one of the most famous goals in United history against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. A fans' favourite, John played for 12 seasons before leaving for Stoke in 1994.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Morgaro Gomis (201 apps 7 goals)
#UnitedInHistory
A favourite with United fans during his first spell, "Jimmy" earned a Scottish Cup winners medal in 2010 and earned 2 caps with Senegal before leaving to join Birmingham.
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All the best to former Terror
@andrewrobertso5
tonight in the Champions League semi final. Here's proof, if it was needed, that the best goals often come from the back!
#ArabArchive
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Not many “player connections” between
@dundeeunitedfc
and
@FulhamFC
, with most having only played a handful of games at Craven Cottage, or vice versa. But only one player it seems started with UNITED and finished with Fulham - the one and only Billy McKinlay. (1/4)
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As long as Scotland's football bodies are still uttering mid 90s drivel re: the OF being the only selling point, the decline will continue.
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The Race For The Title '83 - Saturday 19th March 1983
Facing a bubbling Aberdeen side fresh from European glory against Bayern Munich, United were in contrasting mood after their UEFA Cup quarter final defeat by Bohemians of Prague.
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Saddened to hear that Ralph Milne passed away today. Heartfelt sympathies with his family and close friends.
http://t.co/N5bAhBCC0o
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At the end of the day.... family before money.
Sad to hear the news of Jim McLean's passing, we can all appreciate loyalty in football, here is a 1983 interview on the day he turned down the Manager's job at
@RangersFC
wonder if
@JimWhite
remembers this
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#PlayerFocus
Andy McLaren (1991-99, 2003-05)
Came through the youth ranks and became a regular by 1993. Won a Scottish Cup medal a year later. Left for Reading in 1999 for a fee of £150k before returning in 2003 for two seasons.
Appearances: 250
Goals: 23
#DundeeUnited
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It’s been a little over 12 years since we launched the Arab Archive, some five years after we started the base work of a project to build a web-based statistical record of
@dundeeunitedfc
players and matches. We’re immensely proud of what we have built (1/3)
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Many happy returns to Finn Dossing who turns 77 today.
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FORMER PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Willie Pettigrew (91 apps 36 goals)
#UnitedInHistory
Signed for a club record fee of £100k from Motherwell, Willie memorably scored twice to help United win their first ever major trophy in the 1979/80 League Cup Final.
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A milestone sort of week for Calum Butcher who turns 30 today, having also made his 100th appearance for United last weekend. Happy birthday Calum!
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