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Dundee United FC
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Dundee United FC Information
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Dundee United FC History
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Dundee United Football Club is a
Scottish football (soccer) club from the city of Dundee. They
currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are currently
looking for a new manager having sacked Ian McCall.
Originally named Dundee Hibernian, they were formed in 1909 by
members of Dundee's immigrant Irish-Catholic community. In
October 1923, the club decided to change its name to Dundee
United to attract a wider appeal.
They were for many years the less successful of the two Dundee
football clubs (the other being Dundee FC), but during the
period when Jim McLean served as the club's manager (between
1971 and 1993) they became the premier club in the city. McLean
was an astonishingly successful manager, leading United into
their most successful period of history, along with assistant
manager Walter Smith. In his time as manager they won a league
title, several league cups, reached the Scottish Cup Final seven
times (though never managed to win it), as well as a European
Cup semi-final and a UEFA Cup-final.
In recent years the club has struggled to maintain such success,
whilst rivals Dundee FC have become more successful once again,
by living beyond their means. This came to a head in November
2003 when it emerged that they were £22 million in debt with no
tangible assets and Dundee FC was forced to go into
administration (a period which lasted until August 2004).
Their most recent trophy win came in the 1994 Scottish Cup final
where a Craig Brewster goal saw off Walter Smith's Rangers. |
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Dundee United FC Honours, Trophies & Awards
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Scottish League Champions (1):
1982/1983
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Division Two (2):
1924/1925, 1928/1929
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Scottish League Cup (2):
1980, 1981
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