Tuesday, June 25, 2019

News From Dens Park........................

Kenny Miller has left the club by mutual consent, Kenny joined Dundee last August and scored 8 goals in 35 appearances.

Jesse Curran has left the club, and will return to Australia, where he will continue his football. Jesse played 53 games for the club , and scored two goals.

Scott Robertson has joined Dundee as the club’s Head of Professional Programme. In the role, Scott will be in charge of the Under 18 squad and help with the pathway from the Academy to the First Team. Scott played for the club over a 100 times and came through the youth ranks at Dens.

Dave Mackay has today been appointed as First Team Coach and Head of Opposition Analysis. Dave is a player who came through the youth ranks at Dundee and played over 100 times including in the 2003 Scottish Cup Final and European fixtures. 

Shaun Byrne 
Dundee have signed Shaun Byrne from Livingston for an undisclosed fee. Midfielder Shaun signs for the club after a successful period with Livingston. In his first season he helped them to the League One title and followed that up with promotion to the Premiership through the Play Offs in 2017/18.

Last season in the Premiership he impressed in his 32 appearances in the top flight. Prior to Livingston, Shaun played over 100 times for Dunfermline having progressed through the East End Park’s youth academy. 

He signs for the club on a three year deal with an option of a further year and will wear squad number 8.

Jordan Marshall
Jordan Marshall has signed for Dundee on a two year deal. 22 year old Jordan joins after spending the last four seasons with Queen of the South in the SPFL Championship. 

He started his career in the Carlisle United Academy and moved to the Dumfries side in 2015.The left back went on to play over 130 times with Queens. 

Jordan McGhee
Dundee have signed Jordan McGhee. Defender Jordan signed after leaving Falkirk where he was club captain. He broke into the Heart of Midlothian first team in 2013 when he was just 16 and went on to play over 70 times for the Tynecastle club. 

Jordan spend time on loan at Middlesboro, then in 2017 he joined Falkirk and played 79 times for the bairns.  Jordan has signed a two year deal with the club and will wear number 3 in the 2019/20 season.

Dundee FC Pre-Season Games :

29th June – Brechin City, Glebe Park, 1pm. 

2nd July – Nottingham Forest, Pinatar Arena, 6.30pm (Local Time). 

5th July – Scunthorpe United, Spain, Closed Door. 

9th July – Blackpool, Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park, 7.45pm.

Sunday, June 09, 2019

Jimmy Johnstone ..................

Someone at work did not believe that Jimmy Johnstone played for Dundee in the mid late 1970's. I knew that he had a brief spell at Dundee when Tommy Gemmell was Manager.

Jimmy only played one full game against Airdrie at Dens opening game of 1977-78 season. The following week he was substituted later at Tynecastle, and himself a sub in the third league game against Stirling Albion. 

Jimmy was at dens for two months but failed to settle at the club, he left by mutual agreement.

Thursday, June 06, 2019

Declan McDaid Signs For The Dee..............

Declan McDaid
Dundee have signed Declan McDaid on a two year deal. The winger played last season at Ayr United. Declan started at Morton at youth level, then onto Partick Thistle, then onto Ayr United where he played 88 games, and 13 goals for the Somerset side. 

Declan can play on both wings which will help Dundee for the coming season. I'm very happy with this signing, hopefully more will follow in the next two weeks.

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

News From Dens......................

Dundee will head to a training camp in Spain, they will play a game on the 2nd of July, more details will be released by the club.

Cammy Kerr
CammyKerr has signed a new two year deal with the club, Cammy had offers from other clubs, but he wanted to stay at Dens. A good bit of business and hopefully he will get back to his best after a up and down time last season.

Dundee will play Brechin City (Away) on the 29th of June, the game kicks off at 1pm

Dundee will play the following games in the Betfred Cup:

Sat 13th July- Raith Rovers v Dundee 3pm
Wed 17th July- Cove Rangers v Dundee  7:45pm
Sat 20th July- Dundee v Peterhead 3pm
Sun 28th July- Dundee v Inverness Caley Th 3pm (Live on BT Sport)

Monday, June 03, 2019

New Manager James McPake

James McPake has been named new manager of Dundee Football Club, Jimmy Nicholl has been brought in as his No 2.I'm happy enough with the appointment and now the hard work starts for James and his background staff. 

It will be a tough season for the club next season, as we need to build a side capable of winning games. Not always playing great football, sometimes you need just to grind out results. We also need to make Dens Park a fortress for the coming season.