News from Dens..............

Dundee have announced that Rhys Weston, Craig Mckeown, Jake Hyde, Ross Chisholm, Graham Bayne and Mark Fotheringham won't be at the club next season. Rumours say that Rhys is set to play in Iceland and Craig is set to sign for Falkirk. Best wishes for your future careers.

The club will have a fun day at Dens on Sunday 13th of May more details here:

http://www.dee4life.com/homepage/2012/5/11/sunday-funday.html

I won't make it as I'm doing the Etape Caledonia which falls on the same day.

Dundee Games.........

Ayr Und 3 Dundee 2, Somerset Park, Division One, 28-April-12

Dundee opened the scoring after only 14 minutes when Ryan Conroy fired home with a fine shot, it took Ayr until on the hour mark when Parker scored with a well taken free kick. Minutes later and Dundee were ahead again when Savo Milne headed home. But Ayr fought back to level through Parker, and Robertson grabbed the winner with minutes remaining.


Dundee: Douglas, Irvine (Mcintosh 90), Lockwood, O'Donnell, McKeown, Weston, Riley, McBride, Milne, Benedictis, Conroy. Subs Not Used: Gibson, Fotheringham, Hyde, Chisholm.

Att: 1,656

Ref: Alan Muir.

Dundee 0 Partick Th 3, Dens Park, Division One, 21-April-12

Dundee lost again this time at home to Partick Th, Paul Cairney scored a hat-trick the first in the first half. Minutes into the 2nd half and Cairney missed a penalty which Rab Douglas saved. But the same player scored twice in the closing nine minutes. Dundee defender Neil McGregor got sent off after giving away the 2nd penalty. A poor day at the office for Dundee performance wise and things can only get better.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood, McGregor, Weston, McCluskey (Riley 46), O'Donnell, Fotheringham, Conroy, Hyde (Benedictis 61), Mcintosh. Subs Not Used: Gibson, McKeown, Chisholm.

Att: 3,682

Ref: Kevin Clancy

Ross County 3 Dundee 0, Victoria Park, Division One, 14-April-12

Dundee lost 3-0 at Dingwall on Saturday, by reports they were well beaten and could have been more but for Rab Douglas saves.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Benedictus, McKeown, Lockwood, Fotheringham (Weston 65), O'Donnell, McBride, Conroy, Milne (Riley 65), Mcintosh. Subs Not Used: Gibson, Hyde, Chisholm.

Att: 4,350

Ref: John McKendrick

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Dundee head for Dingwall today hoping to spoil Ross County's title winning celebrations. I think you will get good odds at the bookies for a Dundee win, maybe even better bet than on a horse at  The Grand National. Steven Milne and Jamie McCluskey have slight knocks and might make it, winger Nicky Riley is still out injured.

Dundee 1 Queen of the South 1, Dens Park, Division One, 10/April/12

Dundee had to settle for a 1-1 draw to lowly Queen of the South at a rain sodden Dens Park on Tuesday night. Going by reports it was a pretty poor performance. Dundee did take the lead in the second half when a Stephen O'Donnell shot hit Milne and ended up in the net. But a late headed goal from Higgins gave Queens a share of the spoils.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, McKeown, Benedictis (Riley 83), Weston, McCluskey (Fotheringham 70), O'Donnell, McBride, Conroy, Mcintosh, Milne (Hyde 83). Subs Not Used: Gibson, Chisholm.

After last night's draw it confirmed Ross County as Champions. So well done to the Highlanders who will play in the SPL next season.

Dundee 3 Falkirk 1, Dens Park, Division One, 07/April/12

Dundee produced a fine performance with a comfy 3-1 win over Falkirk on Saturday. The score line could have been more in a fine end to end game. They got off to the perfect start in 11 minutes when Stephen O'Donnell scored with a 25 yard thunderbolt which gave the Bairns keeper no chance. A great strike from the midfielder who l feel is always capable of this kind of goal. Soon after Falkirk hit back when a shot from Miller beat Rab Douglas to level the game. 

Dens Park Looking Good

Dundee played some fine stuff and it was a good entertaining game for the fans, Dundee regained the lead when they got a penalty after Darren Dods handled in the box. Ryan Conroy smashed the ball home to the delight of the Dundee fans.
Both teams came out for the second half and played some fine passing football with Dundee just having the edge, and on the hour they increased their lead to 3-1 when after good play from young striker Leighton McIntosh his cross was close to the falkirk keeper and striker Milne but Savo was quickest and stabbed the ball home from a few yards to seal the points.

Both teams had chances to score as the game to a close, a fine three points and it does make a change when teams come to Dens and play open football. It was also goo to see the scoreboard working l like it and long may it continue if Dundee keep winning at home.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine,McKeown, Benedictus, McCluskey (Fotheringham 70), McBride, O'Donnell, Conroy, Mcintosh (Hyde 81), Milne (Chisholm 90). Subs Not Used: Gibson, Weston.

Att: 3,896

Ref: C.Thomson.

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Dundee don't have a game this weekend as Hamilton face Falkirk in the Ramsden Cup Final. The clubs did play the game when Hamilton beat Dundee 3-1. The next game will be against  Falkirk a week on Saturday.

Dundee 4 Ayr United 1, Dens Park, Division One, 27/March/12

Dundee got back on track after poor performances in the last two game. Teamwise Kyle Benedictus and Leighton McIntosh came into the side with McGregor and Finnigan out injured. Youngster Jamie Reid was on the bench and no sign of Fotheringham rumour say that he out injured.

Dundee got off to good start and looked eager to attack and it did pay off after 20 minutes when a good move and O'Donnell pass put Jamie McCluskey clear on goal and the winger finished with a low drive. Dundee kept their high tempo football going and McIntosh should have scored shooting over the bar from 10 yards out.

Jake Hyde After Scoring

Second half and Ayr to their credit kept playing football and having a go. It took some good defending to keep them out with the help of the woodwork. Then after a short looking passback forced keeper Rab Douglas to clear and the ball fell nicely to Savo Milne who took a great touch and finished well to put Dundee 2 nil up. Ayr still came back and Douglas made two great saves to keep them out, but soon after Roberts scored with a good shot.

Then with the Honest men looking to earn a draw Dundee broke twice to seal the game first a quick breakaway and Jake Hyde scored with a grat finish high into the net. Then it was 4-1 when McCluskey broke some great skill and pass which setup Ryan Conroy scored to stun Ayr United.

The players all done well tonight and the win was well earned, Ayr played well tonight and  could have won the game.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood, McKeown, Benedictis, McCluskey, McBride, O'Donnell, Conroy, Milne (Bayne 88), Mcintosh (Hyde 88). Subs Not Used: Gibson, Chisholm, Reid.

 Att : 3,136

Ref : Iain Brines

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Striker Carl Finnigan will miss the Ayr game with his knee is still swollen hopefully it's not too bad a injury as l have been impressed with Carl in the short time he has been at the club.

Dundee also have a new scoreboard and it should be up and running soon. Picture link below: Here

Dundee 1 Raith Rovers 1, Dens Park, Division One, 24/March/12

Dundee got off to a great start on Saturday against lowly Raith Rovers when in 6 minutes after good link up play the ball was fed out to Irvine and his his cross was headed home by Carl Finnigan a superb goal. In the opening stage Dundee pushed the Rovers back and looked dangerous when they went forward.

Then the game kind of changed when Carl Finnigan had to go off after he hurt his knee, it did look a bad one and hopefully Carl is okay. Rovers came back into the game and levelled when after some slack play Casalinuovo scored at the back post.

Second half and Dundee struggled to make any decent chances and the visiters could have sneaked a winner. Only shot on target was from Fortheringham which the keeper pushed away for a corner.

So hopefully we bounce back on Tuesday when Ayr United are in town.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine,McGregor,McKeown,Lockwood, McCluskey (Fotheringham 57),McBride,O'Donnell,Conroy, Milne (Bayne 78),Finnigan (Hyde 42). Subs Not Used: Gibson,Chisholm.

Att : 4,118 

Ref : William Collum      

Hamilton A 3 Dundee 1, New Douglas Park, Division One, 20-March-12

Dundee lost their first away game for a wee while going down 3-1 to Hamilton. Dundee took the lead in 30 minutes when they got a soft penalty or so reports go. But up stepped Ryan Conroy to blast home. Accies fought back and levelled the game 5 minutes later when McLaughlin scored. That was the half time score.

Second half and two quickfire goals from McShane and Stewart put the Accies in control and finished the game as a contest, Dundee rarely threaten and reports say that it was the worst performance of the season. Mark Fortherinham and Leighton McIntosh came on but that changed very little.

With Morton beating Falkirk it does keep Dundee in second place, we look to get back on track this Saturday when Raith Rovers come to Dens Park.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood, McGregor, McKeown, McCluskey, McBride (Fotheringham 62), O'Donnell, Conroy, Hyde (Mcintosh 62), Bayne. Subs Not Used: Gibson, Chisholm, Benedictis.

Att : 1,366

Ref : Alan Muir

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Dundee will play Hamilton on Tuesday at New Douglas Park they will go into the game looking for another three vital points.The team played very well at Cappielow on Saturday and confidence will be high.

Morton 0 Dundee 2, Cappielow Park, Division One, 17/February/2012

Dundee claimed another 3 points today at sunny Cappielow, two goals from Ryan Conroy one from the penalty spot after Kevin McBride was fouled in the box. The second one came just after half time when he took advantage of a poor headed passback to chip the keeper to seal the win.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood,McGregor, McKeown, McCluskey, Conroy (Fotheringham 83), O'Donnell, McBride, Finnigan, Bayne (Hyde 76). Subs not used: Gibson, Chisholm, Benedictus.

Att: 1,610

Ref: S. Finnie.

Only thing to spoil the result was the score from Dingwall with County winning 2-1 with Falkirk down to 9 men.

Floodlights fail at Dens....

Tonight's game was called off with just 15 minutes to go before kick-off. It was due to a floodlight failure. It will now be played on Tuesday 27th of March, the good news is l'm off shift at work.

McBride Signs Up at Dens...................

Dundee have signed midfielder Kevin McBride until the end of the season. He has done well over the last two games on trial, and will add competition to our midfield. Kevin has played for a host of clubs including Celtic, Motherwell, Darlington, Falkirk and Hibernian, Raith Rovers. Welcome to Dens Kevin. 

Dundee Sign Fozzy...

Dundee have signed midfielder Mark Fotheringham until the end of the season, he did play for Dundee between 2003-05 and scored a few goals in the Premier League. Mark played for Livingston earlier in the season, he played in a bounce game against Aberdeen yesterday and impressed Manager Barry Smith

Livingston 2 Dundee 3, Braidwood Motor Co Stadium, First Division, 03/March/2012

Dundee got back to winning ways with a fine 3-2 win at Livingston on Saturday. Jamie McCluskey scored after 26 minutes with a fine finish. Livi levelled the game six minutes from the break through McNulty.

With just two minutes into the second half Livingston took the lead when Neil McGregor knocked the ball pass Rab Douglas in the goal. Then on 56 minutes Carl Finnigan scored to make it 2-2 with a great tackle of old from Weston set him up.

Both teams went for a winner and it was Jamie McCluskey who got the winner when he stabbed the ball home from close range to send the Dundee fans home happy.

A very vital three points today and keeps Dundee's slim promotion chances going.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, McGregor, Weston (McKeown 67), Lockwood, McCluskey, McBride, O'Donnell, Conroy, Finnigan, Milne (Bayne 33). Subs Not Used: Gibson, Chisholm, Benedictus.

Att: 2,052

Ref: B.Madden 

You can watch the goals here from this link: http://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/livitv/dundee030312/livitv.php

Dundee 1 Ross County 1, Dens Park, First Division, 25/February/12

Dundee had to settle for a draw on Saturday against league leaders Ross County. In a game on which again we lost a sloppy goal after only 10 minutes on which was County's first attack on our goal. A deep cross was missed and after it was knocked back across Kettlewell had a easy tap in. Then soon after Douglas saved with his legs as County looked to finish the game early. 


It took Dundee around 20 minutes to wake up and get back into the game, first Jamie McCluskey on a good run was chopped down from behind in a challenge that was no where near the ball. Soon after and this time Carl Finnigan got into the box where he was fouled. I think the linesman's gave the penalty after the Ref had looked to wave play on. Up stepped  Ryan Conroy to blast home with a well placed shot. The first half ended that way 1-1 and all to play for in the second half.

The second half  was mainly Dundee in control apart from a couple of County chances, but sadly we could not create any clear cut chances. I think Ross County were happy with point today, and for Dundee it's more points dropped and we will have to win our next 4-5 games to get a chance of catching the top two. On the trialist today who was Kevin McBride l think he done well today but need's to get his match fitness up, new striker Carl Finnigan again looked good. 

Next up is Livingston away which will be a tough game, but it's one we must win.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood, McGregor, Weston, McCluskey, O'Donnell, McBride (Milne75), Hyde (Bayne 83), Finnigan. Subs Not Used: Gibson, McKeown, Chisholm.

Att: 5,003

Ref: M.Tumilty

Falkirk 1 Dundee 1, New Falkirk Stadium, First Division, 21/February/12

Dundee earned a point with another late goal coming with a few minutes of the game left. Falkirk had lead from the first half, by reports l've seen Dundee had dominated play in the first half but lost a soft goal. But new signing Carl Finnigan had come off the bench to score with a well placed shot. A good point but we need to start winning and Saturday is now a must now if we have any chance of gaining promotion.

Dundee: Douglas,Irvine, Weston, McGregor, Lockwood, McCluskey, O'Donnell, Chisholm (Finnigan 58), Conroy, Hyde (Bayne 83), Milne. Subs not used: Gibson, McKeown, Benedictus.

Att:3,089

Ref: C. Richmond.

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Carl Finnigan

Dundee have signed Carl Finnigan on loan until the end of the season and he will go into the squad for tonight's game at Falkirk. The club has been linked with Nigel Quashie and could sign later in the week.


Queen of the South 1 Dundee 1, Palmerstone Park, Division One, 18/February/2012 


Dundee drew 1-1 at Queen of the South on Saturday, losing at half time when QoS scored just before half time when Parkin netted from close range. Dundee battled on and got their reward with a few minutes left when Matt Lockwood finished with a superb shot across the goal to give the keeper no chance.

Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, McGregor (Chisholm 66), McKeown, McCluskey (Riley 76), Weston (Benedictus 80), O'Donnell, Conroy, Hyde, Milne. Subs not used: Gibson, Bayne.

Att: 1,682

Ref: Steve Conroy.

Dundee 2 Hamilton A 2, Dens Park, 18/February/12