On This Day

[stokearab]

Credit to Ceres Arabs twitter for this

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In the days before substitutions were allowed only 11 players took part, there's 10 in the picture so one is missing

[TangerineDream]

Great stuff. Thanks for the info and picture.

Love reading about auld United stuff. This is a wee bit before my time, so always very interesting to hear about these players.

[deebuster]

In the days before substitutions were allowed only 11 players took part, there's 10 in the picture so one is missing

Örjan Persson ?

[GUNBOAT]

In the days before substitutions were allowed only 11 players took part, there's 10 in the picture so one is missing

I think it was Persson.

[GUNBOAT]

Sure the goalkeeper would have been Sandy Davie,he played in the 1st leg in the Camp Nou.

[GUNBOAT]

Our other keeper at the time was Donald Mackay he played in the Dens Park massacre O 65.

[Logie_Arab]

United : Sandy Davie, Tommy Millar, Jimmy Briggs, Tommy Neilson, Doug Smith, Lennart Wing, Finn Seeman, Billy Hainey, Ian Mitchell, Dennis Gillespie, Orjan Persson
Attendance: 28,000. Goals: Mitchell (18) Hainey (49)

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/f...ona-fairs-cup/

[stokearab]

United : Sandy Davie, Tommy Millar, Jimmy Briggs, Tommy Neilson, Doug Smith, Lennart Wing, Finn Seeman, Billy Hainey, Ian Mitchell, Dennis Gillespie, Orjan Persson
Attendance: 28,000. Goals: Mitchell (18) Hainey (49)

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/f...ona-fairs-cup/

Thanks Logie.

[stokearab]

Just thought I'd add a few memories from that game.
I remember it was a clear crisp night but not freezing. My old man took me. We got into the ground pretty early and made for one of the barriers right at the top of the North terracing. The crush barriers were about 8 foot long and there was always competition to get a lean on one. The terracing steps were steep and the view from close to the top towards the Arklay Street end was fantastic.
The ground was packed. I believe wiki shows the record attendance that night as 28000 but I'm sure I remember the Courier reporting it as 28500. Could be wrong.
I dont remember Ian Mitchell's goal, one reason I'd have loved to see highlights. When Kevin Gallagher scored against them in the second UEFA meeting it put me in mind of Billy Haineys goal that night. I think Billy's goal was not so close to the touchline and a wee bit further back but it was an amazing strike and Tannadice erupted.
When he came back from the war my old man used to go Tannadice one week and Dens the next, but that night as we walked away from the ground he told me he was now going to follow my team only. It was a fabulous team performance. They had no answer.
Beating the Catalan giants 4-1 on aggregate sent shock waves across Europe and truly announced United as a name to be remembered.
It would be like Livingston beating Juve 4-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup next year.

Mes que un club

[GUNBOAT]

Just thought I'd add a few memories from that game.
I remember it was a clear crisp night but not freezing. My old man took me. We got into the ground pretty early and made for one of the barriers right at the top of the North terracing. The crush barriers were about 8 foot long and there was always competition to get a lean on one. The terracing steps were steep and the view from close to the top towards the Arklay Street end was fantastic.
The ground was packed. I believe wiki shows the record attendance that night as 28000 but I'm sure I remember the Courier reporting it as 28500. Could be wrong.
I dont remember Ian Mitchell's goal, one reason I'd have loved to see highlights. When Kevin Gallagher scored against them in the second UEFA meeting it put me in mind of Billy Haineys goal that night. I think Billy's goal was not so close to the touchline and a wee bit further back but it was an amazing strike and Tannadice erupted.
When he came back from the war my old man used to go Tannadice one week and Dens the next, but that night as we walked away from the ground he told me he was now going to follow my team only. It was a fabulous team performance. They had no answer.
Beating the Catalan giants 4-1 on aggregate sent shock waves across Europe and truly announced United as a name to be remembered.
It would be like Livingston beating Juve 4-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup next year.

Mes que un club

Classic post Stokie Boy,FACT.