On This Day

[JamesMcClean]

16th Nov 1966 at a jam packed Tannadice, goals from Ian Mitchell and Billy Hainey followed up a remarkable first leg result in the Nou Camp as United once again humbled the Catalan giants. What made this result all the more remarkable was that this occurred some five years before Jim McLean took over and indeed some thir**** years before 1979 when the history of Dundee United commenced, according to your average Funster.

Who’d have thunk it?

[stokearab]

16th Nov 1966 at a jam packed Tannadice, goals from Ian Mitchell and Billy Hainey followed up a remarkable first leg result in the Nou Camp as United once again humbled the Catalan giants. What made this result all the more remarkable was that this occurred some five years before Jim McLean took over and indeed some thir**** years before 1979 when the history of Dundee United commenced, according to your average Funster.

Who’d have thunk it?

I was there. Amazing experience. What a night! Never been able to find any film of it though. Don't think there is any.

[GUNBOAT]

There is that iconic photo of the players in the dressing room after the game,the Gunboat has a bottle of beer and a fag in hand.Can anyone put it up?.

[jerrennixon]

Credit to Ceres Arabs twitter for this

[Arabdownsouth]

Credit to Ceres Arabs twitter for this

And they smoked too lol

[stokearab]

And they smoked too lol

Billy Hainey also in the middle of a well earned fag!

[TangerineDream]

Great photae.

Anyone able to put names to all of these Arabian heroes?

[stokearab]

Iain Mitchell was my favourite player at the time. In park kickabouts I was him! Correct me if I'm wrong but think he died young as did one one of the great Scandinavians, Finn I think.

[stokearab]

Credit to Ceres Arabs twitter for this

Front row is Finn Seeman, Jimmy Millar missing a tooth, Dennis Gillespie and Ian Mitchell.
Doug Smith standing on bench at back.
Back row Jimmy Briggs aka Gunboat, Tommy Neilson (?),
Lennart (nothing gets by me) Wing, Dave McKay gk, Billy Hainey.

I think.

[stokearab]

Iain Mitchell was my favourite player at the time. In park kickabouts I was him! Correct me if I'm wrong but think he died young as did one one of the great Scandinavians, Finn I think.

Just checked. Ian Mitchell died in 1996 aged 50 after a long illness. Finn Seeman died in Norway 1985 in a car crash, aged only 40