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some famous names here

August 5, 1944
Match: Army friendly, at Dens Park, kick-off: 15:00.
Dundee – British Army 0-7 (0-4).
Referee: Mr. P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen).

Dundee (2-3-5): Reuben Bennett, Bob Rennie, Robert Ancell, Micky Fenton (Middlesbrough), Gray (Morton), Cox (Third Lanark), Miller (Partick Thistle), Turnbull, Willie Anderson, Robert Auld, James Roberts.

British Army XI (2-3-5): Frank Swift (Manchester City), Dick Taylor (Wolves), Wally Barnes (Arsenal), Joe Mercer (Everton), James Carabine (Third Lanark), Matt Busby (Liverpool), Fred Kurz (Grimsby and Chelsea), Archie Macaulay (West Ham), Don Welsh (Charlton), Andy Black (Hearts), Jimmy Mullen (Wolves).

The goals: 0-1 Own goal (Fenton, 9 min.), 0-2 Black (18 min.), 0-3 Welsh (19 min.), 0-4 Mullen (30 min.), 0-5 Welsh (61 min.), 0-6 Black (72 min.), 0-7 Welsh (73 min.).

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Originally Posted by shaded

some famous names here

August 5, 1944
Match: Army friendly, at Dens Park, kick-off: 15:00.
Dundee – British Army 0-7 (0-4).
Referee: Mr. P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen).

Dundee (2-3-5): Reuben Bennett, Bob Rennie, Robert Ancell, Micky Fenton (Middlesbrough), Gray (Morton), Cox (Third Lanark), Miller (Partick Thistle), Turnbull, Willie Anderson, Robert Auld, James Roberts.

British Army XI (2-3-5): Frank Swift (Manchester City), Dick Taylor (Wolves), Wally Barnes (Arsenal), Joe Mercer (Everton), James Carabine (Third Lanark), Matt Busby (Liverpool), Fred Kurz (Grimsby and Chelsea), Archie Macaulay (West Ham), Don Welsh (Charlton), Andy Black (Hearts), Jimmy Mullen (Wolves).

The goals: 0-1 Own goal (Fenton, 9 min.), 0-2 Black (18 min.), 0-3 Welsh (19 min.), 0-4 Mullen (30 min.), 0-5 Welsh (61 min.), 0-6 Black (72 min.), 0-7 Welsh (73 min.).

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Fae 2 at the back, to one up front in 70 odd years, wonder what they would make of that if they cud see it today.

Or a Scotland team playing without a forward.

Doubt very much any of the above alive but you never know, younger ones would be mid nineties if they were.

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Originally Posted by shaded

some famous names here

August 5, 1944
Match: Army friendly, at Dens Park, kick-off: 15:00.
Dundee – British Army 0-7 (0-4).
Referee: Mr. P. Craigmyle (Aberdeen).

Dundee (2-3-5): Reuben Bennett, Bob Rennie, Robert Ancell, Micky Fenton (Middlesbrough), Gray (Morton), Cox (Third Lanark), Miller (Partick Thistle), Turnbull, Willie Anderson, Robert Auld, James Roberts.

British Army XI (2-3-5): Frank Swift (Manchester City), Dick Taylor (Wolves), Wally Barnes (Arsenal), Joe Mercer (Everton), James Carabine (Third Lanark), Matt Busby (Liverpool), Fred Kurz (Grimsby and Chelsea), Archie Macaulay (West Ham), Don Welsh (Charlton), Andy Black (Hearts), Jimmy Mullen (Wolves).

The goals: 0-1 Own goal (Fenton, 9 min.), 0-2 Black (18 min.), 0-3 Welsh (19 min.), 0-4 Mullen (30 min.), 0-5 Welsh (61 min.), 0-6 Black (72 min.), 0-7 Welsh (73 min.).

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That army team has 2 men from the 1958 Munich air crash, an England manager, a presenter from the very first Match of the Day, European Cup winning manager and a player who had a hand in all 9 goals in an away win (9-1) in English top flight that wasn’t bettered until this season by Leicester winning 9-0 at Southampton.

interesting input h

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Originally Posted by shaded

interesting input h

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Are you mocking lol??

def not h,
famous names is what i saw but never put them together in the way you mention,as i say interesting when its pointed out

obv matt busby re munich who was the other?

got it after googling frank swift as he had become a journalist