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Thanks Man o' War. That sounds like a feasible explanation. It also goes some way to explaining the use of the term 'Dabs' in similar fashion. Getting their ARs and Dees confused could easily mutate Arabs into Dabs.
Gunboat, as a fellow student of Lawside then do you no mind in the Fairs Cup tie in 1969 when the then holders Newcastle united played us in the first round their fans literally took over the Shed and smashed up a fair old chunk of it which if memory serves me well was not repaired until well into 1970. Talking of the Shimmy one of the fifth years who used to serve us school dinners claimed to be in the Shimmy and was telling us second years the next day that some of the NU fans buses were parked down near the old Central Baths and the Shimmy chased one particular Geordie who ended up jumping into the Tay. Similarly in the Sept 1972 derby, we won 2-1 (Sandy White winner) there was a massive gang fight in the Shed in the first half, nae segreation in they days young anes, so to say the Shimmy were strictly Utd fans is I think slightly disingenuous.