I will never forget coming home from Hampden in 1991 after yet another defeat to find my Funster mates i played football with had left a couple of messages on my answer machine,although none of them had witnessed a big cup win in their lifetime they still rejoiced in United's failure to complete the treble at Hampden that day.
Its funny how history can come back and bite you on the erse though as United beat Motherwell in the 4th round replay at Fir park 1-0 before finally ending the hoodoo versus the all conquering Glasgow Rangers(RIP)and denying them a double treble,FACT.The phone calls i received on Saturday the 18th of May 1991 were a very distant memory but have been resurrected by a Sportscene programme i have just watched,it showed a much,much,much poorer Motherwell playing with TEN men inflicting the same 4-3 scoreline on the team of my friends from the early 90's.
The big difference between two identical results is there for all to see,Dundee United had just lost their sixth Scottish Cup Final but had won 24 ties to get there whereas Dundee FC broke a Premiership record by losing 9 games on the trot,FACT.