Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
They won't age as quickly if they have an active engagement with youngsters.
We have very good youth teams that seem to do well in National competitions. Maybe they could do "exhibition" games against local single school teams? We need to engage with youngsters who play football. That seems to be the starting point for getting new families involved in supporting DFC.
Perhaps Dee4life could sponsor a few games between our age group teams and single school teams. Seems to me a single young footballer might bring a potential couple of parents, 4 grandparents, and some of their school pals.

Senior players should also be expected to help.
You are possibly not aware that Dee4life donated ?2,500 to Dee Promotions at the beginning of May 2025 and never received any mention about the donation on the Dee Promotions Facebook page.
Meanwhile the DSA hand over ?800 to the Dundee Academy and they have their photograph taken at Gardyne which is then posted on Facebook.
About three years ago the club wanted Dee4life and the DSA to go 50:50 on the coast of resurrecting the Junior Dark Blues which was to be organised and run by the Dundee FC Community Trust.
The DSA committee members were not happy about the proposed monthly cost as some poor families could not afford to pay for the monthly cost of their children to become a member of the Junior Dark Blues.
As a result nothing was done and the Junior Dark Blues are still in abeyance.
In my opinion if the DSA were so concerned about the cost of monthly membership of the Junior Dark Blues for poor families they could have raided their piggy bank and subsidised the cost themselves.
Dee4life were happy to contribute their share of the cost because they realise that young members of the Junior Dark Blues are likely to be Dundee FC supporters for life.