RETRO DUNDEE

Anybody who worked in the Levi factory, better look away - here's a picture of me wearing their rivals jeans - Wranglers. This would ...

They still do the Wee Red Book every year as far as I know, but here is one I kept from the 1973 season. It's stuffed with all things to...

Some of you may recognise the top image, published in the Peoples Journal in 1968. It's 2 separate signs that were on a lampie in...

Probably the most famous footballer the world has ever known is Brazilian superstar, Pele, and he paid a visit to Dens Park one summer in Ju...

I mentioned in yesterday's post about Dundee ref John Gordon, that he was one of the officials who was chosen for the 1978 World Cup...

As a young lad, John Gordon played football locally for Stobswell and the Violet before he made the decision to be a ref. It turned out ...

Here's the Sunday Boys League team, Broughty Ferry Under 14's, pictured in 1982. I suppose because I have none of the lads names, th...

Here's a typical school team photo dating from 1972. It's Stobswell Under 15's football squad. The image is taken from a newspa...

I don't have an exact year for this flyer printed for the opening of Salon 51 in the Murraygate, but I reckon late 70's/early 80...

Some amusing accessories were available in the early 70's to customise your Subbuteo pitch layout. Photographers, ambulancemen, poli...

It was my wee brother who had the Subbuteo football gear, not me, but in the early 70's I was the one who came up with the idea ...

Getting the Football League Ladders free with "Shoot" magazine each summer was always something to look forward to as a schoolboy ...

Back in the good old, bad old, ugly old days of football in Scotland (referring mostly to the 70's here), battles inside grounds were co...

The Wonderful World Of Soccer Stars "World Cup 1974" picture stamp book, was an alternative to the packs of football cards with...

Germany was still divided back in 1974, but all of Scotland was united when we travelled over to the West to take on Brazil, Yugoslavia ...

Remember Larg's in Whitehall Street used to sell sheet music downstairs? Well here's 2 from 1974. The Scotland World Cup Squ...

The 1974 World Cup in Germany was the first time Scotland had qualified for the tournament since 1958, and so for those who were in my a...

One of the first materials we used in primary school when it was time for "arts & crafts", was plasticine. At aged 5, we u...

Another challenge match, this time at Tannadice, and a game that took place on 30th April 1979 between Ministers & Butchers. My ...

Here's an account of a football game that wouldn't have made the headlines next day! It was a media challenge match between a Dundee...