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Dundee United F.C. is a Scottish football club based in Dundee.Formed on 24 May 1909 as Dundee Hibernian, the club first joined the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 1910. . After changing their name to Dundee United in 1923, [1] the club were promoted to the top division of Scottish football for the first time in 1925, but spent most of its first thirty five years in the second t
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, [2] the club changed to the present name in 1923. [3] United are nicknamed The Terrors [4] or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs. [5]
Hibernian Football Club from Dundee, usually referred to as Hibernians (Dundee) or occasionally Dundee Hibernian where there was the likelihood of confusion with Hibernian F.C. from Edinburgh, was an association football club from Dundee, Tayside.
Hibernian, one of the most prominent clubs in Scottish football, was founded in 1875. [1] The club was named in honour of the Roman name for Ireland and the Ancient Order of Hibernians . [ 1 ] The club has competed in the top division of Scottish football in all but four seasons since they first gained entry to the top division in 1895 .
The 1920–21 Dundee Hibernian F.C. season was the 12th edition of Dundee Hibs annual football play in the Central League. There had been only one division in the Scottish Football League since the suspension of the Second Division during the Great War. Due to the failure of a proposal to restore the Second Division, which Dundee Hibs had ...
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Dundee made it to the 1964 Scottish Cup Final, but a Scottish Cup defeat by St Johnstone the following season prompted his departure. [4] Shankly resigned from Dundee in February 1965 to succeed Jock Stein as manager of Hibernian. [4] Hibs reached a League Cup Final in April 1969, but lost heavily to Stein's Celtic.
Alongside Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull, and Willie Ormond, Smith became part of the "Famous Five", the most celebrated forward line in Hibs' history. During the late 1940s and 1950s Smith and the Famous Five ensured Hibs were one of the most successful sides in Scotland, both sporting-wise and at the turnstiles.