League Cups 1951-52

The Dundee League Cup Winning Team of 1951 The photo above shows the Dundee team who won the Scottish League Cup on October 27th 1951 with Alfie Boyd proudly holding the cup aloft. The gentleman at the front in the suit is club director-manager George Anderson. Dundee defeated Glasgow Rangers by 3 goals to 2 at Hampden Park Glasgow on October 27th 1951 before a huge crowd of 92,325 with Flavell, Pattillo and Boyd scoring Dundee's goals in a memorable victory over the Old Firm team. Team Pictured above are FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - Johnny Pattillo, Jack Cowan, Jimmy Toner, Gerry Follon, Billy Steel, Alfie Boyd (with cup), Tommy Gallacher, Bobby Flavell, Doug Cowie, George Christie, Smith(coach), Bill Brown and Gordon Frew.
Billy Steel (left) and Bobby Flavell (right) Billy Steel seen above left is regarded as one of the best players Dundee ever had, Along with Bobby Flavell the ace Dundee scorer above right he forged a great striking partnership and helped Dundee to reapeat the 1951 Scottish League Cup win the following year.. Dundee finished in Eighth place in 'A' Division that year, they were runners up in the Scottish Cup being humped by Motherwell 4-0 before a staggering crowd of 136,990, perhaps they got crowd fright!, They withdrew from the Forfarshire Cup because of other cup commitments and their average home gate was 20,500, They used 26 players that season with none sent off and Bobby Flavell was top scorer with 19 goals.
Alfie Boyd holds aloft the cup in 1952 Dundee repeated their winning of the Scottish League Cup on October 25th 1952 defeating Kilmarnock 2-0 in front of a crowd of 51,000 at Hampden Park Glasgow with Bobby Flavell scoring both Dundee's goals. They finished in seventh place in 'A' Division and were knocked out of the Scottish cup in the second round.They did not take part in the Forfarshire Cup again because of other commitments, the average home gate was 19,600 and they used 23 players with none sent off, Bobby Flavell was again top scorer with 25 goals.
Bill Brown Bill Brown pictured above was a legend in his football career, the Dundee, Tottenham and Scotland keeper was widely regarded as one of Scotland's finest keepers. Bill was born in Arbroath in 1931. He signed for Dundee in 1949 after showing good form for junior side Carnoustie Panmure and he played in the team that beat Rangers 3-2 at Hampden in the Scottish League Cup Final of 1951, Bill made no appearences in the League Cup of 1952. Bill Brown's career at Dens was interrupted when he served two years national service at RAF Leuchars but still he managed 215 appearances for Dundee. Bill went on to establish himself as Scotland's number one and represented his country in the World Cup Finals in Sweden before going on to win 28 full caps. Word was getting around about Dundee's brilliant keeper and it was not long before the big English clubs took notice and started to express an interest in him and Spurs manager Bill Nicholson took Brown off to White Hart Lane in 1959 for a fee of Ł15,000 which was a massive fee at the time for a goalkeeper. Bill played in Spurs most successful side winning the league and cup double and becoming the first British team to win the European Cup Winners Cup. After leaving Spurs Bill spent some time at Northampton before moving to Ontario with his wife and three kids. He worked as a property developer for many years in Canada. Sadly Bill Brown died at his home in Canada after a lengthy illness at the end of 2004, Dundee can boast about many top class keepers but few would argue that Bill Brow was the best there ever was.
Music "Imagine" by John Lennon So ends the cup double winning years of Dundee Football Club