Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Shankland joins the list of United national heroes
LAWRENCE Shankland’s strike against San Marino at the weekend saw the st r i ke r ra i se D u nde e United’s tally of Scotland goalscorers to nine.
The 24-year-old has joined a prestigious list of Tannadice greats that includes Dave Narey, Paul Sturrock and Eamonn Bannon.
It had been a while since any Tangerines player had netted a goal for the Dark Blues – 17 years ago yesterday, in fact.
The first, meanwhile, arrived in 1981.
Tonight Tele Sport takes a look back over that prestigious list:
Steven Thompson
The targetman’s first goal for his country is still a debated one as to whether it was a recognised international match. It came against a Hong Kong XI on May 23, 2002.
His second certainly counts, netting in a friendly win over Canada at Easter Road on October 15, 2002.
Billy Dodds
Shankland became the first United scorer in an international competitive match since Billy Dodds struck the winner in a 2-1 success over Bosnia and Herzegovina on September 4, 1999, at Hampden Park.
Billy McKinlay
Talented midfielder McKinlay tops the Scotland goalscoring charts for Dundee United, knocking in four international goals while with the Tangerines.
His first came in the doomed qualification campaign for World Cup 1994 as he opened the scoring in Malta in a 2-0 victory on November 17, 1993. He netted in a friendly against Austria the following year before scoring home and away against the Faroe Islands.
Richard Gough
The clock continues to turn back, heading into the golden period at Tannadice.
During future Scotland captain Gough’s six-and-a-bit years at the club, he managed to find the net three times – including a famous winner at Hampden in 1985.
His last came five months before he departed for Tottenham Hotspur, grabbing a goal in a 3-0 friendly win over Romania.
That was almost a year after Gough grabbed the headlines in May 1985 as he looped a header over England goalkeeper Peter