Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
World superstar and others gave their time to Downfield golfers
packed full, and usually brought in around £3,000.
“The highlight of this was also having a personality to present prizes and awards.
“Over the years, Dundee and Dundee United players, and golfers such as Ronan Rafferty, Kevin McAlpine and Ian Hutcheon would generously give up their time to attend.” Retired police officer Bob continued: “The Caniggia connection came about when I was looking for something or someone different and, even as a lifelong Dundee United fan, it was great to see him playing locally at that time.
“I contacted my good friend Dave Forbes, who has given decades of his life voluntarily helping Dundee, and asked him if there was any chance of Caniggia appearing at our function.
“Dave just said ‘leave it to me’.
“Soon after, he told me he would appear and, a couple of days prior to the event, after keeping it a secret, I ‘leaked’ who would be appearing.
“Well, on the night, you should have seen the amount of Argentina strips and blond wigs the youngsters were wearing.
“When Claudio arrived, there was another great surprise as he also brought another Dark Blues star Javier Artero.
“The Spaniard was a class act, too, and was very articulate and spoke perfect English.
“They were brilliant with the kids and signed loads of autograph, photos and shirts.
“It really was an unforgettable evening.”
The photograph (above) of the presentation was supplied by Graham Bell, who was junior convener at the time.
Back row (from left) – Mark (surname unknown), Javier Artero,
Claudio Caniggia, Kenny McArthur, Shaun Baxter.
Front row – Jordan Wood, Stuart Nellie,
Ross Bell, Shaun Gordon, Matthew Ney, Gordon Wood.
In front of them is young Alexander Caniggia.
“Caniggia: 20 Years
On” is still available to view by going to www. thecourier.co.uk/caniggia