1962 FROZEN IN TIME

YESTERDAY’S visit to Fir Park marked the start of Neil McCann’s bid to save Dundee from relegation.

Things were very different for the Dark Blues on the corresponding weekend 55 years ago.

A 3-0 win over St Johnstone at Muirton Park clinched the Scottish League title for the first – and to date only – time in the club’s history.

An Alan Gilzean double and a goal from Andy Penman clinched the points required to send the majority of the 25,000 crowd into a frenzy.

But for Gordon Smith, there was a sense of deja vu.

He had already won Championship medals with Hibs (1948, 1951 and 1952) and Hearts (1960), and he remains the only players to have won the country’s top division with three separate clubs.

Gordon Smith is embraced by Dundee trainer, Sammy Kean, as the crowd spills on to Muirton Park in April, 1962.