George Cran

Incredible 24 hours for Dark Blues – bring on the new season, I say

IT’S been a tough old summer for Dundee fans but what a difference 24 hours can make.

Not just a big positive on the insurance case front but also a major, major signing in Charlie Adam.

On top of that they actually had a real live football match to play.

We’d almost forgotten those things happened below the top flight.

I was lucky enough to be one of the guinea pigs allowed in to test out Dundee’s matchday protocols ahead of the new season.

Have to say it was fantastic to be back at a football stadium for a match.

I’ve enjoyed writing plenty of the stories and features over the long, long summer but writing about matches is what I really take pleasure in.

Normally friendlies bore me to tears but, after six months on the sidelines, anything would do!

Regardless of the result against Peterhead, there wouldn’t have been a single Dee feeling better about their club this morning than they did just a day ago.

What with everything that’s happened at the club this summer thanks to the shutdown, the wait on the Financial Conduct Authority case had been slightly forgotten about.

Suddenly, it’s back on the agenda and it sounds like Dundee might just be getting their payout some time down the road.

And then came the real bombshell.

The long wait to see Charlie Adam in dark blue after signing a deal with the club he’s supported all his life finally ended.

Sadly, the match against the Blue Toon came too early to see him out on the pitch but I’m sure it won’t be long before we see him strut his stuff at Dens Park.

I wrote the other week it was Roy of the Rovers stuff for Dundee.

The comic book usually ends in success so fingers crossed.

We still have to be pretty patient in waiting for the real season to start.

Time is ticking by, though.

You can almost taste the anticipation around the club and among the fans ahead of the Championship season.

They’ve seen the clubs in the top flight, including rivals Dundee United, playing plenty of football.

Now, with a 26-times capped Scotland international to team up with Graham Dorrans, 12-times capped, and a very able supporting cast, belief will be building.

Too right, I say.

There’s a month and a day until the league kick-off. Can’t wait.

Charlie Adam is finally a Dee.