Top local senior footballers who also played in the junior grade

by members of the Grey Lodge group to choose a top team from:

Goalkeepers – Bill Brown, Ally Donaldson, Jim Leighton, Pat Liney, Hamish Mcalpine, Alan Main.

Defenders – Jim

Baxter, Bobby Cox,

Paul Dixon, John Holt, Garry Kenneth, Stewart Mckimmie, Dave Narey, Ray Stewart, Bobby Seith, Walter Smith, Derek Stark.

Midfielders-forwards – Craig Brewster, Alfie Boyd, Kenny Cameron,

John Duncan, Alan Gilzean, Billy Hainey, Peter Houston, Jim Irvine, Jim Mclean, Graeme Payne, Billy Pirie, Ian Redford, Gordon Smith, Paul Sturrock, Gordon Wallace.

Inevitably, a few others came into our discussion – Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan, Danny Mcgrain, Billy Steele, Bill Shankly and Jock Stein.

After great discussion, the team was picked (in the old 1-11 formation) – 1 Bill Brown, 2 John Holt, 3 Bobby Cox, 4 Bobby

Seith, 5 Dave Narey, 6 Jim Baxter, 7 Gordon Smith, 8 John Duncan, 9 Gordon Wallace, 10 Alan Gilzean, 11 Paul Sturrock.

Moving on to wellknown players who had played in both the junior and senior grade.

Dundee United FC – Craig Brewster (Dundee Stobswell), Billy Hainey (Johnstone Burgh), Peter Houston (Livingston United), Jim Irvine (Whitburn Juniors),

Garry Kenneth (Dundee St Joseph’s), Hamish

Mcalpine (Dundee

North End) Alan Main (Lossiemouth), Dave Narey (St Columba’s

BC), Graeme Payne (St Columba’s BC), Walter Smith (Ashfield Juniors), Derek Stark (Glenrothes), Ray Stewart (Errol Rovers), Paul Sturrock (Vale of Atholl).

Dundee FC – Alfie Boyd (Dundee North End),

Bill Brown (Carnoustie Panmure), Bobby Cox (Dundee Osborne), Ally Donaldson (Dalkeith Thistle), John Duncan (Broughty Athletic), Alan

Gilzean (Coupar Angus), Jim Leighton (Dalry Thistle), Pat Liney (Dalry Thistle), Billy Pirie (Banks o’ Dee), Jim Mclean (Larkhall Thistle), Bobby Seith (Monifieth Athletic), Gordon Smith (Dundee North End).

Played for both

Dundee FC and Dundee United – Kenny Cameron (Blairgowrie Juniors),

Paul Dixon (Monifieth Athletic), John Holt (Invergowrie BC), Stewart Mckimmie (Banks o’

Dee), Ian Redford (Errol Rovers) and Gordon

Wallace (Dundee North End).

George concluded: “We have been invited back to Thomson Park and, if anyone wishes to join us, make your way to Napier Drive in Lochee on Thurday June 6 at 10.30am.

“Alternatively, we meet on the first Thursday of the month in the Grey Lodge Settlement at 21 South George Street, Dundee.”

George Laidlaw can be contacted on 07913 652663.

Left and above – Those who attended a recent Football Memories special event, hosted by Lochee United JFC at Thomson Park.