Blether with Brown: Fife team-mates

Former Tayport footballer Jimmy Bissett got in touch for a friend.

“Angela Smith is trying to help her dad track down a footballer he played with back in the day at East Fife,” said Jimmy.

“Her father is Dick Smith, who is 79.

“The player was called Jake Young, and he was captain of East Fife at the time. He also played for Dundee, Arbroath and St Mirren.

“A further local connection is that Dick Smith served on the Tayport Junior FC committee for a number of years.”

I featured Jake in an East Fife piece a couple of weeks ago and I was able to get a contact number for Jake and have passed it on to Dick.

Journalist and East Fife fan Donald Walker, ever helpful, was my source.

Our photo shows Dick in his playing days in action for East Fife against Rangers at Ibrox.