Reader James McMurchie asked from which club Dundee United signed Duncan Young in the 1950s.
He said he saw Young featured in a Dundee United team group which contained Johnny Coyle, and reckoned he recognised him from boys football in the 1950s.
Duncan Young was a towering centre-half with Butterburn Youth Club when he joined up at Tannadice in October 1955.
A press cutting from the time suggested that English clubs Wolves and Manchester City had offered him terms but the defender preferred to stay locally.
On a personal note, Duncan — a real gentleman — was one of my journeymen when I first started with DC Thomson away back in the heady days of May 1967.
* The venues of the 1966 World Cup in England continue to provoke debate.
John Shaw mentioned in the September 22 issue that he was of the view that some of England’s early group games were originally scheduled for venues other than Wembley.
Several readers came on with their take on the matter.
Kenny McIntyre phoned to say he thought England were due to play games at the White City Dog Track.
Billy Mortimer, though, refuted that.
“Let there be no doubt that ALL England’s games from the time the draw was made were scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium
“My late father William attended every match including the final. He told me many tales of the 1966 competition but none mentioned England being down to play away from Wembley at any stage and I can’t find anything to say otherwise on the internet.
“White City Stadium hosted just one game at the 1966 World Cup, which was a group match between Uruguay and France, which Uruguay won 2-1.
“That particular match was originally planned to be played at Wembley. However, when the owners of Wembley refused to reschedule a previously-planned dog race, the match was moved to White City.”
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