The Dundee FC team photo (1946-47) taken outside Dens Park on Sandeman Street (BwB, May 6) prompted a few replies.
Harry Smith reckons he remembers seeing the actual photo being taken.
“I grew up in Sandeman Street and I’m sure I saw that photo being taken,” said Harry (78).
“That team had many great players and they used to score goals for fun.
“Albert Juliussen was the king of them all, though.
“He was a great scorer and you could sometimes see the fear in a goalkeeper’s eyes as he hovered around the six-yard box.
“Some of them lost the flight of the ball because they couldn’t seem to take their eye off Julie.
“He definitely would have been a multi-million pound player nowadays,” concluded Harry, who now resides in Ardler.
Tom Black, of Lawside Road, came in with the same theme, and provided quite a number of statistics.
The front row of that Dundee FC photo in Sandeman Street contained many goalscorers in their own right.
“Dundee’s stats in the B Division in that season were 21 wins in 26 games, with three draws,” said Tom, a regular contributor to this column.
“They scored 113 goals and conceded 30.
“Looking at the front row of the photo, they were all great goalscorers in their own right.
“From left… Alec Stott scored 43 goals from 1947-50, with Ally Gunn netting 31 (46-50).
“Ernie Ewen’s haul was 76 (45-50), with Ronnie Turnbull getting 86 (44-47).
“Albert Juliussen’s 95 goals came during 45-48, with Reggie Smith’s 10 being scored between 44-48.
“The remaining two were Johnny Pattillo’s 67 (46-51) and George ‘Pud’ Hill’s 50 (40-51).”
Tom continued: “One player not in the photo was Gerry Follon, who played 311 times for the Dark Blues between 1939-56.
“Stott was top scorer in season 1948-49 with 39 goals in 33 games.
“That season, Dundee reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup and League Cup and were runners-up in the league.
“That was a time, too, when there were no substitutes and teams just used 11 players per match.”
Bobby Bennett, a retired lorry driver, remembers his older brother speaking of Juliussen.
“Billy used to go to Dens with my father Willie and they were great fans of Julie,” said Bobby, of Coldside in Dundee.
“In fact, Billy often told the tale of dad shouting ‘Gie the ba’ to Julie’.
“They thought the world of him.”
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