Duncan Fenwick is a former Butterburn Youth Club player and he replied to the article from February 25.
That particular story was led by Dave Bruce, who recalled he used to play schools football against John Duncan in the morning, then with him in the afternoon as a Burn team-mate.
Prolific striker John, of course, went on to gain great fame with Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur.
“With regards Dave Bruce’s comments, it would be the case that most of the Butterburn boys would play against each other in the mornings with their school teams and then together with the Burn in the afternoon,” confirmed Duncan, who admitted to going on the internet under the name of ChicfaeCharleston.
“Dave Watson is also correct that Jimmy Rooney was a fantastic footballer and might have been more well-known in Scottish football circles had he not emigrated to Australia, where I believe he was a national hero.
“I was in the year below the team in that photograph and had to play against them in the U/16 Angus Amateur League.
“They used to beat us (because of the year age gap) as we were the U/15s playing in the U/16 League.”
This was a well-worked ploy by the Butterburn officials of the time to “toughen up” young players for the league tasks ahead, as Duncan continued: “A whole year’s experience would have been gained when we eventually moved up to become the U/16s.
“Although they beat us, I always remember the great Gordon Daly at centre-half generally keeping John Duncan quiet, even though he would have been about six inches shorter than him.
“The team above would have been the U/17s before becoming the U/18s.
“This gave Burn sides a tremendous advantage in getting to the better players first and then blooding them young, so that they were ready to win the league when they stepped up and they usually did in the 1960s.
“I remember my U/15 side accompanying the 16s team (going along for the experience) to watch them play in a Scottish Youth Clubs’ cup semi-final against a team called Glasgow United at Hillingdon, near Glasgow.
“They obviously thought they were going to hammer us but the Burn beat them 1-0 and things got ugly at the end.
“We were supposed to have a meal with them in their clubhouse but official Dave McHardy told us to pick up our things immediately and get out of there pronto.
“Their players and supporters then started hurling stones and bricks at our bus and we sped off. The team hadn’t even changed out of their muddy playing kit or had a bath.
“I think we then narrowly lost the Scottish Cup Final but I can’t remember who the opponents were.
“My team-mates in the U/15s were Jimmy McIlravey, Gordon Beat, Keith Donnelly, Gordon Daly, John McGuire, Dave Stewart, Jimmy Christie, Brian McNicoll, Jimmy Stewart, Norrie Wyllie and Tom McKeith.
There was also George ‘Pud’ Hill (son of the great Dundee FC player of the same name and nickname).
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