Andy Walker’s latest tale is of two Lochee teams playing at the coveted Wembley Stadium two years in succession and also three in a four-year spell.
He is also convinced it will never happen again.
“In the 1980s, when Littlewoods sponsored the English League Cup, they also ran a national competition,” said Andy.
“It was called The Four Nations Cup and it was for U/14 five-a-side clubs.
“Teams from all over Great Britain played local and national knock-out matches.
“Dee Club won their local matches and went on to play their national games at the Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth.
“On winning the Scottish Area title, they flew down to London on the Thursday before the 1989 League Cup Final between Nottingham Forest and Luton Town.
“On the Saturday, Dee Club got to the final, where they met Sandgate BC, from the Burnley area, beating them 3-1 with Darren Howie scoring all three.
“As winners, they got first choice of strips to be worn the next day and they chose the colours of Nottingham Forest. The exhibition match was played on the Sunday before a crowd of 93,000 and Dee Club ran out easy 6-3 winners.
“Man of the match was Darren with another hat-trick.
“The following year, Lochee-based Celtic Boys Club got to their final after following the same route as Dee Club.
“The day prior to the Nottingham Forest v Oldham match, Celtic won through to the final. They met Northern Ireland side Grant Star and defeated them 6-3. Again, as winners, they were given the choice of strips and they once again chose the red of Forest.
“This time, luck was not with them and they were defeated 2-0 by an English side in front of another League Cup Final crowd of 93,000.
“The competition ceased after this and the reason given was that the competition should be for English clubs only.
“In 1987, Dee Club, under Gordon Sangster, had also won the trophy.
“Was the fact that teams from Lochee had won the trophy on their hallowed turf the real reason the rules were changed to accommodate only English clubs?”
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