Dundee v Motherwell
Saturday 5th August – 3pm Kick-Off
Kilmac Stadium
Cinch Premiership
Tomorrow is an exciting day for the club, it’s the first day of the 23/24 Cinch Premiership season as we take on Motherwell at the Kilmac stadium. Before kick-off the Cinch Championship winners flag will be unfurled celebrating last seasons success. The players and the coaches will be looking to get off to a winning start on Saturday and get three points on the board.
The visitors tomorrow are Motherwell and they too will be looking to take three points from the first match.
They are led into the 23/24 season by Stuart Kettlewell who was appointed permeant manager in February this year, and steered the club away from danger and to comfortable league position.
The last time the sides came up against one another was on 5th Match 2022 at Fir Park with the match ending 1-1. Paul McMullan scored for Dundee after six minutes that day before Jospeh Elford equalised ten minutes later. Dundee lined up that day with: Sharp, Kerr, Sweeney, Ashcroft, Marshall, Byrne, McGhee, Daley-Campbell, Anderson, McMullan, McDaid. Chapman and Josh Mulligan came off the bench in the match.
Motherwell like ourselves were also involved in the Group Stages of the Viaplay Cup. They were in Group G alongside, Queen of the South, East Fife, Queen’s Park and Elgin City. They defeated Elgin, Queen’s Park and East Fife and drew with 3-3 with Queen of the South before winning on penalties and earning a bonus point. The Well finished in top position and have been drawn away to St Mirren in the last 16 of the competition.
Team News
Charlie Reilly and Aaron Donnelly will miss the match due to injury. Tyler French has returned to full training. The rest of the squad are available and all in contention.
Tony’s thoughts
“I am really looking forward to Saturday, the first day of the new season and it’s exciting for the club being back in the Scottish Premiership. We are in a good place going into this match. Motherwell had good success at the end of last season under Stuart Kettlewell, he’s done a really good job there. They have an identity as a team, they play a 3-5-2 which they play well. So it is going to be a tough game, but we feel we are in a good place ourselves going into the game.”
Lee Ashcroft
“It’s going to be a tough game playing Motherwell as it always is. They’ve recruited well and they’ll be a tough opponent for us. As I say, we need to concentrate on ourselves to make sure we turn up and do things right. Hopefully, that will stand us in good stead and get us a positive result.”
Tickets are priced at:
Adults – £26
Concessions – £16
Under 12’s – £4
Get along and support The Dee!
Tickets can be bought in person from the ticket office or online.
How to follow the match
In the UK
Live audio commentary of the match will be on DeeTV for all subscribers.
Outside of the UK
The match will be live on DeeTV for all subscribers.
Updates
There will be match updates on our Twitter page. Goal updates along with half-time and full-time score will be available on our Facebook and Instagram page.
Supporter information
Ticket pod will be in operation outside the club store for collecting tickets.
We advise supporters to buy tickets early to avoid queues in the ticket office before kick-off.
The Penman lounge will be open to home supporters from 12:30pm.
Turnstiles will open at 2pm, we advise fans to arrive early to avoid congestion and to create an atmosphere in the stadium before kick-off.
The Cinch Championship Flag presentation will begin from 2:55pm
There will be a minute’s applause before kick-off in honour of the late Craig Brown.
The middle food kiosk in the Bobby Cox stand accepts card payments, the rest of the food kiosks are cash only.
Dundee FC Community Trust will be collecting toys for their Toy Appeal and will have donation stations at each stand of the stadium before kick-off. For those who would prefer to leave a cash donation, Dundee FC CT staff will be situated next to donation stations.
Residents Parking Zones are now in place around the Kilmac Stadium on match days. This means only residents with the required permit will be allowed to park within the designated zone. Signage is in place at the entry points to the controlled zone. There will not be any parking bollards in place but be assured that unless you have a permit you cannot under any circumstances park within this zone. Any infringement could result in penalty charges.
