Dundee travel to Gayfield on Saturday to face Arbroath in their second pre-season match of the 2017/18 campaign here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Arbroath v Dundee
COMPETITION: Pre-season Friendly
DATE: Saturday 8th July 2017
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Gayfield Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1878
STADIUM: Gayfield Park
CAPACITY: 6,600
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 65m
MANAGER: Dick Campbell
CHAIRMAN: Mike Caird
NICKNAME: The Red Lichties
CLUB COLOURS: Maroon
HONOURS: Scottish League Third Division (4th tier) champions: 2010/11
SPFL League Two (4th Tier) champions: 2016/17
Scottish Qualifying Cup winners: 1903
RECORD WIN: 36-0 v Bon Accord, Scottish Cup, 12/9/1885
CLUB WEBSITE: www.arbroathfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
Gayfield Park is situated beside the North Sea on the A92, as it passes through the town. The postcode is DD11 1QB and nearest street is Queens Drive. If travelling by train, Arbroath station is on the main East Coast line between Dundee and Aberdeen with all Scotrail and East Coast/Cross Country express trains stopping. Gayfield is approximately a 10 minute walk from the railway station turn left as you come out of the main entrance to the station and walk down the West Port, then turn right at the bottom onto Millgate Loan and Gayfield is about a quarter of a mile ahead where this road meets with the A92. The bus station is situated across from the railway station in Catherine Street and is served by the number 73 and 39 buses from Dundee and Montrose from the other direction
Match Officials
Referee: Colin Steven
Assistant Referee: Anthony Cooper
Assistant Referee: Chris Phillips
Head to Head v Arbroath
LEAGUE: Won 17, Drawn 3, Lost 7
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 0
LEAGUE CUP: Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 0
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 0
TOTALS: Won 22, Drawn 3, Lost 7
Last Five Competitive Dundee v Arbroath Matches
23/7/2011 | Away | Challenge Cup | Won 2-1 AET | 1,761
17/9/1995 | Home | Challenge Cup | Won 5-0 | 2,205 | Britton (4), Shaw
6/5/1979 | Home | First Division | Lost 2-0 | 8,385 |
28/10/1978 | Away | First Division | Won 1-0 | 3,852 | Wells og
19/8/1978 | Home | First Division | Won 2-0 | 6,826 | Sinclair, Pirie
Last Meeting
The sides last met competitively in the first round of the Ramsdens Cup in the opening game of the 2011/12 season when Stephen O’Donnell netted an extra-time winner to send The Dee through 2-1.
Arbroath midfielder Gavin Swankie came close to opening his account for the season after six minutes but his close-range strike cannoned off the crossbar.
The home side were indebted to their goalkeeper Darren Hill, who showed brilliant agility to keep out shots by Steven Milne and Jamie McCluskey in quick succession.
Hill’s heroics continued after the break as he pulled off a fingertip save to deny McCluskey once again.
Arbroath opened the scoring against the run of play after 77 minutes when Steven Doris crossed for Jordan Elfverson to meet with a decisive header.
However, the lead was short-lived as Milne headed an equaliser moments later to finally breach Hill’s resistance.
O’Donnell grabbed the decisive goal for Dundee two minutes into extra-time by meeting Ryan Conroy’s corner with a well-placed header.
Arbroath: Hill, Baxter, Malcolm, Busch, McAnespie, Falkingham (Gibson 67’), Kerr, Swankie, Sheerin, Bryce (Elfverson 73’)
Unused subs: White, Wedderburn, Sibanda
Goals: Elfverson (77)
Booked: Malcolm, Sheerin
Dundee: Douglas, Irvine, Lockwood, Benedictus (McKeown 109’), Weston, Chisholm, O’Donnell, McClusky, Hyde (McIntosh 71’), Milne, Conroy
Unused subs: Gibson, McGregor, Reid
Goals: Milne (79), O’Donnell (91)
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Craig Charleston
Arbroath Season So Far
Like Dundee, Arbroath have so far played one pre season friendly when they faced Aberdeen at Gayfield on Thursday.
In front of a bumper crowd of 2061, Arbroath lost out 3-1 to a full strength Aberdeen side when there were Arbroath debuts for Danny Denholm, ex-Dee Gavin Swankie, Thomas O’Brien and Blair Yule.
The Dons scored twice in the first half thanks to Adam Rooney and former Dee Greg Stewart on his Aberdeen debut, but Arbroath came into the match in the second half and substitute Kane Hester coming close twice for the Lichties. Aberdeen substitute Jayden Stockley headed in a third goal after both sides made numerous substitutes before Kane Hester did get his well deserved goal with four minutes to go.
Ticketing Information
This match is pay at the gate and the prices are as follows:
Adults: £10
OAP: £5
Under 16: £5
Parent & Child: £12
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
