craigkillie Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 David Clarkson's goal yesterday meant that he has scored in 6 consecutive league matches for Dundee. I believe that he is the first player to do this since Nacho Novo in 2003. I was wondering if anyone knew who the last player to score in 7 consecutive games for them was - I've been trying to find a Dundee history archive online but there doesn't seem to be any sign of one. Also, is he the first player to score in each of his first 6 appearances for the club? I think Mickael Antoine-Curier scored in his first 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 According to p247 ("Club Records") of 'They Wore the Dark Blue' only 1 man, Alan Gilzean in January 1964, has scored in 7 consecutive ties for Dundee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 According to the club, David Clarkson equalled the club record yesterday. Only Davie McLean managed to score in his first 6 for us in 1922/23. Source: Official Club Twitter. ETA: It depends what you're looking for. Gilzean did score in 7 consecutive games, but not his first 7 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Simon Lynch scored in his first 6 competitive games, including a Challenge Cup tie (05/06). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Cheers. The Twitter account must either have missed Lynch out or worded it wrongly (maybe they meant first 6 league matches?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Cheers. The Twitter account must either have missed Lynch out or worded it wrongly (maybe they meant first 6 league matches?). Aye, they did I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 According to p247 ("Club Records") of 'They Wore the Dark Blue' only 1 man, Alan Gilzean in January 1964, has scored in 7 consecutive ties for Dundee. 7 in a row for Clarkson today puts him in very good company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Saw a few people on Twitter claiming that Johnny Bell scored in 9 consecutive matches in the 1920/21 season. I've checked through the newspaper archives of the time, and he definitely did score in 9 consecutive league games between 11th September 1920 and 30th October 1920. Does the "They Wore Dark Blue" book contain a list of matches for each season, and if so, does it have a cup game or some other match interrupting this run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 No, although (rather oddly) it only gives Forfarshire Cup matches in the season-by-season listings, and Dewar Shield and friendlies in appendices at the end... However, I can find no match for Dundee in the midweek match reports on LondonHearts; in the SFHA listing of other local cups; plus there's no friendly/benefit in the Dundee Utd Centenary History; so I think the statement about Gilzean may simply have been a mistake from the author Norrie Price. There is a competition called the Loftus Cup which seems to have a very patchy record for results being reported in the central belt press, however according to SFHA the 1920-21 competition (which was the last-ever) didn't feature Dundee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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