UEFA Cup Final 1987 (with commentary and sound)

In 1987 Dundee United were the forth Scottish team to reach a European final. They were also the first to reach a UEFA Cup Final. In 2008 Rangers are the third Scottish team to reach the UEFA Cup Final. It is now about time that a Scottish team won this trophy.

The fan is separated from the player yet connected by experience -- their perspective different from the distant commentary -- yet still connected. This provides the expertise of the commentary and the home movie view of the fan.

This film edited from 'Little Giants' (can be viewd at
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOwYLQleqw
has evolved and continues to bring back memories. Hope the 2008 UEFA Cup Final brings back good celebrations from Manchester.

I have found out recently, that Jacques Tati the acclaimed French film maker of films such as "Mon oncle", "Mr.Hulot's Holiday", "Jour De Fete", "Trafic", "Playtime" - also filmed the 1978 Uefa Cup Final between Bastia and PSV Eindhoven (on You Tube under user name "Orka2b"). In his film Tati focuses upon the supporters and does not attempt to record both. Both Tati's and my own film seem to a have a similar feel. His film was lost for 24 years unlike my one for 20 years!

From the Wikipedia encyclopedia --
"In 1978, Tati began filming a short documentary on a French (Corsican) soccer team, 'Forza Bastia', which he did not complete. His daughter later edited the remaining footage which was released in 2002."

A similar type of film as used by Abraham Zapruder, otherwise known as the Zapruder film that gained widspread coverage in the film JFK. The camera used for "Little Giants" was a basic one and rather old one for the time - even in 1987. The camera size was around the size of a adult hand.

Match Details
Date: 20th May, 1987
Place: Tannadice Park, Dundee, Scotland
City: Dundee - Approximate population - 180,000 (in 1987)
Attendance: 20,911

Teams
Dundee United
Billy Thompson; Maurice Malpas, John Clark, David Narey, John Holt (Paul Hegarty); Jim McInally, Ian Ferguson, Billy Kirkwood; Paul Sturrock, Ian Redford (Eammon Bannon), Kevin Gallacher

IFK Göteborg
Wernersson; Carlsson, Hysen, Larsson, Fredriksson; R. Nilsson (Johansson), Tord Holmgren, Andersson, Tommy Holmgren (Mordt); Pettersson, L. Nilsson

Filmed and Edited by
Graham Duncan, Dundee, Scotland

Teams Dundee United met in 1986-87 Uefa Cup:-

First Round - RC Lens (France)
Second Round - Universitatea Craiova (Romania)
Third Round - NK Hajduk Split (now Croatia - then part of Yugoslavia)
Quarter Final - FC Barcelona (Spain)
Semi Final - Borussia Monchengladbach (West Germany)
Final IFK - Goteborg (Sweden)

These teams also beat the following in that Uefa Cup:-

IFK Goteborg beat SK Sigma Olomouc, BSV Brandenburg (East Germany), KAA Gent (Belgium), FC Internazionale or Inter Milan (Italy), FC Tirol Innsbruck (Austria)

Borussia Monchengladbach beat FK Partizan (Yugoslavia) and Feyenoord (Holland), Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) and Vitória Guimarães (Portugal)

Barcelona beat Flamurtari Vlora (Albania), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) and Bayer Uerdingen (Germany)

NK Hajduk Split beat OFI Crete FC (Greece) and PFC Botev Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Universitatea Craiova beat Galatasaray SK (Turkey)

Similar teams such as Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and AZ Alkmaar have made the United form of impact in the Uefa Cup.

Notes from 2007 -
The 2007 Champions League Final is between AC Milan and Liverpool. The Media had made much of the potential all British Final between Liverpool and Manchester United. In 1984, Dundee United met Roma and won the first leg 2-0 but lost the second leg 0-3 and lost the tie. United would have met Liverpool in the final. This year another United (Manchester) won the first leg against AC Milan 3-2 but lost the second leg 0-3 (the same sencond leg score and Dundee United!). Manchester United would have met Liverpool in this years final. Instead of those two all British Finals they were and are - Roma v Liverpool and AC Milan V Liverpool.

In 2008 we do have a all English Champions League Final - Manchester United v Chelsea in Moscow! Good luck Manchster United!

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[deano95]

must be fucking sad Dundee utd fans i dont think they have won anything since poor bastards

[negba]

...it is!

[negba]

Won the Scottish Cup in 1994!

[negba]

thanks! agree with your rangers thoughts.

[thedprp]

United's achievements were probably even more extraordinary than Aberdeen's given that they had little/no money, were a small club with barely any fans at one time and managed to win the league, numerous cups, got agonisingly close to a European Cup final and nearly won the UEFA Cup.

For all Rangers latterly spent, they didn't even get this far for another 20 years.

It was a shame United never won this, most of Scotland were behind them and it would have crowned McLean's brilliant career.

[palabuff99]

Hahaha Dundee owned!

[dufc4uefa]

@negba

and again in 2010 :)

[luggy12]

and in 2010 :)

[DCHurlford1]

My memory is going, it was away goals they lost on.

[DCHurlford1]

Poor United, disposing of giants like Barcelona and Borussia Munchengladbach then getting beat on aggregrate by a bunch of diddies from Scandanavia, ha ha. Only joking, Gothenburg were a decent outfit but United should have won the Cup that year.

[TheNaomiengland]

I only like watching this because you added the music from the moive betty blue

[baldricksheep]

A nice reminder that the arabs will never achieve the heights reached by Aberdeen!

[caravaneriam]

Dundee United are in serious financial trouble and Administration looms.

That is what happens when you spend other peoples money and they want it returned.

[negba]

I agree - and only lost on pens to Barcelona in the previous years European Cup Semi - final!