Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish

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club based in the

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area of

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. Formed in 1892, they currently compete in the SJFA Midlands League and play their home games at Thomson Park.

History

After spending their early years as a juvenile and amateur side, United joined the Junior grade in 1959. Their Thomson Park ground was opened by former Rangers and

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captain George Young in the same year. Achieving notable local success in the late 1970s and 1980s, the club flourished again after the formation of the East Region Superleague in 2002. Under the management of Eddie Wolecki Black, United were promoted as Tayside Premier champions in 2003 and two seasons later, won their first Superleague title. In the same year, they also reached the final of the

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for the first, and so far, only time, losing 2–0 to local rivals Tayport at

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. Wolecki departed for Montrose in December 2005 but his successor as manager, former

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Ray McKinnon, maintained the clubs' run of success, culminating in a second East Superleague title in 2007–08. This led to their participation in the

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3–1 in the first round and Highland League side Buckie Thistle 3–0 in the second round. In the third round, Lochee held

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to a 1–1 draw at home before going down 3–1 in the replay at

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. They are one of two Junior clubs based in Lochee, the other being

Lochee Harp Lochee Harp Football Club are a Scottish Junior football club historically based in the Lochee area of the city of Dundee. Formed in 1904 and nicknamed ''"the Harp"'', they play at Lochee Community Sports Hub. The team moved into this new grou ...

. The team is managed by Kevin Harper who took over from George Shields in November 2022. Lochee won their third East Superleague title in 2018–19, making them eligible to enter the

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at the Preliminary round stage. In June 2022, the club announced that it had been successful in attaining an SFA licence, allowing them access to progress through the

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and play in the

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*Runners-Up: 2004–05 SJFA East Region Super League *Winners (3): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2018–19

Other Honours

* Tayside Premier Division winners: 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87 * Tayside Division One winners: 1993–94 *Dundee Junior League winners: 1968–69 * East Region Tayside Premier League: 2002–03 *East of Scotland Junior Cup: 2008–09 *North-Tayside Inter Regional Cup: 2005–06, 2013–14, 2015–16 *Fife & Tayside Cup: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08 *North End Challenge Cup: 2003–04 *Currie (Findlay & Co) Cup: 1976–77, 1986–87, 1999–00 *Intersport Cup: 1989–90 *Tayside Drybrough Cup: 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82 *Tayside Regional Cup: 1976–77, 1981–82 *Courier Cup: 1924–25, 1964–65, 1970–71 *Cream of the Barley Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1984–85 *Redwood Leisure Cup: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08 *DJ Laing League Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2021–22 *Challenge Cup: 2003–04, 2005–06 *Dug Out Cup: 2005–06 *Salutations Cup: 2008–09

References

External links

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