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Dundee started the season as favourites to win the First Division title. They now begin Nov-ember as all but certainties to be relegated to the third tier of Scottish football, for the first time in the club's 117-year history.
Fifty-nine years ago last weekend, more than 35,000 Dundee fans watched their team win the League Cup with a 3-2 victory over Rangers at Hampden Park. There was not a single club representative present yesterday at the same stadium to hear David Longmuir, the Tayside-based Scottish Football League chief executive, hand down a 25-point penalty to the club, following a second lurch into administration in seven years. Dundee intend to appeal, but to date no Scottish club has managed to overturn a punishment imposed after entering administration.See the full content of this document
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Dundee Stunned by 'Obscene Punishment'
"I would hope the fans know how we have got to this situation," said Longmuir, who argued that the SFL had given Dundee a chance to preserve their league membership. "I think there is an argument to support the role of fairness and justice in what we have done.
"I would hope ther...See the full content of this document
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