THE FAMOUS FEHV AT CALEY STADIUM

FOLLOWING A HUGELY SUCSESFUL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN SINCE THE DEE'S WENT INTO ADMINISTRATION TO BENEFIT "DEE4LIFE",IT WAS AGREED BY ALL HIGHLAND DARK BLUES TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN SO GENEROUS IN SUPPORTING OUR ENDEAVOURS

PICTURED ABOVE ARE BACK LEFT TO RIGHT : CHAIRMAN MAO,JABBA,YOUNG BOAB,TREASURE DEREK,AND PRES HUBBAND

FRONT ROW ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: FIONA MCWILLIAM,ICT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,JOHN DOUGLAS INVERNESS UNITED AND BRIAN IRVINE FOR ROSS COUNTY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

WHAT THE PAPERS HAD TO SAY:-

DUNDEE F C's NORTHERN OUTPOST, THE HIGHLAND DARK BLUUES, HAS HELPED OUR LOCAL FOOTBALL, TO THE TUNE OF £800.

FORMED THREE YEARS AGO, THE HIGHLAND DARK BLUES HAVE GROWN TO AROUND THIRTY MEMBERS, MAINLY IN INVERNESS, AND HELD A DINNER AND RACE NIGHT AT THE CITY'S CROWN COURT HOTEL AT THE END OF MAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE DUNDEEE SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION DEE4LIFE CAMPAIGN.

AROUND SEVENTY FIVE MEMBERS AND GUESTS ATTENTENDED AND THE EVENT RAISED £2500.

IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES THE EVENING WAS ALSO HELPED BY BRIAN IRVINE AT ROSS COUNTY, A FORMER DUNDEE PLAYER, AND CHARLIE CHRISTIE AT CALEDONIAN THISTLE, WHO PROVIDED SIGNED MERCHANDISE FOR THE RAFFEL.

"WE HAD STATED AT HIS EVENT THAT SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WOULD BE DONATED TO LOACL YOUTH SPORT IN SOME WAY, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN AIM WAS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE DEE4LIFE CAMPAIGN" DARK BLUES SECRETARY GRAHAM COUTTIE EXPLAINED.

FOLLOWING THE SUCESS OF THE NIGHT WE AGREED TO SEND £2000 TO THE DEE4LIFE CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS NOW FORMED THE LARGEST SUPPORTERS TRUST IN SCOTLAND.

WE ALSO DECIDED TO DONATE £100 TO INVERNESS UNITED, £350 TO BRIAN IRVINE FOR THE LIFE SKILL THROUGH SPORTS PROJECT AT ROSS COUNTY, AND £350 TO CALEDONAIN THISTLE FOR THEIR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

"IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR MEMBERS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE HIGHLANDS, TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY".

ALANMAC