Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, 2009 is Dundee United's centenary year. The club changed to the present name in 1923. Traditionally, United are nicknamed The Terrors and the supporters known as The Arabs, although the latter has been applied equally to the club in recent times by the sporting media, in favour of the former.
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Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, 2009 is Dundee United's centenary year. The club changed to the present name in 1923. Traditionally, United are nicknamed The Terrors and the supporters known as The Arabs, although the latter has been applied equally to the club in recent times by the sporting media, in favour of the former.
The club has played in tangerine kits since the 1960s and have played at the present ground, Tannadice Park, since their foundation in 1909. United currently play in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) and have been managed by Craig Levein since October 2006. The late Eddie Thompson, chairman from September 2002 until his death in October 2008, was the majority shareholder of Dundee United, whilst the supporters, under the guise of ArabTRUST, own the second largest shareholding. In 2008–09, Tannadice attracted an average attendance of 8,654, the sixth...
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