Hewn from the raw footballing loam of Scotland's landscape, Dundee football club emerged in 1893. Its torrent of loyal following ebbs and flows at the throbbing heart of Dundee - Dens Park. A venue drenched in the history of a thousand matches, the echoes of cheers past rippling across the pitch and into the future.
Money, the grease upon the cogs of modern football, assesses the Dundee squadron at a cool £6m, according to Transfermarkt. The worth of spirit and determination however? That's a neatly folded, inky spreadsheet that no accountant can scrutinise.
A rota of 30 footy warriors forms the Dundee squad, their combined years falling at an average age of 24. A tender blooming age, youth juxtaposed with the grizzled veterans, both fighting on the tartan-striped battlefields of their homeland, seeking glory under the banner of Dundee.
Just as the mighty Tay slashes its course through undulating landscapes, so too does Dundee in the tumultuous waters of multiple competitions this season. An 8th position foray in the Premiership, a group C shindig in the League Cup and a marauding dash to the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup. A trifecta of trials and tribulations, a tricolour flag hoisted in defiance against the footballing odds.
