Dundee East End F.C.
former association football club in Scotland
Dundee East End Football Club were a football club from Dundee, Scotland. The club were founded in 1877 but merged with Dundee Our Boys in 1893 to form Dundee.
History
They joined the Northern League in 1891 and in January 1892 lost 5–3 to Montrose in the Forfarshire Cup Final. Initially the cup was withheld after Dundee East End protested concerning Montrose's late arrival at the game. However, the protest was not upheld and Montrose were declared winners. At the end of their first season in the Northern League they shared the title with their city rivals Dundee Our Boys.
Other honours included the Dundee Charity Cup (Burns Charity Cup) in 1889–90, 1891–92 and 1892–93. The club also managed to reach the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup in 1889–90. Incredibly, East End lost 4 Forfarshire Cup finals in a row between 1888–89 to 1891–92.
In October 1892, East End played English side Sunderland in a friendly.
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