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.
They joined the Northern League in 1891 and in January 1892 lost 5âÂÂ3 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 1889âÂÂ90, 1891âÂÂ92 and 1892âÂÂ93. The club also managed to reach the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup in 1889âÂÂ90. Incredibly, East End lost 4 Forfarshire Cup finals in a row between 1888âÂÂ89 to 1891âÂÂ92.
In October 1892, East End played English side Sunderland in a friendly.
East End's first appearance in the Scottish Cup came in the 1882âÂÂ83 season, losing 4âÂÂ3 away to Arbroath in the first round. In 1883âÂÂ84 they again lost in the first round, this time 1âÂÂ0 away to local rivals Strathmore. Their first success in the Scottish Cup came in September 1884, an 8âÂÂ1 home win against Coupar Angus. The following round saw them drawn again against Strathmore, where a 1âÂÂ1 draw away from home was followed by a 5âÂÂ2 home defeat.
In 1885âÂÂ86 the first round saw them drawn at home to Strathmore. A 3âÂÂ3 draw on 12 September 1885 was followed by a 4âÂÂ1 away victory a week later. In the second round they drew 2âÂÂ2 at home to Broughty, initially winning the replay 8âÂÂ2, although the match was declared void. East End won the replayed game 2âÂÂ1 and progressed to a third round tie away to Arbroath. Arbroath were too strong for East End, who bowed out with a 7âÂÂ1 away defeat.
The first round of the 1886âÂÂ87 tournament saw them drawn against Aberdeen, although East End were awarded the game as a walkover. A 5âÂÂ4 home win against Broughty was followed by a 3âÂÂ3 draw in the third round at home to Dunblane. East End withdrew from the replay.
In the first round of the 1887âÂÂ88 tournament, East End won 13âÂÂ1 away to Strathmore in the first round, but subsequently went out with a 3âÂÂ2 defeat away to Lindertis Kirriemuir in the next round. The following season saw a 5âÂÂ4 defeat away to local rivals Our Boys in the first round.
The 1889âÂÂ90 cup run began with a 6âÂÂ1 win away to Broughty in the first round, followed by a 2âÂÂ0 win away to Dundee Wanderers in the second. They were drawn away to Our Boys in the third round and won 3âÂÂ2. The fourth round saw them drawn at home to Cambuslang. They won 3âÂÂ2, but the game was declared void. However, East End won again by the same scoreline two weeks later to book their place in the fifth round for the first time. They drew 2âÂÂ2 away to Moffat, winning the replay 5âÂÂ1 to earn a quarter-final tie away to Vale of Leven. East End lost 4âÂÂ0 and Vale of Leven went on to reach the final, where they lost in a replay to Queen's Park.
The following season saw East End start in the second round, their first round opponents Strathmore having withdrawn. A 4âÂÂ2 win at home to St Johnstone was followed by a 4âÂÂ0 defeat away to Our Boys in the third round. This was their final appearance in the Scottish Cup under their own name.
In June 1893, a proposal was made for Our Boys to merge with East End, with six members from each club to form a committee to create a new club. The committee met for the first time on 23 June 1893, at Mathers' Hotel in Dundee, with J. Petrie of East End being appointed chairman. The final match for the two clubs was against each other, six days later; a benefit match for the widow and family of a deceased member of both clubs, played at the Dundee Harp ground. The new club was called Dundee F.C. and it joined the Scottish League shortly afterwards.
The club originally played in blue and white hooped shirts and stockings with white shorts, which Dundee sometimes adapts in honour of East End. From 1886 to 1888 the club played in chocolate and claret halves with black shorts, and thereafter wore white shirts, with black shorts until 1890 and blue shorts thereafter.
When East End were formed in 1877 they played at Havecroft Park. In July 1882 they secured the use of Clepington Park for the coming season. They moved again the following year, to Madeira Park, which was first used for a Scottish Cup match against Strathmore on 8 September 1883. In 1886 they moved to Pitkerro Park, returning to Clepington Park in 1887, where they remained until gaining entry into the Northern League in 1891 and moving to Carolina Port. In 1893 the newly formed Dundee F.C., upon their immediate election to the Scottish Football League, initially played on Our Boys' West Craigie Park ground; this lasted for only one season before they moved to Carolina Port. In 1899 Dundee moved to Dens Park where they remain to the present day. Another local side, Dundee Wanderers, played on East End's old Clepington Park ground from 1891 onwards; it later became Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United.