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DIRECTORY Dundee United Football Club, Tannadice Park, Dundee, DD3 7JW TELEPHONE NUMBER 01382833166 Option 1 - Ticketing Option 2 - Commercial Option 3 - Retail EMAIL communications@dundeeunitedfc.co.uk WEBSITE ADDRESSES Home - www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk DUTV - www.tv.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk Shop - www.shop.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk DUCT - www.dundeeunitedct.co.uk ADDRESS BOOK Chairman MARK OGREN Vice-Chairman SCOTT OGREN Director JIMMY FYFFE Chief Executive LUIGI CAPUANO Chief Operations Officer JOE RICE Finance Director JAMES ROBERTSON
FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT Manager JIM GOODWIN Assistant Manager LEE SHARP First-Team Coach DAVID BOWMAN Head of Goalkeeping PAUL MATHERS Head of Football Operations ROSS STARKE Head of Player Care NIALL NICHOLSON Head of Medical MARCIN SZOSTAK First Team Analyst AIDAN CROLL First Team Sports Scientist EWAN ANDERSON First Team Physiotherapist GREGOR PIRIE Strength and Conditioning Coach ALLAN GARTSHORE Club Doctors DR DAVID NICOLL DR STEPHEN GALBRAITH Kit Manager ANDREW BRYAN Assistant Kit Man FINLAY MCNICOLL Head of Player Pathway BRIAN GRANT Head Chef DUMINDA EKANYAKE
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the gaffer Good afternoon and welcome back to Tannadice!
IT’S BEEN A NUMBER OF WEEKS SINCE WE’VE BEEN AT HOME BUT YOUR SUPPORT ON THE ROAD HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. I’M HOPING TO SEE ANOTHER PACKED OUT TANNADICE THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THE BOYS TO GO AND PUT ON A SHOW! We always plan and prepare for difficult games and today will be no different. Our last home match against Inverness is a good example of teams coming here to frustrate us, so we know what to expect. The players have handled it really well - picking up some valuable points here - so we are looking forward to being home. We’re on a great run of form in the league and there’s a lot to be pleased about. It’s clear there’s a lot of good competition at both ends of the table and I think that is healthy. Teams are keeping us on our toes and it just goes to show that we cannot let the standards or performance levels slip. It’s my job as the Manager to make sure the squad stay calm but I think they have shown their own strength, resilience and character already this season but there’s certainly no shying away from the objective. I hope you all enjoy the game! - JIM GOODWIN
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We welcome Ayr United to Tannadice for the first time since December 2019
On that occasion, our 4-0 victory ensured we had a thirteen-point lead at the top of the Championship going into Christmas. Indeed, The Honest Men have only left victorious once in their previous eleven meetings - the Lawrence Shankland-inspired 5-0 defeat in 2018. Last weekend’s postponement leaves our visitors sitting mid-table and without a win from their last four Championship fixtures. The men from Somerset face a tricky run of fixtures in December, but they arrive here looking to build on their Scottish Cup victory over Peterhead a fortnight ago. However, Ayr have been more impressive on the road this season.
SOMERSET SIGNINGS A complete squad overhaul in the summer saw Ayr recruit no fewer than thirteen fresh faces. Whilst midfielder Oliver Pendlebury returned to Farnborough after just two starts, there have been some considerably more successful signings. Right-sided central defender George Stanger arrived from Alloa Athletic and has been a regular in the side. A New Zealand U23 cap, the 6’3” former Hamilton youngster will feature in the 100th club match of his career today. Jamie Murphy might be in the veteran stage of his career, but the vastly experienced attacking midfielder has been a key figure for the Honest Men. The former Motherwell, Brighton, Sheffield United, Rangers, Hibs and St Johnstone ace has hit the net five times already this term. Despite a red card in his second match for the club, Roy Syla has been a solid signing. The 23-year-old defensive midfielder, who was recruited from Brentford, brings energy and combativeness to the midfield. Signed on a two-year deal, the Barnet youth product has been capped by Albania U21 level. Despite being only 19, former Nottingham Forest youth Elichia Alui cuts an imposing figure. The Lincoln City right back who joined on a season-long loan brings real physicality to the Ayr backline and earned rave reviews whilst on loan at Drogheda in the League of Ireland earlier this year. Striker Ahkeem Rose has scored three times in all competitions since he arrived from Weymouth. The 24-year-old Jamaican is blessed with real pace and can play anywhere across the frontline.
Midfielders Jack Senga-Ngoyi (a former Belgian youth international currently on a season-long loan from Reading), Jack Young (a former Newcastle youth who’s on loan from Wycombe Wanderers) and loanee United winger Logan Chalmers have all made notable contributions this season. Other summer signings include substitute ‘keeper Robbie Mutch (Edinburgh City), former Slough striker Francis Amartey and ex-Celtic and Sunderland wide man Aiden McGeady. All three, however, have found starting berths hard to come by.
THE MANAGER
Next month will see the second anniversary of the appointment of Edinburgh-born Lee Bullen. As a player, he progressed through the youth levels as a striker at Dunfermline but failed to break into the first team leading him to move on to Meadowbank and Stenhousemuir.
a new challenge, he went on to ply his LEE BULLEN Seeking trade in Australia, Hong Kong (making the League
Team of the Year in 94/95) and Greece before returning to East End Park in 2000. After four years, he moved to Sheffield Wednesday where he gained cult status, displaying a versatility, hunger and work rate that saw him appointed club captain. A short spell at Falkirk followed before retiring from playing in 2011. The 52-year-old began his coaching career with a return to Hillsborough, working initially with the development squad before progressing to assistant manager and, on three separate occasions, steadying the ship as caretaker boss.
A peripheral figure at parent club Partick Thistle in the early part of the season, the 27-year-old wasn’t happy to sit on the bench and personally sought a loan move away from Firhill. Five goals in just eight games have fully justified both his willingness to be on the park more regularly and Ayr’s decision to take a punt on the former East Fife and Falkirk striker. His first season in senior football with East Fife saw him finish as the club’s top scorer in the 2018/19 season and, despite spending half the season on loan at Arbroath, he still finished as Falkirk’s joint top league scorer in the 2021/22 campaign! A real danger at set pieces, the 6’1” forward has already played at Tannadice this season, appearing as a late substitute in Thistle’s ViaPlay Cup win here back in July.
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ONE TO WATCH ANTON DOWDS
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Born in Glasgow but brought up in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Neil first joined United as a seventeen-year-old in January 1985. Football was very much in his genes His father Neil played for Partick Thistle and he is the nephew of Jim Duffy. In the first of three spells at Tannadice the defender featured in fifty reserve matches before heading back to South Africa due to homesickness. He returned to Tannadice four years later, again playing regularly in the reserves once more. He had just one first-team outing in a friendly against an Australian Olympic XI in August 1990 and was transferred to Falkirk two months later.
He then joined Ayr United where, as at his previous two clubs, he spent three years during which he helped the Honest Men to consecutive Scottish Cup semi-finals and the 2002 League Cup Final. All told he fell just one short of a century of appearances, scoring twice with the Somerset Pak club. In 2002, Neil moved to Dumbarton, where he stayed until retiring in 2004. His time with the Sons provided his one single red card which ironically came in his last ever senior game before becoming a coach.
After three seasons at Brockville, he was a signing target for new United manager Ivan Golac but later signed for Dundee. The move created a complex situation, as United were due a portion of the transfer fee, and with former Falkirk player Dragutin Ristic signing for United from Dundee the matter was complicated further, but the clubs eventually settled without the need for a tribunal. During his time at Dens Park, he captained the side in the 1995 League Cup final, collecting a runners-up medal.
After a spell at Ayr United’s youth academy, Duffy was appointed as Troon’s U19 coach in May 2013. He became assistant manager of the club in August 2015 before departing in December 2015, and became manager of Whitletts Victoria until resigning from that post in January 2018.
In August 1996, Neil joined United for a third time when signing from Dundee for around £200,000, and finally made his competitive debut ten years after first arriving at the Club, as a substitute against Motherwell in the opening League game of the season in United’s return to the Premier Division in August 1996. During three years at Tannadice, his appearances were restricted by injury . Having been used mostly as a substitute under both Billy Kirkwood and Tommy McLean, he had an extended run under Paul Sturrock in the second half of season 1998-99 but was released at the end of the season after making 47 appearances (29 starts plus 18 from the bench) on which he scored two goals.
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watt Do you have any pre-match superstitions?
Best advice you’ve ever been given?
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Enjoy life.
What would you be if you weren’t a footballer?
Who is the dressing room joker?
A professional gamer. Best stadium you’ve played at? Estádio da Luz (Benfica) - it’s a proper historic venue. I love watching them even now. Best player you have played with? Victor Wanyama or James Forrest - both a couple years older and performing at an incredible level every week. Best player you have played against? Dani (Zenit) - over a two legged qualifier I’ve never seen one midfielder control a game and a full team like it. Standard Liege vs Zenit Who is the best player of all time? Messi - what he’s achieved in our lifetime won’t be matched again. His output is insane and he does it with class. Best game you’ve ever watched? Napoli lifting the Scudetto against Sampdoria - first time in over 30 years and it couldn’t have went better
There’s a few. Everyone chips in with a bit of madness every day. Who is the best dressed in the United squad? Grimmy - always looking like he’s ready to go on a date… or an away day! Who is the worst dressed in the United squad? Sibbs, Kai & Holty. They all just copy each other. Special mention for Gallagher and his designer closet. Absolutely terrible! Which one player would you take on a holiday with you? Ross Graham - nice big guy I’d imagine he’d have it all booked and ready and I could just chill! What do you do in your spare time? Spend time at home with my wife. Favourite TV show? Yellowstone at the moment. How I met your mother and The OC are up there. Favourite artist? The Chicks
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THE EARLY DAYS
With the focus on the centenary of the name change from Dundee Hibernian to Dundee United, throughout the season we’ll be looking back at meetings between visiting clubs and the Hibs. Dundee Hibernian was founded in 1909 and secretary/manager Pat Reilly and his committee immediately submitted an application for a place in the Scottish League. Not surprisingly, they were unsuccessful but during the year that followed Reilly and his colleagues were assiduous in lobbying member clubs with a view to the vote at the League AGM in June 1910. Normally, the clubs occupying the bottom two places in Division Two at the end of the season had to seek re-election, with aspiring clubs also putting themselves forward. The town of Ayr had two clubs in Division Two at the time, Ayr FC and Ayr Parkhouse. There had been talks between the two about a merger, with a view to forming a club strong enough to challenge for promotion to Division One. Agreement was eventually reached in 1910, with the new club logically adopting the name Ayr United. They took over the League place of Ayr FC and also used Somerset Park as their home (where Ayr FC had played since 1888). The merger created a vacancy in Division Two and at the Scottish League AGM both Dundee Hibs and St Johnstone applied to fill it. The Hibs gained 20 votes, twice that achieved by the Saints and so, just a year after being formed, the new club had achieved Scottish League status. The first league meeting between the clubs was a rather inauspicious one for the Hibs, Ayr United winning 3-0 at Somerset Park on 12 November 1910. The crowd was reported as 1000, the same as for the return at Tannadice just three weeks later which ended 1-1. At the time, the league season was quite short with only 22 matches played; it basically occupied the first half of the season with the remainder being given over to cup ties. The Hibs played only three league matches after January, all the result of postponements. James O’Gara, Dundee Hibs’ scorer on Ayr United’s first-ever visit to Tannadice in December 1910.
The motivation behind forming Ayr United was soon borne out. They finished Division Two runners-up in season 1911-12 and were champions in each of the next two seasons. There was no automatic promotion then but when Division One was increased from 18 to 20 clubs in 1913, Ayr United were admitted to the top level. With the exception of the 6-0 drubbing suffered at Somerset Park in October 1911, Dundee Hibernian pretty much held their own with the rising new club. Across their three seasons in Division Two their record against Ayr United was: P 6 W 1 D 3 L 2 F 5 A 12.
HERBERT DAINTY A player/manager with both Ayr United and Dundee Hibs
Only one man played for both clubs – but he was no run-of-the-mill player. Indeed, he was appointed player/manager at both Somerset and Tannadice! Herbert Dainty was captain of the Dundee FC team which won the Scottish Cup in 1910 and the centre-half was a big favourite at Dens Park for several years. He briefly departed Scotland to play for Bradford City but was lured back north of the border by Ayr United who offered him the job of player/manager in 1913 for their inaugural season in Division One. Dainty led the Honest Men to a mid-table finish in that campaign and to a very creditable fifth place in 1914-15. By then the country was at war and although Division Two was suspended Division One continued throughout the conflict. But Dainty then decided to step down from his job at Somerset Park and return to Dundee, where he had retained business interests. When he became aware of this, Hibs manager Pat Reilly approached him and essentially offered Dainty his job! The Englishman accepted and also agreed to be player/manager, with the club then members of the Eastern League. After two seasons in charge at Tannadice, in 1917 Dainty relinquished the manager’s role but remained a player, with Reilly resuming as manager. Part of the reason was that Dainty had become involved with organising benefit and charity matches to support the war effort. He formed teams called ‘Dainty’s XI’ from any footballing servicemen who happened to be stationed in the Tayside or Fife area and Dundee Hibs were their opponents on several occasions. In 1918, at the age of 39, Herbert Dainty finally retired from playing and bought a public house in the city centre called the Empire Bar. It was situated on the corner of Seagate and Commercial Street and is still a pub today (now Tickety Boo’s). He was invited to join the management committee of Dundee Hibernian in 1920 and became Club Chairman in 1922, though he didn’t hold the position for long. Towards the end of that year, with the club in serious financial difficulties, it was taken over by group of city businessmen who turned it into a limited company for the first time. Dainty chose that as the point at which to end his involvement with Dundee Hibernian and shortly afterwards he sold the Empire Bar and returned to England.
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9 DECEMBER 1911 - LEITH ATHLETIC 3-0 DUNDEE HIBS | LEAGUE (DIVISION TWO) A strange afternoon in the capital as Hibs slumped to a three-goal defeat due to a lack of concentration after a bright opening. McGovern, Bowman and Meaney were the home side’s scorers. However, there was some consolation given they shared the proceeds of a healthy 3,500 crowd.
1933 – LEITH ATHLETIC 1 DUNDEE UTD 5 | LEAGUE (DIVISION TWO) Revenge for that defeat 22-years previously was unmerciful as Jimmy Brownlie’s side struck a rich vein of for to run riot at Marine Gardens, outclassing the hosts. “The finest Second Division team seen in Edinburgh this season,” was the general opinion. The opportunism of Ouchterlonie a major factor, proving a real matchwinner, claiming a four-goal haul. David Laing was the other United scorer. Four-goal hero Willie Ouchterlonie.
1950 - DUNDEE UTD 3-2 QUEEN’S PARK | LEAGUE (B DIVISION) At Tannadice a fortnight after a nightmare 3-1 away defeat, United tumbled out of the Fairs Cup despite reducing the deficit thanks to a tremendous Alan Gordon header from a Davie Wilson cross on 31 minutes. The Czechs defended in depth but broke smartly and were perhaps more impressive than in the home leg. They appeared to have repelled United’s threat as the game entered the final minutes, but the final throws of the game were to provide one last-gasp effort by United to take the match into extra time. ‘Keeper Kramerius saved from Alan Gordon and lay spread-eagled yards out of his goal. Tommy Traynor picked up the loose ball and shot, only to see the Czech skippers’ leg divert the ball to safety.
1978 - DUNDEE UTD 3-0 RANGERS | LEAGUE (PREMIER DIVISION) United went into this match proudly topping the table and therefore confident mood tackling Rangers at Tannadice, despite not having beaten them at home since 1969. And large crowd of over 15,000 were to see United chalk up their biggest win over the Ibrox side with a scintillating display that left Rangers reeling. Davie Dodds opened the scoring after three minutes; a cracking George Fleming strike doubled the lead on 21 minutes and a Dave Narey penalty six minutes from time completed a terrific result.
1981 - DUNDEE UTD 5-0 WINTERSLAG | UEFA CUP (3RD ROUND 2ND LEG) From the bog-like conditions of the goalless first leg, conditions couldn’t have been more contrasting with Tannadice frost-bound. Bu the Terrors skated t to victory. After a slow start, the Terrors struck three times in 11 minutes. Eamonn Bannon slammed in the rebound on 24 minutes, Eight minutes later, Dave Narey headed the second and Paul Hegarty made it three in a similar manner. Two classic Ralph Milne goals took the tally to five for the third consecutive European round.
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The club was saddened to learn of the death of Gordon Wallace at the age of 74. Best remembered for his playing days with Raith Rovers for whom he played for between 1970 and 1977, making 318 appearances, and scoring 104 goals, helping them win promotion back to the First Division in 1976. A native of Edinburgh, Gordon was brought up in the Clermiston area of the city. Gordon played for Penicuik Athletic Juniors and reached the Scottish Junior Cup final in 1970 - Blantyre Victoria won 1-0 in a replay after a 1-1 draw. Jimmy Millar, who had just left United to become Raith’s manager, signed Gordon on April 4, 1970, but the transfer was delayed due to Penicuik’s cup run. At the time Jimmy commented, “Gordon is a hard-working inside-forward, with great stamina. He never gives up and uses the ball well”. A striker like his namesake ‘Stubby’ whom he teamed up with when joining United in October 1977, for a reported fee of £12,000, he made his first team debut as a substitute against Celtic at Tannadice the next day. After a further two sub appearances, he was given a starting eleven place in November and grabbed his first goal for the club a week later against Clydebank at Tannadice. He struggled with injury during his time with United but scored two more towards the end of the season. Following a knee operation in August 1978, he was unable to re-establish himself in the first team and completed his United career in the reserves, having made 16 appearances. In the summer of 1979, he moved to Berwick Rangers where he spent eighteen months making 19 appearances scoring three times before signing for Cowdenbeath – 11 appearances and one goal. In 1981, he moved to Australia where he joined Green Gully and played there for several years. Gordon is survived by his wife Diane, daughter Karen and sons Dean and Bradley. His grandchildren are Danny, Jordan, Ryan, Brittany, Millie, Scarlett, Corbin and Matilda, to whom we send our condolences.
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fixtures and results DATE
OPPOSITION
COMP
RES
ATT
STARTING XI Walton
Freeman
Denham
Holt
McMann
Grimshaw
Docherty ©
Cudj
Walton
Freeman
Denham
Holt
McMann
Docherty ©
Sibbald 1
Cudj
July 15
The Spartans (A) Viaplay Cup
VC
L 0-1
1,701
18
Partick Thistle (H) Viaplay Cup
VC
L 1-2
3,147
22
Peterhead (H) Viaplay Cup
VC
W 3-0
2,103
Walton
Grimshaw
Graham
Holt 2
McMann
Docherty ©
Middleton
Moch
25
Falkirk (A) Viaplay Cup
VC
W 1-0
3,186
Walton
Freeman
Graham
Holt
McMann
Sibbald
Docherty ©
Meek
4
Arbroath (A)
cc
W 4-0
5,558
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallagher
Holt
McMann
Sibbald 1
Docherty ©
Cudj
12
Dunfermline Athletic (H)
cc
D 1-1
8,892
Walton
Freeman
Gallagher
Holt
McMann
Sibbald
Grimshaw
Midd
26
Ayr United (A)
cc
W 0-3
3,103
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt 2
McMann
Docherty ©
Glass
Midd
August
September 2
Airdrieonians (H)
cc
W 2-0
8,008
Walton
Freeman
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Grimshaw
Glass
Midd
Dunfermline Athletic (H)
SPFL TT
W 3-0
2,408
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Graham
McMann
Tillson
Glass 1
Foth
16
Greenock Morton (H)
cc
D 1-1
7,075
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Tillson
Glass
Cudj
23
Inverness CT (A)
cc
W 0-1
3,503
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Docherty ©
Sibbald
Meek
30
Queen’s Park (H)
cc
W 4-1
7,256
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
MCMANN 1
Docherty ©
Sibbald
Foth
9
October 07
Raith Rovers (A)
cc
D 1-1
6,808
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Docherty ©
Sibbald
Midd
14
Peterhead (A)
SPFL TT
W 2-0
1,352
Walton
Freeman
Graham
Holt
McMann
Middleton 1
Tillson
Doch
21
Partick Thistle (A)
cc
W 5-0
5,120
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt 3(1p)
McMann 1
Middleton
Sibbald 1
Doch
27
Arbroath (H)
cc
W 6-0
8,489
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Middleton
Sibbald
Doch
31
Airdrieonians (A)
cc
W 0-2
2,402
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Middleton
Sibbald
Doch
4
Inverness CT (H)
cc
D 1-1
7,602
Walton
Freeman
Gallacher
Holt 1
McMann
Sibbald
Tillson
Foth
11
Dunfermline Ath (A)
cc
W 1-2
7,237
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Tillson
Sibbald
Foth
17
Falkirk (A)
SPFL TT
L 4-2
2,891
Walton
Grimshaw
Graham
Holt
McMann
Glass
Sibbald
Cudj
25
Queen of the South (A)
SC
2-2 (4-3)
1,603
Walton
Grimshaw
Gallacher
Holt
McMann
Sibbald
Docherty ©
Foth
02
Greenock Morton(A)
cc
Postponed
09
Ayr United (H)
cc
16
Raith Rovers (H)
cc
23
Queen’s Park (A)
cc
30
Partick Thistle (H)
cc
02
Arbroath (A)
cc
06
Greenock Morton (H)
cc
13
Inverness CT (A)
cc
27
Dunfermline Athletic (H)
cc
03
Ayr Uinted (A)
cc
17
Raith Rovers (A)
cc
24
Queen’s Park (H)
cc
27
Airdrieonians (H)
cc
02
Partick Thistle (A)
cc
09
Arbroath (H)
cc
16
Dunfedrmline Ath (A)
cc
23
Inverness CT (H)
cc
30
Raith Rovers (H)
cc
06
Queen’s Park (A)
cc
13
Greenock Morton (A)
cc
20
Ayr United (H)
cc
27
Airdrieonians (A)
cc
Partick Thistle (H)
cc
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December
January
February
March
April
May 03
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SUBSTITUTES
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Stirton
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Jack WALTON Kevin HOLT Ollie DENHAM Ross GRAHAM Liam GRIMSHAW Louis MOULT Jack NEWMAN Craig SIBBALD Glenn MIDDLETON Jordan TILLSON Archie MEEKISON Kai FOTHERINGHAM Sadat HAPPY ANAKU Declan GLASS Kieran FREEMAN Ross DOCHERTY Flynn DUFFY Chris MOCHRIE Mathew CUDJOE Declan GALLAGHER Tony WATT Scott McMANN Craig MOORE Ruairidh ADAMS
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