 Banner and card display by fans of St Johnstone (left) and Dundee United (right) at the 2014 Scottish Cup Final | |
| Location | Tayside, Scotland |
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| Teams | |
| First meeting | 23 September 1911 St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee Hibernian 1911–12 Scottish Division Two |
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| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 533 (October 2024) |
| Most wins | Dundee United (154)[a] |
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The Tayside derby is a football rivalry based in Tayside. The matches are contested by the three professional clubs in the region: Dundee, Dundee United and St Johnstone.
A match between Dundee and Dundee United, whose grounds are in the same street, is referred to as a Dundee derby. St Johnstone are based in Perth, 20 miles from Dundee.
In seasons where all local derby matches were traditionally held on the same weekend (including at New Year), the Dundee derby would take precedence if all three clubs were in the same league, and any uneven number of Tayside teams would lead to one usually playing Aberdeen, who had no closer rivals geographically.
Followers of the Dundee clubs generally consider their city rivalry as far more important than any relationship with St Johnstone, with Dundee captain Charlie Adam stating in 2021 prior to a Scottish Cup tie with the Saints that there was no such thing as a Tayside derby;[1] opposing goalkeeper Zander Clark did not refute this outright but highlighted the increased travelling support typically brought to each ground for matches due to the close distance between Perth and Dundee,[2] bringing more local interest into league fixtures particularly in seasons where the Dundee clubs are in different divisions and no city derbies are played.
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- ^ Dundee v St Johnstone is NOT a derby, says Dark Blues skipper Charlie Adam ahead of all-Tayside Scottish Cup clash, The Courier, 2 April 2021
- ^ St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark weighs in on Charlie Adam's Tayside derby comments, The National, 4 April 2021