By Alan Wilson

Dundee FC fans vented their fury last night at the news their beloved Dens Park may be sold off to pay debts and the club move across the road to share Tannadice with their arch-rivals.

Many fans even said they would rather the club died and started from scratch in the lower leagues than consider the prospect of renting United’s ground.

Kevin McConville, president of the JMB Dark Blues supporters’ club, said there was no way he would go to Tannadice—and added that several of his members felt the same way.

“Since we heard about this I’ve spoken to five or six of the boys and they’re all saying the same—that under no circumstances will they watch Dundee play at Tannadice.

“They said they might go to away games, but that’s it.

“Personally I’d rather they just shut the doors right now, as to share Tannadice would be the first steps along the road to amalgamation and there’s no way I could stand that.”

Mickey Coyle’s Supporters’ Club representative Stewart Clark said, “I can’t believe the bank are going to try and force this on us.

“I can’t see United sharing ownership of Tannadice, so that would leave the option of us being their tenants, and I’d need to think hard about renewing a season ticket in those circumstances.

“The ideal solution would be to sell both grounds and move to a purpose- built stadium. We’d need Scottish Executive and council backing but it could be done.”

Fellow member Grant Hill said, “This is worse than the day we went into administration. If we go to Tannadice it will kill the club anyway because nobody would go. The Airdrie United situation is starting to look more attractive than this rubbish.”

Taxi operator Rab Middleton said he was “devastated” by the news and neither he nor his family would set foot in Tannadice if Dundee moved across the road.

“I’ve been a supporter for 40-odd years and there’s no way we would consider going to Tannadice. That goes for thousands of fans as well.

“If it was a new stadium then fine, both clubs should sell their stadiums and build a new one, but not this.

“I would rather the club went to the wall and we started again from scratch in the bottom division.”

Graham Smith, chairman of the Glasgow Dees, echoed those statements.

“I’ve texted about six or seven of our members since I heard and they all think the same as me.

“We can’t see any benefit of going to Tannadice, and it makes more sense to redevelop Dens because it is much bigger.

“I would find it difficult to sit in Tannadice every week and, in any case, I wouldn’t like to think that the money I’ve been putting into a bucket every fortnight ends up going to Tannadice as rent.

“Besides, look at the state of the Tannadice pitch last season, and that’s with only one club using it.

“Their pitch is the worst in the league, while Dens is probably the best.”