Original: In the early 1980s , owing to the success both domestically and in Europe of Aberdeen and Dundee United , the pair were known as the New Firm ; however , Dundee United have their city neighbours Dundee as close rivals , and the antagonism was not always reciprocated to the same degree .
Simplified: Aberdeen have no geographically close rivals ; their nearest neighbours at the same level are in the city of Dundee , with Dundee United having been their principal rivals in the New Firm in the 1980s .