page_title: Tayside derby
section_title: Dundee vs St Johnstone
hierarchical_section_title: Tayside derby / Dundee vs St Johnstone
caption_attribution_description: English: Dundee F.C. (dark blue) vs St. Johnstone F.C. (white), Scottish First Division match.
context_page_description: The Tayside derby is a term referring to a football rivalry based in Tayside, Scotland. The matches are contested by the three professional clubs in the region: Dundee United, Dundee 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 local derby matches were traditionally held on the same weekend, 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.
context_section_description: First meeting: 4 October 1924, 1924–25 Scottish Division One
  The two clubs met in the semi-final of the 1967–68 Scottish League Cup at Tannadice. Dundee won 3–1, but went on to lose the final to Celtic. St Johnstone also lost out (in a replay) at the same stage of that season's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Dunfermline Athletic.
  Prior to that, Dundee's greatest triumph – winning the 1961–62 Scottish Division One, the only league title in their history – also involved heartbreak for St Johnstone, as the Dark Blues, needing only a draw to secure the championship,  won 3–0 at Muirton Park on the final day, a result which saw the home club relegated on goal average.
  Saints gained some form of revenge many years later, with both teams in the second tier, when they won 1–0 at Dens Park to all but confirm their return to the top flight by winning the 2008–09 Scottish First Division (it was not mathematically certain at that point, although they eventually held a 10-point margin by the season's end).
caption: Dundee host St Johnstone at Dens Park, 2006
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