Charlie Cooke comes home

Had the pleasure of watching a footballing superstar of the 1960's and 1970's with a ball at this feet again this week. Charlie Cooke played for Aberdeen, Dundee, Chelsea and Crystal Palace in that era and was pretty much loved by fans of all those clubs - he was back in Dundee for a couple of days and was invited to coach Dundee FC's under 15 and 17 teams - Charlie is Director of Coerver Coaching in the Americas and it was a delight to see him take the youngsters through their paces.

The following evening he visited a supporters club named after him and talked about his career and his views on youth football and the state of 'soccer' stateside - he's strongly of the view that it won't be long until 'The States' win the World Cup.

Canon EOS 40D Lens 70-200 2.8 at 200m and F4 ISO: 400 Shutterspeed : 1/400

Shot the title party

Was lucky enough to shoot Dundee United against Rangers at Tannadice Park on Helicopter Sunday - The Ibrox side set out needing to win to make sure of the title and they did it with ease, romping home 3-0 against a United side who themselves should have had plenty to play for - a draw would have earned them a place in the Europa Cup next season - but Craig Levein's men froze.

It was the second year running that the title has been secured at Tannadice - I shot Celtic being crowned champions there last year.

This was taken with my brand new 40D, which seems to create superb colours - I'm not sure how good the autofocus is though - seems a little hit and miss. The 30D will be around for a bit until I'm sure that the 40D will do the job.