She broke the hearts of thousands of Sun rea when she wrote her last column for the paper While many women were glued to her column there were also a sizeable number of men wh needed their weekly Martel fix, and even a few who’ve taken a peek of her first book, Scanda The cheeky Dundonian has left for London, b for the good of Scotland, we tracked her dow and after a shameful bit of bribery convinced Scotland’s favourite redhead since Billy Brem to be our weekly columnist. And so, may we introduce the delicious Martel Maxwell.....


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What made you support Dundee?


Loyalty and family history. My sister Holly and mum’s husband Alan have Dens season tickets. Mum gets along to a few games a year. My Uncle David’s a fan too. There are, however, dark forces at work. My granddad Davie Maxwell supports United. I had to choose when I was growing up and most family history was with Dundee.


Favourite memory of being a Dee?


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Sitting in Dens after a shandy or two with some pals a few weeks after we had left school. We got a sun tan and it was October! It was just one of those magical days when we were all still together, before everyone went their separate ways to study or live in different cities. It marked the end of an era. And Dundee won.


You’re engaged to a Dundee United fan - did you cheer them on in their short European stint?


When my fiancé proposed, I posted on Twitter “Oh dear, I’m marrying an Arab” and someone accused me of being racist. It doesn’t really translate outside of Scotland!


Yes, I did cheer them on. My granddad – I call him Papa – has always instilled in me a pretty magnanimous approach. He’s got fond memories of Dundee too. There’s a picture of him in a football team beside Bobby Cox in his living room and he was a tasty player himself back in the day, though he’d never tell you that.


United are his team but whenever Dundee play he wants them to do well.


His flat is exactly halfway between Dens


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