Zapsford on why it is mainly red than white in his world as he gears up for another showdown with Dundee.
08:46, 10 Mar 2026
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Dundee United's Zac Sapsford celebrates scoring to make it 2-1
Zac Sapsford admitted Harry Kane is his favourite striker - even though it doesn’t go down well with the majority of the fellow Arsenal fans in his family.
The Dundee United is a big fan of the England captain and Bayern Munich star.
The issue is that he used to play for Tottenham Hotspur and Sapsford was brought up in an Arsenal-supporting family - with one exception.
It adds to the madness when it comes to the North London derby, although Sapsford's full focus is on the Dundee one this weekend.
United go across the road looking to make it back-to-back derby wins at Dens Park, although the Dark Blues did claim the bragging rights at Tannadice last time out.
Sapsford, who scored in the derby win away back in August, confirmed: “I loved Thierry Henry, just as an Arsenal fan myself. I loved watching him.
“Harry Kane is probably my favourite striker, just watching him.
“His finishing is top tier, probably the best.
“Just the way he also links up the game, his passing abilities, he's not just a one dimensional player who will just be in the box and score.
“He likes to get involved and drop deep so he's probably my favourite striker at the moment who's still playing, so I really look up to him.”
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane
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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane(Image: Icon Sport via Getty Images)
United will also be looking to give their fans something back after their Scottish Cup exit at Falkirk on Friday evening.
Sapsford was denied with a couple of big chances and will be keen to make up for that this weekend.
He knows the importance of the derby in the City of Discovery and what the North London one means to his family.
Sapsford is Sydney-born but revealed his love of the Gunners came from his dad.
He explained; “My dad's a massive Arsenal fan, so I grew up into it, but my dad's dad is actually a Tottenham fan, which is weird so I don't know how that happened.
“I’ve always been an Arsenal fan, never got to watch all the games though, when I’ve obviously been in Australia, because the times are bad, but being over here it is a lot easier to watch the games.”
Sapsford did make the trip halfway across the world to watch his beloved Arsenal at the Emirates.
The frontman recalled: “I have, not since I've been here but when I was younger we had a trip to England and went there, went to a Champions League game, this was ages ago.
“Maybe like when I was ten or 11, it was when Mesut Ozil first signed for the club.
“It was around then, I can't remember what year that was.”
Sapsford admitted watching Arsenal made him keen for a crack at British football. He finally got that opportunity when Dundee United came calling to sign him from Western Sydney Wanderers in the summer. The striker has made a massive impact at Tannadice.
He claimed: “I think re-emphasised maybe isn’t the word.
“I think I’ve always had that dream of being a professional footballer, but just the closer you get to the age of 16, 17, you really start to think about it more.
“But when you're younger, to be honest, you're just trying to enjoy football and I think going to those games as just a fan of football is a great experience and seeing how those players play is just incredible.
“You don't really take it in and go ‘oh maybe I could do that one day’, it's just like, you're just enjoying it.”
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The 23-year-old also had a few homegrown heroes who made their name across here.
He added: “I loved Harry Kewell, but also Tim Cahill, as an Aussie legend.
“I didn't watch much of Mark Viduka, probably too young for that.
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“But Tim Cahill was special player, just an Aussie legend really.”
Another derby goal and Saspford could go even closer to making himself a Dundee United legend.