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© SNS Group Dundee are back! Trips to Ibrox, Celtic Park, Pittodrie, Easter Road and, ahem, the Tony Macaroni await the Dark Blues next season. Not to mention Tannadice. And, hopefully, fans will be making those journeys to see their club playing Premiership football once more. It’s been a long, long time since Dundee started moving up in the world. Since finishing sixth in 2014/15, it’s been eighth, tenth, ninth, 12th and then a pandemic-stopped-play third in the Championship. Pretty stea...

Hanging over Dundee United right now are big questions over the future of key figures – boss Micky Mellon, Lawrence Shankland and Benjamin Siegrist.

© SNS Group St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson aims to add the Scottish Cup to the Betfred Cup won earlier this season. St Johnstone have had a glory season no matter what happens in the Scottish Cup final against Hibs. And they can build further on this terrific campaign to become an even firmer fixture as a top six club in the seasons ahead. With the bulk of their key players under contract and only four or five who aren’t automatic starts likely to depart, Saints should be in a very strong...

© SNS Group / SFA Just 600 fans will be granted access to Hampden for the Scottish Cup final between St Johnstone and Hibs. The Scottish Cup final will be a closed doors affair. St Johnstone and Hibs may wonder whether it will make any difference, given that the nonsensical proposal cobbled together and agreed to by the SFA and Scottish Government was to have only 600 fans there anyhow. Only one in every 86 seats would have been occupied if that underwhelming plan to allow 300 tickets for each...

© SNS Group Jordan McGhee celebrates the first of his brace. Their early play was littered with misplaced passes and they were lucky not to go behind in the first minute. Iain Davidson was slack with a ball to Kyle Benedictus and they were fortunate when Paul McMullan screwed his shot wide. Dundee, fresh from the break they earned by finishing above their hosts in second in the Championship table, were content to allow Rovers possession before pressing hard when they could. But they were force...

Not just on personnel but how his team approaches this one. When they played each other a few weeks back, Dundee managed to nullify Raith’s possession-based game. They did that by letting them keep the ball in areas that wouldn’t hurt them. That worked, so will the manager look to frustrate their opponents again? With attacking players like Jason Cummings, Charlie Adam and Paul McMullan, Dundee are always going to create. That’s how it went at Dens on the second last game of the season wh...

© SNS Group Micky Mellon and sporting director Tony Asghar at the Dundee United boss’ unveiling in June last year. Hands up – I had my doubts about the noises coming out of Tannadice before the season kicked off. Sporting director Tony Asghar, former boss Robbie Neilson, current gaffer Micky Mellon and copious other tangerine figures set their stall out with lofty ambitions. From the seemingly achievable aim of top-six football that the Terrors narrowly missed out on to winning cups and a ...

JIM SPENCE: Winning Scottish Cup would be icing on cake of European riches for Dundee United or St Johnstone Dundee United and St Johnstone could both be celebrating again this weekend. This season’s Scottish Cup offers glory, silverware and a possible pot of European cash to push the winners ahead of other clubs next season. It’s estimated that European entry from lifting the trophy could be worth up to £3 million. If that figure is anywhere near true then, if Dundee United and St Johnsto...

© Shutterstock Feed Friday is the day a Championship season like no other comes to a close. Hearts may have spoilt the usual tighter-than-Steven-Thompson’s-trousers second tier league table but there’s still plenty at stake on the final day. Dundee and Raith Rovers will have one eye on each other’s scoreline as they battle it out for second place. However, a relegation play-off head-to-head at the other end promises plenty of nail-biting tension at Gayfield. The rest may not have promoti...

© SNS Group Dundee United were unable to enjoy moments like flag day with their supporters. While we remain in the throes of the pandemic, it’s difficult to understand the magnitude of Dundee United’s achievement in getting to eighth spot in the Premiership table. With the oh-so taken for granted customs of Scottish football like ticker-tape title parties and open-top bus parades put on hold, United’s Championship success hasn’t hit the way it should have. Although it, largely, wasn’...