Dundee 0
St Mirren 2
League (Premier Division)

Match Report

You can't thread a camel through, the eye of a needle, so the saying goes. But Ian Scanlon of St Mirren had a darned good try as he wriggled and wiggled his way betwixt the Dundee defenders all afternoon.

The Saints' winger gave full-back Cameron, and Dundee's right flank in general, a really torrid time.

It was no surprise when one of his crosses left the Dens Park defence in complete disarray and Jimmy Bone stepped for ward to whack an unsaveable 18-yarder into the net.

Not that Dundee had been out of it altogether. Ferguson and Sinclair had made several determined sorties towards "keeper Thomson's goalmouth.

Nearing the interval came the game's most controversial moment. Mackie lofted a high ball into the Saints penalty box. 'Keeper Thomson and Sinclair rose for it together and the ball bounced loose to Stephen who rammed it into the net.

No goal, said referee Alexander, indicating that Sinclair had pushed Thomson. The pattern of the second half was remarkably similar to the first. Dundee opened with a rampaging session of all-out action.

Saints weathered this spell, however, then stole upfleld to notch a second counter. McAvennie intercepted a short pass-back from Cameron to keeper Blair and turned the ball into the empty net.

St Mirren were by no means world-beaters, but in Scanlon, Bone, McAvennie, and Abercromby they had players who showed that extra grade of quality.

Match report written by The Sunday Post