Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Eventful year of the divide
and there was more bad news for the Dark Blues as top scorer Kane Hemmings was sold to Oxford United.
AUGUST
Dundee were hit with another setback with Greg Stewart leaving for Birmingham City in a deal worth an initial £500k.
Paul Hartley’s men also failed to qualify from their Betfred Cup section.
United, on the other hand, had negotiated a tricky section but started their Championship campaign indifferently. However, the signings of William Edjenguele, Frank van der Struijk and Tony Andreu bolstered their squad.
SEPTEMBER
Cammy Bell saved three first-half penalties as Dundee United won at Dunfermline.
The Tangerines saw their run in the League Cup come to an end as they were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Morton at Cappielow.
The Dee slipped to 10th in the league without a win during the month.
OCTOBER
The Terrors were unbeaten in October as Ray McKinnon’s men finally looked like they were beginning to gel.
An away win at Hamilton, brought some relief at the end of the month as Dundee looked to push up the table.
NOVEMBER
Dundee’s form picked up sufficiently enough to get them up to seventh in the league and their first two home league wins of the season came against Motherwell and Inverness.
The Tangerine juggernaut carried on with a loss-free month as they clawed back Hibs’ lead at the top of the table.
DECEMBER
The month started well for United with a Tony Andreu penalty giving them a 1-0 win over promotion rivals Hibs at Tannadice.
And, the Christmas Eve win over St Mirren sees the Tangerines claim the No 1 spot in the table.
Dundee’s upturn in results continues and a brilliant comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2 against Hearts means the Dark Blues have taken 10 points from their last four home games.
More importantly, it moved them up to seventh, albeit only three points above bottom club Inverness Caley.
SEE our 2016 Sporting Snapshot gallery on pages 32&33.