Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
McCann’s ban reduced to one
DUNDEE manager Neil McCann has had his two-match misconduct ban halved on appeal.
The Dens Park gaffer had his appeal heard by the SFA yesterday evening to argue the suspension dished out after he clashed with St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark following the 4-0 home defeat to their Tayside rivals last month.
And t hat appeal was partly successful, meaning he will only have to sit out one of t he Dark Blues’ remaining crunch games.
That, funnily enough, will be once more against St Johnstone at Dens Park.
Dundee host the Perth Saints this coming Saturday looking to avenge that 4-0 thrashing but will have to do so without their manager on the sidelines.
Meanwhile, the club’s U/20s’ title challenge ended with a 4-2 defeat to Hearts last night.
The young Dark Blues went into the clash at Links Pa r k o n the back of 12 games unbeaten — a run that stretched all the way back to November.
Following leaders Hibs’ victory yesterday, Dundee needed a win to take the title race into the final week of the season.
They couldn’t manage t h a t , h ow ev e r, a s the Jambos moved up to third place in the league.
Craig Wighton did give the home side the l ead early on, firing home after seven minutes.
Hearts levelled through Rory Currie as the game headed to half-time before Cedwyn Scott kept up his scoring run by putting the Dark Blues 2-1 up on 53 minutes.
Lewis Moore quickly equalised before Aidan Keena made it 3-2 after 65 minutes.
Things got worse for the Dee as Randy Wolters saw red f or dissent before Connor Smith sealed the win with 15 minutes to go.