Dens were the hero Letheren

and Accies lost at Dumbarton. It was back in our hands.

“A win would do it.

“We knew Dumbarton would be coming to spoil our party like they had Hamilton and would be bang up for it.

“If we drew, Hamilton would need to win by eight goals.

“We went 2-0 up early on and that was a blessing because it just calmed everybody down. But then it got pretty nervous at the end.

“I remember Craig Beattie came on and Beats was marking somebody at a corner saying ‘Hamilton are winning 8-2’ and I was like ‘shut up Beats, what are you on about?’ He was a wind-up merchant at the best of times.

“Then I picked the ball up for a goal kick and a fan told me it was 8-2 to Hamilton. I was thinking ‘wow, this is going to be close’.

“Then Dumbarton got a penalty and scored. I picked the ball out the net and somebody shouted ‘9-2’ – it was going down to the wire.

“Next thing it’s 10-2 at Hamilton, so if we concede they’ve won the league.

“Dumbarton were all over us at times and the last five, 10 minutes are just a blur – bodies getting thrown in front of the ball and it was a relief when the whistle blew.”

There was plenty of competition for the Player of the Year trophy that season with top scorer Peter MacDonald tipped for it alongside future internationals Martin Boyle and Declan Gallagher.

With rivals like that, Letheren says he thought there was no chance they were going to give it to the goalkeeper.

“I didn’t expect it, nobody gave me a heads up or anything so obviously I wasn’t prepared to make a speech!

“I was so nervous, I hate speaking in public like that and I stood up and forgot to thank loads of people – I think I thanked John Brown but forgot Paul Hartley!

“That probably didn’t go down well.

“It was great to win that. I had a great rapport with the fans and I loved my time up at Dundee.

“It really stood me in good stead for the rest of my career.”

given Dundee the lead against Dumbarton on the final day of the Championship season in 2014.