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O’Hara hails win as Dark Blues end 25-year wait
DUNDEE 2 RANGERS 1: First victory over Ibrox side at Dens since 1992
Dundee goal hero Mark O’Hara admitted he didn’t know the club had waited so long for a home win over Rangers.
You have to go back to August 15 1992 to find the Dark Blues’ last success over the Ibrox men at Dens Park – a 4-3 victory masterminded by Simon Stainrod.
The class of 2017 brought the drought to an end in thrilling fashion yesterday, though, with O’Hara opening the scoring on 13 minutes and Kevin Holt scoring from a freekick just before half-time.
The visitors got one back through Joe Garner but this was all about O’Hara and his mates as they shot up to sixth spot in the Premiership table.
Asked if he knew about the 25-year wait, the midfielder said: “I wasn’t aware of that but it’s an achievement and a massive result for us.” Tommy Wright is hoping chairman Steve Brown’s good cheer after victory in Dingwall will have him sitting down for contract talks with St Johnstone talisman Danny Swanson.
The McDiarmid Park attacker, absent from the victorious Saints squad yesterday, had spoken of his “nightmare” predicament over stalled contract renewal talks in Perth.
But Wright, jubilant after Chris Kane’s spectacular winner made it five wins from the last six Dingwall visits, joked that Brown might be in a mood to talk terms after taking another huge step towards top six safety.