The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Teenager Henvey nets fine winner for the Dee
Dens men dominate but Cowden cause problems for Dark Blues
midfielder Elton Ngwatala let fly with a shot from 30 yards that was not too far over the bar.
Up at the other end, home forward Kris Renton tried to stab the ball goalwards from close range but his effort was blocked by defender Steven Caulker.
The best move of the match thus far came on 24 minutes from Dundee but Ngwatala’s strike was well held low down by goalie Ryan Goodfellow after he was picked out by a nice pass from Jean Mendy.
Just minutes later, a Randy Wolters corner was headed wide by Nathan Ralph as the Dens men continued to dominate.
A Wolters drive was deflected on its way to Goodfellow’s arms on 35 minutes before the Dutchman had another strike blocked seconds later.
Jamie Pyper headed a corner wide for Cowden to bring a decent but goalless first half to an end.
The Dark Blues switched their goalies at the interval, with Elliott Parish taking the gloves off Hamilton.
With 53 minutes gone, Wolters managed to squeeze a driven free-kick through the Cowden wall but it sailed wide of the post.
The big Dundee subbie switch came on 57 minutes.
Off went Mendy, Ngwatala, Wolters, Craig Wighton, Kharl Madianga and Glen Kamara.
Two minutes later it was all change again as Caulker, Nathan Ralph, Jesse Curran and Dan Jefferies all made way.
The Blue Brazil didn’t let that disrupt them, though and with 63 minutes on the clock Renton came close to putting them ahead, with only a fine Parish save denying him.
Dundee finally made the breakthrough on 73 minutes and it was a fine finish from Henvey, who lifted the ball over the advancing Goodfellow after being played in by Callum Moore’s long ball.
Henvey came within a whisker of making it 2-0 four minutes later when he clipped a low shot just inches past the far post.
In the dying seconds, there would have been a second for the Dark Blues but for a superb save from Goodfellow that kept out Kerr Waddell’s header. Attendance: 478. Cowdenbeath: Starting side: Goodfellow, Mullen, Trialist, Pyper, Gilfillan, Miller, Cox, Malcolm, Renton, Scott (Sheerin 29), Buchanan. Subs used: Trialist 17 (gk), Swann, Sheerin, Trialist, McMurchie, Muirhead.
Dundee: Starting side: Hamilton, Curran, Caulker, Jefferies, Ralph, Madianga, Kamara, Ngwatala, Wolters, Mendy, Wighton. Subs used: Parish, Nana-Sinkham, Jones, Kerr, Waddell, Spence, Moore, McGowan, Lambert, Henvey, Nabi. Not used: Anderson.
Referee: Barry Cook.