The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Bingham out to make amends
UNITED: Play-off memories set aside as striker targets Premiership return
Rakish Bingham has played a part in keeping Dundee United out of the Premiership.
Now he is looking to do his bit to get them back into it.
The Tangerines have done a pretty good job of closing in on the Championship title without him but the recent recruit will be tasked with putting his shoulder to the wheel to make sure the procession continues.
Bingham, who will be in Robbie Neilson’s squad for tonight’s game at Alloa, said: “I never scored against United but we had back-to-back victories in the play-offs with Hamilton (in 2017). “I maybe shouldn’t have mentioned that. “Now I just want to make sure that I put it all right and get up to the Premiership this season.
“I’ve played at Tannadice a few times. We have a great stadium and a big support here at United. “I must say I had a great time at Hamilton. “They were good to me but that chapter in my career is done.
“Now it’s on to the next chapter and here I want to really push on between now and the end of the season.”
It says everything about Kane’s selfless character, which so endears him to his manager and teammates, that he wasn’t as insistent that Wednesday night’s goal was his rather than a Peter Hartley own goal as most members of the number nine clan would be.
“I think I got a touch,” he said.
“At the end of the day it’s in the back of the net and that is all that matters.
“It’s a big win for us. “Usually Jason (Kerr) is knocking the ball down. A few of my goals last season he knocked them down to me.
“He is always saying that he is the one assisting and he did it again on Wednesday. That was the first thing he said to me.
“It was great play from us. Jason continued his run and it was a brilliant ball in. You expect that from a winger.
“The gaffer always tells me to make the front post run and I’ll score.
“Thankfully I’ve done that.”
The most relieved player on the Mcdiarmid Park pitch would probably have been Zander Clark, whose error resulted in Motherwell’s equaliser.
The keeper’s long run to join in the goal celebrations told you as much.
“I got a big hug from Zander,” said Kane.
“Everyone makes mistakes here and there but it’s just brilliant we got the win in the end.”
Despite the fact that they were playing against a team challenging for Europe, in injury time Saints were pushing for a winner with their centreback overlapping, rather than just settling for a creditable enough point.
“We always want to win games and never want to settle for a draw,” said Kane.
“I thought we were brilliant in the second half.
“Everyone was on point and we were pushing.
“Even when it was one-each everyone was making runs forward.
“Anthony Ralston was up and down the line constantly and I thought he was brilliant. But everyone was very good.
“Callum Hendry is unstoppable right now and is scoring for fun. We’re all doing well.”
It wasn’t that long ago Saints were bottom of the table and being talked about as serious relegation candidates. But not now. “We’ve always been looking up,” Kane insisted.
“We know we were down there at the start of the season and had a wee bad run, but we were still in touching distance.
“We knew that we would pick up results here and there. We don’t want to settle now and I think the next few games will be big for us.”