Jim Goodwin admitted he wished the Premiership would end NOW after a dream derby win sunk Dundee and sent United into third.
Sam Dalby slotted home Kevin Holt’s cutback in the 88th minute right in front of the away support to spark a Tangerine party at Dens - and leave the Dark Blues nursing the worst kind of new year hangover.
Goodwin had promised pre-match that United would make the 200-yard walk to first foot their neighbours with chests puffed out and ready for battle.Little over four hours later they strutted back down the road with three points in the bag and new year bragging rights charging their swagger.
Perhaps even more importantly they’d stormed past Aberdeen into third just two months after trailing the free-falling Dons by 13 points.
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