Tam Courts curses Dundee United's bad luck after Hearts defeat as he hails 'brave' Kerr Smith

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Dundee United 's rotten luck against Hearts. The Tannadice gaffer was forced to chuck in the 16 year-old defender when Charlie Mulgrew pulled up at half-time in the 5-2 defeat – in the same week he suffered a family bereavement.

United clawed it back to 2-1 and 3-2 before going down but Courts said: “It has been one of those weeks, this week. “Kerr has had a personal issue to deal with, we have been trying to nurse Charlie towards the game. “Dylan Levitt pulled out yesterday, so we have been chasing the whole week and that’s the way the game unfolded as well. “Kerr is 16 years old, I’m really proud of him for the bravery he showed going onto the pitch today because he has had a really tough week.