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The Courier
08-05-2025
- Sport
- The Courier
Dundee United v St Mirren stats: Mikael Mandron the dangerman
Courier Sport spotlights a few facts and figures ahead of a crunch showdown. Dundee United could punch their ticket to Europe this weekend. If the Tangerines beat in-form St Mirren at Tannadice – opening an unassailable gap of eight points with two games left to play – then continental qualification will be assured for Jim Goodwin's side. It would be a laudable achievement for the Terrors, given they are newly promoted and continuing to work with a modest budget following the excesses of the 2022/23 campaign. United have used the second-fewest players in the league this term. However, the Buddies will be aiming to pile the pressure on the Terrors, who are without Ross Graham and have THREE further injury doubts in the heart of defence. If the Paisley side win, just two points will separate the teams in the race for Europe. Manny Adegboyega celebrates United's crucial second goal in a win over St Mirren in November. Image: SNS Here, Courier Sport spotlights some of the key stats ahead of a potentially season defining contest, courtesy of Opta. 5 Dundee United vs St Mirren stats Mikael Mandron has scored four goals in his last three away league starts for St Mirren, while 83% of his Scottish Premiership goals this season have come on the road. That is the highest ratio of ANY of the 41 players with five or more goals in the league. Dundee United have won all three of their league games against St Mirren this season. The last side the Tangerines won four times against in a single top-flight campaign were Aberdeen in 1998/99. St Mirren have only suffered one defeat in their last six league games (W3 D2) – that was in their last away game at Dundee in April (0-2). St Mirren have only lost one of their last five away league games at Dundee United (W3 D1), although that was their most recent one, in November this season (0-2). Dundee United are aiming to avoid a third successive Premiership defeat, something that has only happened one other time this season, losing to Rangers, Kilmarnock and Celtic during January and February.
Glasgow Times
07-05-2025
- Glasgow Times
East Kilbride abuser must tell social workers of new relationships
Ross Graham previously admitted to assaulting a woman at a flat in Mountblow, Clydebank, where he seized her by the hair, pushed her against furniture, causing her to fall. The 24-year-old sat on top of her, compressed her knock, restricting her breathing. The incident on June 25, 2023 was all to her injury and permanent disfigurement. And it was aggravated against his partner or ex. The resident of Glen Moy, East Kilbride, returned to Dumbarton Sheriff Court on April 29 for sentencing. But the day before, he had been sentenced for a similar offence at Glasgow Sheriff Court. There he was put on a three-year order where he has to do the Caledonian Men's Programme to tackle his abusive ways. He must also do 225 hours of unpaid work in the community, and attend addiction services. But the court also said he must "report any future intimate partners to social work". Sheriff Mulgrew said given the comprehensive court order in Glasgow, it wouldn't be necessary to add to it. He imposed a second community payback order with supervision for three years on top of the Glasgow one. He told Graham: "You pleaded guilty to a serious charge of domestic assault of a former partner. The court has to take into account the circumstances of the offence, your young age and limited record, but also the comprehensive order made at Glasgow yesterday." This is a direct alternative to custody.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Central defensive issues for Dundee United
Ross Graham is unlikely to play again for Dundee United again this season and fellow Tannadice central defenders Emmanuel Adegboyega, Declan Gallagher and Sam Cleall-Harding are carrying knocks going into Saturday's visit of St Mirren. (Courier - subscription required), external Read Wednesday's Scottish gossip
BBC News
04-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Just break this dreary run'
We asked for your views on Dundee United's defeat to Hibernian on what some of you said:Eddie: Setting your team up not to lose isn't the same as setting your team up to win a game. Far too often Jim Goodwin has had to change the team and system at half-time due to him setting up the team far too A back three doesn't work against teams like Celtic or Hibs who use the width well, Vicko Sevelj's best position is centre mid. If you play two centre forwards - you need wingers to supply, also forced Jack Walton to kick long & his kicking can sometimes lack quality. We have not been the same hard, resilient team during 2025 - losing Kevin Holt and injuries to Ross Graham & Luca Stephenson & Craig Sibbald have not helped - plus David Babunski has not reached his potential. I really enjoyed watching United before New Year but the record so far this year is not good - unfortunately we may lose several players over summer and have to re-build againDavid: I think it was the wrong decision from the manager to tell players their contract was not being extended before the season was finished. Players are less likely to give 100% and risk injury if they think they'll have to find another club when the season is over. I think that was evident with Declan Gallagher yesterday. He's been great all season but made some glaring mistakes United were woeful in the first half especially in defence but after a transformation in the second half, they deserved something from this game. Since Holt left and Goodwin naively told Declan Gallagher with five games to go he wasn't getting a new contract at the end of the season showed poor man management. The defence has been a shambles with the normally reliable Gallagher making an uncharacteristic schoolboy error for the first. United lack the depth in their squad to stay competitive with injuries to key players Ross Graham and Luca Stephenson not United need to win against St Mirren. Just break this dreary run. We have the tools just need to put a performance together, we cannot be as poor defensively as we were at Easter Road. Onwards and definitely upwards!Denis: Another poor team selection by the manager. The January signings have all been very disappointing. When we reached the top six we were in a strong position to finish third but are now looking over our shoulder at St Mirren who can beat us to fifth. Hopefully we don't see a repeat of zero wins after the split. Some serious recruitment required.
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Will Ayr delay Falkirk title party? Watch on BBC
Scottish Championship: Ayr United v FalkirkWhere: Somerset Park, Ayr When: Friday, 11 April Kick-off: 19:45 BSTCoverage: Live on BBC Scotland and BBC Sport website & app Falkirk will take a huge step towards clinching the Scottish Championship title if they can win away at Ayr United on Friday in front of the BBC Scotland for John McGlynn's side would open up an 11-point lead on nearest challengers Livingston, who would need victory away to Greenock Morton on Saturday to keep the contest Falkirk have lost both of their visits to Somerset Park this season and the hosts have their own pressing agenda since finishing second means one less round of matches in the arduous promotion play-off phase.A 1-0 defeat away to Raith Rovers last weekend means Ayr trail Livingston by three points on the final was only one goal in it when Ayr beat Falkirk in the League Cup back in July, but the Honest Men took full advantage of an early red card for Ross Graham to smash in five in the previous Championship meeting on their own was one of of only five second-tier defeats for last season's League One invincibles - Livingston dished out three second of those losses to Livi reduced the gap at the top to a single point at the turn of the year, then McGlynn played a trump card with the signing of Scott Arfield after the 36-year-old left Bolton former Rangers, Burnley and Canada midfielder, who started his career at Falkirk before leaving in 2010, took just 46 seconds to score on his way to a hat-trick on his debut against Partick has not looked back and his tally stands at eight goals in nine appearances to join Brad Spencer and Calvin Miller as Falkirk's top scorers in the league. The other two have played 21 games course, Ayr made a high-profile signing of their own halfway through last term, with Scott Brown arriving as head coach when their Championship status was under former Celtic captain has built impressively on that rescue early March, United were three points behind Falkirk, but they have won just once in five outings their play-off place already secure, this showdown under the Friday night lights and the next - away to Livingston - will go a long way to determining where Ayr start in their bid for might not get the deal done this weekend, but the champagne is cooling for a second successive title party to end a 15-year long wait to return to the top flight.
