Dundee fans came out in big numbers to support the club at Hamilton last Saturday in the vital game between the joint league leaders. The pubs before the game were busy and it was good to see a few well known faces and fellow Dundee supporters.
Team wise Nicky Riley and Kevin McBride came in for Craig Beattie and Adam Cummins with Iain Davidson dropping back to a central defence role. The game started slowly for both sides playing tight football with Riley looking sharp but like Hamilton did not create anything clear chance wise. But with 10 minutes until half-time Dundee took the lead a McDonald free kick came back off the wall and when it was played back in by Dyer Accies failed to clear and McBride headed it down to Martin Boyle who side footed home to send the DFC fans wild with delight. Just minutes later and it could have been two with McDonald put his shot just over the bar.
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Second half and Dundee started brightly with two good efforts on goal the second one from Boyle forced the Accies keeper into a fine save as Dundee looked to kill the game. Soon after and Iain Davidson had to go off with a injury it was to prove the turning point as Hamilton took the game to their visitors. With 20 minutes to go Hamilton got level when ex-dee striker Antoine Curier beat Cummins in the air to head home. Both teams then made mistakes as the flowing football had stopped and players made basic mistakes fear off losing the game. Beattie and Conroy came on as Dundee tried to change it, but in the end a draw was fair on the day.
Dundee; Letheren, Irvine, Dyer, Gallagher, Davidson (Cummins 57), Rae, McBride, Boyle, McAlister, Riley (Conroy 74), MacDonald (Beattie 68).
