Dundee Utd1–2St Johnstone

Prior to this game we had a 100% home record, whilst Saints had never won a Premier Division game at Tannadice, but by the end of this contest neither of those statements still held good. As early as the eighth minute there were signs that this wasn't to be our day. Paddy Connolly was brought down in the box, but no penalty was given. Six minutes later Saints had taken the lead when John Inglis netted at the far post after Gary McGinnis eventually managed to get his cross in from the left. The visitors went further ahead six minutes later when Turner laid the ball into Steve Maskrey who neatly beat Main from 12 yards. In between these two goals a Gijs Steinmann shot was turned round the post by Hamilton. However, our best chance of the half came on the half hour mark when Maurice Malpas threaded a through ball to Michael O'Neill, but Hamilton dived at his feet to block his path to goal. Saints continued to threaten, however, and within a minute Maskrey had shot narrowly over.

There were fewer goalmouth incidents in the second half as Saints appeared content to sit on their lead. The appearance of Darren Jackson from the bench, however, pepped up our efforts and in the 78th minute, he skillfully evaded his marker to play a one-two with Mixu Paatelainen on the edge of the box before shooting low into the far corner. The last ten minutes were spent desperately trying to pull back the deficit, but the nearest we came to equalising was when a Gijs Steinmann shot was blocked. But at the end of the day we right to both'points and despite the result, we still remained league leaders.