United
will today welcome Danish front man Denni Conteh back to Tannadice
for a second trial. Conteh (25) was with the club briefly
earlier this season. Now boss Alex Smith is taking another look
at the player who is on the books of French aces Racing Strasbourg
as he hunts for a strike partner for Argentinian Beto Naveda.
Smith said, "The first time the lad was across we had only the
briefest of chances to make a judgement on him and there was
no way we could, on the evidence of a closed doors game on a
wet night at Brechin, make our minds up. More
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Charlie
Miller was once hit on the head by a coin thrown by a Dundee
United supporter at Tannadice. It was the happiest day of
his career. Rangers were one victory away from clinching a ninth
consecutive league championship when they travelled to Tayside
on May 7, 1997. Miller was recalled to the side and the occasion
inspired him to a stirring performance. More
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United
manager Alex Smith had reason to smile for the first time this
season after his club's 3-2 victory over Dunfermline. Charlie
Miller's 86th-minute penalty signalled United's first home league
victory in almost a year in a match also eventful for a flurry
of red cards. "I have been looking forward to this," said Smith.
"Today was long overdue for us, there has been so much agony
for the supporters and at last we have now done something. More
Eleven
months we had waited for this euphoric moment. A win at
last for United, our first on home soil since Winter was last
in the air and a first of any kind in the SPL since Hearts
were felled back in April. For 45 minutes yesterday, the Terrors
produced the kind of performance - full of verve, heart and
hustle - which they will need if they are to avoid a winter
of discontent and a berth in the First Division next term.
