Even with Dundee Utd reduced to ten men Falkirk fail to pick up any points at Tannadice.

Some notable changes were made to the starting line up after the awful performace against ST Mirren the previous week. Dean Holden, Gerard Afjes and Graham Barrett all started the game and indeed Falkirk looked hungry in the first half hour with Barrett and Latapy going close.

Next came one of those odd moments where you just knew this wasn’t going to be our day. A corner was whipped into the Dundee Utd box and Darren Dods smashed an attempted clearance off of his own crossbar.

Falkirk were starting to let Dundee Utd into the game and Barry Robson fired a warning straight into the arms of Krul in the 20th minute. Darren Barr then had a back post header crash off the bar when it looked easier to score.

Falkirk’s best chance of the half came when Moutinho squared a ball across the face of goal only for Higdon to get it caught between his feet leaving Thompson shouting his frustration when he arrived unmarked behind the big man.

HT : Dundee Utd 0 - 0 Falkirk

At 58 minutes on the clock Dundee Utd went ahead with a low shot from Noel C Ccccc… OK then Hunt, which beat Krul after a defence cutting pass down the right.

Russell Latapy had a shot well saved from the Utd keeper after being put through by Moutinho but by this stage most of us had accepted that we would not take anything from the game.

Then possibly the most bizarre incident of the game occurred when Cregg was chopped down from behind by Robson but the result was Noel Hunt lying on the deck feigning injury much to the annoyance of the Falkirk support.

The referee then handed Falkirk a lifeline as he sent off Gomes for a blatant tug of Russell Latapy however this didn’t seem to phase Utd in the slightest as Barry Robson stepped up to send a free kick around the Falkirk wall and into Krul’s goal. It was just never going to be our day.

FT : Dundee Utd 2– 0 Falkirk