His cardiologist might not be too happy about it. But Dundee managing director John Nelms insists the risk and reward strategy that helped fire Dundee back into the big time has been worth every heart-stopping moment in the utterly frantic fight for the Championship title.
Only in the 81st minute of that final, 100mph, title-deciding showdown with Queen’s Park at Ochilview on Friday night could Nelms and everybody associated with the Dark Blues breathe easy.
That’s when Luke McCowan’s angled drive bulged the net for their fifth goal in a 5-3 thriller to finally squash the Spiders and confirm Dundee had cemented their return to the Premiership at the first time of asking. There’s absolutely no time to relax for Nelms, his co-owner Tim Keyes, technical director Gordon Strachan or boss Gary Bowyer though.
