 Returning to Dens Park in the summer, Milne featured in over twenty first-team matches, scoring four times as Dundee finished the inaugural twelve-team season in the top six.The following season, Milne featured in the majority of matches, although his five goals failed to lift Dundee higher than ninth place.In 2002–03, Milne again featured regularly, appearing as a substitute in Dundee's narrow Scottish Cup Final defeat to Rangers.