 United then beat Dundee 3–2 at Dens Park where McKinlay scored a hat-trick in his last match for United before his £1.75 million transfer to Blackburn Rovers.Into October, and Robbie Winters scored twice as United beat Dunfermline 4–0 at East End Park in the semi-finals of the League Challenge Cup to go through to the final at McDiarmid Park.Billy Kirkwood then signed yet another former Rangers player, Gary McSwegan, from Notts County, and he made his debut in the 1–0 defeat to Dumbarton at Boghead Park.