Fans stunned by winner-takes-all title decider with 8 goals, and an absolute worldie at Queen’s Park

Fans has been stunned by a winner-takes-all title decider with 8 goals, and an absolute worldie score at Queen’s Park on Friday night.

Gary Bowyer’s team won the match with Lyall Cameron and Luke McCowan in the second half, after an improbable first-half that saw it 3-3 going into the break.

McCowan’s superb individual performance secured the title for the Dee at the first attempt, while Queen’s had to play offs in order to achieve a third consecutive promotion.

Queen’s Park finished third, despite looking like they were going to win the league at one stage. They will take on Partick Thistle in the first quarter-final at Firhill, on Tuesday.

The 2022/23 Scottish Championship campaign was quite literally as thrilling as this game, and this showed when Dundee scored their fifth goal with at the time nine of the ten teams did not know what division they were playing in for next season.

Watch: Dundee win an eight-goal thriller against Queen’s Park in a winner-takes-all title clash to finish top of the Scottish Championship.

— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) May 6, 2023

OH. MY. WORD! 🚀😱

Take a bow Charlie Fox 👏⤵️#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/fq21N6bpVc

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Friday’s results
Arbroath (0) 0-0 (0) Hamilton Academical
Cove Rangers (1) 1-2 (1) Greenock Morton
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (0) 1-2 (1) Ayr United
Queens Park (3) 3-5 (3) Dundee
Raith Rovers (1) 2-2 (1) Partick Thistle

Dundee manager Gary Bowyer: “I’m delighted for the players and staff. I’ve got nothing but praise for them all. You couldn’t have scripted it any better.

“The goals we conceded were ridiculous! But it was brilliant. It’s unfair Queen’s Park don’t come up with us. We wish them all the best.”

Dundee managing director John Nelms: “All the credit to the players, they fought to the very end. It means we’re back to where we think we should be, we should always be in the top flight.

“Now, we have a long way to go, that work’s already started. We’ve got a long summer.”

Queen’s Park manager Owen Coyle: “We know what we’ve got in our team. I think probably over the course of the season our Achilles heel has been defending situations that we certainly didn’t do tonight.

“In terms of passing and controlling the ball, what we want to do and what we want to develop at the club, there was so much to be pleased about in that aspect.

“The bottom line is we’ve lost the game that could have made us champions. We have to get to the Premiership now, through the play-offs, the hard way.”

Gary Bowyer told BBC Scotland: “Brilliant, magnificent effort from the players tonight, and the whole season.

“Everybody said Dundee are favourites and Dundee should do this and that, but you’ve got to go out and do it, and they went out and did it!”

Captain Ryan Sweeney described the game as “absolutely mental”.

“I think it was a fitting way to end the league, the top two come together on the final day and slog it out like that. It’s what this league’s all about. It’s incredible.”

As mentioned, fans were astonished by the winner-takes-all title decider with 8 goals, and an absolute worldie at Queen’s Park…

@GazzaSL: Queen’s Park, Dundee, best game I’ve watched this season and it’s only HT. give me Scottish football over the English prem every day of the week.

@thistlefan04: Goal of the season surely. Wow

@Bailey_SUFC: I can’t stop watching this 😍

@edalskcaj: Got to be the Puskas Goal winner surely.

@Liviger8: Wow what a fucking goal! 😳

@lennyb1983: Jesus tekkers that From a defender as well haha

@kevied4: as a dundee man. gotta admit tht was a belter, no keeper was saving it.

@robbieB_1875: This Queen’s Park vs Dundee game is one of the most entertaining games of football I’ve ever watched

@terscotland: Some game this

@ElganRhys28: This Queen’s Park v Dundee game is something else. #Quality🔥

@alexfenton7: great finish mate keep up the good work @charliefoxsaund

@arksportuk: Goal of the season by a country mile, surely

@RyanMcG47173412: Absolute belter of a goal

@slay_suwei: Queens park Dundee first half was maybe th best 45 minutes of football I’ve ever watched

@BryannM1888: What an advert for Scottish fitbaw that was. Queens Park and Dundee some game. Dundee deserved the win.

@RossFarley93: Queens Park vs Dundee was one of the best games I’ve watched in a while!

@Scottish_Rebels: Amazing game and a brilliant season. I thought someone had installed a washing machine in my stomach. Nerves were all over the place. Calmed down a bit once we got the fifth. Well done to all at the Club. Mon the Dee!!

@gogesreid: What a way to secure the championship! Class A entertainment!

@danielgearie: Scottish fitba unrivalled yet again in terms of drama

@KyleWattPhoto: Such a great advert for Scottish football.

@chrismurray00: This game has been absolutely mental

@frielly13: One a the best games of football I’ve watched for a long time , end to end madness , absolutely brilliant match .. onwards n upwards .. 👍👍⚽️⚽️

Spotted at Queen’s Park v Dundee tonight @queensparkfc @DundeeFC pic.twitter.com/gnQJRUVkn1

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🏆 Scenes at Ochilview as Dundee beat Queen’s Park 5-3 to win the Championship and seal promotion to the top flight. pic.twitter.com/D7UmQOgDOc

— Radio Tay News (@RadioTayNews) May 5, 2023