Dundee claimed their first victory over Aberdeen for 24 years when they emerged victorious by the odd goal in three in a poor match at Pittodrie.

Following a dismal display against St Johnstone last week the Dons fans must have thought things could not have got any worse - but how wrong they were.

The only difference this week was that the Reds failed to sneak a win like they had against the Perth side.

But this turned out to be no surprise as visitors Dundee, having last week secured their Scottish Premier League status with a 2-0 win over City rivals Dundee United, deserve the win.

Aberdeen did most of the attacking in the early stages but rarely troubled Dundee keeper Robert Douglas with the majority of shots going wide of the mark and the ones which were on target were easily stopped by Douglas.

The visitors then brought the dour first half to life four minutes before the break when Steven Boyack latched on to a great through ball by Iain Anderson before skipping past Andy Dow and unleashing an unstoppable shot past Tony Warner, the on-loan keeper from Liverpool.

Jim Hamilton almost equalised on the stroke of half-time when he got on the end of an Eoin Jess corner only to see Barry Smith clear his header off the line.

Dundee started the second half on the attack and would have gone two up had it not been for a brilliant goal line stop by Warner from Eddie Annand's flick.

Visiting keeper Douglas then kept out Aberdeen with three stops in an eight-minute spell the best coming when he turned a powerful left-foot shot by Jess round the post then denying the same player when Jess tried his luck from the other side of the box.

But with four minutes remaining the Dark Blues secured victory when Anderson collected a Hugh Robertson free-kick before firing home a low right-foot shot which went in off the post.

But The Dons pulled a goal back in injury time when Robbie Winters latched on to a Paul Bernard cross before sending a strong right-footer past Douglas from six yards.

The result now means that once again the future position of Dons boss Paul Hegarty hangs in the balance while the Dens Park men can celebrate a very rare win against the men from the granite city.

Teams:

Aberdeen: Warner, Whyte, Smith, Hamilton (Hart 60), Jess, Mayer, Dow, Anderson, Buchan (Bernard 80), Wyness (Young 72),Winters.

Subs Not Used: Leighton, Perry.

Booked: Anderson.

Goals: Winters 90.

Dundee: Douglas, Smith, Irvine, Anderson, Annand (Grady 77), Maddison (Adamczuk 45), Falconer, Miller, Rae, Robertson,Boyack (Coyne 87).

Subs Not Used: Wilkie, Langfield.

Goals: Boyack 41, Anderson 86.

Ref: M McCurry (Glasgow).