And boss Alan Kernaghan felt there was much more to his performance than hitting the back of the net.

“Tam was brilliant. His goals were excellent and, on top of that, he put in a great shift for the team. To be fair to him, in the time he has been out, he has not been a problem and has worked very hard in training,” said the manager.

“When he plays like he did on Saturday, he has to have given himself a chance of staying in the side. There is a week of training ahead before I pick my team for Hamilton and we will see what that brings, but he is certainly in my thoughts.”

Clouding the thought process when it comes to selection is the continued injury woe of Trinidad international Jack.

He aggravated the knee problem first picked up in a World Cup qualifier against Mexico last October and had to come off 14 minutes from the end.

That was not before he was at fault for the goal that earned Clyde a point and Alan admitted he was less than pleased with the circumstances of that equaliser.

“Kelvin wanted to stay on and I can understand that, but he could not push off his right leg properly and that cost us their third goal,” he explained.

“He knows he should have put his hand up five minutes earlier and come off. It is frustrating for me because it is another thing that has cost us points in a game we really could have won.”

Jack is now a doubt for New Douglas Park and was left behind today when the squad headed for Stirling University and the first of two special training sessions arranged with the cup-tie in mind.

“There is an artificial pitch there that is almost identical to the one at Hamilton, so we worked on it today and we will be heading through again on Thursday for another session,” added Alan.

“Kelvin stayed behind to work on his own and we’ve a couple of other players with problems as well. Barry Smith hurt his thigh, so we’ll see how he progresses in the next few days and Kevin McDonald got trod on, so he has a sore knee.

“At least with Kevin it is a knock rather than a twist or anything like that, so I think he should be OK in a day or two.”

Meanwhile, the final few hundred of Dundee’s 2096 ticket allocation for Saturday were snapped up within an hour or so of going on general sale this morning.

And even if Accies do not sell all their briefs, there is no possibility of an extra allocation heading for the City of Discovery during the course of this week.

So far, only two stands have been built at New Douglas Park and Strathclyde Police have made it clear to the home side that they do not view an overspill area in the main stand for visiting fans as a viable option.

“Our tickets have been selling steadily since they went on sale after our game against St Johnstone on Saturday and we have already allocated 40% of our capacity to Dundee,” explained secretary Scott Struthers.

Added to that was a concern over two-goal left-back Charlie Mulgrew. He limped off with a knee problem.

At kick-off against ICT, the on-loan teenager was the only naturally left-sided player available to Craig and once he was forced off, it left right-footers Lee Mair and Collin Samuel filling in on that flank.

Barry Robson will, at least, be back from suspension for this weekend’s trip to Dunfermline, but the last thing the Tangerines need is another injury absentee.

“We are not sure exactly what Charlie did, but I checked on him yesterday and he was feeling a bit better and we are having him looked at today. Hopefully, he will be OK for Saturday because we are already short.

“He has been doing well since he arrived and, if his first goal on Saturday was good, his second free-kick was out of this world.

“Those goals came at a time when we were threatening to run away with the game, so to play like we did second half was very disappointing. Caley were good after the break, but we were poor.”

That United would like to make Mulgrew’s loan from Celtic permanent at the end of the season goes without saying, but just as obvious is the fact he will be heading back to Parkhead in the summer to challenge for a first-team place there next term.

On the 25th anniversary of their famous 3-3 home Scottish Cup draw against Rangers, some St Johnstone fans on their way to Saturday’s away First Division game against Hamilton called in to see a Saints great, John Brogan, the club’s record goalscorer (writes James Masson).

John played, and scored in that Rangers meeting and is now boss of East Kilbride Thistle juniors.

The Saints contingent stopped off at Thistle’s social club en route to Hamilton and their afternoon was complete when Saints won 2-1.

They’re the only team to win in the league at Hamilton this season and now they’ve done it twice.

Skipper Kevin James set them on their way and a wonderful move ended with Jason Scotland netting No. 2 in a style reminiscent of Brogan, before Scott Tunbridge pulled one back.

Saints still trail St Mirren and Ross County in the race for the one promotion place, but manager Owen Coyle remains convinced his side can claw back the deficit.

“Even if we go to Paisley on the last day of the league season three points behind, we can still win the league if we beat them as, at the moment, our goal difference is better than theirs,” Owen said.

His words are echoed by all his players with newest signing Martin Hardie proclaiming, “We are not giving up the chase.”

Saints accomplished this latest success without flu-hit influential midfielder Darren Sheridan, but will also be without suspended defender Simon Mensing for the next three games — Airdrie United at home and Ross County and Dundee away.