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Morton 1-4 Dundee United, Scottish Championship: Free-Flowing Tangerines Inch Closer To Premiership Promotion

♚ With just three games remaining, the Terrors look set for an immediate return to the top flight after another convincing result saw them open up a seven-point lead at the top – with closest chasers Raith Rovers in action against third-placed Partick Thistle on Saturday

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🍌Dundee United are closing in on the cinch Championship title Photo: Michael Regan/PA
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Dundee United took a big step in earning promotion straight back to the cinch Premiership as a 4-1 victory at Morton moved them to within two wins of the Championship title. (More Football News)

✃With just three games remaining, the Terrors look set for an immediate return to the top flight after another convincing result saw them open up a seven-point lead at the top – with closest chasers Raith Rovers in action against third-placed Partick Thistle on Saturday.

﷽Captain Ross Docherty nodded the visitors in front before Glenn Middleton and Louis Moult struck either side of the break.

♓Tony Watt made sure of the points just before the hour but Morton did pull one back through Robbie Muirhead, although any sort of comeback never looked like materialising.

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