Motherwell 3 Dundee United 2: Record-breaking Kevin van Veen helps Steelmen seal 7th as Tangerines relegated

Kevin van Veen broke the record for goals in consecutive games as he helped secure a seventh place finish for Motherwell on the final day of the season.

The Dutchman netted for the 11th game in a row during the Steelmen's 3-2 win over Dundee United to break the post-war record set by Celtic's Mark Viduka - and smash a Motherwell club record set by Hugh Ferguson that had stood for 103 years.

It took the striker just five minutes to grab the goal that secures legendary status in ML1 and it sees him finish the campaign on 29 goals.

But Motherwell had to come from behind after a Jamie McGrath and a Steven Fletcher strike either side of the break had them trailing before Blair Spittal rifled in a 69th minute equaliser and Max Johnston's 82nd minute header won the game.

Van Veen netted 14 goals in the 11 game run and it helped ensure 'Well finished above Livingston finish the campaign as the best of the bottom six.

And boss Stuart Kettlewell deserves much of the credit for that, having taken over at the club with them joint-bottom of the table in February.

United came into the game needing to win and hoping for a six-goal swing over Ross County to avoid relegation, but they didn't pick up the result they required and will face Championship football next season.

The Steelmen made two changes from Wednesday’s draw at Livingston, as injured Callum Butcher dropped out alongside Dean Cornelius and 16-year-old Lennon Miller came in for his first start in the midfield, while Bevis Mugabi slipped into defence.

Inside 25 seconds, van Veen teed up Blair Spittal for a strike that stung the hands of Jack Newman in the United goal, and had to collect his fierce strike at the second attempt.

That was a very early warning for the Tangerines