Dundee United crash out in Europa Conference League horror show

Dundee United equalled the record for worst ever defeat by a Scottish side in Europe as they were embarrassed by AZ Alkmaar. They had taken a one-goal lead to the Netherlands following the first leg, but in the Dutch capital of cheese, Jack Ross’s players melted.

Celtic’s seven goal defeat to Barcelona 2016 and Hibernian’s thrashing by Malmo in 2013 now has company at the top of the list of Scottish football’s worst nights.

They were five down by half-time as AZ finished the evening with seven to progress to the Europa Conference League play-off round. When Dani de Wit tapped in for their sixth inside the first 60 seconds of the restart, it prompted a mass exodus of travelling supporters. For United, this was