Dods ruled out for five weeks

Dundee United defender Darren Dods has been ruled out until the new year after undergoing knee surgery.The 35-year-old centre-back has not played for United since October 2 and will now spend further time on the sidelines."Darren will be out for about five weeks," said manager Peter Houston in the Dundee Courier."He has had the problem for a while now so it was best he got it sorted out and can now get working towards playing again."

Source: PA