Stuart McCall distances himself from Dundee United vacancy

The Tannadice club are understood to be keen to make a swift appointment following the abrupt departure of McNamara on Saturday evening.

Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara is on the brink of being axed, according to reports tonight.

McNamara has a had a poor start to the season with United lying second bottom of the Scottish Premiership.

The visitors took the lead at McDiarmid Park when Billy McKay converted a first-half penalty after a red card for Saints keeper Alan Mannus.

Bowman is a former United midfielder who won six Scotland caps and had a spell as caretaker boss at Livingston in 2007.

Record Sport sources state that the embattled boss left the club after watching his side lose to ten-man St Johnstone in Perth.

His first match in charge will be against fellow strugglers Partick on Saturday.

McNamara wasn’t helped by the joint sale of Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven to Celtic back in the January transfer window, before losing influential striker Nadir Ciftci to the Parkhead club during the summer.

The United fans vented their frustration with McNamara after the game, which saw United fail to build on their lead and man advantage. “They bullied us at times”.

“At 1-1 they maybe controlled the game a bit and I thought “we could just get away with a draw here or something”. Add in Gauld and Robertson and McNamara had lost arguably the five best players in his team.