John Brown takes charge of Dundee as Kris Boyd makes Kilmarnock return on day of comebacks Dundee hope Brown, who spent four years at Dens Park as a player, can prove to be the "inspirational leader" he was when helping Rangers to six league titles. Although relegation looks a near certainty, Dundee have a huge match a week on Sunday when they face city rivals United in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. Dundee face SPL leaders Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday but it is unclear how hands on Brown will be after assistant manager Ray Farningham prepared the team in the wake of Smith's sacking. But they will have one new face in their ranks after completing the signing of former Shamrock Rovers striker Don Cowan, who Smith brought in as a trialist after he was released following an injury-hit spell with Stevenage. Elsewhere, former Rangers striker Boyd completed his return to Kilmarnock after he was released by MLS club Portland Timbers last month. Boyd, who scored 67 goals for Kilmarnock before moving to Ibrox in January 2006, told BBC Scotland: "I've just passed my medical and everything's all done and dusted. I'm delighted to be back. Hopefully, I can get some games and we finish as high as possible. I've plenty of years left in me yet. It's important I'm playing on a regular basis. When you come home you appreciate what you've got and playing at Killie gives me a great chance to play football near my family. The forward was not registered in time for the 1-1 draw with Aberdeen but could face Hibernian at Easter Road on Wednesday. "You're never fully fit until you're playing games and that's what I need," he said. Hopefully on Wednesday night I can play a part. I've been training with Rangers the last two months so I must thank them for that. Boyd has followed his fellow 29-year-old James McFadden in going back to his first club. McFadden, who like Boyd last played for Scotland in the 2-1 win over Liechtenstein in September 2010, re-signed for Motherwell on Monday. McFadden, however, was unable to help Motherwell yafter he came on as a 63rd-minute substitute against Ross County. Derek Adams's side stretched their unbeaten run in 2013 to eight games with a master class at the Global Energy Stadium. After a slow start County went on to dominate the match with Ivan Sproule scoring his fifth goal in as many starts to give County the lead in the 11 minutes from the break. Second half goals from Richard Brittain and Iain Vigurs completed a fine second-half display from the home side. Motherwell lost second place in the table to Inverness, who defeated Hearts 3-2 at Tynecastle as they recorded just their second win in eight games. Rowan Vine's scrambled goal consolidated St Johnstone's position in the top half of the table and delivered a major blow to St Mirren's chances of joining them. In SFL Divison Three, Rangers" 3-1 victory over Berwick was overshadowed by inappropriate chanting by their supporters. Unsavoury songs were heard from a section of the travelling support during the Irn-Bru Third Division clash at Shielfield Park. Rangers responded during the match, which was broadcast live on ESPN, by releasing a statement condemning the actions of some supporters. And, speaking after his side's win, manager Ally McCoist said he hoped the incident was a one-off, with the club having worked hard in the past to eradicate sectarian chanting at their games. "I back the club's statement 100 per cent," McCoist said. If there was some unsavoury chanting, they've probably let themselves down - and they've let us all down a little bit. I would be very hopeful it's an isolated incident and we can move on.