One isn't quite sure just how deep the pockets of the Well Society are. However, you would imagine the pool of cash ring-fenced for 'technology and research to combat dodgy decisions' is about as shallow as an Only Way Is Essex casting party.

Nevertheless, in the HQ of the fan group that now owns and helps to run Motherwell Football Club, there will almost certainly be a mass whip round this morning in a desperate bid to boost the coffers given the latest injustice to strike this wee club. Sadly, £8.45 and a power card is probably not quite going to cut it.

The tale of woe driving the club’s fans round the twist is a familiar one to Motherwell and those with the organisation close to their hearts. During a pivotal match against Dundee that could very well go a long way to settling who manages to avoid a Premiership relegation play-off place or even worse, the home team suffered the third example of not being awarded a goal when, at 3-1 down and 15 minutes to go, the ball clearly - to all but the officials - had crossed the line. The latest gaffe would prove crucial in this outcome at Fir Park, with Dundee holding on for a 3-2 win to send Motherwell tumbling into 11th while Neil McCann and his players bound up to ninth.

The fact they received a generous award of a similar nature in their last outing in a 4-2 win over Inverness will be of little consolation; tally up the goals they should have had against that and Motherwell would be four points and two places better off.

Goal-line technology is of course used every week in the English Premier League, costing a cool £250,000 per stadia. It’s unlikely the SFA biscuit tin holds that kind of cash but, as a tongue-and-cheek comment was put to midfielder Chris Cadden that cameras should be in place for just Motherwell games, there was a hint of willingness bleeding through a tone embedded in exacerbation.

“I know…Jesus Christ!” said the 20-year-old either side of a withdrawn exhale of breath. “They better start installing it. Is that three or four now for us? It is hard to take when you score a legitimate goal like that and it’s not been given.

“If the referee gives that decision right, we are not sitting second-bottom of the league, and Dundee are. These are big decisions in big games: we had five cup finals we are involved in and we’ve got four left. But it is hard to take.

“It has happened at Dundee, against Accies. We feel hard done by, but we’ve just got to pick ourselves up and move on.”

The feeling of frustration is two-fold for Cadden and his players, a group who felt this should have been the day they recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The fact this was the last game in April and that simple target still hadn’t been reached tells its own story, however.

Motherwell bossed this game in the first half only to be stung by a suckerpunch goal from Mark O’Hara right on the half-time whistle. Having only come from behind once this season to win – away to Kilmarnock in Stephen Robinson’s first game in charge – you feared for them at that point.

“We’ve obviously got to do better defensively but I thought we were good today,” said Cadden. “In the first half I thought we absolutely dominated. Personally, that first half was the most comfortable I have felt this season. I thought it was too easy at some points, we were just passing it, and they didn’t look like in any way scoring.

“Once we are on our game, I think we should be beating teams like Dundee. Up at the top end of the park, I think we’ve got more about us than they have. But it will be a mental challenge.”

Turning to Dundee, they will be wishing they could play Motherwell every week. On the last occasion they won a game before their seven-game losing streak that ultimately cost Paul Hartley his job, they battered the Lanarkshire side 5-1 in their own back yard. Under the interim charge of Neil McCann, Dundee rode their luck in the first half before emerging from their slumber after the break.

The victory, and second-half showing, will help cleanse a club which has been in turmoil for the best part of two months. Not out of the woods yet, Saturday will at least give hope going into games against teams not wearing a claret and amber jersey.

"It was better than 5-1. It was a massive win because of the circumstances,” said Paul McGowan, the Dundee midfielder. “We were second bottom and this result takes us seven points away from Inverness at the bottom. It was a massive victory for us.”