Dundee United midfielder Craig Sibbald will be “extremely proud” to make his 500th career appearance in Saturday's Premiership tussle with hometown club Falkirk.

The Bairns academy graduate spent seven years in the Falkirk first team, playing over 250 games, before moving to Livingston in 2018.

Sibbald joined United four years later and has made 116 appearances for the Tannadice side, scoring nine times.

“It means everything,” the 30-year-old told DUTV.

“It's obviously what you kind of want to do when you grow up. You just want to be a professional footballer. I'm lucky to have done that.

“To hopefully at the weekend play 500 games, I'll be extremely proud and hopefully many more to come.

“It puts it into perspective how long I've been playing, all the ups and downs, the high and lows. It's all been really enjoyable and worthwhile.

“Hopefully I'm selected or come on at some part of the game and I can make that 500th appearance against my local team, so it could be a special day.”