Celtic 1
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Celtic |
1 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Murdo MacLeod (75) |
Paul Sturrock (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| David Hay |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Pat Bonner Danny McGrain Mark Reid Roy Aitken Willie McStay Murdo MacLeod John Colquhoun Paul McStay Brian McClair Tommy Burns Jim Melrose |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Maurice Malpas .2 Iain Munro .3 Richard Gough .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Eamonn Bannon .7 John Holt .8 Tommy Coyne .9 Paul Sturrock .10 Alex Taylor .11 |
| Bench | |
|
Davie Provan Graeme Sinclair |
Gary McGinnis .12 John Clark .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Davie Provan for John Colquoun (66) |
John Clark for Paul Sturrock (86) |
| Cautions | |
| Willie McStay |
Hamish McAlpine |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Syme (Rutherglen) (Referee) |
Match Report
Victory was essential for United if they were to overhaul Celtic and claim second place. Despite this, goalmouth activity was at a premium.
The first incident of note came after 65 minutes when Pat Bonner brought off a tremendous double save. First he threw himself full length to block a shot from Tom Coyne and followed it up to deny Paul Sturrock. The Parkhead side took the lead in the 74th minute when Dave Narey illegally ended Brian McClairs mazy run on the edge of the box. Murdo MacLeod stepped up to blast home the free kick. Ten minutes from time Alex Taylor, who was on the point of being substituted, slung over a cross which Tom Coyne nodded down for Paul Sturrock to equalise and rescue a point.
Squad Statistics (as at May 12th, 1984)
| 1983-84 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 36 |
|
55 | - | 633 | 3 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
53 | 8 | 154 | 19 |
| Maurice Malpas | 21 |
|
53 | 2 | 129 | 4 |
| Paul Hegarty | 29 |
|
56 | 5 | 459 | 63 |
| Iain Munro | 32 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Dave Narey | 27 |
|
53 | 1 | 503 | 35 |
| John Holt | 27 |
|
52 | 3 | 286 | 23 |
| Alex Taylor | 21 |
|
14 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
52 | 11 | 241 | 63 |
| Tommy Coyne | 21 |
|
20 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| Paul Sturrock | 27 |
|
26 | 6 | 399 | 124 |
| John Clark (sub) | 19 |
|
20 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
League Table (as at May 12th, 1984)
No league table has been added for this season.