League · Premier Division

Aberdeen0–3Dundee Utd

Willie Pettigrew 12′
Iain Phillip 14′
Eamonn Bannon 80′
3 Nov 1979Saturday, 3 November 1979 · 3pmPittodrieAttendance: 13,432

Lineups

Aberdeen

Dundee Utd

Aberdeen · Starting XI

  • 1Bobby Clark
  • 2Stuart Kennedy
  • 3Doug Considine
  • 4Alex McLeish
  • 5Willie Garner
  • 6Willie Miller
  • 7Gordon Strachan
  • 8Steve Archibald
  • 9Joe Harper
  • 10John McMaster
  • 11Ian Scanlon

Dundee Utd · Starting XI

Aberdeen · Substitutes

  • 12Drew Jarvie
  • 14Duncan Davidson

Dundee Utd · Substitutes

Aberdeen · Substitutions

  • Drew Jarvie for Willie Garner29′
  • Duncan Davidson for Joe Harper68′

Dundee Utd · Substitutions

Aberdeen · Manager

  • Alex Ferguson

Dundee Utd · Manager

Aberdeen · Cautions

  • Duncan Davidson88′

Dundee Utd · Cautions

  • Not recorded

Match report

And a game reminiscent of the previous Saturday with Premier League goals easy to come by. Willie Pettigrew and Iain Phillip did the spadework with early goals and Eamonn Bannon provided the icing on the cake with the best of the three in the last ten minutes.
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