League · Division One

Dundee Utd2–1St Mirren

Morris Stevenson 81′

Morris Stevenson 89′

Archie Knox 25′

19 Dec 1970Saturday, 19 December 1970 · 3pmTannadice ParkAttendance: 3,950

Lineups

Dundee Utd

St Mirren

Dundee Utd · Starting XI

St Mirren · Starting XI

Denis Connaghan
Charlie Palmer
Hugh McLaughlin
Willie Fulton
Gordon McQueen
Iain Munro
Ian Lister
Archie Knox
Ronnie Hamilton
David Millar
Bobby McKean

Dundee Utd · Substitutes

Alec Reid

St Mirren · Substitutes

Willie Lawson

Dundee Utd · Substitutions

Alec Reid for Jim Henry60′

St Mirren · Substitutions

Not recorded

Dundee Utd · Manager

Jerry Kerr

St Mirren · Manager

Wilson Humphries

Programme

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Programme Notes

This afternoon we get the opportunity to get back on the winning trail at home against a St. Mirren side that has found it hard to settle in the past few weeks.

Last week at Falkirk, against a Brockville side that has made a big impression this season, our boys were full value for one point and a few more displays of this standard will surely push us up the table.

Certainly, we will have to go all out in the coming four weeks as we must face Hibs, St. Johnstone, Dundee, Morton and Rangers before tackling a Scottish Cup game.

In our last home game against Celtic I felt we were perhaps unfortunate not to get at least one point, although, I will concede the lack of punch in our best spell in the first half, cost us dear in the end. However, I can assure the fans
this fault has not escaped our notice and now we feel that Jacky Copland, our signing this week from Stranraer, could be the man to get us back among the goals.

I have little doubt we will improve our position very soon and when one
looks at the points difference between clubs in the top half of the league, it's easy to see a couple of good results would put us in a happier position.

Obviously this must be our aim as it appears certain clubs in the upper half of the table will qualify for the attractive competitions next season.

Already it's felt there will be changes in the entries for the various tournaments, with the Fairs Cup and a possible sponsored competition coming under special review. In addition there could be a pre season sponsored cup tourney in July for the top four teams in the two Scottish divisions.

Much is at stake for the end of the season and while this is still sometime away we must start climbing into contention. Usually we aim for a points total of around 22 at the turn of the year, but will certainly fall short this time. However, it would be encouraging to go into the two day New Year programme in a mid table position and starting today with two points we can achieve this.

With the festive season just a week away I would, on behalf of the players and directors, like to extend our best wishes to you, the fans.

Match details

Referee: J Grant (Larbert)
Season: 1970-71
Opponent: St Mirren

UK number one

Source: Official Charts

Pre-match form

Previous meetings

Division One standings

As at 19 Dec 1970

Pos.	Team	P	GAv	Pts
1	Aberdeen	17	5.429	30
2	Celtic	17	4.875	29
3	Rangers	17	2.125	21
4	Falkirk	17	1.188	20
5	St Johnstone	17	1.185	20
6	Dundee	17	1.200	19
7	Morton	17	1.200	18
8	Hibernian	17	1.045	18
9	Airdrie	17	0.969	18
10	Hearts	17	1.050	17
11	Motherwell	17	0.917	17
12	Clyde	17	0.655	17
13	Dundee Utd	17	0.828	16
14	Ayr Utd	17	0.733	11
15	St Mirren	17	0.633	11
16	Kilmarnock	17	0.541	11
17	Dunfermline	17	0.556	8
18	Cowdenbeath	17	0.282	5

Teams level on points are separated by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded).

Other league results

Aberdeen 1–0 Falkirk
Ayr Utd 1–2 Celtic
Clyde 0–0 Hibernian
Dunfermline 4–1 Airdrie
Morton 3–1 St Johnstone
Hearts 1–0 Cowdenbeath
Motherwell 1–1 Dundee
Rangers 4–2 Kilmarnock