Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
3 - 23 - 2 |
DunfermlineDunfermline |
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League (Division One) |
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Goalscorers | |
Alan Gordon (8) Jim Cameron (11) Kenny Cameron (pen.) (85) |
Barrie Mitchell (26) George O'Neill (55) |
Team Managers | |
Jim McLean |
Alex Wright |
Starting Eleven | |
Hamish McAlpine Joe White Jim Cameron Andy Rolland Walter Smith Tommy Traynor Billy Gray Jim Henry Davie Wilson Kenny Cameron Alan Gordon |
John Arrol Willie Callaghan Bonar Mercer Jim Fraser John Cushley Dave McNicholl Peter Millar Jim Scott Barrie Mitchell Pat Gardner George O'Neill |
Bench | |
Stuart Markland |
Kenny Thomson |
Substitutions | |
Stuart Markland for Joe White (38) |
None. |
Cautions | |
None. | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | Jim Scott (63) |
Match Officials | |
Eddie Pringle (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
The last time football was played on Christmas Day saw United gain both points as their present. The other notable feature was that this was Jim McLean's first win after taking over as manager. There was an element of surprise that United took the lead after six minutes because, Dunfermline had made the decidedly better start to the match.
However, Arrol, distracted by Kenny Cameron, allowed a head flick from Alan Gordon to beat him. Four minutes later Jim Cameron fired in a qreat first (and his only) goal for the club with a near post shot. Barry Mitchell pulled one back for the Pars in the 25th minute. The Pars equalised after 53 minutes when Hamish McAlpine could only push a Gardner rocket shot out to the feet of O'Neil who netted easily.
However, the visitors were reduced to ten men Scott was sent off, but Dunfermline looked to be holding out until five minutes from the end when Kenny Cameron converted a spot-kick award.
1971-72 | All Time | |||||
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Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 23 |
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23 | - | 54 | - |
Joe White | 21 |
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2 | - | 2 | - |
Andy Rolland | 29 |
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23 | 8 | 183 | 21 |
Jim Cameron | 25 |
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25 | 1 | 176 | 1 |
Walter Smith | 23 |
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19 | - | 51 | - |
Tommy Traynor | 28 |
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21 | 4 | 54 | 6 |
Billy Gray | 26 |
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17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
Davie Wilson | 34 |
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10 | - | 166 | 27 |
Jim Henry | 22 |
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19 | 1 | 88 | 7 |
Alan Gordon | 27 |
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20 | 10 | 100 | 41 |
Kenny Cameron | 28 |
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11 | 5 | 98 | 61 |
Stuart Markland (sub) | 23 |
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12 | - | 72 | 2 |
No league table has been added for this season.