Ayr Utd 0
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
Ayr Utd |
0 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Paul Hegarty (48) Alex McAnespie (o.g.) (68) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ally MacLeod |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hugh Sproat 2. Joe Filippi 3. John Murphy 4. Rikki Fleming 5. Alex McAnespie 6. Bobby Hannah 7. Jim McSherry 8. Walker McCall 9. Steve McLelland 10. Danny Masterton 11. Gordon Cramond |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Andy Rolland .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Gordon G Wallace .8 John Bourke .9 Derek Addison .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Willie Kelly 14. Davie McCulloch |
Billy Kirkwood .12 Bobby Robinson .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Davie McCulloch for Bobby Hannah (65) | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
George Smith (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 1st, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
13 | - | 290 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
13 | - | 241 | 7 |
| Andy Rolland | 34 |
|
11 | 1 | 417 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
13 | 1 | 156 | 14 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
13 | 3 | 120 | 27 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
10 | 2 | 228 | 23 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
12 | 1 | 38 | 3 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
12 | 3 | 39 | 16 |
| John Bourke | 23 |
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Sturrock | 20 |
|
13 | 5 | 97 | 33 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
11 | - | 129 | 6 |
League Table (as at October 1st, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DUNDEE UTD | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +9 | 12 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +7 | 12 |
| 3. | Rangers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| 4. | Motherwell | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 8 |
| 5. | St Mirren | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 8 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 7. | Celtic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 8. | Partick Th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -15 | 1 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 1st October 1977 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 0-2 | Dundee Utd |
| Celtic | 3-1 | Hibernian |
| Motherwell | 1-1 | Aberdeen |
| Rangers | 4-1 | Clydebank |
| St Mirren | 2-1 | Partick Th |