Dundee Utd 0
Rangers 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
0 - 10 - 1 |
RangersRangers |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Bobby Russell (73) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Jock Wallace |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hamish McAlpine 2. Andy Rolland 3. Frank Kopel 4. George Fleming 5. Paul Hegarty 6. Dave Narey 7. Paul Sturrock 8. Gordon G Wallace 9. John Bourke 10. Derek Addison 11. Graeme Payne |
Stuart Kennedy .1 Sandy Jardine .2 Alex Miller .3 Tom Forsyth .4 Colin Jackson .5 Alex MacDonald .6 Tommy McLean .7 Bobby Russell .8 Derek Johnstone .9 Gordon Smith .10 Davie Cooper .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Billy Kirkwood 14. Bobby Robinson |
Bobby McKean .12 Martin Henderson .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Billy Kirkwood for Gordon G Wallace (53) Bobby Robinson for John Bourke (80) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Derek Addison (40) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John Paterson (Bothwell) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 8th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
15 | - | 292 | 3 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
15 | 1 | 158 | 14 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
15 | 3 | 122 | 27 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
15 | - | 243 | 7 |
| Andy Rolland | 34 |
|
13 | 1 | 419 | 37 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
14 | 1 | 40 | 3 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
14 | 3 | 41 | 16 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
12 | 2 | 230 | 23 |
| Paul Sturrock | 20 |
|
15 | 5 | 99 | 33 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
13 | - | 131 | 6 |
| John Bourke | 23 |
|
4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Bobby Robinson (sub) | 26 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Billy Kirkwood (sub) | 19 |
|
12 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
League Table (as at October 8th, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aberdeen | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | +11 | 14 |
| 2. | DUNDEE UTD | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | +8 | 12 |
| 3. | Rangers | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | +7 | 11 |
| 4. | Motherwell | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 8 |
| 5. | St Mirren | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 8. | Celtic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 5 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -14 | 3 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 8th October 1977 |
|---|
| Clydebank | 2-1 | Motherwell |
| Dundee Utd | 0-1 | Rangers |
| Hibernian | 1-2 | Ayr Utd |
| Partick Th | 1-0 | Celtic |
| St Mirren | 0-4 | Aberdeen |