Dundee Utd 1
Celtic 2
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
1 - 21 - 2 |
CelticCeltic |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
George Fleming (2) |
Ronnie Glavin (pen.) (36) Paul Wilson (79) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Jock Stein |
| 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. Bobby Robinson 11. Graeme Payne |
Peter Latchford .1 Roy Aitken .2 Andy Lynch .3 Ronnie Glavin .4 Roddie MacDonald .5 Frannie Munro .6 Johnny Doyle .7 Tom McAdam .8 Joe Craig .9 Tommy Burns .10 Paul Wilson .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Alex Rennie 14. Gordon Wallace |
Johannes Edvaldsson .12 Peter Mackie .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Gordon Wallace for John Bourke (10) Alex Rennie for George Fleming (73) |
Johannes Edvaldsson for Joe Craig (45) |
| Cautions | |
|
Paul Hegarty (28) |
Paul Wilson (80) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Eddie Thomson (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at October 22nd, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
17 | - | 294 | 3 |
| Andy Rolland | 34 |
|
15 | 1 | 421 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
17 | 1 | 160 | 14 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
17 | 3 | 124 | 27 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
17 | - | 245 | 7 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
14 | 3 | 232 | 24 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
15 | 3 | 42 | 16 |
| Bobby Robinson | 26 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
17 | 6 | 101 | 34 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
15 | - | 133 | 6 |
| John Bourke | 23 |
|
6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Alex Rennie (sub) | 29 |
|
2 | - | 64 | 1 |
| Gordon Wallace (sub) | 28 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at October 22nd, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | +12 | 15 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 14 |
| 3. | DUNDEE UTD | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +6 | 12 |
| 4. | St Mirren | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 5. | Partick Th | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 6. | Motherwell | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 10 |
| 7. | Hibernian | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8. | Celtic | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 4 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 22nd October 1977 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 1-2 | Partick Th |
| Clydebank | 2-2 | St Mirren |
| Dundee Utd | 1-2 | Celtic |
| Motherwell | 1-0 | Hibernian |
| Rangers | 3-1 | Aberdeen |