Rangers 2
Dundee Utd 0
League (Premier Division)
Rangers |
2 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Tommy McLean (3) Gordon Smith (67) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jock Wallace |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Stuart Kennedy 2. Sandy Jardine 3. Alex Miller 4. John Greig 5. Colin Jackson 6. Alex MacDonald 7. Tommy McLean 8. Bobby Russell 9. Derek Johnstone 10. Gordon Smith 11. Davie Cooper |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Andy Rolland .2 Frank Kopel .3 Alex Rennie .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Billy Kirkwood .8 John Bourke .9 George Fleming .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Derek Parlane 14. Bobby McKean |
Bobby Robinson .12 Gordon Wallace .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Derek Parlane for Colin Jackson Bobby McKean for Tommy McLean |
Bobby Robinson for John Bourke Gordon Wallace for Dave Narey |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Billy Kirkwood Andy Rolland George Fleming Gordon Wallace Hamish McAlpine |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D Ramsay (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 10th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
26 | - | 303 | 3 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
24 | 1 | 430 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
26 | 1 | 169 | 14 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
25 | - | 253 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
8 | - | 70 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
26 | 5 | 133 | 29 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
20 | 8 | 24 | 9 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
22 | 4 | 240 | 25 |
| John Bourke | 23 |
|
11 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
24 | 7 | 108 | 35 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
24 | - | 142 | 6 |
| Bobby Robinson (sub) | 27 |
|
17 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Gordon Wallace (sub) | 28 |
|
7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 10th, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | +21 | 25 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | +12 | 22 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | +8 | 18 |
| 5. | Celtic | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 16 |
| 6. | St Mirren | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 7. | Motherwell | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 8. | Hibernian | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -15 | 11 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -21 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 3rd December 1977 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 4-1 | Motherwell |
| 10th December 1977 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 3-1 | St Mirren |
| Ayr Utd | 0-1 | Hibernian |
| Celtic | 3-0 | Partick Th |
| Motherwell | 2-1 | Clydebank |
| Rangers | 2-0 | Dundee Utd |