Dundee Utd 2
Partick Th 2
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 22 - 2 |
Partick ThPartick Th |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Gordon G Wallace (26) Gordon G Wallace (40) |
Doug Somner (pen.) (16) Alex O'Hara (57) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Bertie Auld |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hamish McAlpine 2. Andy Rolland 3. Frank Kopel 4. Alex Rennie 5. Paul Hegarty 6. Dave Narey 7. Paul Sturrock 8. Billy Kirkwood 9. Gordon G Wallace 10. George Fleming 11. Graeme Payne |
Alan Rough .1 George Mackie .2 Brian Whittaker .3 John Marr .4 Andy Anderson .5 Jackie Campbell .6 Bobby Houston .7 Doug Somner .8 Ian Gibson .9 Alex O'Hara .10 John Craig .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Davie Dodds 14. Gordon Wallace |
Ally Love .12 Jim Melrose .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Davie Dodds for Gordon G Wallace (85) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Doug Somner (55) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D S Downie (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 17th, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
27 | - | 304 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
26 | - | 254 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
9 | - | 71 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
27 | 5 | 134 | 29 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
25 | 1 | 431 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
27 | 1 | 170 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
23 | 4 | 241 | 25 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
20 | 6 | 47 | 19 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
21 | 8 | 25 | 9 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
25 | 7 | 109 | 35 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
25 | - | 143 | 6 |
| Davie Dodds (sub) | 19 |
|
4 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
League Table (as at December 17th, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | +23 | 27 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | +10 | 22 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | +8 | 19 |
| 5. | Celtic | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 17 |
| 6. | St Mirren | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 7. | Hibernian | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 8. | Motherwell | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 13 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -23 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 17th December 1977 |
|---|
| Clydebank | 0-2 | Ayr Utd |
| Dundee Utd | 2-2 | Partick Th |
| Hibernian | 2-0 | Aberdeen |
| Rangers | 3-1 | Motherwell |
| St Mirren | 3-3 | Celtic |