Dundee Utd 2
St Mirren 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 12 - 1 |
St MirrenSt Mirren |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Davie Dodds (64) Paul Hegarty (89) |
Derek Hyslop (35) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Alex Ferguson |
| 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 |
Ally Hunter .1 Alex Beckett .2 Iain Munro .3 Tony Fitzpatrick .4 Bobby Reid .5 Jackie Copland .6 Lex Richardson .7 Andy Dunlop .8 Frank McGarvey .9 Billy Abercrombie .10 Derek Hyslop .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Davie Dodds 14. Derek Addison |
Peter Leonard .12 John Young .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Davie Dodds for Billy Kirkwood (45) Derek Addison for Gordon G Wallace (77) |
John Young for Andy Dunlop (55) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ian Foote (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at December 31st, 1977)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
29 | - | 306 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
28 | - | 256 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
11 | - | 73 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
29 | 6 | 136 | 30 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
27 | 1 | 433 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
29 | 1 | 172 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
25 | 4 | 243 | 25 |
| Gordon G Wallace | 34 |
|
22 | 6 | 49 | 19 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
23 | 8 | 27 | 9 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
27 | 7 | 111 | 35 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
27 | - | 145 | 6 |
| Derek Addison (sub) | 22 |
|
20 | 1 | 46 | 3 |
| Davie Dodds (sub) | 19 |
|
5 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
League Table (as at December 31st, 1977)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | +19 | 28 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | +15 | 26 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 23 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | +8 | 21 |
| 5. | Celtic | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 19 |
| 6. | St Mirren | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 7. | Hibernian | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 8. | Motherwell | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 15 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -26 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 31st December 1977 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 2-1 | Celtic |
| Clydebank | 0-1 | Aberdeen |
| Dundee Utd | 2-1 | St Mirren |
| Motherwell | 2-0 | Partick Th |
| Rangers | 0-0 | Hibernian |