Aberdeen 1
Dundee Utd 0
League (Premier Division)
Aberdeen |
1 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Ian Fleming (80) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy McNeill |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Bobby Clark 2. Doug Rougvie 3. Chic McLelland 4. John McMaster 5. Alex McLeish 6. Willie Miller 7. Dom Sullivan 8. Drew Jarvie 9. Joe Harper 10. Ian Gibson 11. Dave Robb |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Andy Rolland .2 Frank Kopel .3 Alex Rennie .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Derek Addison .8 Davie Dodds .9 George Fleming .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
| 12. Ian Fleming |
Billy Kirkwood .12 Gordon G Wallace .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Ian Fleming for Ian Gibson (67) |
Gordon G Wallace for Graeme Payne Billy Kirkwood for Davie Dodds (71) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
George Smith (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 29 |
|
30 | - | 307 | 3 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
12 | - | 74 | 1 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
28 | 1 | 434 | 37 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
30 | 1 | 173 | 14 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
30 | 6 | 137 | 30 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
29 | - | 257 | 7 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
26 | 4 | 244 | 25 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
21 | 1 | 47 | 3 |
| Davie Dodds | 19 |
|
6 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
28 | 7 | 112 | 35 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
28 | - | 146 | 6 |
| Billy Kirkwood (sub) | 19 |
|
24 | 8 | 28 | 9 |
| Gordon G Wallace (sub) | 34 |
|
23 | 6 | 50 | 19 |
League Table (as at January 2nd, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | +20 | 30 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | +16 | 28 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | +7 | 21 |
| 5. | Celtic | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 19 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 7. | St Mirren | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 8. | Motherwell | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 17 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -28 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 2nd January 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 1-0 | Dundee Utd |
| Celtic | 0-1 | Motherwell |
| Hibernian | 2-0 | Clydebank |
| Partick Th | 1-2 | Rangers |
| St Mirren | 2-3 | Ayr Utd |