Morton 0
Dundee Utd 3
League (Premier Division)
Morton |
0 - 3 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Davie Dodds (22) Paul Hegarty (28) Davie Dodds (60) |
| Team Managers | |
| Willie McLean |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Murray McDermott Jim Wilson Jimmy Holmes Alex O'Hara Andy Dunlop Jim Duffy Doug Robertson Eddie McNab Tommy Turner Danny Docherty John McNeil |
Billy Thomson Richard Gough Gary McGinnis Dave Beaumont Maurice Malpas Dave Narey Paul Hegarty Eamonn Bannon John Clark Davie Dodds Paul Sturrock |
| Bench | |
|
Jim Gillespie Martin Doak |
Iain Munro Stuart Beedie |
| Substitutions | |
| Jim Gillespie for Andy Dunlop (65) |
Stuart Beedie for John Clark (63) |
| Cautions | |
|
Tommy Turner (67) Jim Wilson (86) |
Maurice Malpas (23) Eamonn Bannon (86) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alistair Huett (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
A run of three successive defeats was halted by this first away win of the season which was achieved as easily as the score suggests. United could have been two ahead after only three minutes as John Clark headed just over and Maurice Malpas shot narrowly past. The opening goal came in the 22nd minute when Eamonn Bannon slung over a cross and Davie Dodds nipped in to head home.
The second goal also came from an Eamonn Bannon cross. This time Paul Hegarty's looping header from Eamonn's corner found the net.
Morton put up slightly stiffer resistance after the interval but we went further ahead when Jim Duffy failed to cut out Dave Beaumont's cross which Davie Dodds controlled before despatching past McDermott from 12 yards.
Squad Statistics (as at September 15th, 1984)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Billy Thomson (GK) | 26 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Gary McGinnis | 20 |
|
3 | - | 9 | 1 |
| Dave Narey | 28 |
|
9 | - | 514 | 35 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
9 | - | 164 | 19 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
9 | - | 139 | 4 |
| Dave Beaumont | 20 |
|
1 | - | 5 | - |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
9 | 1 | 470 | 64 |
| John Clark | 19 |
|
4 | 3 | 27 | 4 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
9 | 1 | 251 | 64 |
| Paul Sturrock | 27 |
|
9 | 3 | 410 | 127 |
| Davie Dodds | 25 |
|
6 | 4 | 290 | 125 |
| Stuart Beedie (sub) | 24 |
|
8 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
League Table (as at September 15th, 1984)
No league table has been added for this season.