Morton 0
Dundee Utd 3
League (Premier Division)
Morton |
0 - 3 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Richard Gough (12) Davie Dodds (68) Davie Dodds (87) |
| Team Managers | |
| Willie McLean |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Murray McDermott Frank Welsh Jim Holmes Dom Sullivan Jim Boag Jim Duffy Ian Clinging Danny Docherty Willie Pettigrew Bobby Thomson John McNeil |
Hamish McAlpine John Holt Maurice Malpas Dave Narey Paul Hegarty Richard Gough Billy Kirkwood Ralph Milne Eamonn Bannon Tommy Coyne Davie Dodds |
| Bench | |
|
Martin Doak Jim Gillesepie |
Dave Beaumont Alex Taylor |
| Substitutions | |
|
Martin Doak for Jim Boag (46) Jim Gillespie for John McNeil (64) |
Alex Taylor for Tommy Coyne (66) |
| Cautions | |
|
Jim Holmes (63) Martin Doak (82) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Hugh Alexander (Kilmarnock) (Referee) |
Match Report
In front of a crowd of less than a thousand, United beat Morton to move back into third place with this victory, the third over Morton this season. United went ahead after only 12 minutes when Ralph Milne floated over a free-kick which Richard Gough nodded firmly past McDermott.
Despite almost all the play, it took until the 68th minute for United to increase their lead. Billy Kirkwood's run down the right ended with a shot at McDermott which the 'keeper failed to hold, and Davie Dodds knocked in the second from close range. The third goal didn't come until the closing minutes when Substitute Alex Taylor crossed the bail for Davie Dodds to head in between Holmes and McDermott.
Squad Statistics (as at March 13th, 1985)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 37 |
|
30 | - | 664 | 3 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
40 | 1 | 170 | 5 |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
42 | 5 | 502 | 68 |
| Dave Narey | 28 |
|
38 | - | 542 | 35 |
| John Holt | 28 |
|
34 | - | 321 | 23 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
42 | 8 | 197 | 27 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
41 | 11 | 283 | 74 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 26 |
|
27 | 4 | 342 | 68 |
| Ralph Milne | 23 |
|
22 | 8 | 227 | 68 |
| Tommy Coyne | 22 |
|
19 | 4 | 40 | 7 |
| Davie Dodds | 26 |
|
31 | 14 | 314 | 135 |
| Alex Taylor (sub) | 22 |
|
17 | 2 | 37 | 4 |
League Table (as at March 13th, 1985)
No league table has been added for this season.