Aberdeen 4
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
Aberdeen |
4 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
John Hewitt (36) John Hewitt (43) Billy Stark (70) Steve Cowan (71) |
Eamonn Bannon (48) John Reilly (77) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alex Ferguson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Jim Leighton Stewart McKimmie Tommy McQueen Billy Stark Alex McLeish Willie Miller Eric Black Doug Bell John Hewitt Ian Angus Steve Cowan |
Billy Thomson Paul Hegarty Dave Beaumont Richard Gough Maurice Malpas Eamonn Bannon Alex Taylor Billy Kirkwood Paul Sturrock Davie Dodds Stuart Beedie |
| Bench | |
|
Neale Cooper Willie Falconer |
John Reilly Gordon McLeod |
| Substitutions | |
|
Neale Cooper for Tommy McQueen (62) Willie Falconer for Steve Cowan (74) |
John Reilly for Stuart Beedie (74) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Jim Duncan (Gorebridge) (Referee) |
Match Report
Aberdeen's quest for the Championship took another step towards reality with this win, but the contest was a great deal closer than the scoreline suggests. In an even first half, United with four first team regulars absent, more than held their own, but went behind due to the opportunism of John Hewitt.
Firstly, he squeezed in a shot at the near post and then smacked a 20-yarder past Billy Thomson. The second half was only four minutes old when Paul Sturrock was downed in the box and Eamonn Bannon
followed up Jim Leighton's initial save of his spot-kick to reduce the arrears.
Two goals in as many minutes by Billy Stark and Steve Cowan put Dons in an almost impregnable position, although it failed to subdue a fighting United side who pulled one back through a hooked shot from John Reilly and it could easily have been closer as United battled right to the end.
Squad Statistics (as at March 30th, 1985)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Billy Thomson (GK) | 27 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
45 | 8 | 200 | 27 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
43 | 2 | 173 | 6 |
| Dave Beaumont | 21 |
|
16 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
45 | 5 | 506 | 68 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 26 |
|
30 | 4 | 346 | 68 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
44 | 14 | 286 | 77 |
| Alex Taylor | 22 |
|
20 | 2 | 40 | 4 |
| Davie Dodds | 26 |
|
34 | 15 | 318 | 136 |
| Paul Sturrock | 28 |
|
39 | 16 | 440 | 140 |
| Stuart Beedie | 24 |
|
32 | 4 | 32 | 4 |
| John Reilly (sub) | 23 |
|
9 | 3 | 73 | 25 |
League Table (as at March 30th, 1985)
No league table has been added for this season.