Dundee Utd 2
Rangers 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 12 - 1 |
RangersRangers |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Paul Sturrock (7) John Clark (36) |
Ally McCoist (53) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Jock Wallace |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Hamish McAlpine Maurice Malpas Dave Beaumont John Clark Alex Taylor Eamonn Bannon Ralph Milne Gordon McLeod Stuart Beedie Tommy Coyne Paul Sturrock |
Nicky Walker Hugh Burns Stuart Munro Dave McPherson Derek Johnstone Ian Durrant Bobby Russell Dave MacKinnon Eric Ferguson Ally McCoist Robert Prytz |
| Bench | |
|
Jimmy Page John Reilly |
Ted McMinn Robert Fleck |
| Substitutions | |
|
John Reilly for Gordon McLeod (82) |
Ted McMinn for Derek Johnstone (45) Robert Fleck for Eric Ferguson (73) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D Downie (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
Although United took the field minus half-a-dozen regulars, they still managed to beat Rangers, the side we find the hardest to beat. Two ahead at the break, United appeared well on the way to a comfortable victory but a fighting Rangers outfit almost wiped out the deficit in the second had in which United slipped down a gear.
Paul Sturrock quickly seized upon an error by Dave McPherson to put us ahead. John Clark bulleted in a header from a Bannon corner for the second. Ally McCoist slipped one in early in the second half and from then on a Rangers' equaliser looked more likely than United increasing their lead.
Squad Statistics (as at May 4th, 1985)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 37 |
|
37 | - | 672 | 3 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
50 | 2 | 180 | 6 |
| Dave Beaumont | 21 |
|
22 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| Gordon McLeod | 17 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Alex Taylor | 22 |
|
26 | 5 | 46 | 7 |
| Ralph Milne | 23 |
|
29 | 8 | 234 | 68 |
| John Clark | 20 |
|
15 | 6 | 38 | 7 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 27 |
|
51 | 16 | 293 | 79 |
| Stuart Beedie | 24 |
|
37 | 6 | 37 | 6 |
| Tommy Coyne | 22 |
|
22 | 5 | 43 | 8 |
| Paul Sturrock | 28 |
|
46 | 20 | 447 | 144 |
| John Reilly (sub) | 23 |
|
12 | 4 | 76 | 26 |
League Table (as at May 4th, 1985)
No league table has been added for this season.