League · Division One
Dundee Utd3–2Morton
Allan McGraw 49′
Jimmy Wilson 50′
Lineups
Dundee Utd
Morton
Dundee Utd · Starting XI
Morton · Starting XI
- Erik Sørensen
- John Boyd
- Jimmy Mallon
- Eric Smith
- Hugh Strachan
- Flemming Nielsen
- Jimmy Wilson
- Jørn Sørensen
- Carl Bertelsen
- Allan McGraw
- Bobby Adamson
Dundee Utd · Manager
Morton · Manager
- Hal Stewart
Match report
This fixture created something of a record for Scottish 'League football with no less than eight of the twenty-two players on the field hailing from Scandinavia. But it was the homegrown talent which grabbed the limelight with United's Dennis Gillespie and Doug Smith the game's top men. Things looked bright for the home side when, despite a Jimmy Briggs penalty miss, they led by two goals to nil at the interval, Finn Døssing and Dennis Gillespie being the marksmen. But things changed soon after the interval after first, McGraw netted a simple goal for Morton then ex-Dens Parker Bobby Adamson…Read moreRead less
This fixture created something of a record for Scottish 'League football with no less than eight of the twenty-two players on the field hailing from Scandinavia. But it was the homegrown talent which grabbed the limelight with United's Dennis Gillespie and Doug Smith the game's top men. Things looked bright for the home side when, despite a Jimmy Briggs penalty miss, they led by two goals to nil at the interval, Finn Døssing and Dennis Gillespie being the marksmen. But things changed soon after the interval after first, McGraw netted a simple goal for Morton then ex-Dens Parker Bobby Adamson hammered in a glorious equaliser. From then on it looked certain that the men from Greenock were going to take home the points — until the dying minutes ! Persson crossed from the right and Frannie Munro was given time and space to bullet a winning header past Eric Sorensen.