Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 12 - 1 |
AberdeenAberdeen |
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League (Premier Division) |
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Goalscorers | |
Richard Gough (34) Ian Redford (73) |
Billy Stark (88) |
Team Managers | |
Jim McLean |
Alex Ferguson |
Starting Eleven | |
Billy Thomson Richard Gough John Holt Maurice Malpas Paul Hegarty Dave Narey Ian Redford Dave Bowman Eamonn Bannon Ralph Milne Paul Sturrock |
Jim Leighton Stewart McKimmie Brian Mitchell Billy Stark Alex McLeish Brian Irvine Steve Gray Neil Simpson John Hewitt Ian Angus Peter Weir |
Bench | |
John Clark Tommy Coyne |
Willie Falconer Joe Miller |
Substitutions | |
John Clark for Dave Bowman (79) |
Willie Falconer for Neil Simpson (7) Joe Miller for John Hewitt (79) |
Cautions | |
Eamonn Bannon (9) John Holt (59) |
Stewart McKimmie (55) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
George Smith (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
This was decidedly not one of the classic encounters between the two great East coast rivals. Having said that Tannadice fans wouldn't quibble at the outcome which provided a perfect start to the gruelling league programme. Little of consequence took place in the early stages although we opened brightly. Then Richard Gough, the centre of all the pre-match publicity, once again demonstrated the valuable asset he is. Dave Narey floated over a free-kick which Richard rose to head past Leighton's outstretched fingers.
Play ebbed and flowed after the interval with neither side seriously threatening either keeper, however, we did strike again after 73 minutes. Eamonn Bannon supplied Richard Gough out on the right and his perfect cross was headed strongly past Leighton by Ian Redford.
The Dons finally pierced the United rearguard two minutes from time when Billy Stark dived full length to head a Joe Miller cross past Billy Thomson, but overall the absence of Miller, Bett and McDougall from the start plus the loss of Neil Simpson after 7 minutes of play, proved too great a burden even for the resolute Northerners.
1986-87 | All Time | |||||
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Billy Thomson (GK) | 28 |
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1 | - | 54 | - |
Maurice Malpas | 24 |
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1 | - | 235 | 8 |
Richard Gough | 24 |
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1 | 1 | 254 | 37 |
Paul Hegarty | 32 |
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1 | - | 564 | 74 |
John Holt | 29 |
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1 | - | 367 | 23 |
Dave Narey | 30 |
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1 | - | 603 | 36 |
Ralph Milne | 25 |
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1 | - | 266 | 73 |
Eamonn Bannon | 28 |
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1 | - | 343 | 94 |
Ian Redford | 26 |
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1 | 1 | 44 | 11 |
Dave Bowman | 22 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Paul Sturrock | 29 |
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1 | - | 496 | 157 |
John Clark (sub) | 21 |
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1 | - | 52 | 8 |
No league table has been added for this season.