Scottish Cup · 3rd Round

Dundee Utd4–0Morton

Tommy Coyne 16′
Ian Redford 19′
Eamonn Bannon (pen.) 73′
Tommy Coyne 80′
25 Jan 1986Saturday, 25 January 1986 · 3pmTannadice ParkAttendance: 6,938

Lineups

Dundee Utd

Morton

Dundee Utd · Starting XI

Morton · Starting XI

  • David Wyllie
  • Alex O'Hara
  • Jimmy Holmes
  • Jim Hunter
  • John Boag
  • Martin Doak
  • Lex Richardson
  • Tommy Turner
  • Dougie Robertson
  • John McNeil
  • Jim Simpson

Dundee Utd · Substitutes

Morton · Substitutes

  • Ian Clinging
  • Joe Coyle

Dundee Utd · Substitutions

  • Not recorded

Morton · Substitutions

  • Ian Clinging for John McNeill55′
  • Joe Coyle for Tommy Turner74′

Dundee Utd · Manager

Morton · Manager

  • Allan McGraw

Dundee Utd · Cautions

  • Not recorded

Morton · Cautions

  • Jim Simpson64′

Match report

We gained a relatively comfortable passage to the third round with two goals in the first 20 minutes making the going very much uphill for the First Division visitors. Hero of the afternoon from the home viewpoint was striker Tommy Coyne who scored twice, his first of the season, and was heavily involved in the creation of the other couple of goals. A little over quarter of an hour had elapsed when clever play on the left involving Sturrock and Bannon ended with Eamonn cutting the ball back from the bye-line to allow Tommy Coyne to net. The centre was,…Read moreRead less
We gained a relatively comfortable passage to the third round with two goals in the first 20 minutes making the going very much uphill for the First Division visitors. Hero of the afternoon from the home viewpoint was striker Tommy Coyne who scored twice, his first of the season, and was heavily involved in the creation of the other couple of goals. A little over quarter of an hour had elapsed when clever play on the left involving Sturrock and Bannon ended with Eamonn cutting the ball back from the bye-line to allow Tommy Coyne to net. The centre was, shortly afterwards, up-ended on the edge of the box. Ian Redford stepped up to take the free-kick and curled the ball past the defensive wall and the 'keeper.

Just as in the first half the two second half goals came close together. Tommy Coyne, chased a Paul Sturrock pass into the box and the joint attentions of O'Hara and Boag earned a penalty which Eamonn Bannon converted. The final counter came from another fine move. Ralph Milne's run from the halfway line and low cross into the box was picked up by Tommy Coyne who scored.
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