Airdrie 2
Dundee Utd 1
League Cup (2nd Round 1st Leg)
Airdrie |
2 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League Cup (2nd Round 1st Leg) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
John Lapsley (pen) (50) Sandy Clark (85) |
Derek Addison (43) |
| Team Managers | |
| Bobby Watson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Ernie McGarr Harry Erwin John Lapsley Tommy Veitch Jim March George Anderson Brian McKeown Sandy Clark John McVeigh Ian Gordon Willie McGuire |
Hamish McAlpine Frank Kopel Walter Smith Dave Narey Derek Stark Billy Kirkwood Derek Addison Ralph Milne Willie Pettigrew Graeme Payne Paul Sturrock |
| Bench | |
|
Tommy Walker Gordon Hamilton |
Iain Phillip Ian Ballantyne |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Iain Phillip for Willie Pettigrew (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Jim Renton (Cowdenbeath) (Referee) |
Match Report
A disappointing night for United after a Derek Addison goal iust two minutes from the interval had put them ahead. However, a Lapsley penalty conversion and a Sandy Clark solo effort earned the First Division club a lead to bring with them to Tannadice.
Squad Statistics (as at August 29th, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 31 |
|
1 | - | 368 | 3 |
| Derek Stark | 20 |
|
6 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| Walter Smith | 31 |
|
2 | - | 178 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 30 |
|
6 | 1 | 299 | 10 |
| Dave Narey | 23 |
|
6 | - | 239 | 19 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 20 |
|
5 | 1 | 88 | 24 |
| Ralph Milne | 18 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Derek Addison | 24 |
|
5 | 1 | 96 | 12 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 25 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Paul Sturrock | 22 |
|
6 | 3 | 175 | 46 |
| Graeme Payne | 23 |
|
6 | 1 | 202 | 12 |
| Iain Phillip (sub) | 28 |
|
6 | - | 17 | - |
League Table (as at August 29th, 1979)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| 3. | Morton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 4. | Partick Th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 5. | Rangers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 6. | Kilmarnock | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 3 |
| 7. | United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8. | Hibernian | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9. | Dundee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 10. | St Mirren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 |