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 | |
|
1. Ernie McGarr 2. Harry Erwin 3. John Lapsley 4. Tommy Veitch 5. Jim March 6. George Anderson 7. Brian McKeown 8. Sandy Clark 9. John McVeigh 10. Ian Gordon 11. Willie McGuire |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Billy Kirkwood .2 Frank Kopel .3 Walter Smith .4 Derek Stark .5 Dave Narey .6 Ralph Milne .7 Paul Sturrock .8 Willie Pettigrew .9 Derek Addison .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Tommy Walker 14. Gordon Hamilton |
Ian Ballantyne .12 Iain Phillip .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Iain Phillip for Willie Pettigrew (70) |
| Cautions | |
| Tommy Veitch (66) |
Paul Sturrock (66) |
| 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 | 94 | 12 |
| Paul Sturrock | 22 |
|
6 | 3 | 175 | 46 |
| Graeme Payne | 23 |
|
6 | 1 | 202 | 12 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 25 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| 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. | DUNDEE UTD | 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 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| None. |