St Mirren 3
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
St Mirren |
3 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Doug Somner (14) Frank McDougall (40) Doug Somner (70) |
Willie Pettigrew (63) Willie Pettigrew (82) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim Clunie |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Billy Thomson Alex Beckett Iain Munro Lex Richardson Andy Dunlop Jackie Copland Jimmy Bone Billy Stark Doug Somner Brian Docherty Frank McDougall |
Hamish McAlpine Walter Smith Iain Phillip Dave Narey Frank Kopel George Fleming Billy Kirkwood Ralph Milne Willie Pettigrew Graeme Payne Ian Ballantyne |
| Bench | |
|
Peter Weir John Young |
Derek Addison Paul Sturrock |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Derek Addison for Ian Ballantyne Paul Sturrock for Walter Smith |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
C White (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
Saints first league win of the season came against a United side which never really settled into their normal rhythm. Willie Pettigrew's double, however, augured well for the future.
Squad Statistics (as at September 15th, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 31 |
|
3 | - | 370 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 30 |
|
9 | 1 | 302 | 10 |
| Iain Phillip | 28 |
|
8 | - | 19 | - |
| Walter Smith | 31 |
|
4 | - | 180 | 3 |
| Dave Narey | 23 |
|
9 | - | 242 | 19 |
| George Fleming | 30 |
|
6 | - | 306 | 35 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 21 |
|
8 | 1 | 91 | 24 |
| Ralph Milne | 18 |
|
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 25 |
|
7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Ian Ballantyne | 20 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Graeme Payne | 23 |
|
9 | 2 | 205 | 13 |
| Derek Addison (sub) | 24 |
|
8 | 1 | 99 | 12 |
| Paul Sturrock (sub) | 22 |
|
9 | 4 | 178 | 47 |
League Table (as at September 15th, 1979)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +8 | 8 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 3. | Morton | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 4. | Partick Th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 5. | Kilmarnock | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 6. | Rangers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 7. | Dundee | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 8. | United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9. | St Mirren | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 10. | Hibernian | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 2 |