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League Cup (Section 4) |
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Goalscorers | |
Brian McLaughlin (pen.) (42) |
Willie Pettigrew (23) Richard Gough (76) |
Team Managers | |
Ally MacLeod |
Jim McLean |
Starting Eleven | |
Hugh Sproat Joe Wark Ian MacLeod Chic McLelland Joe Carson Brian McLaughlin Ian Clinging Graeme Forbes Bruce Cleland Alfie Conn John Gahagan |
Hamish McAlpine Frank Kopel Dave Narey Iain Phillip Derek Stark John Holt Eamonn Bannon Paul Sturrock Willie Pettigrew Graeme Payne Davie Dodds |
Bench | |
Gordon Soutar Willie Irvine |
Richard Gough John Reilly |
Substitutions | |
Gordon Soutar for Alfie Conn Willie Irvine for Brian McLaughlin |
Richard Gough for Graeme Payne (52) |
Cautions | |
Ian MacLeod Hugh Sproat |
Frank Kopel |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Hugh Alexander (Irvine) (Referee) |
United maintained their 100% record in the League Cup when completing a hat trick of wins, this time triumphing 2-1 over Motherwell at Fir Park. Manager Jim McLean stayed with the same starting eleven from the midweek win over Partick Thistle, with John Reilly replacing Ian Gibson on the bench.
After Davie Dodds and Paul Sturrock had come close in the first quarter of an hour, United got the goal their play deserved after 23 minutes. Eamonn Bannon won possession in midfield and embarked on a 30 yard run up the left wing, wiggling past two defenders in the process. A finely judged pass found Willie Pettigrew who side-stepped one player before slamming the ball inside Hugh Sproat's inside post. Two minutes from the break, Motherwell were awarded a penalty, with Ian Clinging's header hitting Iain Phillip's arm. Brian McLaughlin scored from the spot.
Six minutes into the second half Richard Gough replaced Graeme Payne and it proved an inspired substitution. The big defender scored his first goal for the club, rising to powerfully head in another cross from Eamonn Bannon 13 minutes from the end of a match in which United were made to fight all the way.
1981-82 | All Time | |||||
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Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 33 |
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3 | - | 470 | 3 |
Derek Stark | 22 |
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3 | - | 123 | 3 |
Dave Narey | 25 |
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3 | - | 341 | 22 |
Iain Phillip | 30 |
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3 | - | 101 | 1 |
Frank Kopel | 32 |
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3 | - | 393 | 13 |
John Holt | 24 |
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3 | - | 148 | 11 |
Eamonn Bannon | 23 |
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3 | 3 | 89 | 20 |
Paul Sturrock | 24 |
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3 | 2 | 279 | 80 |
Willie Pettigrew | 27 |
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3 | 2 | 85 | 34 |
Davie Dodds | 22 |
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2 | - | 120 | 45 |
Graeme Payne | 25 |
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2 | - | 269 | 17 |
Richard Gough (sub) | 19 |
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2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts |
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No games played.
League results since United's last match |
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None. |