Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
0 - 30 - 3 |
RangersRangers |
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League (SPL) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. |
Kyle Lafferty (6) Pedro Mendes (45) Kris Boyd (52) |
Team Managers | |
Craig Levein |
Walter Smith |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Lukasz Załuska 23. Paul Dixon 4. Lee Wilkie 19. Mihael Kovačević 5. Darren Dods 6. Paul Caddis 12. David Robertson 25. Prince Buaben 15. Craig Conway 16. Morgaro Gomis 26. David Goodwillie |
Neil Alexander Steven Whittaker David Weir Madjid Bougherra Sasa Papac Steven Davis Pedro Mendes Maurice Edu Kyle Lafferty Kris Boyd Kenny Miller |
Bench | |
13. Michael McGovern 18. Garry Kenneth 3. Danny Grainger 2. Seán Dillon 8. Scott Robertson 14. Danny Swanson 11. Fran Sandaza |
Allan McGregor Barry Ferguson Nacho Novo Lee McCulloch Steven Naismith John Fleck Danny Wilson |
Substitutions | |
Fran Sandaza for David Robertson (52) Garry Kenneth for Lee Wilkie (54) Danny Swanson for Craig Conway (64) |
Nacho Novo for Kris Boyd (66) Barry Ferguson for Kenny Miller (72) Lee McCulloch for Kyle Lafferty (82) |
Cautions | |
Lee Wilkie (9) Prince Buaben (45) Fran Sandaza (77) |
David Weir (81) Sasa Papac (88) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Dougie McDonald (Referee) |
United’s season ended in bitter disappointment when they went down to a heavy 3-0 defeat at the hands of newly crowned champions Rangers. Goals in the first half from Lafferty and Mendes had Rangers in control and when Boyd scored five minutes after the break the game was effectively out of sight for United. To make matters worse Aberdeen managed to beat Hibs at Pitoddrie which allowed them to leapfrog United and secure European football next season.
Craig Levein made three changes to the United line up for the hugely important final game of the season. Kovacevic, Caddis and Dods came in for Dillon, Sandaza and Kenneth who all had to be content with a place on the bench. After a controversial win over Aberdeen, Walter Smith named an unchanged side for their title decider.
United were dealt a major blow with only five minutes gone when Davis found Boyd who tried to shoot but despite failing to connect properly the ball fell to Lafferty who made no mistake. United began to come back into the match and played some decent stuff only to be thwarted by a well organised visitors’ defence.
The closest they went in the opening period was when Dixon almost caught out Alexander directly from a corner kick. With half an hour gone Boyd had the ball in the net but he was ruled offside and then a minute later Kovacevic remarkably managed to clear a Boyd shot off the line. However on the stroke of half time Rangers doubled their lead. Edu won a dubious free kick at the edge of the box after a challenge from Dods. The wall managed to charge down the free kick but the ball landed at the feet of Mendes and he fired home from the edge of the box.
The game and in fact the league title were as good as wrapped up when on the 51 minute mark Rangers made it 3-0. Mendes fed Whittaker who played a low ball along the six yard line and Boyd slammed home to send the large visiting support wild. United tried as hard as they could to make the score line look better and near the end Kenneth forced a fine save from Alexander and then Sandaza hit a low shot that the Scotland goalkeeper managed to save. The United fans were eagerly awaiting a goal from Hibs which would have meant fourth place but it wasn’t to be and the season ended disappointingly.
2008-09 | All Time | |||||
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Lukasz Załuska (GK) | 26 |
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44 | - | 63 | - |
Lee Wilkie | 29 |
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39 | 5 | 92 | 9 |
Darren Dods | 33 |
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23 | 3 | 63 | 5 |
Paul Dixon | 22 |
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33 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
Mihael Kovačević | 21 |
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19 | - | 24 | - |
Paul Caddis | 21 |
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11 | - | 11 | - |
Prince Buaben | 21 |
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25 | 2 | 55 | 5 |
Morgaro Gomis | 23 |
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43 | - | 99 | 2 |
David Robertson | 22 |
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23 | 3 | 89 | 15 |
Craig Conway | 24 |
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42 | 5 | 95 | 7 |
David Goodwillie | 20 |
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18 | 6 | 47 | 7 |
Garry Kenneth (sub) | 21 |
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29 | 1 | 93 | 5 |
Danny Swanson (sub) | 22 |
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34 | - | 48 | 2 |
Fran Sandaza (sub) | 24 |
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35 | 10 | 35 | 10 |
No league table has been added for this season.