Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
0 - 00 - 0 |
KilmarnockKilmarnock |
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League (Premier Division) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | None. |
Team Managers | |
Tommy McLean |
Alex Totten |
Starting Eleven | |
Ally Maxwell Rab Shannon Steven Pressley Mark Perry Maurice Malpas David Hannah Jim McInally Andy McLaren Dave Bowman Owen Coyle Gary McSwegan |
Dragoje Lekovic Gus McPherson Alan Kerr Billy Findlay Ray Montgomerie Kevin McGowne Ally Mitchell John Henry Paul Wright Jim McIntyre Gary Holt |
Bench | |
Jamie McQuilken Sandy Robertson Robbie Winters |
Colin McKee Gary Tallon Tom Brown |
Substitutions | |
Jamie McQuilken for David Hannah (29) Sandy Robertson for Andy McLaren (73) Robbie Winters for Owen Coyle (78) |
Colin McKee for Gary Holt (71) Tom Brown for Paul Wright (85) |
Cautions | |
None. | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Martin Clark (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Even the return of Jim McInally failed to lift this United performance, after which Tommy McLean bemoand. After startinq off well enough this was quite a poor performance, especially in the second half during which we just petered out.
The bright opening to which he referred saw Owen Coyle head narrowly wide after a head flick from David Hannah in the 5th minute. Nine minutes later, Lekovic pulled off the first of several fine saves when he was at full-stretch to keep out David Hannah's shot on the turn. Apart from a low diagonal drive from McIntyre which slipped past the post. Killie had posed little threat in the opening half hour, but the loss of David Hannah with a badly swollen eye after a clash of heads with team-mate Rab Shannon, saw United have to survive a sticky spell before the break.
Seven minutes before half-time, Jim McInally proved his resourcefulness by blocking a Montgomerie shot from a dangerous position. Then a couple of minutes later the Tannadice Old Boy ,starting his second spell with the club, ensured that United went in on level terms when he cleared a McIntyre header off the line.
No doubt with the wisdom of Tommy McLean's interval team-talk behind them, United made a much more positive start to the second period and only some great goalkeeping by Lekovic kept the Tangerines, and more specifically, Dave Bowman at bay. The Tannadice skipper took a pass from Owen Coyle to let fly from just outside the box and Killie's Yugoslav keeper, not only made a great block, but followed that up with another fine reaction save to Jamie McQuilken's effort after the ball had run loose.
A near carbon-copy of the Owen Coyle - Dave Bowman move 13 minutes later brought an even more exacting test for the visiting keeper as the United captain's booming first time effort took a deflection, only for Lekovic to somehow turn the ball round his right-hand post.
From hereon in United lost their way in an attacking sense and there was one heartstopping moment when McKee went down in a heap in the area after a challenge from Maurice Malpas but the referee waved play on, allowing the Tangerines to claim a point from a none too convincing display.
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Ally Maxwell (GK) | 31 |
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10 | - | 53 | - |
Rab Shannon | 30 |
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9 | - | 46 | 1 |
Mark Perry | 25 |
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10 | - | 81 | 3 |
Steven Pressley | 23 |
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10 | - | 55 | 2 |
Maurice Malpas | 34 |
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2 | - | 702 | 24 |
Jim McInally | 32 |
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1 | - | 376 | 21 |
Dave Bowman | 32 |
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9 | - | 378 | 12 |
David Hannah | 23 |
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6 | 1 | 73 | 11 |
Andy McLaren | 23 |
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8 | - | 128 | 7 |
Owen Coyle | 30 |
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10 | 2 | 44 | 11 |
Gary McSwegan | 26 |
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10 | 5 | 41 | 22 |
Jamie McQuilken (sub) | 22 |
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10 | - | 23 | - |
Sandy Robertson (sub) | 25 |
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2 | - | 11 | - |
Robbie Winters (sub) | 21 |
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10 | 1 | 69 | 13 |
No league table has been added for this season.