Aberdeen 0
Dundee Utd 3
League (Premier Division)
Aberdeen |
0 - 3 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Willie Pettigrew (12) Iain Phillip (14) Eamonn Bannon (80) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alex Ferguson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Bobby Clark 2. Stuart Kennedy 3. Doug Considine 4. Alex McLeish 5. Willie Garner 6. Willie Miller 7. Gordon Strachan 8. Steve Archibald 9. Joe Harper 10. John McMaster 11. Ian Scanlon |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Derek Stark .2 Frank Kopel .3 Iain Phillip .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Eamonn Bannon .7 Paul Sturrock .8 Willie Pettigrew .9 George Fleming .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Drew Jarvie 14. Duncan Davidson |
Davie Dodds .12 Billy Kirkwood .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Drew Jarvie for Willie Garner (29) Duncan Davidson for Joe Harper (68) |
Davie Dodds for Willie Pettigrew (82) |
| Cautions | |
| Duncan Davidson (88) | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ian Foote (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
And a game reminiscent of the previous Saturday with Premier League goals easy to come by. Willie Pettigrew and Iain Phillip did the spadework with early goals and Eamonn Bannon provided the icing on the cake with the best of the three in the last ten minutes.
Squad Statistics (as at November 3rd, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 31 |
|
13 | - | 380 | 3 |
| Iain Phillip | 28 |
|
18 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Derek Stark | 20 |
|
20 | 1 | 53 | 2 |
| Paul Hegarty | 25 |
|
13 | - | 211 | 37 |
| Frank Kopel | 30 |
|
21 | 3 | 314 | 12 |
| Dave Narey | 23 |
|
21 | - | 254 | 19 |
| George Fleming | 31 |
|
19 | 2 | 319 | 37 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 21 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 26 |
|
20 | 9 | 20 | 9 |
| Graeme Payne | 23 |
|
22 | 2 | 218 | 13 |
| Paul Sturrock | 23 |
|
22 | 6 | 191 | 49 |
| Davie Dodds (sub) | 21 |
|
14 | 2 | 60 | 16 |
League Table (as at November 3rd, 1979)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Morton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 17 |
| 2. | Celtic | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 17 |
| 3. | Aberdeen | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +7 | 13 |
| 4. | Rangers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 13 |
| 5. | Kilmarnock | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 13 |
| 6. | DUNDEE UTD | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 12 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 10 |
| 9. | Dundee | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 9 |
| 10. | Hibernian | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 4 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 3rd November 1979 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 0-3 | Dundee Utd |
| Dundee | 2-1 | Hibernian |
| Kilmarnock | 2-0 | Celtic |
| Morton | 0-0 | St Mirren |
| Rangers | 2-1 | Partick Th |