Dundee Utd 2
Motherwell 0
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 02 - 0 |
MotherwellMotherwell |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Gary McSwegan (35) David Hannah (67) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Tommy McLean |
Alex McLeish |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Sieb Dijkstra Steven Pressley Mark Perry Maurice Malpas Erik Pedersen Lars Zetterlund Andy McLaren Dave Bowman Ray McKinnon Gary McSwegan Robbie Winters |
Stevie Woods Joni Lehtonen Willie Falconer Mitchell van der Gaag Brian Martin Chris McCart Eddie May Jamie Dolan Tommy Coyne Billy Davies Andy Roddie |
| Bench | |
|
David Hannah Jim McInally Kjell Olofsson |
John Philliben Ian Ross Alex Burns |
| Substitutions | |
|
David Hannah for Ray McKinnon (56) Jim McInally for Lars Zetterlund (69) Kjell Olofsson for Gary McSwegan (81) |
Ian Ross for Eddie May (53) Alex Burns for Andy Roddie (59) John Philliben for Brian Martin (81) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Brian Martin (13) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Bobby Tait (East Kilbride) (Referee) |
Match Report
United's solid performance carried them back into fourth place. Motherwell were left to rue two golden opportunities which Billy Davies scorned. The first of these was immediately before Robbie Winters fashioned an absolutely sensational opener for Gary McSwegan. He showed his searing pace leaving five defenders in his wake to slip the ball into Gary McSwegan who merely had to guide the ball home. The goal which sealed victory came midway through the second, half when David Hannah directed a header from an Andy McLaren corner through the legs of Gary McSwegan who was virtually on the goal line.
Squad Statistics (as at December 26th, 1996)
| 1996-97 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 30 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Mark Perry | 25 |
|
21 | - | 92 | 3 |
| Erik Pedersen | 29 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Maurice Malpas | 34 |
|
13 | - | 713 | 24 |
| Steven Pressley | 23 |
|
21 | - | 66 | 2 |
| Andy McLaren | 23 |
|
19 | 2 | 139 | 9 |
| Ray McKinnon | 26 |
|
15 | 1 | 92 | 8 |
| Lars Zetterlund | 32 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Dave Bowman | 32 |
|
20 | - | 389 | 12 |
| Gary McSwegan | 26 |
|
17 | 6 | 48 | 23 |
| Robbie Winters | 22 |
|
21 | 6 | 80 | 18 |
| David Hannah (sub) | 23 |
|
12 | 2 | 79 | 12 |
| Jim McInally (sub) | 32 |
|
7 | - | 382 | 21 |
| Kjell Olofsson (sub) | 31 |
|
10 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
League Table (as at December 26th, 1996)
No league table has been added for this season.