Hearts 1
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
Hearts |
1 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| John Robertson (23) |
Kjell Olofsson (15) Ray McKinnon (82) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim Jefferies |
Tommy McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Gilles Rousset David Murie Paul Ritchie David Weir Dave McPherson Gary Mackay Neil McCann Steve Fulton John Robertson Colin Cameron Jim Hamilton |
Sieb Dijkstra Mark Perry Maurice Malpas Jonas Wirmola Steven Pressley Jamie Dolan Jim McInally Lars Zetterlund Andy McLaren Robbie Winters Kjell Olofsson |
| Bench | |
|
Jeremy Goss Stéphane Paille Neil Pointon |
Grant Johnson Ray McKinnon Gary McSwegan |
| Substitutions | |
| Neil Pointon for David Murie (46) |
Ray McKinnon for Andy McLaren (29) Grant Johnson for Mark Perry (89) Gary McSwegan for Robbie Winters (90) |
| Cautions | |
| Jim Hamilton (35) |
Jonas Wirmola (42) Jamie Dolan (63) Ray McKinnon (77) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Eric Martindale (Newlands) (Referee) |
Match Report
Twelve barren years at Tynecastle came to and end when Ray McKinnon crashed home an unstoppable winner eight minutes from time.
United deservedly took the lead when Kjell Oloffsson ran on to a Lars Zetferlund through ball. Hearts pulled one back out of the blue through Robertson eight minutes later and could claim to have the better of the exchanges from then on.
However, United could and should have been further ahead but for the loss of Andy McLaren through injury with less than half-an-hour on the clock upset the side's rhythm.
Squad Statistics (as at January 18th, 1997)
| 1996-97 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 30 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Steven Pressley | 23 |
|
26 | 2 | 71 | 4 |
| Maurice Malpas | 34 |
|
18 | 1 | 718 | 25 |
| Mark Perry | 25 |
|
26 | - | 97 | 3 |
| Jonas Wirmola | 27 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Jamie Dolan | 27 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Lars Zetterlund | 32 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Jim McInally | 32 |
|
12 | 1 | 387 | 22 |
| Andy McLaren | 23 |
|
24 | 2 | 144 | 9 |
| Kjell Olofsson | 31 |
|
15 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Robbie Winters | 22 |
|
26 | 7 | 85 | 19 |
| Grant Johnson (sub) | 24 |
|
8 | - | 100 | 11 |
| Ray McKinnon (sub) | 26 |
|
20 | 3 | 97 | 10 |
| Gary McSwegan (sub) | 26 |
|
22 | 6 | 53 | 23 |
League Table (as at January 18th, 1997)
No league table has been added for this season.