Raith Rovers 0
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Raith Rovers |
0 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Kjell Olofsson (2) |
| Team Managers | |
| Iain Munro |
Tommy McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Scott Thomson Steve Kirk David Craig Vetle Andersen Shaun Dennis Graham Mitchell Kevin Twaddle Peter Duffield Scott Thomson Danny Lennon Tony Rougier |
Sieb Dijkstra Mark Perry Maurice Malpas Erik Pedersen Steven Pressley Dave Bowman Jim McInally Lars Zetterlund Andy McLaren Robbie Winters Kjell Olofsson |
| Bench | |
|
Derek McGill Alex Taylor Davie Kirkwood |
Grant Johnson Ray McKinnon Gary McSwegan |
| Substitutions | |
| Derek McGill for Kevin Twaddle (76) |
Ray McKinnon for Andy McLaren Grant Johnson for Dave Bowman Gary McSwegan for Jim McInally |
| Cautions | |
|
Danny Lennon (44) David Craig (77) Derek McGill (82) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
George Simpson (Peterhead) (Referee) |
Match Report
The first victory of the season over Raith was anything but a classic despite the boost of an early goal. Kjell Olofsson's stinging free-kick won the points to draw United within striking distance of Aberdeen in third place, but there was little else to enthuse over in what was one of the poorest spectacles of the season so far.
Squad Statistics (as at December 28th, 1996)
| 1996-97 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 30 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Steven Pressley | 23 |
|
22 | - | 67 | 2 |
| Maurice Malpas | 34 |
|
14 | - | 714 | 24 |
| Erik Pedersen | 29 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Mark Perry | 25 |
|
22 | - | 93 | 3 |
| Dave Bowman | 32 |
|
21 | - | 390 | 12 |
| Lars Zetterlund | 32 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Jim McInally | 32 |
|
8 | - | 383 | 21 |
| Andy McLaren | 23 |
|
20 | 2 | 140 | 9 |
| Kjell Olofsson | 31 |
|
11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Robbie Winters | 22 |
|
22 | 6 | 81 | 18 |
| Grant Johnson (sub) | 24 |
|
6 | - | 98 | 11 |
| Ray McKinnon (sub) | 26 |
|
16 | 1 | 93 | 8 |
| Gary McSwegan (sub) | 26 |
|
18 | 6 | 49 | 23 |
League Table (as at December 28th, 1996)
No league table has been added for this season.