Aberdeen 0
Dundee Utd 3
League Cup (Final Replay)
Aberdeen |
0 - 3 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League Cup (Final Replay) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Willie Pettigrew (15) Willie Pettigrew (65) Paul Sturrock (79) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alex Ferguson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Bobby Clark 2. Stuart Kennedy 3. Doug Rougvie 4. Alex McLeish 5. Willie Garner 6. Willie Miller 7. Gordon Strachan 8. Steve Archibald 9. Mark McGhee 10. John McMaster 11. Ian Scanlon |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Derek Stark .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Eamonn Bannon .7 Paul Sturrock .8 Willie Pettigrew .9 John Holt .10 Billy Kirkwood .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Drew Jarvie 14. Drew Hamilton |
Graeme Payne .12 Iain Phillip .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Drew Jarvie for Mark McGhee (45) Drew Hamilton for Ian Scanlon (64) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
John Holt (65) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Brian McGinlay (Balfron) (Referee) |
Match Report
United made two changes from the side that earned a draw in the first match at Hampden. Fleming and Kirkwood replaced Phillip and Payne. Over 28,000 squeezed into Dens Park for this League Cup Final replay and those of a United persuasion were left exhilarated, seeing their side win their first major trophy.
United were a much changed side in terms of their approach to this game. Confident attacking football was the order of the night. They dominated the game from start to finish. It only took 15 minutes for the tangerines to do what they failed to do in 120 minutes at Hampden. Derek Stark arrowed in a low cross and Willie Pettigrew was on hand to steal in between a ruck of players to fire home the opening goal.
It wasn't until the 65th when United were able to double their lead. Again, it was Willie Pettigrew who scored, getting his head to a Sturrock cross to effectively finish the game.
However, United were not content to hold their lead and made it 3-0 eleven minutes later. Paul Sturrock raced clear after springing the Aberdeen off-side trap and after a 40 yard run, beat 'keeper Clark to send the Arabs into raptures.
They had done it! A first major trophy for United after 70 years....
Squad Statistics (as at December 12th, 1979)
| 1979-80 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 31 |
|
21 | - | 388 | 3 |
| John Holt | 23 |
|
6 | - | 92 | 6 |
| Frank Kopel | 30 |
|
29 | 4 | 322 | 13 |
| Dave Narey | 23 |
|
29 | - | 262 | 19 |
| Paul Hegarty | 25 |
|
20 | 2 | 218 | 39 |
| Derek Stark | 21 |
|
28 | 1 | 61 | 2 |
| George Fleming | 31 |
|
25 | 2 | 325 | 37 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 21 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 21 |
|
23 | 4 | 106 | 27 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 26 |
|
28 | 12 | 28 | 12 |
| Paul Sturrock | 23 |
|
30 | 10 | 199 | 53 |
League Table (as at December 12th, 1979)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | +15 | 21 |
| 2. | Morton | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | +14 | 21 |
| 3. | Rangers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 17 |
| 4. | St Mirren | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 17 |
| 5. | Aberdeen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
| 6. | Partick Th | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
| 7. | DUNDEE UTD | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 14 |
| 8. | Kilmarnock | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 14 |
| 9. | Dundee | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 13 |
| 10. | Hibernian | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 7 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 1st December 1979 |
|---|
| Hibernian | 2-1 | Partick Th |
| Rangers | 2-1 | Kilmarnock |
| St Mirren | 2-1 | Celtic |
| 8th December 1979 |
|---|
| Morton | 0-1 | Rangers |