St Mirren 2
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
St Mirren |
2 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Doug Somner (7) Doug Somner (pen.) (51) |
Dave Narey (35) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jim Clunie |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Billy Thomson 2. John Young 3. Alex Beckett 4. Lex Richardson 5. Mark Fulton 6. Jackie Copland 7. Jimmy Bone 8. Billy Stark 9. Doug Somner 10. Frank McDougall 11. Peter Weir |
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 Davie Dodds .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Brian Docherty 14. Alan Logan |
John Holt .12 Ralph Milne .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Brian Docherty for Billy Stark (80) |
John Holt for Davie Dodds (60) |
| Cautions | |
| Lex Richardson (44) |
Eamonn Bannon (26) Iain Phillip (73) Dave Narey (89) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Bob Cuthill (Winchburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 12th, 1980)
| 1979-80 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 31 |
|
26 | - | 393 | 3 |
| Paul Hegarty | 25 |
|
25 | 2 | 223 | 39 |
| Derek Stark | 21 |
|
33 | 1 | 66 | 2 |
| Dave Narey | 23 |
|
34 | 1 | 267 | 20 |
| Iain Phillip | 28 |
|
24 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Frank Kopel | 30 |
|
34 | 4 | 327 | 13 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 21 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Graeme Payne | 23 |
|
27 | 2 | 223 | 13 |
| Paul Sturrock | 23 |
|
34 | 10 | 203 | 53 |
| Willie Pettigrew | 26 |
|
32 | 13 | 32 | 13 |
| Davie Dodds | 21 |
|
21 | 3 | 67 | 17 |
| John Holt (sub) | 23 |
|
10 | 1 | 96 | 7 |
League Table (as at January 12th, 1980)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | +22 | 29 |
| 2. | Morton | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | +12 | 26 |
| 3. | St Mirren | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 22 |
| 4. | Rangers | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 5. | Aberdeen | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | +9 | 19 |
| 6. | Partick Th | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 7. | Kilmarnock | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 18 |
| 8. | Dundee | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 18 |
| 9. | DUNDEE UTD | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 17 |
| 10. | Hibernian | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 10 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 12th January 1980 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 3-2 | Rangers |
| Dundee | 1-0 | Morton |
| Hibernian | 1-1 | Celtic |
| Partick Th | 1-1 | Kilmarnock |
| St Mirren | 2-1 | Dundee Utd |