Slask Wroclaw |
0 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
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UEFA Cup (1st Round 1st Leg) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | None. |
Team Managers | |
Orest Lenczyk |
Jim McLean |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Zdzislaw Kostrzewa 2. Ryszard Sobiesiak 3. Henryk Kowalczyk 4. Jerzy Matys 5. Zygmunt Garlowski 6. Roman Faber 7. Tadeusz Pawlowski 8. Roman Wojcicki 9. Janusz Szarek 10. Miroslaw Pekala 11. Jacek Nocko |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Derek Stark .2 Frank Kopel .3 Billy Kirkwood .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Eamonn Bannon .7 Paul Sturrock .8 Graeme Payne .9 Walter Smith .10 Davie Dodds .11 |
Bench | |
Miroslaw Sieja Marek Szeptunowski |
John Gardiner Ralph Milne Joe Ward Willie Pettigrew |
Substitutions | |
Marek Szeptunowski for Roman Wojcicki (67) Miroslaw Sieja for Roman Faber (80) |
None. |
Cautions | |
None. | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Svein-Inge Thime (Norway) (Referee) |
After a 14 hour marathon trip to Wroclaw, the United camp was then hit by a flu virus during their first training session ahead of this game. With Derek Addison also pulling a muscle in that same training session, and Iain Phillip already out with a toe infection, Jim McLean recalled 32 year-old player/coach Walter Smith to the starting line-up for the first time in over a year. Dave Narey recovered from his hip injury in time to play. Willie Pettigrew remained on the bench due to the virus, with youngster Davie Dodds keeping his place in the starting eleven.
The Poles started strongly, and Pawlowski shot into the net from 12 yards, but he was ruled offside. The visitors quickly recovered, and only a desperate goal-line clearance by Matys stopped Paul Sturrock scoring after five minutes. Seconds later, Slask went close when Szarek shot over from the edge of the area. In the 13th minute Frank Kopel sent in a cross from the left, and Davie Dodds rose unchallenged to head brilliantly home from 18 yards out, but United's celebrations were cut short when the referee disallowed the goal for a mystery infringement. Twelve minutes later, and Dodds had the ball in the net again, chipping home after chasing a Narey through ball, but again the referee thwarted the striker with an offside decision. The Poles nearly scored before the break, when Nocko latched on to a Heagrty pass back, but McAlpine made a daring stop.
In the second half United continued to dominate and within five minutes they had two penalty claims turned down. First Dodds was bundled over after a Narey pass had left him a chance, and then Bannon was clearly fouled by defender Garlowski, but on both occasions United's claims were in vain. United's professional and controlled performance provides them with the perfect base from which to launch a home leg victory in two weeks time.
1980-81 | All Time | |||||
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Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 32 |
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11 | - | 420 | 3 |
Derek Stark | 21 |
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11 | - | 93 | 2 |
Dave Narey | 24 |
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10 | 1 | 294 | 21 |
Paul Hegarty | 26 |
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11 | 4 | 249 | 43 |
Frank Kopel | 31 |
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5 | - | 345 | 13 |
Walter Smith | 32 |
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1 | - | 181 | 3 |
Billy Kirkwood | 22 |
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11 | - | 135 | 28 |
Eamonn Bannon | 22 |
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11 | 3 | 42 | 7 |
Paul Sturrock | 23 |
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11 | 4 | 230 | 59 |
Graeme Payne | 24 |
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10 | 3 | 240 | 16 |
Davie Dodds | 21 |
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4 | 1 | 82 | 23 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Aberdeen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +11 | 8 |
2. | Celtic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +8 | 8 |
3. | Rangers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +7 | 8 |
4. | Airdrie | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
5. | Hearts | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
6. | United | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
7. | Partick Th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
8. | St Mirren | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
9. | Kilmarnock | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
10. | Morton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 3 |
League results since United's last match |
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None. |