Brechin City 1
Dundee Utd 2
Scottish Cup (3rd Round)
Brechin City |
1 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
Scottish Cup (3rd Round) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Ian Paterson (48) |
Davie Dodds (7) Billy Kirkwood (16) |
| Team Managers | |
| Doug Houston |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Derek Neilson David Watt Andy Keating Atholl Henderson Stuart Glover Dick Campbell Ian Campbell Ian Paterson Steve Graham Ray Lorimer Rob Cormack |
Hamish McAlpine Dave Narey Iain Phillip John Holt Paul Hegarty Frank Kopel Derek Addison Eamonn Bannon Billy Kirkwood Davie Dodds Paul Sturrock |
| Bench | |
|
Kimmy Kyles Brian Reid |
Ralph Milne Graeme Payne |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Ralph Milne for Iain Phillip |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
W Knowles (Inverurie) (Referee) |
Match Report
United travelled up the A90 to Brechin for their Scottish Cup 3rd Round tie, with John Holt and Derek Addison making the starting eleven in place of Ian Gibson and Willie Pettigrew.
Fresh from having the previous weekend off due to a postponement, United flew into a commanding lead. Seven minutes in, a John Holt throw-in was met by Paul Hegarty, whose header was flicked home by Davie Dodds to put United in front. Nine minutes later Billy Kirkwood blasted a shot into the corner of the net when Watt failed to clear a dangerous cross and a rout had looked on the cards at this stage.
However, shortly after half time Ian Patterson reduced the leeway, shrugging off three challenges to shoot home. United endured a nervy wait until the final whistle sounded to see off their Second Division opponents, as they moved into the fourth round to face Partick Thistle.
Squad Statistics (as at January 24th, 1981)
| 1980-81 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 33 |
|
38 | - | 447 | 3 |
| Iain Phillip | 29 |
|
31 | - | 80 | 1 |
| Dave Narey | 24 |
|
36 | 1 | 320 | 21 |
| John Holt | 24 |
|
20 | 1 | 129 | 11 |
| Frank Kopel | 31 |
|
31 | - | 371 | 13 |
| Paul Hegarty | 26 |
|
38 | 7 | 276 | 46 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 22 |
|
35 | 7 | 66 | 11 |
| Derek Addison | 25 |
|
14 | 2 | 129 | 14 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 22 |
|
27 | 5 | 151 | 33 |
| Paul Sturrock | 24 |
|
38 | 17 | 257 | 72 |
| Davie Dodds | 22 |
|
25 | 12 | 103 | 34 |
| Ralph Milne (sub) | 19 |
|
18 | 7 | 38 | 10 |
League Table (as at January 24th, 1981)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aberdeen | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | +30 | 35 |
| 2. | Celtic | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | +21 | 34 |
| 3. | Rangers | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | +22 | 28 |
| 4. | United | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | +8 | 24 |
| 5. | St Mirren | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 22 |
| 6. | Partick Th | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 7. | Morton | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 19 |
| 8. | Airdrie | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 18 |
| 9. | Hearts | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 11 |
| 10. | Kilmarnock | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -37 | 9 |