Rangers |
0 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
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League (Premier Division) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | None. |
Team Managers | |
John Greig |
Jim McLean |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Jim Stewart 2. Davie McKinnon 3. Ally Dawson 4. John McClelland 5. Craig Paterson 6. Jim Bett 7. Davie Cooper 8. Robert Prytz 9. Derek Johnstone 10. Ian Redford 11. John McDonald |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Billy Kirkwood .2 Maurice Malpas .3 Richard Gough .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Ian Britton .7 Eamonn Bannon .8 Graeme Payne .9 Paul Sturrock .10 Davie Dodds .11 |
Bench | |
12. Bobby Russell 13. Colin McAdam |
Iain Phillip .12 Ralph Milne .14 |
Substitutions | |
Bobby Russell for Davie Cooper (85) |
Ralph Milne for Graeme Payne (65) |
Cautions | |
None. |
Billy Kirkwood |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
D Ramsay (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
United travelled to Glasgow with a 100% record after six League Cup wins and the opening League victory over Aberdeen. Graeme Payne and Eamonn Bannon came back into the starting line-up, replacing the injured Derek Stark with Ralph Milne dropping to the bench.
The match at a half full Ibrox was bathed in sunshine as an experienced United team took the field, with only Malpas and Britton having less than 100 games under their belt from the United squad stripped for action. As early as the first minute, Rangers keeper Jim Stewart had to sprint from his goal to nip the ball from Paul Sturrock's toes after a Richard Gough through ball. Defender Craig Paterson shot high over the bar after a Robert Prytz free-kick into the box, then Bannon shot wide after a great run at the other end. United had the ball in the net after 13 minutes, but Gough was deemed to be offside. The first half petered out after that, with a Prytz effort from 25 yards held by Hamish McAlpine being the only chance of note.
Both teams stepped up the pace after the restart, with United first to threaten as Payne just missing out on a cross from Dodds. Prytz then crashed a free-kick into the defensive wall from a good position. United were unlucky not to take the lead in the 56th minute, when Bannon pushed a pass to Ian Britton whose superb 25 yard shot came crashing off the post and rebounded off Stewart's head, but the ball dropped just the wrong side of the post. That was it from an attacking point of view with both defences on top, and a 0-0 draw was a fair result as both teams looked forward to their respective European ties against Borussia Dortmund and PSV Eindhoven in the week ahead.
1982-83 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 34 |
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7 | - | 532 | 3 |
Richard Gough | 20 |
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7 | - | 56 | 2 |
Maurice Malpas | 20 |
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7 | 2 | 32 | 2 |
Dave Narey | 26 |
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8 | 3 | 404 | 28 |
Paul Hegarty | 28 |
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8 | - | 357 | 53 |
Ian Britton | 28 |
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8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Eamonn Bannon | 24 |
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5 | 2 | 151 | 41 |
Billy Kirkwood | 24 |
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7 | 2 | 228 | 49 |
Graeme Payne | 26 |
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6 | 2 | 287 | 21 |
Davie Dodds | 23 |
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8 | 6 | 183 | 73 |
Paul Sturrock | 25 |
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8 | 4 | 337 | 106 |
Ralph Milne (sub) | 21 |
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4 | 2 | 113 | 29 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Celtic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
2. | DUNDEE UTD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
3. | Aberdeen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
4. | Dundee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5. | Rangers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6. | Hibernian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7. | Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8. | St Mirren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
9. | Motherwell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
10. | Morton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
League results since United's last match |
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11th September 1982 |
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Aberdeen | 4-1 | Morton |
Dundee | 3-1 | Motherwell |
Kilmarnock | 1-1 | Hibernian |
Rangers | 0-0 | Dundee Utd |
St Mirren | 1-2 | Celtic |