East Fife 1
Dundee Utd 0
League (Division One)
East Fife |
1 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Division One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Billy McPhee (46) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Pat Quinn |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Ernie McGarr Bobby Duncan Ian Printy Walter Borthwick John Martis David Clarke Kevin Hegarty Jim Hamilton Graham Honeyman Billy McPhee John Bernard |
Hamish McAlpine Jackie Copland Andy Rolland Doug Smith Jim Cameron Frank Kopel George Fleming Jim Henry Ian Mitchell Pat Gardner Kenny Cameron |
| Bench | |
| Rab Cairns |
Sandy White |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Sandy White for Jim Cameron (50) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Tom Kellock (East Kilbride) (Referee) |
Match Report
The first half in this game was little to write home. East Fife had most of the opening 45 minutes and they were defied by the agile McAlpine, poor shooting and bad luck. Twice United kicked clear on the line; twice the keeper charged out from goal to thwart the unchallenged Hegarty and Honeyman.
The decisive incident in this match occurred only a minute after the interval, East Fife now kicking towards the Buckhaven end. Copland fouled Honeyman just outside the box. Borthwick tapped a short free-kick to his left and Billy McPhee's low shot screamed across McAlpine's charge into the corner. This brought their seasons tally to 13 from 12 games. An uninspired United only came to life when they went behind - and Sandy White substituted for J. Cameron. But Ernie McGarr, making his home first-team debut in goal, kept a clean scoresheet, despite getting two stitches in an eye injury for his pains.
Squad Statistics (as at November 18th, 1972)
| 1972-73 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 24 |
|
22 | - | 90 | - |
| Jackie Copland | 25 |
|
18 | - | 60 | 13 |
| Andy Rolland | 30 |
|
19 | 1 | 219 | 22 |
| Frank Kopel | 23 |
|
22 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| Jim Cameron | 25 |
|
11 | - | 199 | 1 |
| Doug Smith | 35 |
|
21 | 8 | 519 | 19 |
| Jim Henry | 23 |
|
18 | 1 | 110 | 8 |
| George Fleming | 24 |
|
13 | - | 25 | 1 |
| Ian Mitchell | 26 |
|
13 | 2 | 300 | 132 |
| Pat Gardner | 28 |
|
21 | 7 | 33 | 7 |
| Kenny Cameron | 29 |
|
18 | 9 | 131 | 74 |
| Sandy White (sub) | 22 |
|
22 | 6 | 35 | 10 |
League Table (as at November 18th, 1972)
No league table has been added for this season.