Dundee Utd 2
Newcastle Utd 0
Texaco Cup (Semi Final 1st Leg)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 02 - 0 |
Newcastle UtdNewcastle Utd |
 |
Texaco Cup (Semi Final 1st Leg) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Frank Kopel (15) Archie Knox (21) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Joe Harvey |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Hamish McAlpine Walter Smith Jackie Copland Frank Kopel Andy Rolland Jim Henry Tommy Traynor Archie Knox George Fleming Pat Gardner Andy Gray |
Willie McFaul Dave Crosson Alan Kennedy Terry McDermott David Craig Pat Howard Stewart Barrowclough Tommy Gibb John Tudor Keith Robson Terry Hibbitt |
| Bench | |
|
Sandy Davie Dave Narey |
Eric Steele Gordon Hodgson |
| Substitutions | |
|
Dave Narey for Jim Henry (46) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alistair McKenzie (Larbert) (Referee) |
Match Report
Having already defeated Sheffield United and Leicester City, United added Newcastle to their list of scalps. They scored early on and went on to dominate the game. McLean dropped his two 17 year olds that played at Parkhead and replaced them with experience. Gardner and Henry replacing Narey and Payne.
United took the lead in 15 minutes as they battered Newcastle into submission. It was Frank Kopel who rose to head home a Traynor corner kick. Six minutes later it was two. A long McAlpine clearance reached Gray who powered towards goal. He was tackled as he progressed toward goal and the ball broke kindly for Archie Knox who made no mistake with the finish.
It was two goals in a first half that could have yielded so many more had they taken their chances. There were no further goals in the game but United will travel to Newcastle with a good lead to defend.
Squad Statistics (as at December 12th, 1973)
| 1973-74 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 25 |
|
24 | - | 127 | - |
| Walter Smith | 25 |
|
23 | 2 | 94 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 24 |
|
23 | 2 | 76 | 5 |
| Jackie Copland | 26 |
|
19 | - | 101 | 14 |
| Andy Rolland | 31 |
|
22 | 4 | 257 | 28 |
| Tommy Traynor | 30 |
|
19 | - | 114 | 11 |
| Jim Henry | 24 |
|
16 | 2 | 129 | 12 |
| George Fleming | 25 |
|
24 | 4 | 72 | 8 |
| Archie Knox | 26 |
|
13 | 4 | 40 | 10 |
| Andy Gray | 18 |
|
20 | 7 | 20 | 7 |
| Pat Gardner | 30 |
|
20 | 1 | 76 | 16 |
| Dave Narey (sub) | 17 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
League Table (as at December 12th, 1973)
No league table has been added for this season.