Dundee Utd 1
Motherwell 4
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
1 - 41 - 4 |
MotherwellMotherwell |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Jackie Copland (45) |
Willie Pettigrew (36) Bobby Watson (60) Bobby Graham (64) Peter Marinello (75) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Willie McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Hamish McAlpine Doug Smith Jackie Copland Dave Narey Paul Hegarty John Holt Andy Rolland Doug Houston Alec Reid Tom McAdam Billy Steele |
Stuart Rennie Willie Watson Joe Wark Bobby Watson Willie McVie Gregor Stevens Stewart MacLaren Willie Pettigrew Bobby Graham Vic Davidson Peter Marinello |
| Bench | |
|
George Fleming Paul Sturrock |
Peter Millar Ian Taylor |
| Substitutions | |
|
George Fleming for Alec Reid Paul Sturrock for Billy Steele |
Peter Millar for Bobby Watson Ian Taylor for Stewart MacLaren |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Syme (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
At that stage of the season, talk of relegation for the Tannadice men was doing the rounds in football circles, with Jim McLean's side having not won since the first day of November, 1975. And things got much worse when Motherwell inflicted what United's biggest Premier defeat to date.
Bang in form Wiiiie Pettigrew was the man who engineered United's downfall downfall when he scored his 21st goal of the term from close range. But United struck back hanks to a Jackie Copland volley and things started to look good again for the home side when a Hegarty header rebounded off the woodwork and several other close occurred in the 'Well goal area. Then the roof fell in! Bobby Watson hammered in and four minutes later Bobby Graham added another. And to complete an afternoon misery for United fans Peter Marinello powered in Motherwell's final blow.
Squad Statistics (as at January 17th, 1976)
| 1975-76 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 27 |
|
31 | - | 214 | - |
| John Holt | 19 |
|
14 | - | 19 | - |
| Doug Smith | 38 |
|
11 | - | 627 | 27 |
| Dave Narey | 19 |
|
28 | 3 | 86 | 11 |
| Jackie Copland | 28 |
|
14 | 2 | 186 | 22 |
| Paul Hegarty | 21 |
|
25 | 7 | 44 | 11 |
| Andy Rolland | 33 |
|
27 | 1 | 351 | 34 |
| Doug Houston | 32 |
|
25 | 2 | 67 | 5 |
| Alec Reid | 28 |
|
3 | 2 | 131 | 18 |
| Billy Steele | 19 |
|
12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Tom McAdam | 21 |
|
12 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| George Fleming (sub) | 27 |
|
27 | - | 161 | 16 |
| Paul Sturrock (sub) | 19 |
|
25 | 5 | 38 | 11 |
League Table (as at January 17th, 1976)
No league table has been added for this season.