Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen | Saturday, August 7th, 1976

Dundee Utd

1 - 0

Aberdeen

Anglo-Scottish Cup (Prelim Round 1st Leg)
Saturday, August 7th, 1976
Tannadice Park. Att. 5,500
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Henry Hall (51)	None.

Team Managers
Jim McLean	Ally MacLeod

Starting Eleven
Hamish McAlpine Alex Rennie Paul Hegarty Andy Rolland Frank Kopel Dave Narey Allan Forsyth George Fleming Henry Hall Tom McAdam Graeme Payne	Ally McLean Stuart Kennedy Chic McLelland Joe Smith Willie Garner Willie Miller Dom Sullivan Ian Fleming Joe Harper Dave Robb Arthur Graham

Bench
Derek Addison Paul Sturrock	John McMaster Billy Williamson

Substitutions
Derek Addison for Tom McAdam Paul Sturrock for Allan Forsyth	John McMaster for Ian Fleming (46)

Cautions
None.	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
George Smith (Edinburgh) (Referee) D Carle (Perth) & J F Keron (Inchture) (Assistants)

Match Report

The season proper hadn't got underway and Clubs were generally involved in pre-season friendlies, but in our case we had an early taste of competitive action in our one and only entry in the Anglo Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen were our opponents at Tannadice for the first leg. The Dons had several new faces in their side and not unexpectedly struggled to find a rhythm. We on the other hand lacked penetration in front of goal and had only a close range effort by Henry Hall in the 51st minute to take the defend at Pittodrie. As events proved it wasn't enough, because Aberdeen won the return 3-1.

Squad Statistics (as at August 7th, 1976)

			1976-77		All Time
	Age	Nat
Hamish McAlpine (GK)	28		1	-	233	1
Alex Rennie	27		1	-	36	1
Andy Rolland	33		1	-	370	34
Dave Narey	20		1	-	103	11
Paul Hegarty	22		1	-	63	15
Frank Kopel	27		1	-	188	7
Allan Forsyth	21		1	-	23	2
Henry Hall	31		1	1	36	14
George Fleming	27		1	-	178	19
Tom McAdam	22		1	-	30	13
Graeme Payne	20		1	-	74	5
Derek Addison (sub)	21		1	-	16	2
Paul Sturrock (sub)	19		1	-	42	11