Hamilton 1
Dundee Utd 4
Scottish Cup (3rd Round)
Hamilton |
1 - 4 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
Scottish Cup (3rd Round) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Mick McManus (76) |
Paul Hegarty (22) Derek Addison (58) Derek Addison (73) Graeme Payne (75) |
| Team Managers | |
| Eric Smith |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Rikki Ferguson 2. Jim Frew 3. Brian Wright 4. Jamie Fairlie 5. Jim Dempsey 6. Gary McDowall 7. Mick McManus 8. Kevin Low 9. Bobby Graham 10. Drew Young 11. Joe McGrogan |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Andy Rolland .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Billy Kirkwood .8 John Bourke .9 Derek Addison .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Jim Gormley 14. Eric Alexander |
Alex Rennie .12 Gordon Wallace .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Jim Gormley for Kevin Low (54) |
Gordon Wallace for John Bourke (42) Alex Rennie for George Fleming (81) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Andy Rolland (44) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Syme (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at January 28th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
32 | - | 309 | 3 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
32 | 1 | 175 | 14 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
31 | - | 259 | 7 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
30 | 1 | 436 | 37 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
32 | 7 | 139 | 31 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
26 | 8 | 30 | 9 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
28 | 4 | 246 | 25 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
22 | 3 | 48 | 5 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
13 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
30 | 1 | 148 | 7 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
30 | 7 | 114 | 35 |
| Alex Rennie (sub) | 29 |
|
14 | - | 76 | 1 |
| Gordon Wallace (sub) | 28 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
League Table (as at January 28th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | +24 | 34 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | +17 | 31 |
| 3. | Partick Th | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 22 |
| 5. | Motherwell | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | +1 | 22 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 7. | Celtic | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -17 | 18 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -26 | 9 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 14th January 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 2-1 | Celtic |
| Motherwell | 3-0 | Ayr Utd |
| St Mirren | 0-2 | Rangers |