Rangers 2
Dundee Utd 0
Scottish Cup (Semi Final)
Rangers |
2 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
Scottish Cup (Semi Final) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Derek Johnstone (70) John Greig (78) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jock Wallace |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Peter McLoy 2. Sandy Jardine 3. John Greig 4. Tom Forsyth 5. Colin Jackson 6. Alex MacDonald 7. Tommy McLean 8. Bobby Russell 9. Derek Johnstone 10. Gordon Smith 11. Davie Cooper |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Alex Rennie .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Billy Kirkwood .8 John Bourke .9 John Holt .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Alex Miller 14. Derek Parlane |
Allan Forsyth .12 Bobby Robinson .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alex Miller for Gordon Smith (75) Derek Parlane for Derek Johnstone (85) |
Bobby Robinson for Alex Rennie (80) Allan Forsyth for Graeme Payne (86) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Paul Hegarty (35) Frank Kopel (81) Allan Forsyth (89) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ian Foote Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 5th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
42 | - | 319 | 3 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
41 | 1 | 184 | 14 |
| Frank Kopel | 29 |
|
41 | - | 269 | 7 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
42 | 8 | 149 | 32 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
23 | - | 85 | 1 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
15 | 3 | 48 | 3 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
34 | 9 | 38 | 10 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
38 | 8 | 256 | 29 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
40 | 2 | 158 | 8 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
22 | 6 | 22 | 6 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
40 | 8 | 124 | 36 |
| Allan Forsyth (sub) | 22 |
|
2 | - | 33 | 2 |
| Bobby Robinson (sub) | 27 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
League Table (as at April 5th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aberdeen | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | +30 | 46 |
| 2. | Rangers | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | +26 | 44 |
| 3. | Hibernian | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | +11 | 33 |
| 4. | Motherwell | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 33 |
| 5. | Celtic | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | +9 | 30 |
| 6. | DUNDEE UTD | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 30 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 27 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 26 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -30 | 19 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | -37 | 12 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 1st April 1978 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 0-1 | Motherwell |
| Celtic | 2-2 | Aberdeen |
| Hibernian | 3-1 | Partick Th |
| Rangers | 1-1 | St Mirren |
| 4th April 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 2-1 | Partick Th |
| 5th April 1978 |
|---|
| Celtic | 2-1 | Hibernian |