Ayr Utd 0
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Ayr Utd |
0 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
George Fleming (47) |
| Team Managers | |
| Willie McLean |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hugh Sproat 2. Brian Rodman 3. John Murphy 4. Rikki Fleming 5. John Hyslop 6. Bobby Hannah 7. Walker McCall 8. Jim McSherry 9. Danny Masterton 10. Brian McLaughlin 11. Iain Sim |
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. Davie Wells 14. Gerry Christie |
Alex Rennie .12 Gordon Wallace .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Gerry Christie for Iain Sim (57) |
Gordon Wallace for John Bourke (45) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Brian McGinlay (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at February 4th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
33 | - | 310 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
32 | - | 260 | 7 |
| Andy Rolland | 35 |
|
31 | 1 | 437 | 37 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
33 | 7 | 140 | 31 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
33 | 1 | 176 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
29 | 5 | 247 | 26 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
23 | 3 | 49 | 5 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
27 | 8 | 31 | 9 |
| Graeme Payne | 21 |
|
31 | 1 | 149 | 7 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
31 | 7 | 115 | 35 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
14 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Gordon Wallace (sub) | 28 |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
League Table (as at February 4th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | +25 | 36 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | +17 | 32 |
| 3. | DUNDEE UTD | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | +8 | 24 |
| 4. | Partick Th | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 24 |
| 5. | Motherwell | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | +1 | 23 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 7. | Celtic | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -18 | 18 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -27 | 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 |
| 4th February 1978 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 0-1 | Dundee Utd |
| Motherwell | 0-0 | Aberdeen |
| Rangers | 1-0 | Clydebank |
| St Mirren | 1-1 | Partick Th |