St Mirren 1
Dundee Utd 2
League (Premier Division)
St Mirren |
1 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Jackie Copland (15) |
John Holt (7) George Fleming (53) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alex Ferguson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Alan McCulloch 2. Brian Docherty 3. Alex Beckett 4. Tony Fitzpatrick 5. Bobby Reid 6. Jackie Copland 7. Frank McGarvey 8. Billy Abercromby 9. Jimmy Bone 10. Lex Richardson 11. Iain Munro |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Alex Rennie .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Allan Forsyth .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Derek Addison .8 John Bourke .9 John Holt .10 Gordon Wallace .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. John Young 14. Derek Hyslop |
Graeme Payne .12 Andy Rolland .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
John Young for Brian Docherty (55) Derek Hyslop for Billy Abercromby (72) |
Graeme Payne for John Bourke (50) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Ferguson (Giffnock) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 15th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
38 | - | 315 | 3 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
19 | - | 81 | 1 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
11 | 2 | 44 | 2 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
37 | - | 265 | 7 |
| Allan Forsyth | 22 |
|
1 | - | 32 | 2 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
38 | 8 | 145 | 32 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
34 | 8 | 252 | 29 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
25 | 4 | 51 | 6 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
19 | 6 | 19 | 6 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
36 | 8 | 120 | 36 |
| Gordon Wallace | 28 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Graeme Payne (sub) | 22 |
|
36 | 1 | 154 | 7 |
League Table (as at March 15th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | +27 | 40 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | +23 | 36 |
| 3. | United | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | +10 | 28 |
| 4. | Partick Th | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 5. | Motherwell | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 6. | Hibernian | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 24 |
| 7. | Celtic | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | +3 | 23 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -23 | 19 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -32 | 11 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 11th March 1978 |
|---|
| Celtic | 3-0 | Ayr Utd |
| Clydebank | 0-2 | Motherwell |
| Hibernian | 5-1 | St Mirren |
| 15th March 1978 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 1-3 | Partick Th |
| Motherwell | 2-4 | Hibernian |
| St Mirren | 1-2 | Dundee Utd |