Hibernian 3
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Hibernian |
3 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Tony Higgins (11) Ally McLeod (27) Tony Higgins (49) |
Graeme Payne (42) |
| Team Managers | |
| Eddie Turnbull |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Mike McDonald 2. John Brownlie 3. Bobby Smith 4. Jackie McNamara 5. George Stewart 6. Des Bremner 7. Willie Murray 8. Ally MacLeod 9. Bobby Hutchison 10. Arthur Duncan 11. Tony Higgins |
Hamish McAlpine .1 Alex Rennie .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Paul Sturrock .7 Derek Addison .8 John Bourke .9 John Holt .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Pat Carroll 14. Alex McGhee |
Gordon Wallace .12 Billy Kirkwood .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Billy Kirkwood for Paul Sturrock (50) Gordon Wallace for Derek Addison (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
A McFall (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at March 25th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
40 | - | 317 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 28 |
|
39 | - | 267 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
21 | - | 83 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
40 | 8 | 147 | 32 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
39 | 1 | 182 | 14 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
13 | 2 | 46 | 2 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
36 | 8 | 254 | 29 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
27 | 4 | 53 | 6 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
38 | 8 | 122 | 36 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
20 | 6 | 20 | 6 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
38 | 2 | 156 | 8 |
| Billy Kirkwood (sub) | 19 |
|
32 | 9 | 36 | 10 |
| Gordon Wallace (sub) | 29 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
League Table (as at March 25th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | +26 | 42 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | +28 | 41 |
| 3. | Hibernian | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | +10 | 30 |
| 4. | Motherwell | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | +1 | 30 |
| 5. | DUNDEE UTD | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | +8 | 29 |
| 6. | Partick Th | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 7. | Celtic | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | +4 | 25 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -29 | 19 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | -37 | 12 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 21st March 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 2-0 | Clydebank |
| Rangers | 2-1 | Partick Th |
| 22nd March 1978 |
|---|
| Hibernian | 4-2 | Ayr Utd |
| Motherwell | 2-1 | Celtic |
| 25th March 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 4-1 | Ayr Utd |
| Celtic | 2-0 | Rangers |
| Hibernian | 3-1 | Dundee Utd |
| Partick Th | 0-0 | Clydebank |
| St Mirren | 1-1 | Motherwell |