Motherwell 0
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Motherwell |
0 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
George Fleming (4) |
| Team Managers | |
| Roger Hynd |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Stuart Rennie 2. Willie Watson 3. Joe Wark 4. Jimmy Miller 5. Stewart MacLaren 6. Gregor Stevens 7. Peter Marinello 8. Willie Pettigrew 9. Ian Clinging 10. Vic Davidson 11. Steve Mungall |
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. Ian Kennedy 14. Willie McVie |
Bobby Robinson .12 Ray Stewart .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Ian Kennedy for Peter Marinello (60) |
Bobby Robinson for John Holt (34) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
William Mullan (Dalkeith) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 8th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
43 | - | 320 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 29 |
|
42 | - | 270 | 7 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
43 | 8 | 150 | 32 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
24 | - | 86 | 1 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
16 | 3 | 49 | 3 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
42 | 1 | 185 | 14 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
35 | 9 | 39 | 10 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
39 | 9 | 257 | 30 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
23 | 6 | 23 | 6 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
41 | 8 | 125 | 36 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
41 | 2 | 159 | 8 |
| Bobby Robinson (sub) | 27 |
|
20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
League Table (as at April 8th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aberdeen | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | +32 | 48 |
| 2. | Rangers | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | +29 | 46 |
| 3. | Hibernian | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | +8 | 33 |
| 4. | Motherwell | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | +1 | 33 |
| 5. | DUNDEE UTD | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | +9 | 32 |
| 6. | Celtic | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | +8 | 30 |
| 7. | St Mirren | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 8. | Partick Th | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 27 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -33 | 19 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -36 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 8th April 1978 |
|---|
| Ayr Utd | 2-5 | Rangers |
| Clydebank | 3-2 | Celtic |
| Motherwell | 0-1 | Dundee Utd |
| Partick Th | 0-2 | Aberdeen |
| St Mirren | 3-0 | Hibernian |