Dundee Utd 1
Ayr Utd 0
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
1 - 01 - 0 |
Ayr UtdAyr Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Billy Kirkwood (5) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Willie McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hamish McAlpine 2. Alex Rennie 3. Frank Kopel 4. George Fleming 5. Paul Hegarty 6. Dave Narey 7. Billy Kirkwood 8. Bobby Robinson 9. Davie Dodds 10. Ray Stewart 11. Graeme Payne |
Ian McGiffen .1 Davie Wells .2 Bobby Connor .3 Jim McSherry .4 Rikki Fleming .5 Willie Kelly .6 Walker McCall .7 Brian McLaughlin .8 Gerry Phillips .9 Davie McCulloch .10 Gordon Cramond .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Paul Sturrock 14. John Bourke |
Ian McAllister .12 John Hislop .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Paul Sturrock for Graeme Payne (45) John Bourke for Alex Rennie (71) |
John Hislop for Bobby Connor (58) Ian McAllister for Davie Wells (75) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Willie Kelly (39) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ian Foote (Glasgow) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 15th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
45 | - | 322 | 3 |
| Ray Stewart | 18 |
|
3 | - | 5 | - |
| Frank Kopel | 29 |
|
44 | - | 272 | 7 |
| Alex Rennie | 29 |
|
26 | - | 88 | 1 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
45 | 9 | 152 | 33 |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
44 | 1 | 187 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
41 | 9 | 259 | 30 |
| Bobby Robinson | 27 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Billy Kirkwood | 19 |
|
36 | 10 | 40 | 11 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
43 | 2 | 161 | 8 |
| Davie Dodds | 19 |
|
10 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| Paul Sturrock (sub) | 21 |
|
43 | 8 | 127 | 36 |
| John Bourke (sub) | 24 |
|
25 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
League Table (as at April 15th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aberdeen | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | +37 | 50 |
| 2. | Rangers | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | +31 | 49 |
| 3. | Hibernian | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | +11 | 36 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | +11 | 36 |
| 5. | Motherwell | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 33 |
| 6. | Celtic | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | +5 | 31 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 29 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -34 | 20 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 31 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -39 | 14 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 15th April 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 5-0 | Motherwell |
| Clydebank | 0-2 | Rangers |
| Dundee Utd | 1-0 | Ayr Utd |
| Hibernian | 4-1 | Celtic |
| Partick Th | 2-1 | St Mirren |