Rangers 3
Dundee Utd 0
League (Premier Division)
Rangers |
3 - 0 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Colin Jackson (5) Sandy Jardine (pen.) (20) Davie Cooper (75) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Jock Wallace |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Peter McCloy 2. Sandy Jardine 3. John Greig 4. Tom Forsyth 5. Colin Jackson 6. Alex MacDonald 7. Tommy McLean 8. Bobby Russell 9.Derek Johnstone 10. Gordon Smith 11. Davie Cooper |
Hamish McAlpine .1 John Holt .2 Frank Kopel .3 George Fleming .4 Paul Hegarty .5 Dave Narey .6 Derek Addison .7 Bobby Robinson .8 John Bourke .9 Ray Stewart .10 Graeme Payne .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Derek Parlane 14. Kenny Watson |
Paul Sturrock .12 Billy Kirkwood .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Kenny Watson for Gordon Smith (69) Derek Parlane for Tommy McLean (76) |
Billy Kirkwood for Graeme Payne (72) |
| Cautions | |
| Colin Jackson (50) | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Bill Anderson (East Kilbride) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 22nd, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
47 | - | 324 | 3 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
18 | 3 | 51 | 3 |
| Frank Kopel | 29 |
|
46 | - | 274 | 7 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
47 | 9 | 154 | 33 |
| Ray Stewart | 18 |
|
5 | - | 7 | - |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
46 | 1 | 189 | 14 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
43 | 9 | 261 | 30 |
| Bobby Robinson | 27 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Derek Addison | 22 |
|
28 | 4 | 54 | 6 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
27 | 6 | 27 | 6 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
45 | 2 | 163 | 8 |
| Billy Kirkwood (sub) | 19 |
|
38 | 10 | 42 | 11 |
League Table (as at April 22nd, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | +35 | 53 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | +39 | 52 |
| 3. | Hibernian | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | +8 | 36 |
| 4. | DUNDEE UTD | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | +7 | 36 |
| 5. | Celtic | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | +11 | 35 |
| 6. | Motherwell | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 33 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 31 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 28 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -32 | 22 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -41 | 16 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 22nd April 1978 |
|---|
| Aberdeen | 4-2 | St Mirren |
| Ayr Utd | 2-0 | Hibernian |
| Celtic | 5-2 | Partick Th |
| Motherwell | 0-1 | Clydebank |
| Rangers | 3-0 | Dundee Utd |