Dundee Utd 3
Ayr Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
3 - 13 - 1 |
Ayr UtdAyr Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
John Holt (2) George Fleming (7) Gordon Wallace (35) |
Ian McAllister (48) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Willie McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Hamish McAlpine 2. Bobby Robinson 3. Ray Stewart 4. George Fleming 5. Paul Hegarty 6. Dave Narey 7. Paul Sturrock 8. Gordon Wallace 9. John Bourke 10. John Holt 11. Graeme Payne |
Ally McLean .1 Davie Wells .2 Ian McAllister .3 Rikki Fleming .4 John Hislop .5 Willie Kelly .6 Brian McLaughlin .7 Jim McSherry .8 Steve McLelland .9 Davie McCulloch .10 Gerry Phillips .11 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Billy Kirkwood 14. Davie Dodds |
Walker McCall .12 Gerry Christie .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Billy Kirkwood for Graeme Payne (67) Davie Dodds for Gordon Wallace (81) |
Walker McCall for John Hyslop (45) Gerry Christie for Gerry Phillips (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Ferguson (Giffnock) (Referee) |
Match Report
This match has no report.
Squad Statistics (as at April 26th, 1978)
| 1977-78 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 30 |
|
48 | - | 325 | 3 |
| Ray Stewart | 18 |
|
6 | - | 8 | - |
| Dave Narey | 21 |
|
47 | 1 | 190 | 14 |
| Paul Hegarty | 23 |
|
48 | 9 | 155 | 33 |
| John Holt | 21 |
|
19 | 4 | 52 | 4 |
| Bobby Robinson | 27 |
|
25 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| George Fleming | 29 |
|
44 | 10 | 262 | 31 |
| John Bourke | 24 |
|
28 | 6 | 28 | 6 |
| Gordon Wallace | 29 |
|
14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Paul Sturrock | 21 |
|
45 | 8 | 129 | 36 |
| Graeme Payne | 22 |
|
46 | 2 | 164 | 8 |
| Billy Kirkwood (sub) | 19 |
|
39 | 10 | 43 | 11 |
| Davie Dodds (sub) | 19 |
|
12 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
League Table (as at April 26th, 1978)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rangers | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | +35 | 53 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | +39 | 52 |
| 3. | DUNDEE UTD | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 38 |
| 4. | Celtic | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | +11 | 36 |
| 5. | Hibernian | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | +8 | 36 |
| 6. | Motherwell | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 33 |
| 7. | Partick Th | 35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 33 |
| 8. | St Mirren | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 28 |
| 9. | Ayr Utd | 35 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -34 | 22 |
| 10. | Clydebank | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -41 | 17 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 26th April 1978 |
|---|
| Clydebank | 1-1 | Celtic |
| Dundee Utd | 3-1 | Ayr Utd |
| Partick Th | 5-0 | St Mirren |