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League (SPL) |
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Goalscorers | |
Jason Scotland (60) |
Zander Diamond (9) John Stewart (45) |
Team Managers | |
Ian McCall |
Jimmy Calderwood |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Tony Bullock 2. Mark Wilson 23. Paul Ritchie 12. Stuart Duff 5. Alan Archibald 11. Barry Robson 8. Grant Brebner 7. Mark Kerr 19. Stevie Crawford 16. James Grady 20. Jason Scotland |
Ryan Esson Michael Hart Zander Diamond Russell Anderson Richie Byrne Kevin McNaughton Phil McGuire Jamie Winter Chris Clark Noel Whelan Darren Mackie |
Bench | |
47. Nick Colgan 39. Garry Kenneth 29. Barry Callaghan 33. David Robertson 36. Greg Cameron 9. Collin Samuel 14. Billy Dodds |
Sasa Ilic Steven Craig Scott Muirhead John Stewart Scott Morrison Ricky Foster |
Substitutions | |
Billy Dodds for Mark Kerr (76) Collin Samuel for Jason Scotland (80) Barry Callaghan for Grant Brebner (85) |
John Stewart for Noel Whelan (25) Scott Morrison for John Stewart (59) |
Cautions | |
Paul Ritchie (84) |
Zander Diamond (39) Jamie Winter (89) |
Red Cards | |
Paul Ritchie (88) |
Zander Diamond (55) |
Match Officials | |
Craig Thomson (Referee) |
There were contrasting hopes for both sides ahead of this crunch SPL encounter at Tannadice. Confidence in the United camp must have been as high as it had been all season following the superb display during Sunday’s Scottish Cup Quarter Final. With life not altogether comfortable at the wrong end of the table, the Tangerines’ wish was understandably a repeat performance and a vital three points. Aberdeen on the other hand still had one eye on Europe and must have been desperate to erase what for them must have been a horrendous end to their cup campaign.
Unsurprisingly, Ian McCall kept faith with the same starting eleven from Sunday whilst Aberdeen brought in Phil McGuire in place of the injured Marcus Heikkinen. In only the second minute James Grady was presented with an opportunity six yards out but his shot cleared the crossbar, after Wilson had found space for a cross. Unfortunately this was to remain the best opportunity for the home side in what was a disastrous first half. In nine minutes, Zander Diamond fired the visitors ahead from eight yards as United’s defence failed to clear a Jamie Winter cross properly. With Aberdeen clearly having learned their lesson from Sunday they allowed the United midfield no time on the ball which in turn prevented the home side from creating any clear cut chances. Things took a turn for the worse on the stroke of half time as, again, the United defence failed to deal properly with a corner kick into the box. The ball fell to substitute John Stewart twelve yards out and his shot was deflected into the net via McGuire. A McGuire header then clipped the top of the bar in virtually the last moment of the half, with United thankful to remain two goals down.
If the first half lacked any real entertainment or excitement for the United support, then the second half was a completely different affair. Aberdeen defender Zander Diamond was red-carded in the fifty-sixth minute for a second bookable offence, following a trip on Barry Robson. Within four minutes United had capitalised and reduced the arrears to a single goal. Mark Kerr showed great perseverance in winning the ball at the edge of the area and fed Jason Scotland who finished left footed with just Ryan Esson to beat. It was then game on and everyone in the ground must have thought the equaliser had come for Grady in sixty-one minutes. Scotland showed great trickery on the right wing and broke into the box before drilling the ball into the heart of the Aberdeen goal area. Grady made contact virtually on the goal line but somehow the ball stayed out and Michael Hart was able to clear for Aberdeen. Grady failed to trouble Esson when he was presented with another chance a minute later, though this time from around fourteen yards. Robson had a shot deflected and Esson had to act swiftly to tip the ball over with five minutes remaining, before United were also reduced to ten men as injury time approached. Paul Ritchie chopped down Darren Mackie and was shown his second yellow card in the space of a few minutes, but in truth the offence could have seen the United captain being shown a straight red as he was the last man. There was a late appeal for a penalty when Stevie Crawford appeared to be pulled back whilst attempting to reach a Billy Dodds through ball however nothing was given and the home side were forced to accept defeat again, when they ought really to have at least taken a point.
2004-05 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Tony Bullock (GK) | 33 |
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19 | - | 25 | - |
Paul Ritchie | 29 |
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20 | - | 20 | - |
Stuart Duff | 23 |
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19 | 2 | 86 | 2 |
Mark Wilson | 20 |
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33 | 6 | 100 | 10 |
Alan Archibald | 27 |
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34 | 4 | 75 | 6 |
Barry Robson | 26 |
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32 | 5 | 61 | 8 |
Mark Kerr | 23 |
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25 | 2 | 60 | 3 |
Grant Brebner | 27 |
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28 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
Jason Scotland | 26 |
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27 | 3 | 50 | 8 |
Stevie Crawford | 31 |
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10 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
James Grady | 33 |
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26 | 5 | 26 | 5 |
Barry Callaghan (sub) | 18 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Collin Samuel (sub) | 23 |
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17 | - | 46 | 2 |
Billy Dodds (sub) | 36 |
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23 | 2 | 130 | 41 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Rangers | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | +47 | 71 |
2. | Celtic | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | +35 | 65 |
3. | Hibernian | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | +10 | 47 |
4. | Aberdeen | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 42 |
5. | Hearts | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 41 |
6. | Motherwell | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 35 |
7. | Kilmarnock | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 32 |
8. | Inverness CT | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 29 |
9. | Dunfermline | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 25 |
10. | Dundee | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -25 | 24 |
11. | DUNDEE UTD | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 22 |
12. | Livingston | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -26 | 19 |
League results since United's last match |
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20th February 2005 |
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Celtic | 0-2 | Rangers |
26th February 2005 |
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Rangers | 2-1 | Kilmarnock |
2nd March 2005 |
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Celtic | 3-0 | Dundee |
Dundee Utd | 1-2 | Aberdeen |
Dunfermline | 0-0 | Motherwell |
Hearts | 1-2 | Rangers |
Inverness CT | 3-0 | Hibernian |
Livingston | 3-1 | Kilmarnock |