Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
0 - 10 - 1 |
DunfermlineDunfermline |
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League (SPL) |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | Gary Mason (89) |
Team Managers | |
Gordon Chisholm |
Jim Leishman |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Tony Bullock 12. Stuart Duff 5. Alan Archibald 2. Mark Wilson 23. Paul Ritchie 39. Garry Kenneth 7. Mark Kerr 11. Barry Robson 8. Grant Brebner 10. Jim McIntyre 19. Stevie Crawford |
Derek Stillie Andrius Skerla Scott Wilson Scott Thomson Iain Campbell Gary Mason Darren Young Lee Makel Craig Wilson Derek Young Andy Tod |
Bench | |
47. Nick Colgan 3. David McCracken 4. Derek McInnes 33. David Robertson 16. James Grady 20. Jason Scotland 9. Collin Samuel |
Jamie Langfield Noel Hunt Simon Donnelly Aaron Labonte Billy Mehmet Greg Ross John Dunn |
Substitutions | |
Derek McInnes for Stuart Duff (75) David McCracken for Paul Ritchie (86) |
Simon Donnelly for Derek Young (67) Aaron Labonte for Craig Wilson (90) |
Cautions | |
Alan Archibald (82) |
Gary Mason (42) Iain Campbell (53) Derek Stillie (89) |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Stuart Dougal (Referee) |
In a crucial match where both sides were led by caretaker Managers, a positive for both Chisholm and Jim Leishman was the ability to name unchanged line-ups from last weekend’s respective matches. For United, in addition to Grant Brebner being fit enough to start, Jason Scotland had recovered sufficiently from his knee injury to take up a place on the bench. The Tangerines therefore started in a now familiar 3-5-2 formation, with Stevie Crawford retaining his place up front against his former club, alongside Jim McIntyre.
The importance of the game was shown by the frantic opening minutes, with both sides struggling to settle. Dunfermline had the first meaningful chance, after Robson was harshly penalised on the edge of his own area when Skerla appeared to have run into him. Campbell took the free kick from 22 yards out, but Bullock caught easily at his near post. United showed more towards the end of the first half, but could not find the creativity to break down the Dunfermline rearguard. The Terrors earned a number of corners over the course of the first half, but as with the Dunfermline corners at the other end, these were coped with comfortably by the respective defences.
The second half again started at a frantic pace, and in the 47th minute, Stuart Duff had a shot blocked from long range. United seemed to have some momentum, and on the 50 minute mark, Mark Wilson’s chip into the area was squared by the head of McIntyre, and Crawford stretched to send a shot into the side netting. Despite the pressure by United, the Pars thought they had broken the deadlock in the 51st minute. Craig Wilson broke down the right, and his low cross was met at the 18-yard line by Ritchie, but broke to Derek Young who shot into the net. However, although it looked to the Pars fans like Ritchie had stumbled after standing on the ball, Young had in fact tugged on the defender’s shirt, which was spotted by Stuart Dougall. There was disappointment for United in the 85th minute, when Ritchie signalled to the bench that he had a problem with his left groin. The defender was unable to continue, and McCracken came on to replace him.There was to be a heartbreaking twist after what had been a comfortable second half for the home side though. Substitute Donnelly broke down the right, and his pull back found the thigh of Gary Mason, with the United defender in close attendance, and looped over Bullock.
Now, though, Chisholm will not have the chance to rest players ahead of the cup final, as he will need every one of his players in action at the Caledonian Stadium next weekend to look for the minimum of one point which will ensure safety.
2004-05 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Tony Bullock (GK) | 33 |
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30 | - | 36 | - |
Garry Kenneth | 17 |
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12 | - | 12 | - |
Stuart Duff | 23 |
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30 | 3 | 97 | 3 |
Mark Wilson | 20 |
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44 | 7 | 111 | 11 |
Alan Archibald | 27 |
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45 | 4 | 86 | 6 |
Paul Ritchie | 29 |
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30 | - | 30 | - |
Grant Brebner | 27 |
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38 | 2 | 38 | 2 |
Barry Robson | 26 |
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43 | 7 | 72 | 10 |
Mark Kerr | 23 |
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35 | 2 | 70 | 3 |
Jim McIntyre | 32 |
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41 | 16 | 134 | 42 |
Stevie Crawford | 31 |
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21 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
David McCracken (sub) | 23 |
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30 | 2 | 129 | 5 |
Derek McInnes (sub) | 33 |
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31 | - | 68 | 2 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Celtic | 37 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 92 |
2. | Rangers | 37 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 90 |
3. | Hibernian | 37 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 61 |
4. | Aberdeen | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 58 |
5. | Hearts | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 50 |
6. | Motherwell | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 45 |
7. | Kilmarnock | 37 | 14 | 4 | 19 | -10 | 46 |
8. | Inverness CT | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 44 |
9. | Dunfermline | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -22 | 34 |
10. | Livingston | 37 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 34 |
11. | Dundee Utd | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -19 | 33 |
12. | Dundee | 37 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -34 | 32 |
* - Table split into two divisions of six.
League results since United's last match |
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8th May 2005 |
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Celtic | 2-0 | Aberdeen |
14th May 2005 |
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Dundee | 1-1 | Inverness CT |
Hibernian | 1-2 | Aberdeen |
Kilmarnock | 2-0 | Livingston |
Rangers | 4-1 | Motherwell |
15th May 2005 |
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Dundee Utd | 0-1 | Dunfermline |
Hearts | 1-2 | Celtic |