Aberdeen 0
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premier Division)
Aberdeen |
0 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premier Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Richard Gough (48) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alex Ferguson |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Jim Leighton Stewart McKimmie Tommy McQueen Billy Stark Neale Cooper Willie Miller Willie Falconer Neil Simpson Frank McDougall Ian Angus Peter Weir |
Hamish McAlpine Richard Gough John Holt Maurice Malpas Dave Narey Paul Hegarty Eamonn Bannon Alex Taylor Davie Dodds Stuart Beedie Tommy Coyne |
| Bench | |
|
Joe Miller Brian Mitchell |
Dave Beaumont John Clark |
| Substitutions | |
|
Joe Miller for Willie Falconer (65) Brian Mitchell for Ian Angus (77) |
John Clark for Tommy Coyne (73) |
| Cautions | |
| Willie Miller (87) |
Davie Dodds (63) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Kenny Hope (Clarkston) (Referee) |
Match Report
Pittodrie yet again proved a happy hunting ground for United and the winning margin could easily have been greater. After starting off in fine fashion Aberdeen surprisingly had the best early opportunity to score when Frank McDougall was adjudged to have been tripped by Richard Gough in the box. The centre took the kick himself but shot wide of the post. After dominating most of the first half United had nothing to show for their efforts.
Frank McDougall missed a chance early in the second half and that was the Dons' last scoring chance. United took the lead in the 48th minute when an Eamonn Bannon cross was headed down past Leighton by Richard Gough. That lead should have been extended in the 72nd minute but Alex Taylor knocked John Holt's fine cross just wide of the far post.
Squad Statistics (as at December 22nd, 1984)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 36 |
|
19 | - | 654 | 3 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
31 | 3 | 186 | 22 |
| John Holt | 28 |
|
23 | - | 310 | 23 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
30 | 1 | 160 | 5 |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
31 | 5 | 492 | 68 |
| Dave Narey | 28 |
|
27 | - | 532 | 35 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
31 | 8 | 273 | 71 |
| Alex Taylor | 22 |
|
10 | 2 | 30 | 4 |
| Davie Dodds | 26 |
|
21 | 7 | 305 | 128 |
| Stuart Beedie | 24 |
|
26 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Tommy Coyne | 22 |
|
15 | 4 | 36 | 7 |
| John Clark (sub) | 20 |
|
10 | 5 | 33 | 6 |
League Table (as at December 22nd, 1984)
No league table has been added for this season.