Dundee Utd 2
Aberdeen 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 12 - 1 |
AberdeenAberdeen |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Davie Dodds (29) Richard Gough (78) |
Tommy McQueen (pen.) (25) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim McLean |
Alex Ferguson |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Hamish McAlpine Dave Narey John Holt Maurice Malpas Paul Hegarty Richard Gough Eamonn Bannon Alex Taylor Davie Dodds Paul Sturrock Stuart Beedie |
Jim Leighton Stewart McKimmie Tommy McQueen Brian Mitchell Neale Cooper Willie Miller Willie Falconer Neil Simpson Frank McDougall Doug Bell Peter Weir |
| Bench | |
|
Dave Beaumont John Clark |
Billy Stark Steve Cowan |
| Substitutions | |
|
John Clark for Alex Taylor (46) Dave Beaumont for Paul Sturrock (85) |
Billy Stark for Stewart McKimmie (51) Steve Cowan for Willie Falconer (74) |
| Cautions | |
|
Paul Hegarty (61) John Holt (77) Stuart Beedie (77) |
Willie Miller (23) Neil Simpson (77) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Douglas Downie (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
As against Celtic, United found themselves trailing with Aberdeen taking the lead from the penalty spot. Hamish McAlpine tripped Frank McDougall and Tommy McQueen just beat the United 'keeper who dived correctly to his left. Four minutes later, United cancelled out the lead when Davie Dodds headed in a Richard Gough cross, our first goal against the Dons in five Tannadice meetings, incidentally.
United finished a fairly even first 45 minutes the stronger and this spilled over into the second half as United chased a winner. This eventually came from the Bannon-Gough duo to give us our first win of the New Year and complete a holiday double over the Dons.
Incredibly, lightning struck for the third consecutive time, as Eamonn Bannon flighted in a free-kick for Richard Gough to head United's winner.
Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 1985)
| 1984-85 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Hamish McAlpine (GK) | 36 |
|
21 | - | 656 | 3 |
| Richard Gough | 22 |
|
33 | 5 | 188 | 24 |
| John Holt | 28 |
|
25 | - | 312 | 23 |
| Paul Hegarty | 30 |
|
33 | 5 | 494 | 68 |
| Dave Narey | 28 |
|
29 | - | 534 | 35 |
| Maurice Malpas | 22 |
|
32 | 1 | 162 | 5 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 26 |
|
33 | 8 | 275 | 71 |
| Alex Taylor | 22 |
|
12 | 2 | 32 | 4 |
| Stuart Beedie | 24 |
|
28 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| Paul Sturrock | 28 |
|
30 | 14 | 431 | 138 |
| Davie Dodds | 26 |
|
23 | 8 | 307 | 129 |
| Dave Beaumont (sub) | 21 |
|
10 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| John Clark (sub) | 20 |
|
11 | 5 | 34 | 6 |
League Table (as at January 2nd, 1985)
No league table has been added for this season.