Arbroath 1
Dundee Utd 2
Friendly (Younger's Tartan Special Trophy)
Arbroath |
1 - 2 |
Dundee Utd |
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Friendly (Younger's Tartan Special Trophy) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Iain McDonald (47) |
Ian Redford (14) Paul Sturrock (89) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jimmy Bone |
Jim McLean |
| Starting Eleven | |
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Derek Jackson Walter Kidd Tony Hill John Young Stewart Glover Kidd Jeff Curran George Mackie Mark McWalter Sandy Clark Andy Brannigan |
Billy Thomson Dave Narey Paul Hegarty John Holt Gary McGinnis Dave Beaumont Ian Redford Billy Kirkwood Ralph Milne Paul Sturrock Stuart Beedie |
| Bench | |
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Jimmy Fotheringham Kenny Taylor Iain MacDonald Kevin Ross Derek Paterson |
Scott Thomson Jim Easton Gordon McLeod John Clark Tommy Coyne |
| Substitutions | |
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Jimmy Fotheringham for Walter Kidd Kenny Taylor for John Young Iain MacDonald for Stewart Glover Ross for McWalter Paterson for Brannigan |
Tommy Coyne for Ralph Milne (46) John Clark for Ian Redford (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Bob Valentine (Dundee) (Referee) |
Match Report
United earned their first1 silverware of the season by narrowly defeating Arbroath in a match played to commemorate the Angus side's world record victory of 36-0 over Bon Accord a hundred years ago. As promised, manager Jim McLean fielded his strongest team available, given the absence of Maurice Malpas and Richard Gough, both on World Cup duty. Meanwhile, Arbroath were strengthened by the inclusion of Hearts pair Walter Kidd and Sandy Clark. early dominance by United brought us the lead after 14 minutes. A great move involving Dave Narey and Billy Kirkwood and Billy's diagonal cross was deftly head flicked past Jackson by Ian Redford.
Iain MacDonald, a second half substitute swept the ball in from a George Mackie corner. Mom then on the sides were deadlocked until the dying minute. A terrible blunder between Derek Jackson and Kenny Taylor allowed Paul Sturrock to nip in and prevent penalties deciding the issue.
Squad Statistics (as at September 8th, 1985)
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League Table (as at September 8th, 1985)
No league table has been added for this season.