Dundee Utd 2
St Johnstone 1
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 12 - 1 |
St JohnstoneSt Johnstone |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Andy McLaren (10) Kjell Olofsson (27) |
Paul Kane (83) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Tommy McLean |
Paul Sturrock |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Sieb Dijkstra 2. Jamie Dolan 3. Maurice Malpas 4. Steven Pressley 5. Mark Perry 6. Erik Pedersen 7. Kjell Olofsson 8. Lars Zetterlund 9. Gary McSwegan 10. Ray McKinnon 11. Andy McLaren |
Alan Main .1 Danny Griffin .2 Allan Preston .3 Nick Dasovic .4 Jim Weir .5 Alan Kernaghan .6 Tommy Wright .7 John O'Neil .8 Paul Kane .9 George O'Boyle .10 Leigh Jenkinson .11 |
| Bench | |
|
Craig Easton Neil Duffy Robbie Winters |
Roddy Grant Stuart McCluskey Keith O'Halloran |
| Substitutions | |
|
Neil Duffy for Ray McKinnon (67) Robbie Winters for Gary McSwegan (81) |
Roddy Grant for Tommy Wright (62) Keith O'Halloran for Nick Dasovic (79) Stuart McCluskey for Danny Griffin (85) |
| Cautions | |
|
Gary McSwegan |
Leigh Jenkinson Alan Kernaghan Nick Dasovic Tommy Wright |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | Leigh Jenkinson (75) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Dougie Smith (Troon) (Referee) |
Match Report
After so long without a gool, it came as early relief when a cross from Kjell Olofsson somewhat fortuitously fell to Andy McLaren to drive home. When Kjell Olofsson headed in a nearly flighted Mark Perry cross with less than half an hour played, a long awaited victory appeared a certainty.
However, even although reduced to ten men had other ideas, Paul Kane's freak goal pegging back our lead and ensuing an uncomfortable final few minutes before a welcome win was confirmed.
Squad Statistics (as at December 20th, 1997)
| 1997-98 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 31 |
|
27 | - | 55 | - |
| Mark Perry | 26 |
|
27 | 1 | 141 | 4 |
| Steven Pressley | 24 |
|
26 | 2 | 114 | 6 |
| Maurice Malpas | 35 |
|
25 | - | 757 | 25 |
| Erik Pedersen | 30 |
|
27 | - | 58 | - |
| Lars Zetterlund | 33 |
|
27 | 4 | 58 | 5 |
| Jamie Dolan | 28 |
|
20 | - | 39 | - |
| Andy McLaren | 24 |
|
23 | 6 | 184 | 18 |
| Ray McKinnon | 27 |
|
6 | - | 116 | 13 |
| Gary McSwegan | 27 |
|
25 | 14 | 95 | 40 |
| Kjell Olofsson | 32 |
|
26 | 12 | 57 | 25 |
| Neil Duffy (sub) | 30 |
|
6 | - | 23 | 1 |
| Robbie Winters (sub) | 23 |
|
25 | 14 | 128 | 38 |
League Table (as at December 20th, 1997)
No league table has been added for this season.