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 | |
|
Andy McLaren (10) Kjell Olofsson (27) |
Paul Kane (83) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Tommy McLean |
Paul Sturrock |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Sieb Dijkstra Steven Pressley Mark Perry Erik Pedersen Maurice Malpas Jamie Dolan Lars Zetterlund Andy McLaren Ray McKinnon Kjell Olofsson Gary McSwegan |
Alan Main Danny Griffin Allan Preston Nick Dasovic Jim Weir Alan Kernaghan Tommy Wright John O'Neil Paul Kane George O'Boyle Leigh Jenkinson |
| 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) |
OLOFSSON GOAL ONLY (1:02-1:17)
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.