Dundee Utd 1
Rangers 2
League (Premier Division)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
1 - 21 - 2 |
RangersRangers |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Lars Zetterlund (65) |
Brian Laudrup (31) Jorg Albertz (pen.) (53) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Tommy McLean |
Walter Smith |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Sieb Dijkstra Maurice Malpas Iain Jenkins Siggi Jónsson Magnus Sköldmark Andy McLaren Lars Zetterlund Craig Easton Dave Bowman Gary McSwegan Kjell Olofsson |
Antti Niemi Sergio Porrini Ståle Stensaas Richard Gough Lorenzo Amoruso Joachim Björklund Rino Gattuso Ian Ferguson Gordon Durie Jorg Albertz Brian Laudrup |
| Bench | |
|
David Sinclair Wayne Gill Steven Thompson |
Stuart McCall Ally McCoist Marco Negri |
| Substitutions | |
|
David Sinclair for Siggi Jónsson (50) Steven Thompson for Andy McLaren (75) Wayne Gill for Lars Zetterlund (81) |
Stuart McCall for Joachim Björklund (46) Ally McCoist for Brian Laudrup (66) |
| Cautions | |
|
Andy McLaren Maurice Malpas |
Lorenzo Amoruso Gordon Durie |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | Jorg Albertz (84) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Hugh Dallas (Bonkle) (Referee) |
Match Report
The final fixture of the season produced a frustrating afternoon for all concerned. Rangers won, but lost the title to Celtic, whilst we could claim to be more than a little hard done to by the eventual outcome.
Laudrup's opener came out-of-the-blue and against the run of play. There seemed little intent In the handball decision against Davie Sinclair which brought Rangers the penalty from which they increased their lead.
Our one crumb of comfort came from a glancing header by Lars Zetterlund as he directed home a perfect centre from Kjell Olofsson.
Squad Statistics (as at May 9th, 1998)
| 1997-98 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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|
| Sieb Dijkstra (GK) | 31 |
|
49 | - | 77 | - |
| Maurice Malpas | 35 |
|
44 | 1 | 776 | 26 |
| Siggi Jónsson | 31 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Magnus Sköldmark | 29 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Iain Jenkins | 25 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Dave Bowman | 34 |
|
28 | - | 429 | 12 |
| Lars Zetterlund | 34 |
|
45 | 6 | 76 | 7 |
| Andy McLaren | 24 |
|
39 | 6 | 200 | 18 |
| Craig Easton | 19 |
|
35 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| Kjell Olofsson | 32 |
|
45 | 23 | 76 | 36 |
| Gary McSwegan | 27 |
|
42 | 17 | 112 | 43 |
| David Sinclair (sub) | 28 |
|
4 | - | 12 | - |
| Wayne Gill (sub) | 22 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Steven Thompson (sub) | 19 |
|
12 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
League Table (as at May 9th, 1998)
No league table has been added for this season.