Dundee United 1977–78 football season
The 1977–78 season was the 69th year of football played by Dundee United , and covers the period from 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
Match results [ edit ] Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1977–78 season.[1]
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics
Premier Division [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 13 August 1977 Celtic A 0–0 33,159 20 August 1977 St Mirren H 2–1 7,658 Wallace , Addison 27 August 1977 Aberdeen A 0–0 17,082 10 September 1977 Hibernian H 2–0 6,518 Kirkwood , Rolland (penalty) 17 September 1977 Clydebank A 3–0 2,853 Sturrock , Bourke , Fleming 24 September 1977 Motherwell H 3–1 7,810 Fleming , Sturrock , Bourke 1 October 1977 Ayr United A 2–0 3,281 Hegarty , McAnespie 8 October 1977 Rangers H 0–1 18,571 15 October 1977 Partick Thistle A 1–2 4,657 Sturrock 22 October 1977 Celtic H 1–2 17,198 Fleming 29 October 1977 St Mirren A 1–0 9,528 Bourke 5 November 1977 Aberdeen H 0–1 10,130 12 November 1977 Hibernian A 0–0 5,666 19 November 1977 Clydebank H 4–0 4,069 Fleming , Bourke , Wallace , Hegarty 26 November 1977 Motherwell A 0–0 4,841 10 December 1977 Rangers A 0–2 21,075 17 December 1977 Partick Thistle H 2–2 5,098 Wallace (2) 24 December 1977 Celtic A 0–1 20,246 31 December 1977 St Mirren H 2–1 7,645 Dodds , Hegarty 2 January 1978 Aberdeen A 0–1 24,208 7 January 1978 Hibernian H 1–1 6,880 Bourke 4 February 1978 Ayr United A 1–0 3,231 Fleming 25 February 1978 Partick Thistle A 2–0 3,539 Fleming , Kirkwood 4 March 1978 Celtic H 0–1 14,167 15 March 1978 St Mirren A 2–1 10,169 Holt , Fleming 18 March 1978 Aberdeen H 0–0 9,671 25 March 1978 Hibernian A 1–3 8,354 Payne 29 March 1978 Motherwell H 1–1 4,654 Holt 8 April 1978 Motherwel A 1–0 4,907 Fleming 12 April 1978 Clydebank H 1–0 3,550 Hegarty 15 April 1978 Ayr United H 1–0 4,107 Kirkwood 19 April 1978 Rangers H 0–1 17,293 22 April 1978 Rangers A 0–3 30,239 26 April 1978 Ayr United H 3–1 2,735 Holt , Fleming , Wallace 29 April 1978 Partick Thistle H 5–2 3,646 Addison (2), Wallace , Stewart , Kirkwood 2 May 1978 Clydebank A 0–2 1,030
Scottish Cup [ edit ] League Cup [ edit ] Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 August 1977 R1 1 Albion Rovers H 5–0 3,128 Wallace , Sturrock , Kirkwood , Hegraty , Robinson 23 August 1977 R1 2 Albion Rovers A 5–1 1,030 Wallace , Narey , Kirkwood , Sturrock , Hegraty 31 August 1977 R2 1 Partick Thistle A 0–0 2,535 3 September 1977 R2 2 Partick Thistle H 1–0 5,907 Dodds 5 October 1977 R3 1 Arbroath A 4–0 3,482 Kirkwood (3), Holt 26 October 1977 R3 2 Arbroath H 2–1 3,107 Kirkwood , Sturrock 9 November 1977 QF 1 Heart of Midlothian H 3–1 7,286 Kirkwood , Hegarty , Wallace 16 November 1977 QF 2 Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 7,245
UEFA Cup [ edit ] League table [ edit ] Source:
Statto Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
References [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
Club Home stadium Rivalries Statistics Decades Related articles
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions Related to national team Club seasons
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