1977–78 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1977–78 season
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	3rd (UEFA Cup); W18 D8 L10 F42 A32 P44
Scottish Cup	Semi-finalists
League Cup	Quarter-finalists
UEFA Cup	1st Round
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1977–78 season.^[1]

Legend

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Premier Division

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

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1978	R3	Hamilton Academical	A	4–1	5,575	Addison (2), Hegarty, Payne
27 February 1978	R4	Queen of the South	H	3–0	8,000	Fleming, Hegarty (penalty), Bourke
11 March 1978	QF	Queen's Park	H	2–0	5,841	Addison, Sturrock (penalty)
5 April 1978	SF	Rangers	N	0–2	25,619

League Cup

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

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 September 1977	R1 1	KB Copenhagen	H	1–0	8,500	Sturrock
27 September 1977	R1 2	KB Copenhagen	A	0–3	9,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	24	7	5	76	39	+37	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	22	9	5	68	29	+39	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	16	8	12	42	32	+10	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Hibernian	36	15	7	14	51	43	+8	37	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Celtic	36	15	6	15	63	54	+9	36

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

References

^ "Match results 1977/1978". Arab Archive. Retrieved 7 February 2017.