1978–79 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1978–79 season
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	3rd (UEFA Cup) W12 D13 L11 F43 A30 P37
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
UEFA Cup	1st Round

The 1978–79 season was the 70th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1978–79 season.

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
12 August 1978	Hibernian	H	0–0	5,876
19 August 1978	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	3,752	Frye
26 August 1978	Aberdeen	H	1–1	10,092	Hegarty
9 September 1978	Greenock Morton	H	1–2	5,531	Hegarty
16 September 1978	Motherwell	A	1–0	3,372	Dodds
23 September 1978	St Mirren	A	3–1	7,544	Dodds, Narey, Kirkwood
30 September 1978	Heart of Midlothain	A	3–1	6,312	Kirkwood (2), Kopel
7 October 1978	Rangers	A	1–1	26,040	Kirkwood
14 October 1978	Celtic	H	1–0	17,726	Kopel
21 October 1978	Hibernian	A	1–1	8,290	Payne
28 October 1978	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	6,055	Dodds, Narey
4 November 1978	Aberdeen	A	0–1	14,692
11 November 1978	Greenock Morton	A	1–3	6,298	Addison
18 November 1978	Motherwell	H	2–1	5,876	Stewart, Kirkwood
25 November 1978	St Mirren	H	1–1	6,896	Kirkwood
9 December 1978	Rangers	H	3–0	15,247	Dodds, Fleming, Narey (penalty)
16 December 1978	Celtic	A	1–1	19,868	Narey
23 December 1978	Hibernian	H	2–1	7,194	McNamara, Payne
20 January 1979	St Mirren	A	1–2	6,341	Sturrock
10 February 1979	Rangers	A	0–1	26,077
3 March 1979	Hibernian	A	0–1	5,045
7 March 1979	Motherwell	A	4–0	2,643	Sturrock (2), Narey, Stewart (penalty)
10 March 1979	Greenock Morton	H	4–1	6,033	Sturrock (2), Stark, Kirkwood
14 March 1979	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	6,201	Holt, Hegarty
17 March 1979	Aberdeen	A	2–0	11,181	Sturrock, Fleming
24 March 1979	Greenock Morton	A	1–3	5,357	Dodds
28 March 1979	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	3,123	Kirkwood, Fleming
31 March 1979	Motherwell	H	2–1	5,675	Addison
4 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	6,480
7 April 1979	St Mirren	H	2–0	6,608	Hegarty, Kirkwood
11 April 1979	Celtic	H	2–1	14,424	Holt, Dodds
14 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–0	7,564	Dodds (2), Kirkwood
21 April 1979	Rangers	H	1–2	24,264	Stewart (penalty)
25 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	6,005	Dodds, Kirkwood
28 April 1979	Celtic	A	1–2	35,807	Dodds
5 May 1979	Aberdeen	H	2–2	7,822	Payne, Stewart

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 February 1979	R3	St Mirren	H	0–2	18,064

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 August 1978	R2 1	Celtic	H	2–3	2,570	Fleming, Sturrock
2 September 1978	R2 2	Celtic	A	0–1	5,760

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 September 1978	R1 1	Standard Liège	A	0–1	12,282
27 September 1978	R1 2	Standard Liège	H	0–0	25,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	21	6	9	61	37	+24	48	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rangers	36	18	9	9	52	35	+17	45	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	18	8	10	56	37	+19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Aberdeen	36	13	14	9	59	36	+23	40
5	Hibernian	36	12	13	11	44	48	−4	37

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

See also

• 1978–79 in Scottish football