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

← 1977–78

1979–80 →

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.^[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
12 August 1978	Hibernian	H	0-0	5,876
19 August 1978	Partick Thistle	A	1-1	3,752
26 August 1978	Aberdeen	H	1-1	10,092
9 September 1978	Greenock Morton	H	1-2	5,531
16 September 1978	Motherwell	A	1-0	3,372
23 September 1978	St Mirren	A	3-1	7,544
30 September 1978	Heart of Midlothain	A	3-1	6,312
7 October 1978	Rangers	A	1-1	26,040
14 October 1978	Celtic	H	1-0	17,726
21 October 1978	Hibernian	A	1-1	8,290
28 October 1978	Partick Thistle	H	2-0	6,055
4 November 1978	Aberdeen	A	0-1	14,692
11 November 1978	Greenock Morton	A	1-3	6,298
18 November 1978	Motherwell	H	2-1	5,876
25 November 1978	St Mirren	H	1-1	6,896
9 December 1978	Rangers	H	3-0	15,247
16 December 1978	Celtic	A	1-1	19,868
23 December 1978	Hibernian	H	2-1	7,194
20 January 1979	St Mirren	A	1-2	6,341
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
10 March 1979	Greenock Morton	H	4-1	6,033
14 March 1979	Partick Thistle	H	2-1	6,201
17 March 1979	Aberdeen	A	2-0	11,181
24 March 1979	Greenock Morton	A	1-3	5,357
28 March 1979	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	3,123
31 March 1979	Motherwell	H	2-1	5,675
4 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	A	0-2	6,480
7 April 1979	St Mirren	H	2-0	6,608
11 April 1979	Celtic	H	2-1	14,424
14 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	A	3-0	7,564
21 April 1979	Rangers	H	1-2	24,264
25 April 1979	Heart of Midlothian	H	2-1
28 April 1979	Celtic	A	1-2	35,807	Sturrock
5 May 1979	Aberdeen	H	2-2	7,822

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
2 September 1978	R2 2	Celtic	A	0-1	5,760	Gough, Dodds

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 September 1978	R1 1	Standard Liege	A	0-1	12,282	Reilly, Bannon, Stark
27 September 1978	R1 2	Standard Liege	H	0-0	25,000	Milne (2), Kirkwood

References

↑ "Match results 1978/1979". Arab Archive. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

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Related to national team	Results Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship

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1978–79 Dundee United F.C. season

Match results

Legend

Premier Division

Scottish Cup

League Cup

UEFA Cup

References

See also