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Dundee United 1979–80 football season
The 1979–80 season was the 71st year of football played by Dundee United , and covers the period from 1 July 1979 to 30 June 1980. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
Match results [ edit ]
Dundee United played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1979–80 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
11 August 1979
Dundee
H
3–0
17,968
Sturrock , Kirkwood , Stark
18 August 1979
Kilmarnock
A
0–1
5,882
25 August 1979
Aberdeen
H
1–3
10,982
Sturrock
8 September 1979
Celtic
A
2–2
25,959
Pettigrew (penalty), Milne
15 September 1979
St Mirren
A
2–3
6,276
Pettigrew (2)
22 September 1979
Partick Thistle
H
2–1
6,786
Pettigrew , Kopel
29 September 1979
Greenock Morton
A
1–4
6,558
Pettigrew
6 October 1979
Rangers
H
0–0
19,464
13 October 1979
Hibernian
H
2–0
7,487
Pettigrew , Milne
20 October 1979
Dundee
A
0–1
16,305
27 October 1979
Kilmarnock
H
4–0
6,403
Fleming (2), Pettigrew , Kirkwood
3 November 1979
Aberdeen
A
3–0
13,432
Pettigrew , Phillip , Bannon
10 November 1979
Celtic
H
0–1
18,630
17 November 1979
St Mirren
H
0–0
6,281
28 November 1979
Partick Thistle
A
1–1
2,830
Sturrock
15 December 1979
Rangers
A
1–2
18,934
Dodds
22 December 1979
Dundee
H
2–0
15,431
Holt , Pettigrew
29 December 1979
Kilmarnock
A
0–0
4,515
5 January 1980
Celtic
A
0–1
23,822
12 January 1980
St Mirren
A
1–2
8,355
Narey
23 February 1980
Hibernian
H
1–0
7,822
Pettigrew
1 March 1980
Dundee
A
1–1
15,116
Sturrock
8 March 1980
Kilmarnock
H
0–0
6,497
12 March 1980
Partick Thistle
H
0–0
6,154
15 March 1980
Aberdeen
A
1–2
7,836
Kirkwood
19 March 1980
Rangers
H
0–0
9,533
29 March 1980
St Mirren
H
0–0
6,292
2 April 1980
Hibernian
A
2–0
5,919
Dodds , Pettigrew
5 April 1980
Partick Thistle
A
2–2
3,354
Dodds , Holt
8 April 1980
Celtic
H
3–0
14,616
Dodds (2), Holt
12 April 1980
Greenock Morton
H
2–0
6,467
19 April 1980
Hibernian
A
2–0
4,921
Pettigrew , Bannon (penalty)
23 April 1980
Greenock Morton
H
2–0
4,687
Dodds , Bannon (penalty)
26 April 1980
Rangers
A
1–2
16,343
Pettigrew
28 April 1980
Aberdeen
H
1–1
12,764
Holt
1 May 1980
Greenock Morton
A
0–0
2,614
Scottish Cup [ edit ]
Date
Rd
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
30 January 1980
R3
Dundee
H
5–1
18,064
Pettigrew (4 including 1 penalty), Sturrock
16 February 1980
R4
Rangers
A
0–1
29,000
League Cup [ edit ]
Date
Rd
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
29 August 1979
R2 1
Airdrieonians
A
1–2
2,570
Addison
1 September 1979
R2 2
Airdrieonians
H
2–0
5,760
Sturrock , Payne
26 September 1979
R3 1
Queen's Park
A
3–0
939
Pettigrew , Dodds , Sturrock
10 October 1979
R3 2
Queen's Park
H
2–1
3,395
Sturrock (penalty), Dodds
31 October 1979
QF 1
Raith Rovers
H
0–0
7,426
14 November 1979
QF 2
Raith Rovers
A
1–0
6,838
Hegarty
24 November 1979
SF
Hamilton Academical
N
6–2
7,974
Sturrock (2), Kirkwood (2), Pettigrew , Hegarty
8 December 1979
F
Aberdeen
N
0–0
27,156
12 December 1979
F R
Aberdeen
N
3–0
28,984
Pettigrew (2), Sturrock
UEFA Cup [ edit ]
Drybrough Cup [ edit ]
League table [ edit ]
Source:
Statto and
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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
Premier Division First Division Second Division