1976–77 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1976–77 season
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	4th (UEFA Cup) W16 D9 L11 F54 A45 P41
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	Group stage
Anglo-Scottish Cup	1st Round

The 1976–77 season was the 68th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1976 to 30 June 1977. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1976–77 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
4 September 1976	Hibernian	A	2–1	7,264	McAlpine (penalty), Wallace
11 September 1976	Celtic	H	1–0	13,454	Wallace
18 September 1976	Ayr United	A	4–1	4,445	McAdam, Hegarty, Sturrock, Wallace
25 September 1976	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	6,346	McAdam (2)
2 October 1976	Motherwell	H	2–0	6,348	Hegarty, Sturrock
20 October 1976	Celtic	A	1–5	22,251	Sturrock
23 October 1976	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	11,516	Sturrock, Wallace
30 October 1976	Aberdeen	A	2–3	19,577	Fraser, Wallace
3 November 1976	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	4,886	Sturrock, Hegarty, Rolland
6 November 1976	Hibernian	H	2–1	7,044	Wallace, McAdam
9 November 1976	Rangers	A	0–3	17,432
20 November 1976	Ayr United	H	2–2	4,773	Sturrock, Wallace
27 November 1976	Partick Thistle	A	5–1	4,105	Wallace (2), Sturrock (2), Fleming
18 December 1976	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	3,529
27 December 1976	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	9,615	Payne
5 January 1977	Hibernian	A	0–0	7,727
8 January 1977	Celtic	H	1–2	15,847	McAdam
7 February 1977	Ayr United	A	4–1	3,843	Wallace, Narey, Sturrock, Hegarty
12 February 1977	Rangers	A	3–2	18,656	Sturrock, McAlpine (penalty), Wallace
16 February 1977	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,081	Sturrock
19 February 1977	Kilmarnock	H	4–0	5,096	Wallace (2), McAdam (2)
1 March 1977	Partick Thistle	H	0–0	4,713
5 March 1977	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	7,820	Sturrock
8 March 1977	Rangers	H	0–0	10,743
12 March 1977	Aberdeen	A	1–0	13,592	Sturrock
16 March 1977	Aberdeen	H	3–2	7,176	Narey, Hegarty, McAdam
19 March 1977	Hibernian	H	1–0	6,130	Hegarty
26 March 1977	Celtic	A	0–2	35,899
2 April 1977	Ayr United	H	0–1	4,248
9 April 1977	Partick Thistle	A	0–0	4,427
13 April 1977	Aberdeen	H	2–3	4,613	Sturrock, Rolland
17 April 1977	Motherwell	A	0–4	5,821
20 April 1977	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	3,262	Kirkwood
23 April 1977	Rangers	H	0–1	7,919
30 April 1977	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	1,643	McAdam, Sturrock
4 May 1977	Motherwell	A	1–1	2,367	Williamson

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 January 1977	R3	St Mirren	A	1–4	16,357	Sturrock

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1976	G2	Celtic	H	0–1	14,555
18 August 1976	G2	Arbroath	A	3–1	2,606	Dodds (2), Sturrock
21 August 1976	G2	Dumbarton	A	2–1	1,756	Reid, Hegarty
25 August 1976	G2	Arbroath	H	2–0	3,230	Fleming, Hegarty
28 August 1976	G2	Dumbarton	H	1–1	3,932	McAdam
1 September 1976	G2	Celtic	A	1–1	13,772	Hegarty

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1976	R1 1	Aberdeen	H	1–0	5,550	Hall
11 August 1976	R1 2	Aberdeen	A	1–3	10,709	McAdam

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Rangers	36	18	10	8	62	37	+25	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Aberdeen	36	16	11	9	56	42	+14	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	9	11	54	45	+9	41
5	Partick Thistle	36	11	13	12	40	44	−4	35
6	Hibernian	36	8	18	10	34	35	−1	34

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

See also

• 1976–77 in Scottish football