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

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 ?? competitive matches during the 1977–78 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
13 August 1977	Celtic	A	0-0	33,159
20 August 1977	St Mirren	H	2-1	7,658
27 August 1977	Aberdeen	A	0-0	17,082
10 September 1977	Hibernian	H	2-0	6,518
17 September 1977	Clydebank	A	3-0	2,853
24 September 1977	Motherwell	H	3-1	7,810
1 October 1977	Ayr United	A	2-0	3,281
8 October 1977	Rangers	H	0-1	18,571
15 October 1977	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	4,657
22 October 1977	Celtic	H	1-2	17,198
29 October 1977	St Mirren	A	1-0	9,528
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
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
24 December 1977	Celtic	A	0-1	20,246
31 December 1977	St Mirren	H	2-1	7,645
2 Janaury 1978	Aberdeen	A	0-1	24,208
7 January 1978	Hibernian	H	1-1	6,880
4 February 1978	Ayr United	A	1-0	3,231
25 February 1978	Partick Thistle	A	2-0	3,539
4 March 1978	Celtic	H	0-1	14,167
15 March 1978	St Mirren	A	2-1	10,169
18 March 1978	Aberdeen	H	0-0	9,671
25 March 1978	Hibernian	A	1-3	8,354
29 March 1978	Motherwell	H	1-1	4,654
8 April 1978	Motherwel	A	1-0	4,907
12 April 1978	Clydebank	H	1-0	3,550
15 April 1978	Ayr United	H	1-0	4,107
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
29 April 1978	Partick Thistle	H	5-2	3,646	Sturrock
2 May 1978	Clydebank	A	0-2	1,030

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 Janaury 1978	R3	Hamilton Academical	A	4-1	5,575
27 February 1978	R4	Queen of the South	H	3-0	8,000
11 March 1978	QF	Queen's Park	H	2-0	5,841
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
23 August 1977	R1 2	Albion Rovers	A	5-1	1,030
31 August 1977	R2 1	Partick Thistle	A	0-0	2,535
3 September 1977	R2 2	Partick Thistle	H	1-0	5,907
5 October 1977	R3 1	Arbroath	A	4-0	3,482
26 October 1977	R3 2	Arbroath	H	2-1	3,107	Gough, Dodds
9 November 1977	QF 1	Heart of Midlothian	H	3-1	7,286
16 November 1977	QF 2	Heart of Midlothian	A	0-2	7,245	Gough, Dodds

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

See also

• 1977–78 in Scottish football