1979–80 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1979–80 season

Manager

Jim McLean

Scottish Premier Division

1st (European Cup)
W12 D13 L11 F43 A30 P37

4th Round

Winners

2nd Round

Semi-Final

← 1978–79

1980–81 →

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

Dundee United played a total of ?? competitive matches during the 1979–80 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
11 August 1979	Dundee	H	3-0	17,968
18 August 1979	Kilmarnock	A	0-1	5,882
25 August 1979	Aberdeen	H	1-3	10,982
8 September 1979	Celtic	A	2-2	25,959
15 September 1979	St Mirren	A	2-3	6,276
22 September 1979	Partick Thistle	H	0-2	6,786
29 September 1979	Greenock Morton	A	1-4	6,558
6 October 1979	Rangers	H	0-0	19,464
13 October 1979	Hibernian	H	2-0	7,487
20 October 1979	Dundee	A	0-1	16,305
27 October 1979	Kilmarnock	H	4-0	6,403
3 November 1979	Aberdeen	A	3-0	13,432
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
15 December 1979	Rangers	A	1-2	18,934
22 December 1979	Dundee	H	2-0	15,431
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
23 February 1980	Hibernian	H	1-0	7,822
1 March 1980	Dundee	A	1-1	15,116
8 March 1980	Kilmarnock	H	0-0	6,497
12 March 1980	Partick Thistle	H	2-1	6,154
15 March 1980	Aberdeen	A	1-2	7,836
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
5 April 1980	Partick Thistle	A	2-2	3,394
8 April 1980	Celtic	H	3-0	14,616
12 April 1980	Greenock Morton	H	2-0	6,467
19 April 1980	Hibernian	A	2-0	4,921
23 April 1980	Greenock Morton	H	2-0	4,687
26 April 1980	Rangers	A	1-2	16,343
28 April 1980	Aberdeen	H	1-1	12,764	Sturrock
1 May 1980	Greenock Morton	A	0-0	2,614

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 January 1980	R3	Dundee	H	5-1	18,064
16 February 1980	R4	Rangers	A	0-1	29,000

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 August 1979	R2 1	Airdrieonians	A	1-2	2,570	Gough (2), Holt, Taylor, Dodds, Bannon
1 September 1979	R2 2	Airdrieonians	H	2-0	5,760	Gough, Dodds
26 September 1979	R3 1	Queen's Park	A	3-0	939	Dodds (3), Reilly (2)
10 October 1979	R3 2	Queen's Park	H	2-1	3,395	Dodds (3), Reilly (2)
31 October 1979	QF 1	Raith Rovers	H	0-0	7,426
14 November 1979	QF 2	Raith Rovers	A	1-0	6,838	Johnstone (2), Milne
24 November 1979	SF	Hamilton Academical	N	6-2	8,000	Dodds
8 December 1979	F	Aberdeen	N	0-0	27,156
12 December 1979	F R	Aberdeen	N	3-0	28,984

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 1979	R1 1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	H	0-0	12,282	Reilly, Bannon, Stark
2 October 1979	R1 2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	A	1-1	25,000	Milne (2), Kirkwood
24 October 1979	R2 1	Diosgyori VTK	H	0-1	10,500
7 November 1979	R2 2	Diosgyori VTK	A	1-3	27,000	Milne (2), Hegarty, Dodds

Drybrough Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 July 1979	QF	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3-0	4,480	Kopel, Frye, Milne
1 August 1979	SF	Celtic	H	2-3	21,000	Stewart (penalty), Payne

References

↑ "Match results 1979/1980". Arab Archive. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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1979–80 Dundee United F.C. season

Match results

Legend

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Drybrough Cup

References

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