Dundee 0
Aberdeen 4
League (Premier Division)

Match Report

Newspaper extract from The Sunday Post.

The Dons don't board their Frankfurt-bound plane till Tuesday, but they're flying high already!

Drew Jarvie was the first to get the airborne habit before 10 minutes were on the clock when he brilliantly out jumped the home defence to put two headers past Donaldson from exactly the same position at the right hand post.

The Dark Blues never really recovered after that, although twice only quick thinking by the old head of Bobby Clark kept them out. First Sinclair, then Murphy found themselves clean through.

Sinclair actually got his shot in, but Clark deflected it past. Murphy's try was superbly blocked by the 'keeper, first with his foot, then his hand.

The game fell away a bit with Aberdeen seemingly satisfied their job was done and getting terribly careless in the process. They badly missed the poise of Gordon Strachan and Willie Miller.

Dundee huffed and puffed away, but rarely looked like getting the better of the big Aberdeen defence, in which Alex McLeish was a stand out, both on the ground and in the air.

The Dons made chances now and again, and even Harper had a couple of misses which, a few years back, he would have potted without any bother. The wee man wouldn't be denied, though, and when his goal came it was a beauty.

Sullivan sent over a fine cross, and Joe was in like a flash to flick it in with his head.

Archibald hit number four following a fine through pass from Jarvie, and so the Dons ended up in real style. Maybe it just wasn't Dundee's day. They did quite a lot of nice things, and in Sinclair and Murphy had two of the best players afield.

For Aberdeen, Considine and Kennedy were a dandy pair of backs and Clark and Garner were safe as houses.

Dundee had two players booked, Millar for a foul on Bell and McLaren for dissent.