Dundee 0
Heart of Midlothian 0
League (Premier Division)
DundeeDundee |
0 - 00 - 0 |
HeartsHearts |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jocky Scott |
Alex MacDonald |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Bobby Geddes Jim Duffy Stewart Forsyth Tosh McKinlay Rab Shannon Jim Smith John Brown Vince Mennie Ross Jack Albert Kidd Ray Stephen |
Henry Smith Walter Kidd Brian Whittaker Sandy Jardine Neil Berry Craig Levein John Robertson Kenny Black Sandy Clark Andy Watson Wayne Foster |
| Bench | |
|
Stuart Rafferty Graham Harvey |
John Colquhoun George Cowie |
| Substitutions | |
|
Graham Harvey for Vince Mennie (55) Stuart Rafferty for Albert Kidd (70) |
John Colquhoun for John Robertson (74) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
D. Hope (Erskine) (Referee) |
Match Report
Newspaper extract from The Sporting Post.
Dundee make three changes to the winning side against Rangers.Injury rules out George McGeachie and Ian Angus with Stewart Forsyth and Vince Mennie the replacements. Albert "Heartbreaker" Kidd returns at the expense of Graham Harvey.
Hearts shake up their forwards, bringing back John Robertson with winger John Colquhoun on the bench. Neil Berry is back after five weeks out injured.
Dundee Geddes; Forsyth, McKinlay, Shannon, Smith, Duffy, Mennie, Brown, Jack, Kidd, Stephen. Subs-Harvey, Rafferty
Hearts-Smith; Kidd Whittaker, Jardine, Berry, Levein, Robertson, Black, Clark, Watson, Foster. Subs- Colquhoun, Cowie.
Referee-D. Hope (Erskine).
Dundee attack from the kick off.
Levein only just reaches McKinlay's cross and Smith tidies up.
Clark has the ball in the net from Whittaker's chip but is ruled off side.
Albert Kidd tries a 30 yarder after 10 minutes.
Geddes gets down quickly to a Robertson free from the same range a minute later.
Robertson breaks clear on the right and Brown is happy to hook the cross away.
Dundee force two corners but the pressure breaks down when McKinlay is adjuged to handle.
Brown burst through break ing two tackles and sets up Mennie through whose cross has the Jam Tarts scrambling.
Dundee mount an aerial bombardment with Mennie just över from a McKinlay free.
Dundee force another corner which Hearts take two attempts to mop up.
Kidd is busy up front and on the half hour floats one just past.
Jack snatches a half chance high before a Duffy misunderstanding allows Hearts some respite. Robertson's overhead kick is well wide.
Whitaker tries to show the front men how it's done, but it is just over.
Dundee make seven passes setting up Jack who has Henry Smith stretching to his right.
Mennie and Forysth combine but the keeper rushes out and dives bravely at Mennie's feet.
Half-time-Dundee 0. Hearts 0.
Reflections-Dundee have most of the pressure and chances.
Whittaker attempting to clear thumps the ball against Forsyth and it balloons up and over the despairing Henry Smith,
No goal says the ref-feet up?
Hearts come fighting back and Clark has the best chance so far but at full stretch his shot goes well over.
Dundee bring on Harvey for Mennie.
Clark up ends Geddes and the ball breaks free. Foul says the ref, who is consistent when 'Jack bores in on Smith.
Geddes is out well to save at Foster's feet. The Englishman finds Clark but his final pass is weak.
At the other end Kidd snaps a volley over.
Robertson sneaks through and somehow the home defence fails to clear. Geddes is saviour once again.
It's real end to end stuff now.
A magnificent one handed Geddes save thwarts Robert- son's diving header.
Rafferty comes on for Kidd. Colquhoun replaces Robertson for Hearts.
Brown climbs over everyone but can't find the direction his header needs.
Smith's interception is perfection as Clark looks ready to power in on goal.
Foster drills the ball straight at Geddes from a narrow angle.
Harvey gets a foul from Berry, but Brown under pressure heads wide.
Final-Dundee 0, Hearts 0.
Summing-up-Plenty of excitement at both ends but the vital luck in front of goals was never there.
Squad Statistics (as at September 27th, 1986)
| 1986-87 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Bobby Geddes (GK) | 26 |
|
12 | - | 172 | - |
| Jim Duffy | 27 |
|
12 | - | 54 | - |
| Stewart Forsyth | 24 |
|
10 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| Tosh McKinlay | 21 |
|
12 | - | 127 | 6 |
| Rab Shannon | 20 |
|
12 | 1 | 61 | 3 |
| Jim Smith | 25 |
|
11 | - | 176 | 6 |
| John Brown | 24 |
|
10 | 2 | 85 | 25 |
| Vince Mennie | 22 |
|
3 | - | 17 | 2 |
| Ross Jack | 27 |
|
11 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Albert Kidd | 24 |
|
5 | - | 146 | 16 |
| Ray Stephen | 23 |
|
11 | 3 | 221 | 57 |
| Stuart Rafferty (sub) | 25 |
|
3 | - | 81 | 8 |
| Graham Harvey (sub) | 24 |
|
11 | 4 | 57 | 15 |
League Table (as at September 27th, 1986)
No league table has been added for this season.
Manager's Programme Notes
Last week's result against Rangers was a tremendous one for the Club especially when you consider that before coming to Dens, Rangers were in the middle of an unbeaten run. This match was in con- trast to our game away at Motherwell where we were watched by a crowd of less than 3,000. In these types of matches it is often difficult for players to get going and lack of atmosphere is something that can affect any set of players. At Motherwell we did enough to pick up a point but only played well in patches.
Against Rangers last week there was a big crowd who created a tremendous atmosphere for the players and as a result our performance was a lot better. Having said that, the players found it difficult to measure their passes in the first-half with the wind at their backs. In the second half the players found it easier to play against the wind and were able to play a more natural game. Although I was pleased with the result I took more pleasure out of our second-half performance for the reasons already stated.
All the players benefited from the atmosphere and it was good to see John Brown get on the score-sheet with a brilliant goal after the team had worked hard throughout the game.
Today we face Hearts who as a team always work hard and have a number of good players in their side. Like Rangers, Hearts are also on a good run at the moment and in recent matches they have played well to get the results. For us this is another home match and it is important that we continue to do the job at home.
We are looking for another big crowd today to create the right type of atmosphere to lift the players and hopefully you the supporters will wit ness another good game.
I have told the players that I am looking for a repeat of last Saturday's second-half performance but not just for 45 minutes. We must aim to produce that form throughout the ninety minutes as we know. that Hearts will not give up until the final whistle.
I would ask you to get behind the players and I also hope that you enjoy the game.