Dundee 3
Clydebank (1965) 3
League (Premier Division)
DundeeDundee |
3 - 33 - 3 |
Clydebank (1965)Clydebank (1965) |
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League (Premier Division) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Stuart Rafferty (8) Graham Harvey (35) Graham Harvey (71) |
Lex Grant (44) Jim Rodger (52) Mike Conroy (67) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jocky Scott |
Sammy Henderson |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Bobby Geddes Jim Duffy Stewart Forsyth Rab Shannon Jim Smith Ian Angus Vince Mennie Stuart Rafferty Graham Harvey Ross Jack Albert Kidd |
Colin Brodie Joe Dickson Jim Rodger Davie Shanks Billy McGhie John Maher Jamie Fairlie Vinnie Moore Lex Grant Mike Conroy Ian Coyle |
| Bench | |
|
George McGeachie Derek McWilliams |
Jimmy Given Alan Bain |
| Substitutions | |
|
Derek McWilliams for Ross Jack (63) George McGeachie for Albert Kidd (75) |
Jimmy Given for Vinnie Moore Alan Bain for Ian Coyle |
| Cautions | |
| None. | Lex Grant |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
R. B. Valentine (Dundee) (Referee) |
Match Report
Newspaper extract from The Sunday Post .
With half-time approaching, this game seemed to have fizzled out. Then it sparked into life and both sets of fans were treated to a second-half sizzler.
The man who lit the fuse was Bankies' Lex Grant, on the spot to hook the ball home after a corner had been headed back.
Up to that point his team, 2-0 down, had looked dead and buried, losing the first goal after only eight minutes when Rafferty robbed the dithering Moore on the edge of the box and run on to score.
Then Harvey shrugged off a couple of half-hearted tackles and buried the ball in the net.
What a difference in that second period. The Bankies equalised when the home defence left a Conroy cross to each other and full-back Rodger appeared at the post to knock the ball in.
Suddenly, there was a game on. Perhaps the quality of football didn't improve but the effort and endeavour did.
The carefree approach of the first half disappeared and both teams started going into tackles like their lives depended on it.
The visitors delighted their small band of supporters by going into the lead with the best goal of the game. Rodger crossed and Conroy leapt between two defenders to send a magnificent header into the net.
Dundee came roaring back and, when Brodie mishandled a Mennie cross, Harvey forced the ball home.
In a nail-biting final 20 minutes, Dundee threw everything at the visiting defence, but by this time the visitors had abandoned their open-game policy and held out for a well-deserved point.
Only one booking-Lex Grant for a late tackle on Angus.
Best for the home side were Geddes, Duffy, Mennie, Rafferty and Harvey, while Rodger, Fairlie and Grant showed up well for the visitors.
Squad Statistics (as at November 29th, 1986)
| 1986-87 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Bobby Geddes (GK) | 26 |
|
24 | - | 184 | - |
| Jim Duffy | 27 |
|
24 | - | 66 | - |
| Stewart Forsyth | 25 |
|
14 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Rab Shannon | 20 |
|
24 | 3 | 73 | 5 |
| Jim Smith | 25 |
|
23 | - | 188 | 6 |
| Ian Angus | 25 |
|
21 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
| Vince Mennie | 22 |
|
11 | - | 25 | 2 |
| Stuart Rafferty | 25 |
|
15 | 2 | 93 | 10 |
| Graham Harvey | 24 |
|
22 | 12 | 68 | 23 |
| Ross Jack | 27 |
|
21 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Albert Kidd | 25 |
|
9 | - | 150 | 16 |
| George McGeachie (sub) | 27 |
|
19 | - | 260 | 9 |
| Derek McWilliams (sub) | 26 |
|
6 | - | 35 | 4 |
League Table (as at November 29th, 1986)
No league table has been added for this season.
Manager's Programme Notes
Our last three results have been very disappointing and certain aspects of our play have fallen below an acceptable standard.
In the match against Motherwell we made a number of chances which were not converted and it is in matches like. this that we must strive to gain maximum benefit from the chances we make.
The result against Rangers at Ibrox was disappointing in that we lost to a deflected goal with only a few minutes to go. In that match we allowed Rangers midfield players too much room but after half-time we worked harder to shut them down and as a result played better than in the first forty-five minutes.
Last Saturday at Tynecastle we made defensive errors against Hearts for which we were severely punished. We have been working hard in training to correct these faults and are looking to put them right today.
We could talk about the injuries that have without doubt affected the team but these are part and parcel of football and we have players here who know what job is required of them when they play in the first team. The players know that they have not played well recently but they are also aware of what standards they can reach and are keen to rectify what has gone before.
With two home games in a row we have an opportunity to get back on the points trail before we travel to Parkhead to face Celtic next Saturday.
Before then we have Clydebank as our visitors and although they have had an inconsistent season so far they are a team who play good football and are difficult to beat. Clydebank will play it tight at the back and try to frustrate us in the hope that they can get a goal which would put us under pressure. We went to Kilbowie earlier in the season and picked up both points and this is what we must aim for today.