Dundee 1
St Mirren 0
League (First Division)
DundeeDundee |
1 - 01 - 0 |
St MirrenSt Mirren |
 |
League (First Division) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Eddie Annand |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
John McCormack |
Tony Fitzpatrick |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Robert Douglas Brian Irvine Lee Maddison Dave Rogers Barry Smith Dariusz Adamczuk Iain Anderson Darren Magee Jim McInally Eddie Annand James Grady |
Alan Combe Barry McLaughlin David Winnie Norman McWhirter Paul Fenwick Paul Archdeacon Hugh Murray Tommy Turner Tom Brown Junior Mendes Russell Kelly |
| Bench | |
|
Craig Tully John Elliot Jerry O'Driscoll |
Scrimgeour Mark Yardley Watson |
| Substitutions | |
|
Jerry O'Driscoll for Eddie Annand (73) John Elliot for Iain Anderson (89) |
Mark Yardley for Hugh Murray (46) Watson for Paul Archdeacon (68) |
| Cautions | |
|
Iain Anderson Brian Irvine Lee Maddison |
Hugh Murray Alan Combe Norman McWhirter David Winnie Russell Kelly |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Martin Clark (Edinburgh) (Referee) |
Match Report
Dark Blues new star striker Eddie Annand maintained his goal-a-game run in the league this season.
But the strike, which kept Dundee top of the pile with a 100% record, owed much to not-so-saintly Alan Combe.
The unfortunate Paisley keeper tried to find ex-Dundee defender Winnie with a pass after Fenwick had played the ball back to him.
But he directed it straight into the path of the eager Annand, who seized his chance and drove it into Combe's right-hand corner.
The only consolation the keeper might have found came from the fact that he had done exceptionally well to defy an earlier attempt by the Dens men.
After less than a minute, Grady got in a header from Annand's cross which looked home all the way. But Combe somehow got a boot to it and sent it over his bar.
After their storming start, any notion that Dundee would coast to another emphatic win after getting their noses in front was quickly removed.
Saints pepped up their ideas after bringing on Yardley at the interval. In truth, the Paisley men did not create too many clear chances, but did enough to make it an uncomfortable experience for the league leaders.
There were plenty of bookings in a hard-fought game. The Saints who saw yellow were Murray, Combe, McWhirter, Winnie and Kelly, along with Dundee's Anderson, Irvine and Maddison.
Match report written by The Courier
Squad Statistics (as at August 23rd, 1997)
| 1997-98 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Robert Douglas (GK) | 25 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Brian Irvine | 32 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Lee Maddison | 24 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Dave Rogers | 21 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Barry Smith | 23 |
|
6 | - | 71 | - |
| Dariusz Adamczuk | 27 |
|
6 | - | 69 | 2 |
| Iain Anderson | 20 |
|
6 | - | 86 | 11 |
| Darren Magee | 20 |
|
6 | - | 8 | - |
| Jim McInally | 33 |
|
6 | - | 17 | 2 |
| Eddie Annand | 24 |
|
6 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| James Grady | 26 |
|
6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Jerry O'Driscoll (sub) | 19 |
|
6 | 2 | 36 | 14 |
| John Elliot (sub) | 17 |
|
5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
League Table (as at August 23rd, 1997)
No league table has been added for this season.
Manager's Programme Notes
Despite our elimination from the Coca-Cola Cup by Aberdeen on Tuesday evening, as you know,I always try to be positive even in defeat.
And there was no doubt that it let the players and myself know the kind of standard that will be required if we realise our ambition of Premier Division football next season.
It was all part of the learning process and can only stand us in good stead.
But for the time being we are in the First Division and getting out of this League is our number one priority.
The season may only be two league games old, but we already know that all the games ahead will be hard.
So far, I can only be happy with our progress. Two matches have brought us two wins, and in both, we have looked solid at the back as well as finding the net regularly.
St Mirren, our visitors this afternoon, are another side with promotion ambitions and are a good footballing side.
However, I hope that we can again grab the initiative to dictate play and go on anb bag full points.