1979–80 Dundee United F.C. season

November 2021 Dundee United 1979–80 Jim McLean Tannadice Park Scottish Premier Division 3rdW12 D13 L11 F43 A30 P37 Scottish Cup 4th round League Cup Winners UEFA Cup 2nd round Drybrough Cup 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 53 competitive matches during the 1979–80 season.http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/matches.php? Match results 1979/1980 Arab Archive 7 February 2017 Legend WinDrawLoss All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers11 August 1979DundeeH3–017,968 Sturrock, Kirkwood, Stark18 August 1979KilmarnockA0–15,882 25 August 1979AberdeenH1–310,982Sturrock8 September 1979CelticA2–225,959Pettigrew (penalty), Milne15 September 1979St MirrenA2–36,276Pettigrew (2)22 September 1979Partick ThistleH2–16,786Pettigrew, Kopel29 September 1979Greenock MortonA1–46,558Pettigrew6 October 1979RangersH0–019,46413 October 1979HibernianH2–07,487Pettigrew, Milne20 October 1979DundeeA0–116,30527 October 1979KilmarnockH4–06,403Fleming (2), Pettigrew, Kirkwood3 November 1979AberdeenA3–013,432Pettigrew, Phillip, Bannon10 November 1979CelticH0–118,63017 November 1979St MirrenH0–06,28128 November 1979Partick ThistleA1–12,830Sturrock15 December 1979RangersA1–218,934Dodds22 December 1979DundeeH2–015,431Holt, Pettigrew29 December 1979KilmarnockA0–04,515 5 January 1980CelticA0–123,82212 January 1980St MirrenA1–28,355Narey23 February 1980HibernianH1–07,822Pettigrew1 March 1980DundeeA1–115,116Sturrock8 March 1980KilmarnockH0–06,49712 March 1980Partick ThistleH0–06,15415 March 1980AberdeenA1–27,836Kirkwood19 March 1980RangersH0–09,53329 March 1980St MirrenH0–06,2922 April 1980HibernianA2–05,919Dodds, Pettigrew5 April 1980Partick ThistleA2–23,354Dodds, Holt8 April 1980CelticH3–014,616Dodds (2), Holt12 April 1980Greenock MortonH2–06,46719 April 1980HibernianA2–04,921Pettigrew, Bannon (penalty)23 April 1980Greenock MortonH2–04,687Dodds, Bannon (penalty)26 April 1980RangersA1–216,343Pettigrew28 April 1980AberdeenH1–112,764Holt1 May 1980Greenock MortonA0–02,614 Scottish Cup DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers30 January 1980R3DundeeH5–118,064Pettigrew (4 including 1 penalty), Sturrock 16 February 1980R4RangersA0–129,000 League Cup DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers29 August 1979R2 1AirdrieoniansA1–22,570Addison1 September 1979R2 2AirdrieoniansH2–05,760Sturrock, Payne26 September 1979R3 1Queen's ParkA3–0939Pettigrew, Dodds, Sturrock10 October 1979R3 2Queen's ParkH2–13,395Sturrock (penalty), Dodds31 October 1979QF 1Raith RoversH0–07,42614 November 1979QF 2Raith RoversA1–06,838Hegarty24 November 1979SFHamilton AcademicalN6–27,974Sturrock (2), Kirkwood (2), Pettigrew, Hegarty8 December 1979FAberdeenN0–027,15612 December 1979F RAberdeenN3–028,984Pettigrew (2), Sturrock UEFA Cup DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers19 September 1979R1 1BEL R.S.C. AnderlechtH0–012,2822 October 1979R1 2BEL R.S.C. AnderlechtÉmile Versé Stadium A1–125,000Kopel24 October 1979R2 1HUN Diosgyori VTKH0–110,5007 November 1979R2 2HUN Diosgyori VTKA1–327,000Kopel Drybrough Cup DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers28 July 1979QFDunfermline AthleticH3–04,480 Kopel, Sturrock, Milne 1 August 1979SFCelticN2–321,000Stewart (penalty), Payne League table DNU References See also 1979–80 in Scottish football Category:Dundee United F.C. seasons Dundee United