1979–80 Dundee United F.C. season explained

Club:	Dundee United
Season:	1979–80
Manager:	Jim McLean
League:	Scottish Premier Division
League Result:	3rd W12 D13 L11 F43 A30 P37
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	4th round
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3 Result:	2nd round
Cup4 Result:	Semi-final
Prevseason:	1978–79
Nextseason:	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.^[1]

Legend

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.Own goals in italics

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 1979	Dundee	H	3–0	17,968	Sturrock, Kirkwood, Stark
18 August 1979	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	5,882
25 August 1979	Aberdeen	H	1–3	10,982	Sturrock
8 September 1979	Celtic	A	2–2	25,959	Pettigrew (penalty), Milne
15 September 1979	St Mirren	A	2–3	6,276	Pettigrew (2)
22 September 1979	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	6,786	Pettigrew, Kopel
29 September 1979	Greenock Morton	A	1–4	6,558	Pettigrew
6 October 1979	Rangers	H	0–0	19,464
13 October 1979	Hibernian	H	2–0	7,487	Pettigrew, Milne
20 October 1979	Dundee	A	0–1	16,305
27 October 1979	Kilmarnock	H	4–0	6,403	Fleming (2), Pettigrew, Kirkwood
3 November 1979	Aberdeen	A	3–0	13,432	Pettigrew, Phillip, Bannon
10 November 1979	Celtic	H	0–1	18,630
17 November 1979	St Mirren	H	0–0	6,281
28 November 1979	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	2,830	Sturrock
15 December 1979	Rangers	A	1–2	18,934	Dodds
22 December 1979	Dundee	H	2–0	15,431	Holt, Pettigrew
29 December 1979	Kilmarnock	A	0–0	4,515
5 January 1980	Celtic	A	0–1	23,822
12 January 1980	St Mirren	A	1–2	8,355	Narey
23 February 1980	Hibernian	H	1–0	7,822	Pettigrew
1 March 1980	Dundee	A	1–1	15,116	Sturrock
8 March 1980	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	6,497
12 March 1980	Partick Thistle	H	0–0	6,154
15 March 1980	Aberdeen	A	1–2	7,836	Kirkwood
19 March 1980	Rangers	H	0–0	9,533
29 March 1980	St Mirren	H	0–0	6,292
2 April 1980	Hibernian	A	2–0	5,919	Dodds, Pettigrew
5 April 1980	Partick Thistle	A	2–2	3,354	Dodds, Holt
8 April 1980	Celtic	H	3–0	14,616	Dodds (2), Holt
12 April 1980	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	6,467
19 April 1980	Hibernian	A	2–0	4,921	Pettigrew, Bannon (penalty)
23 April 1980	Greenock Morton	H	2–0	4,687	Dodds, Bannon (penalty)
26 April 1980	Rangers	A	1–2	16,343	Pettigrew
28 April 1980	Aberdeen	H	1–1	12,764	Holt
1 May 1980	Greenock Morton	A	0–0	2,614

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 January 1980	R3	Dundee	H	5–1	18,064
16 February 1980	R4	Rangers	A	0–1	29,000

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 August 1979	R2 1	Airdrieonians	A	1–2	2,570	Addison
1 September 1979	R2 2	Airdrieonians	H	2–0	5,760	Sturrock, Payne
26 September 1979	R3 1	Queen's Park	A	3–0	939	Pettigrew, Dodds, Sturrock
10 October 1979	R3 2	Queen's Park	H	2–1	3,395	Sturrock (penalty), Dodds
31 October 1979	QF 1	Raith Rovers	H	0–0	7,426
14 November 1979	QF 2	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	6,838	Hegarty
24 November 1979	SF	Hamilton Academical	N	6–2	7,974	Sturrock (2), Kirkwood (2), Pettigrew, Hegarty
8 December 1979	F	Aberdeen	N	0–0	27,156
12 December 1979	F R	Aberdeen	N	3–0	28,984

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 1979	R1 1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	H	0–0	12,282
2 October 1979	R1 2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Émile Versé Stadium A	1–1	25,000	Kopel
24 October 1979	R2 1	Diosgyori VTK	H	0–1	10,500
7 November 1979	R2 2	Diosgyori VTK	A	1–3	27,000	Kopel

Drybrough Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 July 1979	QF	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	4,480
1 August 1979	SF	Celtic	N	2–3	21,000	Stewart (penalty), Payne

See also

• 1979–80 in Scottish football

Notes and References

1. Web site: Match results 1979/1980. Arab Archive. 7 February 2017.