After a lot of pressure on the Drogheda defence, the ball goes wide right and Keith Watson delivers a cross that is hit first-time on the half-volley by Johnny Russell to open the scoring.

Peter Houston's United side take on Drogheda FC at United Park in our opening pre-season friendly. Goals came from Johnny Russell & David Goodwillie.

Willie Pettigrew drives through the sodden Parkhead turf and sets Paul Sturrock free on the right and he delivers a lovely cross that Dodds gets on the end of at the back post under pressure but heads home from close range.

We extend our lead early in the second half as the ball is returned to Eamon Bannon following his corner and he sweeps a cross to the front post where the on rushing Paul Sturrock stabs home from a tight angle.

An early opener for us at Parkhead as Graeme Payne finds Willie Pettigrew rushing into the 6 yard box to slide home our first of the night.

Eamonn Bannon opens the scoring in this League Cup semi 1st leg at Tannadice as Paul Sturrock cuts back from the bye line only for Bonner to spill to Willie Pettigrew who chips nicely to find Eamonn at the back post to fire home.

David Narey intercepts expertly and sends Paul Sturrock free down the left-side the frontman drives into the box and although Pettigrew is clear in the box a fortunate effort from Sturrock canons off Willie Miller and into the net for our third.

Great work by all through the mud heap pitch and the play is fed nicely to Paul Sturrock on the left and he puts in a delightful cross for Willie Pettigrew to beat the 'keeper to the ball and head home from close range for his second of the night.

Striker Willie Pettigrew nets his first of the night at the second attempt after he gets on the end of a low cross from the left side from Derek Stark.

A fantastic run down the left side from Paul Sturrock ends with him chipping an exquisite pass to the onrushing Frank Kopel at the edge of the box who in turn hit a first-time volley that thundered beyond the 'keeper to score an outstanding goal.

In the first minute of the match, Frank Kopel controls a Ray Stewart cross on the edge of the box to swivel and hit a fierce shot beyond the 'keeper and into the bottom right corner of the net to secure the win.

Our Scottish Cup semi final at Hampden ended in a score draw after 90 minutes and was memorable for Pat Gardner's outstanding strike from 30 yards and into the top right corner of the net after the lay-off from Frank Kopel.