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European results in the club's history.
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Milne
magic does trick by Wallace Moore
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Dundee
United 2 (Milne 55, Coyne 59) Lens 0
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Dundee
United fell back on all their years of European experience
last night at Tannadice and found four more minutes of magic.
For 54 minutes they battered away at a French defence that
created but showed no real sign of cracking. But the Taysiders,
who made their first European appearance almost exactly
20 years ago, didn't panic, And when the reward finally
presented itself they knew exactly how to accept it.
There
was though, blazing controversey, over the second goal in
59 minutes which saw them safely into the second round of
the UEFA Cup. Lens launched a mass protest that Ralph Milne
was offside before he played the ball inside for Tommy Coyne
to bundle it into the net.
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What the French
overlooked was the fact United should have had a penalty seconds
earlier when Senac appeared to handle another Milne cross. Coach
Joachim Marx joined in the protest and was ordered to the stand
by Italian referee Claudio Pieri.
Lens did threaten
to score a crucial away goal near the end, but United had again
done their work when it really mattered. The first United goal in
55 minutes owed everything to the vast experience
of Milne, Eammon Bannon and Paul Sturrock. Bannon just kept the
ball in play and there seemed no real danger until Sturrock made
a darting run to catch it. Goalkeeper Huard 'sold himself by racing
to the corner of his box and when Sturrock played the ball inside,
Milne cooly made room and time before shooting home. It was Milne's
15th European goal for United and transfer-seeking Coyne's winner
justified his place in the team.
BUT,OVER THE 90
MINUTES, NO UNITED PLAYERS DID BETTER THAN GARY McGINNIS AND FORMER
CELT JIM McINALLY. Dave Beaumont moved to centre defence when Dave
Narey was ruled out , and was another big success. Before the goals.
United's best effort was a superb dipping shot by lan Redford which
Huard touched on to the bar. |
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| Dundee
United: B
Thompson, Malpas,
McGinnis,
McInally,
Beaumont,
Hegarty, Milne,
Coyne, Bannon,
Sturrock,
Redford
Substitutes:
McLeod,
Sulley,
Bowmen,
Gallacher,
S Thompson.
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Racing Lens: Huard,
Sikora, Catalano,
Senac, Gillot,
Krawczyk,
Lefebvre,
Deplanche, Dewilder,
Oudjani,
Carreno,
Substitutes:
Pagal, Hannini,
Ramos, Njo-Lea,
Gardie |
| Ref: C.
Pieri (Italy) |
| Attendance:
11,645 |
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