Dundee United F.C. records

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Contents 1 Player records 1.1 Appearances 1.1.1 All-time appearances 1.2 Goalscorers 1.2.1 All-time goalscorers 2 Club records 2.1 Scores 2.2 Goals 2.3 Wins 2.4 Attendances 2.5 Transfers 2.5.1 Bought 2.5.2 Sold 3 References

[edit] Player records

[edit] Appearances

• Most international appearances: Maurice Malpas (55 for Scotland)
• Most League appearances: Maurice Malpas (617, 1981-2000)
• Youngest player: Ian Mitchell, aged 16 years and four months (against Hibernian in Division One in September 1962)
• Youngest SPL player: Greg Cameron, aged 16 years (against Kilmarnock in the SPL in December 2004)
• Oldest player: Jimmy Brownlie, aged 40 years and eight months (against Hearts at Tynecastle in February 1926, as an emergency goalkeeper)

[edit] All-time appearances

As of January 1, 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):

	Name	Games	Goals
1	Narey, DaveDave Narey	865	35
2	Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas	826	26
3	Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty	704	83
4	McAlpine, HamishHamish McAlpine	677	3
5	Smith, DougDoug Smith	604	26
6	Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock	571	170
7	Gillespie, DenisDenis Gillespie	454	114
8	Bannon, EamonnEamonn Bannon	440	108
9	Rolland, AndyAndy Rolland	429	37
10	Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	424	12
11	Holt, JohnJohn Holt	403	24
12	Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood	394	69
12	Kopel, FrankFrank Kopel	394	9
14	McInally, JimJim McInally	391	22
15	Briggs, JimmyJimmy Briggs	385	31
16	Dodds, DavieDavie Dodds	356	150
17	Clark, JohnJohn Clark	327	37
18	Fleming, GeorgeGeorge Fleming	326	36
19	Mitchell, IanIan Mitchell	301	127
20	Payne, GrahamGraham Payne	288	20
21	Milne, RalphRalph Milne	286	73

[edit] Goalscorers

• Most League goals: Peter McKay (158 during 1947-1954)
• Most League goals in one season: Johnny Coyle (43 in 1955-56)
• Youngest scorer: David Goodwillie, aged 16 years and 11 months (against Hibernian on 4 March 2006; also the SPL's youngest scorer)^[1]

[edit] All-time goalscorers

As of January 1, 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):

	Name	Goals	Games	Average
1	Peter McKay	201	-	-
2	Paul Sturrock	170	571	0.30
3	Davie Dodds	150	356	0.45
4	Ian Mitchell	127	301	0.42
5	Denis Gillespie	114	454	0.25
6	Eamonn Bannon	108	440	0.25
7	Arthur Milne	85	81	1.05
8	Paul Hegarty	83	704	0.12
9	Finn Dossing	76	115	0.66
10	Ralph Milne	73	286	0.26

[edit] Club records

[edit] Scores

• Biggest win: 14-0 v Nithsdale Wanderers, Scottish Cup 1st Round, January 17, 1931
• Biggest league win: 12–1 v East Stirlingshire, Scottish Football League Division Two, April 13, 1936
• Worst defeat: 1-12 v Motherwell, Scottish Football League Division Two, January 23, 1954

[edit] Goals

• Most league goals: 108 during 1935-36 in Division Two (3.2 per match)
• Fewest league goals: 21 during 1911-12 in Division Two (0.95 per match)
• Fastest goal: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on October 16, 1965

[edit] Wins

• Most consecutive wins: 10 during the last five matches of 1982-83 and the first five of the 1983-84
• Most league wins in a season: 24 from 36 games (1928-29 and 1982-83)

[edit] Attendances

• Highest home attendance: 28,000 v CF Barcelona, European Fairs Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg, November 16, 1966
• Largest crowd involving Dundee United: 100,000+ against Selangor for the formal opening of the Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia, in July 1994

[edit] Transfers

Record transfers as of January 1, 2007 (Figures based on press reports). Inflation figures for 2006 equivalent have been calculated via a Historic inflation calculator

[edit] Bought

Year Player From Fee 1959 Dennis Gillespie Alloa £3,000 1968 Kenny Cameron Kilmarnock £10,000 1974 Paul Hegarty Hamilton Academical £27,500 1975 Tom McAdam Dumbarton £40,000 1977 John Bourke Dumbarton £60,000 1979 Willie Pettigrew Motherwell £100,000 1979 Eamonn Bannon Chelsea £165,000 1988 Miodrag Krivokapić Red Star £200,000 1989 Michael O'Neill Newcastle United £350,000 1993 Gordan Petric Partizan £600,000 1995 Steven Pressley Coventry City £750,000

Year Player From Fee (2006) 1959 Dennis Gillespie Alloa £48,390 1968 Kenny Cameron Kilmarnock £125,200 1974 Paul Hegarty Hamilton Academical £229,075 1975 Tom McAdam Dumbarton £287,200 1977 John Bourke Dumbarton £297,600 1979 Willie Pettigrew Motherwell £395,000 1979 Eamonn Bannon Chelsea £651,750 1993 Gordan Petric Partizan £852,000 1995 Steven Pressley Coventry City £1,027,500 Adjusted for 2006 figures only

[edit] Sold

Year Player From Fee 1927 Jimmy Simpson Rangers £1,250 1929 Duncan Hutchison Newcastle United £4,050 1957 Johnny Coyle Clyde £8,000 1961 Ron Yeats Liverpool £30,000 1970 Ian Mitchell Newcastle United £50,000 1975 Andy Gray Aston Villa £100,000 1979 Ray Stewart West Ham United £400,000 1986 Richard Gough Tottenham Hotspur £750,000 1990 Kevin Gallacher Coventry City £950,000 1993 Duncan Ferguson Rangers £4,000,000

Year Player From Fee (2006) 1927 Jimmy Simpson Rangers £52,510 1929 Duncan Hutchison Newcastle United £174,880 1961 Ron Yeats Liverpool £476,100 1970 Ian Mitchell Newcastle United £567,500 1975 Andy Gray Aston Villa £718,000 1979 Ray Stewart West Ham United £1,580,000 1990 Kevin Gallacher Coventry City £1,624,500 1993 Duncan Ferguson Rangers £5,680,000 Adjusted for 2006 figures only

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[edit] References

1. ^ SPL - All Time Records. Scottish Premier League. Retrieved on September 26, 2006.