Dundee United F.C. season 1985-86
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| Dundee United | |
| Season 1985-86 | |
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| Manager | Jim McLean |
| Chairman | George Fox |
| League | Scottish Premier Division |
| Final league position | 3rd (UEFA Cup) W18 D11 L7 F59 A31 P47 |
| Tennent's Scottish Cup | Semi-finals |
| Skol Cup | Semi-finals |
| UEFA Cup | Third round |
| Top goalscorer | |
| ← Previous season 1984-85 |
Next season → 1986-87 |
The 1985-86 season was the 77th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1985-07-01 to 1986-06-30. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
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[edit] Match results
Dundee United played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1985-86 season.[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Hearts and to Aberdeen in the same round of the Skol Cup. Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax eliminated United in the third round of the UEFA Cup.
[edit] Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
[edit] Premier Division
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup
| Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
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| 25 Jan 1986 | R3 | Morton | H | 4-0 | 6,938 |
| 15 Feb 1986 | R4 | Kilmarnock | H | 1-1 | 6,610 |
| 19 Feb 1986 | R4r | Kilmarnock | A | 1-0 | 9,054 |
| 08 Mar 1986 | QF | Motherwell | A | 1-0 | 6,822 |
| 05 Apr 1986 | SF | Hearts | N | 0-1 | 30,872 |
[edit] Skol Cup
| Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
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| 21 Aug 1985 | R2 | Alloa | A | 2-0 | 2,010 |
| 28 Aug 1985 | R3 | Clydebank | H | 2-0 | 7,250 |
| 04 Sep 1985 | QF | St Mirren | H | 2-1 | 9,650 |
| 25 Sep 1985 | SF 1 | Aberdeen | H | 0-1 | 12,837 |
| 09 Oct 1985 | SF 2 | Aberdeen | A | 0-1 | 20,000 |
[edit] UEFA Cup
| Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
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| 18 Sep 1985 | R1 1 |  Bohemians |
A | 5-2 | Sturrock (3), Bannon (2) |
| 02 Oct 1985 | R1 2 | Bohemians |
H | 2-2 | Milne, Redford |
| 23 Oct 1985 | R2 1 |  Vardar |
H | 2-0 | Redford, Gough |
| 06 Nov 1985 | R2 2 | Vardar |
A | 1-1 | Hegarty |
| 26 Nov 1985 | R3 1 |  Neuchâtel Xamax |
H | 2-1 | Dodds, Redford |
| 10 Dec 1985 | R3 2 | Neuchâtel Xamax |
A | 1-3 | Bannon |
[edit] Transfers
[edit] InThe club signed one player during the season with a total public cost of £70,000. Two other players joined before the following season.
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[edit] OutThree players were sold by the club during the season.
[edit] Loans out
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[edit] Playing kit
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The shirts were sponsored for the first time - future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores were the inaugural sponsors.
[edit] Trivia
- Undersoil heating was used for the first time on 1985-11-27 in the UEFA Cup match against Neuchatel Xamax[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Dundee Utd 1985/1986 results and fixtures. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ Player A to Z: Ian Redford. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Player A to Z: Dave Bowman. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Player A to Z: Jim McINally. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Player A to Z: Hamish McAlpine. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Player A to Z: Stuart Beedie. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Player A to Z: Billy Kirkwood. Glenrothes Arabs.
- ^ Dundee United A-Z (U). Dundee United FC.
[edit] See also
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