Dundee United F.C. season 1985-86

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Dundee United
Season 1985-86
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
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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

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Attendance
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
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
18 Sep 1985 R1 1 Flag of Ireland Bohemians A 5-2 Sturrock (3), Bannon (2)
02 Oct 1985 R1 2 Flag of Ireland Bohemians H 2-2 Milne, Redford
23 Oct 1985 R2 1 Flag of Yugoslavia Vardar H 2-0 Redford, Gough
06 Nov 1985 R2 2 Flag of Yugoslavia Vardar A 1-1 Hegarty
26 Nov 1985 R3 1 Flag of Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax H 2-1 Dodds, Redford
10 Dec 1985 R3 2 Flag of Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax A 1-3 Bannon

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

The club signed one player during the season with a total public cost of £70,000. Two other players joined before the following season.

Date Player From Fee (£)
15 Aug 1985 Flag of Scotland Redford, IanIan Redford Rangers £0,070,000[2]
16 May 1986 Flag of Scotland Bowman, DaveDave Bowman Coventry City £0,140,000*[3]
16 May 1986 Flag of Scotland McInally, JimJim McInally Coventry City £0,140,000*[4]

[edit] Out

Three players were sold by the club during the season.

Date Player To Fee
11 Apr 1986 Flag of Scotland McAlpine, HamishHamish McAlpine Raith Rovers Free[5]
00 May 1986 Flag of Scotland Beedie, StuartStuart Beedie Hibernian Unknown[6]
00 May 1986 Flag of Scotland Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood Hibernian Unknown[7]

[edit] Loans out

Player To
Flag of Scotland Thomson, ScottScott Thomson Raith Rovers

[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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dundee Utd 1985/1986 results and fixtures. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
  2. ^ Player A to Z: Ian Redford. Glenrothes Arabs.
  3. ^ Player A to Z: Dave Bowman. Glenrothes Arabs.
  4. ^ Player A to Z: Jim McINally. Glenrothes Arabs.
  5. ^ Player A to Z: Hamish McAlpine. Glenrothes Arabs.
  6. ^ Player A to Z: Stuart Beedie. Glenrothes Arabs.
  7. ^ Player A to Z: Billy Kirkwood. Glenrothes Arabs.
  8. ^ Dundee United A-Z (U). Dundee United FC.

[edit] See also