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The 1986-87 season was the 78th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1986-07-01 to 1987-06-30. United finished in fifth place, securing Cup Winners' Cup football for the following season, despite their Scottish Cup final defeat to Celtic (Celtic qualified for European competition as league winners).
[edit] Match results
Dundee United played a total of 67 competitive matches during the 1986-87 season.[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to St Mirren and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals. Swedish side Gothenburg defeated United in the final of the UEFA Cup over two legs.
[edit] Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
[edit] Premier Division
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers |
09 Aug 1986 |
Aberdeen |
H |
2-1 |
10,910 |
Gough, Redford |
13 Aug 1986 |
Clydebank |
A |
0-0 |
1,612 |
|
16 Aug 1986 |
Rangers |
A |
3-2 |
43,995 |
Gallacher, Redford |
23 Aug 1986 |
Hearts |
H |
1-0 |
11,068 |
Hegarty |
30 Aug 1986 |
St Mirren |
H |
3-0 |
6,168 |
Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon |
06 Sep 1986 |
Dundee |
A |
2-0 |
12,079 |
Milne, Bannon |
13 Sep 1986 |
Celtic |
H |
2-2 |
19,792 |
Ferguson, Gallacher |
20 Sep 1986 |
Hamilton Academical |
A |
5-1 |
2,876 |
Hegarty (2), Ferguson (2), Sturrock |
27 Sep 1986 |
Hibernian |
A |
1-1 |
5,407 |
Redford |
04 Oct 1986 |
Falkirk |
H |
2-0 |
5,957 |
Ferguson (2) |
08 Oct 1986 |
Motherwell |
H |
4-0 |
5,740 |
Own goal, Ferguson, Own goal, Coyne |
11 Oct 1986 |
Aberdeen |
A |
0-2 |
14,922 |
|
18 Oct 1986 |
Clydebank |
H |
2-0 |
5,314 |
Own goal, Bannon |
25 Oct 1986 |
Hearts |
A |
2-2 |
14,320 |
Sturrock (2) |
29 Oct 1986 |
Rangers |
H |
0-0 |
20,171 |
|
01 Nov 1986 |
St Mirren |
A |
1-0 |
3,930 |
Ferguson |
08 Nov 1986 |
Dundee |
H |
0-3 |
11,733 |
|
15 Nov 1986 |
Celtic |
A |
0-1 |
34,319 |
|
19 Nov 1986 |
Hamilton Academical |
H |
3-0 |
4,280 |
Clark, Ferguson, Sturrock |
22 Nov 1986 |
Hibernian |
H |
1-0 |
6,862 |
Bannon |
29 Nov 1986 |
Falkirk |
A |
1-2 |
4,500 |
Redford |
03 Dec 1986 |
Motherwell |
A |
2-0 |
2,312 |
Page, Redford |
06 Dec 1986 |
Aberdeen |
H |
0-0 |
10,242 |
|
13 Dec 1986 |
Clydebank |
A |
2-1 |
1,396 |
Ferguson, Bannon |
20 Dec 1986 |
Hearts |
H |
3-1 |
11,749 |
Sturrock, Bannon, Ferguson |
27 Dec 1986 |
Rangers |
A |
0-2 |
42,165 |
|
[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date |
Rd |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers |
31 Jan 1987 |
R3 |
Airdrieonians |
H |
1-1 |
9,169 |
Gallacher |
09 Feb 1987 |
R3 |
Airdrieonians |
A |
2-1 |
5,000 |
Ferguson, Gallacher |
12 Feb 1987 |
R4 |
Brechin City |
A |
1-0 |
19,355 |
Gallacher |
14 Mar 1987 |
QF |
Forfar Athletic |
H |
2-2 |
7,985 |
Malpas, Ferguson |
24 Mar 1987 |
QF |
Forfar Athletic |
A |
2-0 |
8,139 |
Holt, Ferguson |
11 Apr 1987 |
SF |
Dundee |
N |
3-2 |
13,913 |
Ferguson (2), Hegarty |
14 May 1987 |
F |
St Mirren |
N |
0-1 |
51,782 |
|
[edit] Skol Cup
[edit] UEFA Cup
Date |
Rd |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers |
17 Sep 1986 |
R1 1 |
Lens |
A |
0-1 |
11,330 |
|
01 Oct 1986 |
R1 2 |
Lens |
H |
2-0 |
11,645 |
Milne, Coyne |
22 Oct 1986 |
R2 1 |
Universitatea Craiova |
H |
3-0 |
10,728 |
Redford (2), Clark |
05 Nov 1986 |
R2 2 |
Universitatea Craiova |
A |
0-1 |
35,000 |
|
26 Nov 1986 |
R3 1 |
Hadjuk Split |
H |
2-0 |
11,569 |
McInally, Clark |
10 Dec 1986 |
R3 2 |
Hadjuk Split |
A |
0-0 |
26,000 |
|
04 Mar 1987 |
QF 1 |
Barcelona |
H |
1-0 |
21,322 |
Gallacher |
18 Mar 1987 |
QF 2 |
Barcelona |
A |
2-1 |
42,000 |
Clark, Ferguson |
08 Apr 1987 |
SF 1 |
Mönchengladbach |
H |
0-0 |
15,789 |
|
22 Apr 1987 |
SF 2 |
Mönchengladbach |
A |
2-0 |
33,500 |
Ferguson, Redford |
06 May 1987 |
F 1 |
Gothenburg |
A |
0-1 |
50,053 |
|
20 May 1987 |
F 2 |
Gothenburg |
H |
1-1 |
20,911 |
Clark |
[edit] Player details
During the 1986-87 season, United used 29 different players comprising four nationalities. Billy Thomson was the only player to feature in every match of United's UEFA Cup run. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]
[edit] Goalscorers
United had 15 players score with the team scoring 97 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 28 goals.[2]
Name |
League |
Cups |
Total |
Ferguson, IainIain Ferguson |
16 |
12 |
28 |
Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher |
10 |
6 |
16 |
Redford, IanIan Redford |
8 |
3 |
11 |
Bannon, EamonnEamonn Bannon |
9 |
0 |
09 |
Clark, JohnJohn Clark |
3 |
4 |
07 |
Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock |
6 |
0 |
06 |
Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty |
4 |
1 |
05 |
goals, OwnOwn goals |
3 |
0 |
03 |
Coyne, TommyTommy Coyne |
1 |
1 |
02 |
McInally, JimJim McInally |
1 |
1 |
02 |
Milne, RalphRalph Milne |
1 |
1 |
02 |
Gough, RichardRichard Gough |
1 |
0 |
01 |
Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood |
1 |
0 |
01 |
Page, JimmyJimmy Page |
1 |
0 |
01 |
Holt, JohnJohn Holt |
0 |
1 |
01 |
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas |
0 |
1 |
01 |
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[edit] Discipline
During the 1986-87 season, one United players was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]
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[edit] Transfers
The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of at least £300,000 (some figures unknown). Two other players joined before the following season.
Date |
Player |
From |
Fee (£) |
22 Aug 1986 |
Ferguson, IainIain Ferguson |
Rangers |
£0,145,000[3] |
00 Sep 1986 |
Sulley, ChrisChris Sulley |
Bournemouth |
Unknown |
|
Curran, HarryHarry Curran |
Dumbarton |
Unknown |
25 Nov 1986 |
Main, AlanAlan Main |
Elgin City |
£0,008,000[4] |
00 Jan 1987 |
Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood |
Hibernian |
Unknown[5] |
18 Jun 1987 |
French, HamishHamish French |
Keith |
£0,010,000[6] |
00 Jun 1987 |
Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine |
Crystal Palace |
Unknown[7] |
* Dave Bowman and Jim McInally were signed in a joint £140,000 deal
|
Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of nearly £1,000,000. One player retired due to injury.
Date |
Player |
To |
Fee |
01 Aug 1986 |
Gough, RichardRichard Gough |
Tottenham Hotspur |
£0,750,000[8] |
13 Dec 1986 |
Coyne, TommyTommy Coyne |
Dundee |
£0,075,000[9] |
00 Jan 1987 |
Milne, RalphRalph Milne |
Charlton Athletic |
£0,125,000[10] |
|
Sulley, ChrisChris Sulley |
Blackburn Rovers |
£0,015,000[11] |
|
Page, JimmyJimmy Page |
Retired |
N/A |
[edit] Loans out
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[edit] Playing kit
The shirts were sponsored by future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores for a second season.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links