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The 1987-88 season was the 79th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1987-07-01 to 1988-06-30. United finished in fifth place, securing Cup Winners' Cup football for the following season, despite their Scottish Cup final to Celtic (Celtic qualified for European competition as league winners).
[edit] Match results
Dundee United played a total of 60 competitive matches during the 1987-88 season.[1] The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to rivals Dundee. Czechoslovakian side Vítkovice ensured United wouldn't repeat last season's UEFA Cup run, beating them in the second round.
[edit] Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
[edit] Premier Division
| Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers |
| 08 Aug 1987 |
Rangers |
A |
1-1 |
39,120 |
Beaumont |
| 12 Aug 1987 |
Motherwell |
H |
1-1 |
6,633 |
Redford |
| 15 Aug 1987 |
Morton |
H |
3-1 |
6,641 |
McInally, Redford, Sturrock |
| 22 Aug 1987 |
Hearts |
A |
1-4 |
14,548 |
Ferguson |
| 29 Aug 1987 |
Aberdeen |
A |
1-1 |
16,000 |
Redford |
| 05 Sep 1987 |
Celtic |
H |
0-0 |
16,192 |
|
| 12 Sep 1987 |
Hibernian |
H |
1-2 |
7,920 |
Hegarty |
| 19 Sep 1987 |
St Mirren |
A |
0-2 |
3,807 |
|
| 26 Sep 1987 |
Falkirk |
H |
3-0 |
6,240 |
G McLeod, Sturrock (2) |
| 03 Oct 1987 |
Dundee |
A |
1-1 |
11,497 |
Ferguson |
| 06 Oct 1987 |
Dunfermline |
A |
0-0 |
7,558 |
|
| 10 Oct 1987 |
Rangers |
H |
1-0 |
18,214 |
Ferguson |
| 17 Oct 1987 |
Aberdeen |
H |
0-0 |
11,281 |
|
| 24 Oct 1987 |
Celtic |
A |
2-1 |
31,032 |
Ferguson, Clark |
| 28 Oct 1987 |
Hibernian |
A |
1-0 |
9,250 |
McKinlay |
| 31 Oct 1987 |
St Mirren |
H |
2-3 |
7,607 |
Ferguson, Paatelainen |
| 07 Nov 1987 |
Motherwell |
A |
1-2 |
2,927 |
Ferguson |
| 14 Nov 1987 |
Dunfermline |
H |
1-0 |
8,699 |
Paatelainen |
| 18 Nov 1987 |
Hearts |
H |
0-3 |
14,258 |
|
| 21 Nov 1987 |
Morton |
A |
1-0 |
3,000 |
Ferguson |
| 24 Nov 1987 |
Falkirk |
A |
1-4 |
4,000 |
G McLeod |
| 28 Nov 1987 |
Dundee |
H |
1-3 |
13,625 |
Clark |
| 05 Dec 1987 |
Rangers |
A |
0-1 |
41,159 |
|
| 12 Dec 1987 |
Motherwell |
H |
3-1 |
5,703 |
G McLeod, Paatelainen, Ferguson |
| 16 Dec 1987 |
Hibernian |
H |
1-2 |
6,095 |
Ferguson |
| 19 Dec 1987 |
St Mirren |
A |
1-2 |
3,517 |
McPhee |
| 26 Dec 1987 |
Celtic |
H |
1-0 |
18,458 |
French |
| 02 Jan 1988 |
Aberdeen |
A |
0-0 |
21,500 |
|
| 09 Jan 1988 |
Falkirk |
H |
0-0 |
6,617 |
|
| 16 Jan 1988 |
Dundee |
A |
2-0 |
13,651 |
Bannon, Paatelainen |
| 03 Feb 1988 |
Hearts |
A |
1-1 |
13,710 |
Redford |
| 06 Feb 1988 |
Morton |
H |
2-0 |
6,566 |
Redford (2) |
| 13 Feb 1988 |
Dunfermline |
A |
3-0 |
7,159 |
Gallacher (3) |
| 27 Feb 1988 |
Rangers |
H |
1-1 |
20,846 |
Paatelainen |
| 05 Mar 1988 |
Hibernian |
A |
0-0 |
8,401 |
|
| 19 Mar 1988 |
Aberdeen |
H |
0-2 |
10,403 |
|
| 26 Mar 1988 |
Celtic |
A |
0-0 |
34,933 |
|
| 30 Mar 1988 |
St Mirren |
H |
5-1 |
6,294 |
Bowman, Ferguson, French, Irvine (2) |
| 02 Apr 1988 |
Dundee |
H |
1-0 |
13,874 |
French |
| 16 Apr 1988 |
Motherwell |
A |
2-4 |
3,822 |
Clark, J McLeod |
| 23 Apr 1988 |
Dunfermline |
H |
2-2 |
8,263 |
McInally, Ferguson |
| 30 Apr 1988 |
Morton |
A |
4-0 |
2,000 |
Paatelainen (4) |
| 04 May 1988 |
Falkirk |
A |
2-1 |
4,500 |
Unknown |
| 07 May 1988 |
Hearts |
H |
0-0 |
9,820 |
|
[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup
| Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Attendance |
Scorers |
| 30 Jan 1988 |
Arbroath |
A |
7-0 |
5,905 |
Malpas, Bannon, Irvine (2), Paatelainen
French, Redford |
| 20 Feb 1988 |
Airdrieonians |
A |
2-0 |
6,727 |
Hegarty, Bannon |
| 12 Mar 1988 |
Dundee |
A |
0-0 |
19,355 |
|
| 15 Mar 1988 |
Dundee |
H |
2-2 |
17,055 |
Bannon (2) |
| 28 Mar 1988 |
Dundee |
A |
3-0 |
19,152 |
Redford, Ferguson, McLeod |
| 09 Apr 1988 |
Aberdeen |
N |
0-0 |
20,488 |
|
| 13 Apr 1988 |
Aberdeen |
N |
1-1 |
17,288 |
Paatelainen |
| 20 Apr 1988 |
Aberdeen |
N |
1-0 |
19,048 |
Ferguson |
| 14 May 1988 |
Celtic |
N |
1-2 |
74,000 |
Gallacher |
[edit] Skol Cup
[edit] UEFA Cup
[edit] Player details
During the 1987-88 season, United used 31 different players comprising four nationalities. Maurice Malpas featured in all but one of United's 60 matches. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]
[edit] Goalscorers
United had 19 players score with the team scoring 83 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals.[2]
| Name |
League |
Cups |
Total |
| Ferguson, IainIain Ferguson |
11 |
5 |
 16 |
| Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen |
9 |
2 |
11 |
| Redford, IanIan Redford |
6 |
2 |
08 |
| Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock |
3 |
4 |
07 |
| Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher |
3 |
3 |
06 |
| Clark, JohnJohn Clark |
3 |
2 |
05 |
| Bannon, EamonnEamonn Bannon |
1 |
4 |
05 |
| French, HamishHamish French |
3 |
1 |
04 |
| Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine |
2 |
2 |
04 |
| McLeod, GordonGordon McLeod |
3 |
0 |
03 |
| goals, OwnOwn goals |
3 |
0 |
03 |
| McInally, JimJim McInally |
2 |
0 |
02 |
| Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty |
1 |
1 |
02 |
| McLeod, JoeJoe McLeod |
1 |
1 |
02 |
| McPhee, IanIan McPhee |
1 |
1 |
02 |
| Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas |
0 |
2 |
02 |
| Beaumont, DaveDave Beaumont |
1 |
0 |
01 |
| Bowman, DaveDave Bowman |
1 |
0 |
01 |
| McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay |
1 |
0 |
01 |
| Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh |
1 |
0 |
01 |
|
[edit] Discipline
During the 1987-88 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]
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[edit] Transfers
|
The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of at least £200,000 (one figure unknown).
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Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of at least £80,000 (some figures unavailable).
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[edit] Playing kit
The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven Beers for the first time.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Coleraine
Vítkovice
