Dundee United F.C. season 1989-90

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Dundee United
Season 1989-90
Manager Jim McLean
Chairman Jim McLean
League Scottish Premier Division
Final league position 4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Skol Cup Third round
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
All: Mixu Paatelainen (9)
Highest home attendance 16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 Jan)
Lowest home attendance 5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 Feb)
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1990-91

The 1989-90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1989-07-01 to 1990-06-30. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

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[edit] Match results

Dundee United played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1989-90 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Aberdeen and lost in the Skol Cup third round to Hamilton.

[edit] Legend

Win Draw Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

[edit] Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 Aug 1989 Motherwell H 1-1 8,596 French
19 Aug 1989 Dundee A 3-4 13,616 Malpas, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
26 Aug 1989 Dunfermline H 2-1 9,158 Van der Hoorn, M O'Neill
09 Sep 1989 Hibernian A 0-2 7,000
16 Sep 1989 Celtic H 2-2 16,624 Van der Hoorn, French
23 Sep 1989 Hearts A 1-1 14,008 McInally
30 Sep 1989 St Mirren H 0-0 6,643
04 Oct 1989 Aberdeen H 2-0 11,879 McInally, Malpas
14 Oct 1989 Rangers A 1-2 36,062 M O'Neill
21 Oct 1989 Motherwell A 2-3 8,100 M O'Neill (2)
28 Oct 1989 Dundee H 0-0 11,529
04 Nov 1989 Dunfermline A 1-1 10,804 Paatelainen
08 Nov 1989 Hibernian H 1-0 8,247 Jackson
18 Nov 1989 Celtic A 1-0 35,350 Gallacher
25 Nov 1989 Hearts H 2-1 12,201 Bowman, Paatelainen
09 Dec 1989 Aberdeen A 0-2 15,500 McInally, Malpas
13 Dec 1989 St Mirren A 0-1 2,800
16 Dec 1989 Rangers H 1-1 15,947 Paatelainen
23 Dec 1989 Motherwell H 1-1 6,169 Paatelainen
30 Dec 1989 Dundee A 1-1 12,803 Jackson
03 Jan 1990 Dunfermline H 1-0 11,148 Jackson
06 Jan 1990 Hibernian A 0-0 6,500
13 Jan 1990 Celtic H 2-0 16,635 Connolly (2)
27 Jan 1990 Hearts A 2-3 13,083 Connolly, Paatelainen
03 Feb 1990 Rangers A 1-3 39,058 Clark
10 Feb 1990 Aberdeen H 1-1 10,533 McInally
17 Feb 1990 St Mirren H 2-0 5,957 Jackson, Connolly
03 Mar 1990 Celtic A 0-3 23,541
10 Mar 1990 Motherwell A 1-0 4,697 Jackson
24 Mar 1990 Dundee H 1-2 11,918 Connolly
31 Mar 1990 Dunfermline A 1-0 6,945 Jackson
07 Apr 1990 Hibernian H 1-0 6,633 Paatelainen
18 Apr 1990 Aberdeen A 0-1 10,000
21 Apr 1990 Rangers H 0-1 15,996
28 Apr 1990 Hearts H 1-1 7,679 Jackson
05 May 1990 St Mirren A 0-0 4,312

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 Jan 1990 Dundee A 0-0 14,176
23 Jan 1990 Dundee H 1-0 16,228 Clark
24 Feb 1990 Queen of Sth H 2-1 5,948 Connolly, Paatelainen
17 Mar 1990 Hibernian H 1-0 13,874 Jackson
14 Apr 1990 Aberdeen N 0-4 16,581

[edit] Skol Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 Aug 1989 Partick Thistle H 1-0 7,043 M O'Neill
23 Aug 1989 Hamilton A 1-2 2,600 Hinds

[edit] UEFA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 Sep 1989 Flag of Northern Ireland Glentoran A 3-1 8,000 Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 Sep 1989 Flag of Northern Ireland Glentoran H 2-0 9,340 Clark, Gallacher
17 Oct 1989 Flag of Belgium Royal Antwerp A 0-4 10,000
31 Oct 1989 Flag of Belgium Royal Antwerp H 3-2 8,994 M O'Neill, Paatelainen, Clark

[edit] Player details

During the 1989-90 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. Maurice Malpas was the only player to play in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Nat. Position Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flag of Scotland GK Alan Main 33 0 27 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
Flag of Scotland GK Billy Thomson 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Flag of Scotland GK Scott Thomson 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland DF John Clark 37 4 28 1 4 1 2 0 3 2
Flag of Scotland DF Alex Cleland 17 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Flag of Scotland DF Paul Hegarty 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Flag of the Netherlands DF Fred van der Hoorn 42 2 31 2 5 0 2 0 4 0
Flag of Yugoslavia DF Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 26 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
Flag of Scotland DF Maurice Malpas 40 2 30 2 4 0 2 0 4 0
Flag of Scotland DF Gary McGinnis 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland DF Dave Narey 41 0 31 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
Flag of Scotland DF Brian Welsh 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland MF Charlie Adam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland MF Dave Bowman 34 1 24 1 5 0 1 0 4 0
Flag of Scotland MF Alan Irvine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland MF Jim McInally 46 4 35 3 5 0 2 0 4 1
Flag of Scotland MF Billy McKinlay 18 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
Flag of Scotland MF Ray McKinnon 11 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland MF Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland MF John O'Neil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Northern Ireland MF Michael O'Neill 25 7 18 5 1 0 2 1 4 1
Flag of Scotland MF Allan Preston 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Flag of Scotland FW Paddy Connolly 19 6 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
Flag of Scotland FW Hamish French 13 2 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Flag of Scotland FW Kevin Gallacher 24 2 17 1 1 0 2 0 4 1
Flag of Scotland FW Peter Hinds 18 3 13 1 1 0 1 1 3 1
Flag of Scotland FW Darren Jackson 32 8 25 7 5 1 1 0 1 0
Flag of Finland FW Mixu Paatelainen 41 9 31 7 5 1 2 0 3 1

[edit] Goalscorers

United had 13 players score with the team scoring 50 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with nine goals.[2]

Name League Cups Total
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen 7 0 Scored 9
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson 7 1 Scored 8
O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill 5 2 Scored 7
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly 5 1 Scored 6
McInally, JimJim McInally 3 1 Scored 4
Clark, JohnJohn Clark 1 3 Scored 4
French, HamishHamish French 2 0 Scored 2
HoornFred van der Hoorn 2 0 Scored 2
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas 2 0 Scored 2
Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher 1 1 Scored 2
Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds 0 2 Scored 2
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman 1 0 Scored 1
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland 0 1 Scored 1

[edit] Discipline

During the 1989-90 season, one United player was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]

Name Dismissals
Krivokapic, MiodragMiodrag Krivokapic Sent off 1

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of just over £600,000.

Date Player From Fee (£)
01 Jul 1989 Flag of Barbados Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds Jujita £0,065,000[3]
02 Aug 1989 Flag of the Netherlands HoornFreddy van der Hoorn Den Bosch £0,200,000[4]
15 Aug 1989 Flag of Northern Ireland O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill Newcastle United £0,350,000[5]

[edit] Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of just over £1m. The club made a profit of around £400k from transfers during the season.

Date Player To Fee
00 Sep 1989 Flag of Scotland Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam Partick Thistle Unknown[6]
22 Nov 1989 Flag of Scotland Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Blackburn Rovers £0,030,000[7]
00 Jan 1990 Flag of Scotland Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty St Johnstone Free[8]
25 Jan 1990 Flag of Scotland Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher Coventry City £0,900,000[9]
08 Feb 1990 Flag of Scotland McGinnis, GaryGary McGinnis St Johnstone £0,100,000[10]
00 000 1990 Flag of Scotland McLeod, JoeJoe McLeod Motherwell Unknown[11]

[edit] Loans out

One player was loaned out during the season.

Date Player To Duration
Oct 1989 Flag of Scotland Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Blackburn Rovers 1 month[7]

[edit] Playing kit

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The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dundee Utd 1989/1990 results and fixtures (HTML). Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c 1989/91 (HTML). Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  3. ^ Player A to Z: Peter Hinds. Glenrothes Arabs.
  4. ^ Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn. Glenrothes Arabs.
  5. ^ Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill. Glenrothes Arabs.
  6. ^ Players of the 80s - Intro. PTFC.net.
  7. ^ a b Alan Irvine. Dundee United FC.
  8. ^ Paul Hegarty. Dundee United FC.
  9. ^ Kevin Gallacher. Dundee United FC.
  10. ^ Gary McGinnis. Dundee United FC.
  11. ^ Joe McLeod. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/.

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