Dundee United F.C. season 1990-91

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Season 1990-91
Dundee United
Manager	Jim McLean
Chairman	Jim McLean
League	Scottish Premier Division
Final league position	4th W17 D7 L12 F41 A29 P41
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Runners-up
Skol Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Jackson (12) All: Darren Jackson (18)
Highest home attendance	x (vs x, x)
Lowest home attendance	x (vs x, x)
← Previous season 1989-90	Next season → 1991-92

The 1990-91 season was the 82nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1990-07-01 to 1991-06-30. United finished in fourth place and missed out on European football for the first time in fifteen years.

1 Match results
2 Player details
- 2.1 Goalscorers
- 2.2 Discipline
3 Transfers
- 3.1 In
- 3.2 Out
4 Playing kit
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1990-91 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Motherwell and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to eventual runners-up Celtic.

[edit] Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

[edit] Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 Aug 1990	St Johnstone	A	3-1	7,784	Jackson (2), Dailly
01 Sep 1990	Motherwell	H	1-0	7,636	Cleland
08 Sep 1990	St Mirren	H	1-0	6,968	Jackson
15 Sep 1990	Aberdeen	A	1-1	17,400	McKinnon
22 Sep 1990	Rangers	H	2-1	16,270	McKinlay, Butcher (og)
29 Sep 1990	Hearts	A	0-1	12,052
10 Oct 1990	Dunfermline	H	3-0	9,025	Bowman, Steinmann, French
13 Oct 1990	Hibernian	H	1-0	10,289	Miller (og)
20 Oct 1990	Celtic	A	0-0	34,363
27 Oct 1990	St Johnstone	H	1-2	11,353	Jackson
03 Nov 1990	Motherwell	A	2-0	8,117	Jackson, Dailly
10 Nov 1990	Rangers	A	2-1	36,995	Jackson (2)
17 Nov 1990	Hearts	H	1-1	10,821	Jackson
24 Nov 1990	Aberdeen	H	2-3	12,344	McKimmie (og), Malpas
01 Dec 1990	St Mirren	A	1-1	4,581	Jackson
08 Dec 1990	Celtic	H	3-1	14,895	Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen
15 Dec 1990	Hibernian	A	0-0	6,000
22 Dec 1990	Dunfermline	A	0-1	8,018
29 Dec 1990	Rangers	H	1-2	178,853	Jackson
02 Jan 1991	Aberdeen	A	1-0	17,400	Dailly
05 Jan 1991	St Mirren	H	3-2	11,353	Clark, Dailly, Cleland
19 Jan 1991	Motherwell	H	3-0	6,482	McKinlay, Connolly (2)
02 Feb 1991	Celtic	A	0-1	26,172
09 Feb 1991	Hibernian	H	0-0	6,114
16 Feb 1991	Hearts	A	1-2	7,216	Clark
19 Feb 1991	St Johnstone	A	1-0	6,910	French
02 Mar 1991	Dunfermline	H	1-0	6,379	Ferguson
09 Mar 1991	St Mirren	A	1-0	3,960	Jackson
23 Mar 1991	Aberdeen	H	1-2	10,643	McInally
30 Mar 1991	St Johnstone	H	0-0	7,794	Jackson
13 Apr 1991	Celtic	H	2-1	12,603	Van der Hoorn, McKinnon
16 Apr 1991	Motherwell	A	0-1	3,531
20 Apr 1991	Hibernian	A	0-1	4,000
24 Apr 1991	Rangers	A	0-1	32,397

United were leading Dunfermline 2-1 on 6 October when the match was abandoned due to heavy rain. The match was replayed four days later.

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 Jan 1990	East Fife	A	1-1	4,947	Connolly
29 Jan 1990	East Fife	H	2-1	7,190	Clark, Ferguson
23 Feb 1990	Airdrieonians	H	2-0	8,648	French (2)
13 Mar 1990	Dundee	H	3-1	16,228	McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
06 Apr 1991	St Johnstone	N	0-0	16,560	Clark, Ferguson
18 May 1991	Motherwell	N	3-4	57,319	Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson

[edit] Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 Aug 1990	Alloa	A	3-0	1,835	Welsh, Dailly, Jackson
28 Aug 1990	Partick Thistle	A	3-1	4,000	Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson
04 Sep 1990	Motherwell	H	2-0	8,475	Jackson, McInally
25 Sep 1990	Celtic	N	0-2	49,975

[edit] UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 Sep 1990	FH	A	3-1	263	Jackson, Cleland (2)
03 Oct 1990	FH	H	2-2	5,475	Connolly, Hjalmarson (og)
24 Oct 1990	Vitesse	A	0-1	8,331
07 Nov 1990	Vitesse	H	0-4	10,726

[edit] Player details

During the 1990-91 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
No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Alan Main	40	0	31	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
		GK	Billy Thomson	10	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
		DF	Gary Bollan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	John Clark	25	4	18	2	6	2	0	0	1	0
		DF	Alex Cleland	29	4	21	2	0	0	4	0	4	2
		DF	Fred van der Hoorn	45	2	32	1	6	0	4	1	3	0
		DF	Scott Kopel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Miodrag Krivokapić	34	0	24	0	6	0	3	0	1	0
		DF	Maurice Malpas	50	1	36	1	6	0	4	0	4	0
		DF	Dave Narey	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		DF	Gijs Steinmann	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Brian Welsh	26	1	17	0	2	0	4	1	3	0
		MF	Dave Bowman	27	2	20	1	4	1	1	0	2	0
		MF	Jim McInally	47	2	33	1	6	0	4	1	4	0
		MF	Billy McKinlay	46	2	33	2	5	0	4	0	4	0
		MF	Ray McKinnon	24	3	17	2	4	1	2	0	1	0
		MF	John O'Neil	19	1	15	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
		MF	Michael O'Neill	17	0	12	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
		MF	Allan Preston	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
		FW	Paddy Connolly	16	4	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	1
		FW	Christian Dailly	26	7	18	5	2	0	4	2	2	0
		FW	Duncan Ferguson	14	4	9	1	5	3	0	0	0	0
		FW	Hamish French	24	6	19	4	3	2	0	0	2	0
		FW	Darren Jackson	46	18	33	12	6	2	4	3	3	1
		FW	Mixu Paatelainen	26	1	21	1	0	0	2	0	3	0

[edit] Goalscorers

United had 187 players score with the team scoring 67 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Darren Jackson, who finished the season with 18 goals.^[2]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson	12	6	18
Dailly, ChristianChristian Dailly	5	2	07
French, HamishHamish French	4	2	06
goals, OwnOwn goals	3	2	05
Clark, JohnJohn Clark	2	2	04
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	2	2	04
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly	2	2	04
Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson	1	3	04
McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon	2	1	03
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay	2	0	02
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	1	1	02
HoornFred van der Hoorn	1	1	02
McInally, JimJim McInally	1	1	02
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas	1	0	01
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	1	0	01
Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann	1	0	01
O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil	0	1	01
Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh	0	1	01

[edit] Discipline

During the 1990-91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.^[2]

Name	Dismissals
HoornFred van der Hoorn	1
Main, AlanAlan Main	1

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards.