Dundee United F.C. season 1991-92

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Season 1991-92
Dundee United
Manager	Jim McLean
Chairman	Jim McLean
League	Scottish Premier Division
Final league position	4th W19 D13 L12 F66 A50 P51
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Skol Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Duncan Ferguson (14) All: Duncan Ferguson (16)
Highest home attendance	16,535 (vs Celtic, 10 Aug)
Lowest home attendance	4,746 (vs Motherwell, 22 Feb)
← Previous season 1990-91	Next season → 1992-93

The 1991-92 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1991-07-01 to 1992-06-30. United finished in fourth place in what was Jim McLean's penultimate season as manager.

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 49 competitive matches during the 1991-92 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to eventual finalists Dunfermline.

[edit] Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

[edit] Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 Aug 1991	Celtic	H	3-4	16,535	M O'Neill (2), Ferguson
13 Aug 1991	St Mirren	H	4-1	5,771	McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill
17 Aug 1991	St Johnstone	A	1-1	7,700	Jackson
24 Aug 1991	Hibernian	A	0-1	9,420
31 Aug 1991	Aberdeen	H	0-0	11,962
07 Sep 1991	Dunfermline	H	3-0	11,962	Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson
14 Sep 1991	Rangers	A	1-1	36,347	Ferguson
21 Sep 1991	Hearts	A	1-1	11,746	Ferguson
28 Sep 1991	Motherwell	H	2-2	6,844	Bollan, Malpas
05 Oct 1991	Falkirk	A	4-0	5,377	Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
08 Oct 1991	Airdrieonians	H	0-0	5,763
12 Oct 1991	Celtic	A	1-4	28,745	M O'Neill
19 Oct 1991	St Johnstone	H	1-2	7,700	French
26 Oct 1991	Airdrieonians	A	3-1	3,500	Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen
29 Oct 1991	Rangers	H	3-2	14,397	McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
02 Nov 1991	Aberdeen	A	1-0	13,728	McInally
06 Nov 1991	Dunfermline	A	1-0	3,528	Jackson, Bowman
09 Nov 1991	Hibernian	H	1-1	9,420	McKinnon
16 Nov 1991	Falkirk	H	2-1	7,290	Ferreyra, Own goal
23 Nov 1991	Hearts	H	0-1	12,796
30 Nov 1991	St Mirren	A	1-1	3,500	Cleland
03 Dec 1991	Motherwell	A	1-1	4,023	Jackson
07 Dec 1991	Celtic	H	1-1	11,145	Welsh
14 Dec 1991	Dunfermline	H	0-0	4,835
21 Dec 1991	Rangers	A	0-2	41,448
28 Dec 1991	Hibernian	A	2-3	7,704	Malpas, Paatelainen
01 Jan 1992	Aberdeen	H	4-0	7,608	Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
04 Jan 1992	Falkirk	A	3-1	5,186	McKinnon, Jackson (2)
11 Jan 1992	Airdrieonians	H	2-1	6,056	Jackson, Ferreyra
18 Jan 1992	St Mirren	H	1-3	4,933	McInally
01 Feb 1992	St Johnstone	A	1-1	6,364	Ferguson
08 Feb 1992	Hearts	A	0-1	10,516
22 Feb 1992	Motherwell	H	2-2	4,746	Cleland, Ferguson
29 Feb 1992	Falkirk	H	2-1	5,592	Paatelainen (2)
07 Mar 1992	Dunfermline	A	0-1	3,042
14 Mar 1992	Hibernian	H	1-0	5,588	Cleland
17 Mar 1992	Airdrieonians	A	0-1	3,284
21 Mar 1992	Aberdeen	A	2-0	10,500	McInally, Ferreyra
28 Mar 1992	Celtic	A	1-3	22,522	Ferguson
04 Apr 1992	St Johnstone	H	2-1	5,553	Cleland, Bowman
11 Apr 1992	Rangers	H	1-2	11,391	McInally
18 Apr 1992	Hearts	H	2-0	6,711	Malpas, Ferguson
25 Apr 1992	St Mirren	A	1-0	1,871	Ferguson
02 May 1992	Motherwell	A	2-1	3,151	Johnson, Ferguson

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 Jan	Berwick Rangers	H	6-0	5,263	Malpas, Ferguson (2), Ferreyra, J O'Neil, Own goal
11 Feb	Celtic	A	1-2	26,225	Paatelainen

[edit] Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 Aug	Montrose	H	3-2	4,256	Clark, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
27 Aug	Falkirk	H	1-0	6,737	French
03 Sep	Dunfermline	A	1-3	7,220	Paatelainen

[edit] Player details

During the 1991-92 season, United used 27 different players comprising six nationalities. For the second successive season, 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
No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Alan Main	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
		GK	Guido van de Kamp	30	0	27	0	2	0	1	0
		DF	Gary Bollan	13	1	10	1	1	0	2	0
		DF	John Clark	39	2	34	1	2	0	3	1
		DF	Alex Cleland	34	4	32	4	1	0	1	0
		DF	Fred van der Hoorn	46	1	41	1	2	0	3	0
		DF	Maurice Malpas	49	4	44	3	2	1	3	0
		DF	Jochen Muller	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Dave Narey	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
		DF	Brian Welsh	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
		MF	Dave Bowman	46	3	41	3	2	0	3	0
		MF	Grant Johnson	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
		MF	Jim McInally	34	4	32	4	2	0	0	0
		MF	Billy McKinlay	25	1	22	1	0	0	3	0
		MF	Ray McKinnon	25	4	25	4	0	0	0	0
		MF	Andy McLaren	16	0	13	0	0	0	3	0
		MF	John O'Neil	14	1	12	0	2	1	0	0
		MF	Michael O'Neill	10	5	8	4	0	0	2	1
		MF	Jose Luis Pochettino	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Allan Preston	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Paddy Connolly	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
		FW	Christian Dailly	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Duncan Ferguson	41	16	38	14	2	2	1	0
		FW	Victor Ferreyra	25	6	23	5	2	1	0	0
		FW	Hamish French	8	2	6	1	0	0	2	1
		FW	Darren Jackson	31	11	28	11	2	0	1	0
		FW	Mixu Paatelainen	34	9	29	6	2	1	3	2

[edit] Goalscorers

United had 18 players score with the team scoring 78 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Duncan Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals.^[2]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson	14	2	16
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson	11	0	11
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	6	3	09
Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra	5	1	06
O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill	4	1	05
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	4	0	04
McInally, JimJim McInally	4	0	04
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas	4	0	04
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	3	1	04
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	3	0	03
Clark, JohnJohn Clark	1	1	02
French, HamishHamish French	1	1	02
goals, OwnOwn goals	1	1	02
Bollan, GaryGary Bollan	1	0	01
HoornFred van der Hoorn	1	0	01
Johnson, GrantGrant Johnson	1	0	01
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay	1	0	01
Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh	1	0	01
O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil	0	1	01

[edit] Discipline

During the 1991-92 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.^[2]

Name	Dismissals
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	1
Narey, DavidDavid Narey	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.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
11 Jul 1991	Müller, JochenJochen Müller	Waldhof Mannheim	Unknown^[3]
11 Jul 1991	KampGuido van de Kamp	Den Bosch	£0,040,000^[4]
04 Sep 1991	Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	Hamilton Thistle	Unknown^[5]
26 Sep 1991	Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra	San Lorenzo	£0,350,000^[6]
11 Jan 1992	Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters	Muirend Amateurs	Unknown^[5]
02 Apr 1992	Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	Trial^[7]

[edit] Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of £1.15m. The club made a profit of around £750k from transfers during the season.

Date	Player	To	Fee
10 Jul 1992	Thomson, BillyBilly Thomson	Motherwell	Unknown^[4]
23 Oct 1992	French, HamishHamish French	Dunfermline	Unknown^[5]
28 Mar 1992	Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	Aberdeen	£0,400,000^[4]
23 Apr 1992	Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	Trial^[7]
26 Jun 1992	McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon	Nottingham Forest	£0,750,000^[4]