Dundee United F.C. season 1998-99
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| Dundee United | |
| Season 1998-99 | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Tommy McLean (until 1998-09-05) Paul Sturrock (from 1998-09-05) |
| Chairman | Jim McLean |
| League | Scottish Premier League |
| Final league position | 9th W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34 |
| Tennent's Scottish Cup | Semi-finals |
| Coca-Cola Cup | Third round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Billy Dodds (16) All: Billy Dodds (17) |
| Highest home attendance | 12,788 (vs Rangers, (1998-09-12) |
| Lowest home attendance | 6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (1998-09-23) |
| ← Previous season 1997-98 |
Next season → 1999-00 |
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[edit] Season review
United finished the 1998-99 SPL season in 9th place with 34 points, in the SPL's debut season.
The cup campaigns brought mixed fortunes: a League Cup 3rd round exit to Ross County was bettered by a Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Celtic.
[edit] Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
[edit] Bank of Scotland Premierleague
[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Feb 1998 | Queen's Park | A | 0-0 | 1,869 | |
| 09 Feb 1998 | Queen's Park | H | 0-0 | 4,967 | Dodds |
| 03 Mar 1998 | Clydebank | A | 2-2 | 1,299 | Olofsson, Patterson |
| 06 Mar 1998 | Clydebank | H | 3-0 | 5,570 | Duffy, Olofsson (2) |
| 13 Mar 1998 | Ayr United | A | 0-0 | 5,508 | |
| 16 Mar 1998 | Ayr United | H | 2-1 | 7,313 | Murray, Sköldmark |
| 10 Apr 1998 | Celtic | N | 0-2 | 43,691 |
[edit] Coca-Cola Cup
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Aug 1998 | Stirling Albion | H | 2-2 | 4,700 | McSwegan, Boli |
| 19 Aug 1998 | Ross County | A | 0-2 | 3,206 |
United beat Stirling Albion 3-0 on penalties
[edit] Player details
During the 1998-99 season, United used 35 different players comprising 11 nationalities, plus two unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[1]
| No. | Nat. | Position | Player | Total | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Coca-Cola Cup | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 |  |
GK | Sieb Dykstra | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 |  |
GK | Alan Combe | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  |
DF | Iain Jenkins | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | |
DF | Maurice Malpas | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 |  |
DF | Siggi Jonsson | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | |
DF | Darren Patterson | 28 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 |  |
DF | Erik Pedersen | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | |
DF | Mark McNally | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | |
DF | Neil Duffy | 20 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  |
DF | Jason de Vos | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 |  |
DF | Bernard Pascual | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | |
DF | Scott McCulloch | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- |  |
DF | David Partridge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- |  |
DF | David Worrell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  |
MF | Lars Zetterlund | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | |
MF | David Hannah | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | |
MF | Jamie Dolan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | |
MF | Joe Miller | 33 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | |
MF | Magnus Sköldmark | 33 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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MF | Tonny Mols | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | |
MF | Neil Murray | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |  |
MF | John Eustace | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | |
MF | Jim Paterson | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | |
MF | Craig Easton | 37 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | |
MF | Brian McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- |  |
MF | Jose Valeriani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | |
FW | Kjell Olofsson | 43 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | |
FW | Roger Boli | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | |
FW | Gary McSwegan | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | |
FW | Alex Mathie | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | |
FW | Robbie Winters | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | |
FW | Billy Dodds | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | |
MF | Andy McLaren | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | |
FW | Steven Thompson | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | |
FW | Stephen McConalogue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] GoalscorersUnited had 17 players score with the team scoring 47 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Billy Dodds, who finished the season with 17 goals.[1]
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[edit] DisciplineDuring the 1998-99 season, four United players were sent off and 23 players received at least one caution. In total, the team received four red cards and x yellows.[1]
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[edit] Transfers
[edit] InSeventeen players were signed during the 1998-99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. One loan signing was also made during the season. The players that joined Dundee United during the 1998-99 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.
[edit] Loans in
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[edit] OutFourteen players left the club during and at the end of the 1998-99 season, with one player also going out on loan. The club received £900k in transfer fees, amounting to around half of the transfer expenditure. Listed below are the players that left during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.
[edit] Loans out
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[edit] Playing kit
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The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.
[edit] Trivia
- Joe Miller, who signed from Aberdeen, scored two goals during his time with United - both against Aberdeen.
- United led eventual champions Celtic in three of the four league matches in 1998-99 but only managed to take one point.
- United's highest and lowest home attendances occurred in consecutive matches at Tannadice - nearly 13,000 watched United in a goalless draw against Rangers while less than 6,500 turned up eleven days later to watch them play Dunfermline. It was the second season in a row that United's lowest home attendance was against the Pars.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances (HTML). Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
- ^ a b Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998. Soccerbase.
- ^ Joe Miller. Soccerbase.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray. Soccerbase.
[edit] See also
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