New Firm (Scotland)

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The New Firm is the term used to describe the rivalry between Scottish football clubs Aberdeen and Dundee United.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Domestic head-to-head 1.2 League competition 1.3 European competition 2 Players at both clubs 2.1 Aberdeen to Dundee United 2.2 Dundee United to Aberdeen 2.3 Complete list 3 Player records 3.1 Aberdeen goalscorers 3.2 Dundee United goalscorers 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The term originated in the 1980s when both clubs challenged the Old Firm for domestic silverware.^[1]

[edit] Domestic head-to-head

In domestic head-to-head matches, the teams have played each other 210 times, Aberdeen winning 83 compared to United's 67.^[2] Aberdeen have won more league and Scottish Cup matches, although United have won one more League Cup match between the two.

After 2008-05-03:

Team	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
Aberdeen	64	11	9	84
Dundee United	51	6	10	67
Draw	46	9	5	60

[edit] League competition

Main article: Scottish Premier League#All-Time SPL Table

In the nine full seasons of the Scottish Premier League (up to the end of the 2006-07 season), Aberdeen have a superior record, accumulating more points.

As of 2007-05-21:

Club	Seasons	Played	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
Aberdeen	9	338	118	79	141	408	489	-81	433
Dundee United	9	338	85	91	162	351	539	-188	346

[edit] European competition

In European competition, Aberdeen have played in more tournaments and in more games, competing in 26 tournaments to United's 22 and in five more matches.^[3] Despite this, United have a better record per game, having won and scored more, and lost and conceded fewer. In terms of trophies, Aberdeen won the 1982-83 Cup Winners' Cup, whereas United were runners-up in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup.

As of 2008-02-22:

Team	T	P	W	D	L	F	A
Aberdeen	28	107	44	28	35	159	122
Dundee United	22	102	45	26	31	160	102

[edit] Players at both clubs

Nine players have signed for Dundee United directly from Aberdeen, the last being in 2000. The same number have made the opposite journey from Tannadice to Pittodrie, with four in the last three years.

[edit] Aberdeen to Dundee United Date Player Fee 00 000 1964 Thom, LewisLewis Thom Unknown[4] 00 000 1976 Williamson, BillyBilly Williamson Unknown[5] 01 Jul 1983 Gardiner, JohnJohn Gardiner Unknown[6] 05 Nov 1995 Ray McKinnon £0,200,000[7] 19 Mar 1997 McKimmie, StewartStewart McKimmie Free[8] 01 Jul 1998 Miller, JoeJoe Miller Free[9] 23 Sep 1998 Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds Swap[10] 19 Jan 2000 Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton £0,150,000[11] 08 Jun 2000 Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan Free[12]

[edit] Dundee United to Aberdeen Date Player Fee 00 Oct 1966 Munro, FrankFrank Munro £0,010,000[13] 09 Jan 1974 Henry, JimJim Henry £0,020,000[13] 28 Mar 1992 Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen £0,400,000[14] 02 Jun 1998 Perry, MarkMark Perry Free[15] 23 Sep 1998 Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters £0,700,000[10] 31 Aug 2005 Crawford, StevieStevie Crawford Free[16] 31 Aug 2006 Miller, LeeLee Miller Free[17] 01 Jun 2007 Mair, LeeLee Mair Free[18] 18 Jan 2008 Duff, StuartStuart Duff Free[19]

[edit] Complete list

In addition, other players have played for both clubs without moving directly between them. A list of all players to have played at least one first-team game for both clubs is displayed below.

Scottish Jim Bett Craig Brewster Stevie Crawford Billy Dodds Davie Dodds Stuart Duff John Gardiner Jim Hamilton Jim Henry Lee Mair Stewart McKimmie

0 Ray McKinnon Jamie McQuilken Joe Miller Lee Miller Frank Munro Mark Perry Derek Stillie Lewis Thom Billy Williamson Robbie Winters Stephen Wright

English Jamie Buchan Finnish Mixu Paatelainen Northern Irish Danny Griffin Michael O'Neill

[edit] Player records

A list of players to have scored in derby matches between the two since 1996-09-28 is below:

[edit] Aberdeen goalscorers Scorer Goals Stavrum, ArildArild Stavrum 7 Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters 7 Mackie, DarrenDarren Mackie 6 Nicholson, BarryBarry Nicholson 4 Young, DerekDerek Young 4 Crawford, StevieStevie Crawford 3 McGuire, PhilPhil McGuire 3 Sheerin, PaulPaul Sheerin 3 Windass, DeanDean Windass 3 Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds 2 Jess, EoinEoin Jess 2 Tosh, SteveSteve Tosh 2 Zerouali, HichamHicham Zerouali 2 Aluko, SoneSone Aluko 1 Belabed, RachidRachid Belabed 1 Booth, ScottScott Booth 1 Byrne, RichieRichie Byrne 1 Considine, AndrewAndrew Considine 1 Diamond, ZanderZander Diamond 1 Dow, AndyAndy Dow 1 Foster, RickyRicky Foster 1 Hinds, LeighLeigh Hinds 1 Kiriakov, IlianIlian Kiriakov 1 Kombouaré, ToniToni Kombouaré 1 Lovell, SteveSteve Lovell 1 Mike, LeonLeon Mike 1 Miller, LeeLee Miller 1 Severin, ScottScott Severin 1 Smith, JamieJamie Smith 1 Solberg, ThomasThomas Solberg 1 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart 1 Touzani, KarimKarim Touzani 1 Own goals 1

[edit] Dundee United goalscorers Scorer Goals Olofsson, KjellKjell Olofsson 8 Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds 7 Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters 6 Easton, CraigCraig Easton 5 Robson, BarryBarry Robson 5 Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah 4 McLaren, AndyAndy McLaren 3 Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald 2 Cameron, GregGreg Cameron 2 Fernandez, DavidDavid Fernandez 2 Grady, JamesJames Grady 2 Hunt, NoelNoel Hunt 2 McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan 2 Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller 2 Miller, JoeJoe Miller 2 Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley 2 Samuel, CollinCollin Samuel 2 Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 2 Conway, CraigCraig Conway 1 Crawford, StevieStevie Crawford 1 Daly, JonJon Daly 1 Dods, DarrenDarren Dods 1 Ferraz, JoaquimJoaquim Ferraz 1 Gomis, MorgaroMorgaro Gomis 1 Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin 1 Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton 1 Kalvenes, ChristianChristian Kalvenes 1 Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley 1 McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue 1 McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre 1 Miller, LeeLee Miller 1 Paterson, JimJim Paterson 1 Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson 1 Scotland, JasonJason Scotland 1 Swanson, DannyDanny Swanson 1 Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis 1 Mark Wilson 1 Zetterlund, LarsLars Zetterlund 1

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Soccerbase list of New Firm meetings
• BBC's 'A Sporting Nation' New Firm article

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