1991–92 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1991-92 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 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 August)
Lowest home attendance 4,746 (vs Motherwell, 22 February)
← 1990–91 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.

Contents

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.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August 1991 Celtic H 3–4 16,535 M O'Neill (2), Ferguson
13 August 1991 St. Mirren H 4–1 5,771 McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill
17 August 1991 St. Johnstone A 1–1 7,700 Jackson
24 August 1991 Hibernian A 0–1 9,420
31 August 1991 Aberdeen H 0–0 11,962
7 September 1991 Dunfermline H 3–0 11,962 Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson
14 September 1991 Rangers A 1–1 36,347 Ferguson
21 September 1991 Hearts A 1–1 11,746 Ferguson
28 September 1991 Motherwell H 2–2 6,844 Bollan, Malpas
5 October 1991 Falkirk A 4–0 5,377 Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
8 October 1991 Airdrieonians H 0–0 5,763
12 October 1991 Celtic A 1–4 28,745 M O'Neill
19 October 1991 St. Johnstone H 1–2 7,700 French
26 October 1991 Airdrieonians A 3–1 3,500 Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen
29 October 1991 Rangers H 3–2 14,397 McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
2 November 1991 Aberdeen A 1–0 13,728 McInally
6 November 1991 Dunfermline A 1–0 3,528 Jackson, Bowman
9 November 1991 Hibernian H 1–1 9,420 McKinnon
16 November 1991 Falkirk H 2–1 7,290 Ferreyra, Own goal
23 November 1991 Hearts H 0–1 12,796
30 November 1991 St. Mirren A 1–1 3,500 Cleland
3 December 1991 Motherwell A 1–1 4,023 Jackson
7 December 1991 Celtic H 1–1 11,145 Welsh
14 December 1991 Dunfermline H 0–0 4,835
21 December 1991 Rangers A 0–2 41,448
28 December 1991 Hibernian A 2–3 7,704 Malpas, Paatelainen
1 January 1992 Aberdeen H 4–0 7,608 Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
4 January 1992 Falkirk A 3–1 5,186 McKinnon, Jackson (2)
11 January 1992 Airdrieonians H 2–1 6,056 Jackson, Ferreyra
18 January 1992 St. Mirren H 1–3 4,933 McInally
1 February 1992 St. Johnstone A 1–1 6,364 Ferguson
8 February 1992 Hearts A 0–1 10,516
22 February 1992 Motherwell H 2–2 4,746 Cleland, Ferguson
29 February 1992 Falkirk H 2–1 5,592 Paatelainen (2)
7 March 1992 Dunfermline A 0–1 3,042
14 March 1992 Hibernian H 1–0 5,588 Cleland
17 March 1992 Airdrieonians A 0–1 3,284
21 March 1992 Aberdeen A 2–0 10,500 McInally, Ferreyra
28 March 1992 Celtic A 1–3 22,522 Ferguson
4 April 1992 St. Johnstone H 2–1 5,553 Cleland, Bowman
11 April 1992 Rangers H 1–2 11,391 McInally
18 April 1992 Hearts H 2–0 6,711 Malpas, Ferguson
25 April 1992 St. Mirren A 1–0 1,871 Ferguson
02 May 1992 Motherwell A 2–1 3,151 Johnson, Ferguson

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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

Skol Cup

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

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 Pos Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup
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

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.[3]

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

Discipline

During the 1991-92 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[4]

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

Transfers

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 July 1991 Müller, JochenJochen Müller Waldhof Mannheim Unknown[5]
11 July 1991 KampGuido van de Kamp Den Bosch £0,040,000[6]
4 September 1991 Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah Hamilton Thistle Unknown[7]
26 September 1991 Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra San Lorenzo £0,350,000[8]
11 January 1992 Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters Muirend Amateurs Unknown[9]
2 April 1992 Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Trial[10]

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 July 1992 Thomson, BillyBilly Thomson Motherwell Unknown[11]
23 October 1992 French, HamishHamish French Dunfermline Unknown[9]
28 March 1992 Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen Aberdeen £0,400,000[11]
23 April 1992 Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Trial[12]
26 June 1992 McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon Nottingham Forest £0,750,000[11]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fifth and penultimate season.

References

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