1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1990–91 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 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)
← 1989–90 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.

Contents

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.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 St. Johnstone A 3–1 7,784 Jackson (2), Dailly
1 September 1990 Motherwell H 1–0 7,636 Cleland
8 September 1990 St. Mirren H 1–0 6,968 Jackson
15 September 1990 Aberdeen A 1–1 17,400 McKinnon
22 September 1990 Rangers H 2–1 16,270 McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.)
29 September 1990 Hearts A 0–1 12,052
10 October 1990 Dunfermline H 3–0 9,025 Bowman, Steinmann, French
13 October 1990 Hibernian H 1–0 10,289 Miller (o.g.)
20 October 1990 Celtic A 0–0 34,363
27 October 1990 St. Johnstone H 1–2 11,353 Jackson
3 November 1990 Motherwell A 2–0 8,117 Jackson, Dailly
10 November 1990 Rangers A 2–1 36,995 Jackson (2)
17 November 1990 Hearts H 1–1 10,821 Jackson
24 November 1990 Aberdeen H 2–3 12,344 McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas
1 December 1990 St. Mirren A 1–1 4,581 Jackson
8 December 1990 Celtic H 3–1 14,895 Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen
15 December 1990 Hibernian A 0–0 6,000
22 December 1990 Dunfermline A 0–1 8,018
29 December 1990 Rangers H 1–2 178,853 Jackson
2 January 1991 Aberdeen A 1–0 17,400 Dailly
5 January 1991 St. Mirren H 3–2 11,353 Clark, Dailly, Cleland
19 January 1991 Motherwell H 3–0 6,482 McKinlay, Connolly (2)
2 February 1991 Celtic A 0–1 26,172
9 February 1991 Hibernian H 0–0 6,114
16 February 1991 Hearts A 1–2 7,216 Clark
19 February 1991 St. Johnstone A 1–0 6,910 French
2 March 1991 Dunfermline H 1–0 6,379 Ferguson
9 March 1991 St. Mirren A 1–0 3,960 Jackson
23 March 1991 Aberdeen H 1–2 10,643 McInally
30 March 1991 St. Johnstone H 0–0 7,794 Jackson
13 April 1991 Celtic H 2–1 12,603 Van der Hoorn, McKinnon
16 April 1991 Motherwell A 0–1 3,531
20 April 1991 Hibernian A 0–1 4,000
24 April 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.

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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

Skol Cup

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

UEFA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 September 1990 FH A 3–1 263 Jackson, Cleland (2)
3 October 1990 FH H 2–2 5,475 Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.)
24 October 1990 Vitesse A 0–1 8,331
7 November 1990 Vitesse H 0–4 10,726

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

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.[3]

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

Discipline

During the 1990-91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[4]

Name Dismissals
HoornFred van der Hoorn 1
Main, AlanAlan Main 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 (£)
October 1990 Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann Utrecht £0,100,000[5]

Out

Two players were sold by the club during the season.

Date Player To Fee
23 August 1990 Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds Maritimo Free[6]
May 1991 Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann Utrecht Released[5]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fourth season.

See also

References

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  3. ^ "1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on July 03, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  4. ^ "1990/92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on July 03, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  5. ^ a b "Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland". Soccerbase. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285. Retrieved 2008-01-15. 
  6. ^ "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120091805/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player+a-z/Hinds+P.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 

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