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.

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
2 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.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	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

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
style="text-align:left"\|Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson	14	2	16
style="text-align:left"\|Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson	11	0	11
style="text-align:left"\|Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	6	3	09
style="text-align:left"\|Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra	5	1	06
style="text-align:left"\|O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill	4	1	05
style="text-align:left"\|Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	4	0	04
style="text-align:left"\|McInally, JimJim McInally	4	0	04
style="text-align:left"\|Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas	4	0	04
style="text-align:left"\|Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	3	1	04
style="text-align:left"\|Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	3	0	03
style="text-align:left"\|Clark, JohnJohn Clark	1	1	02
style="text-align:left"\|French, HamishHamish French	1	1	02
style="text-align:left"\|goals, OwnOwn goals	1	1	02
style="text-align:left"\|Bollan, GaryGary Bollan	1	0	01
style="text-align:left"\|HoornFred van der Hoorn	1	0	01
style="text-align:left"\|Johnson, GrantGrant Johnson	1	0	01
style="text-align:left"\|McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay	1	0	01
style="text-align:left"\|Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh	1	0	01
style="text-align:left"\|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.^[2]

Name	Dismissals
style="text-align:left"\|Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	1
style="text-align:left"\|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^[4]
11 July 1991	KampGuido van de Kamp	Den Bosch	£0,040,000^[5]
4 September 1991	Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	Hamilton Thistle	Unknown^[6]
26 September 1991	Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra	San Lorenzo	£0,350,000^[7]
11 January 1992	Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters	Muirend Amateurs	Unknown^[6]
2 April 1992	Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	Trial^[8]

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^[9]
23 October 1992	French, HamishHamish French	Dunfermline	Unknown^[6]
28 March 1992	Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	Aberdeen	£0,400,000^[9]
23 April 1992	Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	Trial^[8]
26 June 1992	McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon	Nottingham Forest	£0,750,000^[9]

Playing kit

Home
colours

Away
colours

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

References

↑ "Dundee Utd 1991/1992 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "1991–92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
↑ "1991–92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
↑ "Dundee United A-Z (G): Germany". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
↑ "This Week In History Archive". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1991–92". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
↑ "Victor Ferreyra". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Dundee United A-Z (U): Uruguay". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "This Week In History Archive". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.

External links

Glenrothes Arabs 1991–92 season review

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1992 qualifying (Group 2) Euro 1992

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Ayr United Clydebank Dundee Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer