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

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1991 CelticH3–416,535M O'Neill (2), Ferguson
13 August 1991 St. MirrenH4–15,771McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill
17 August 1991 St. JohnstoneA1–17,700Jackson
24 August 1991 HibernianA0–19,420
31 August 1991 AberdeenH0–011,962
7 September 1991 DunfermlineH3–011,962Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson
14 September 1991 RangersA1–136,347Ferguson
21 September 1991 HeartsA1–111,746Ferguson
28 September 1991 MotherwellH2–26,844Bollan, Malpas
5 October 1991 FalkirkA4–05,377Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
8 October 1991 AirdrieoniansH0–05,763
12 October 1991 CelticA1–428,745M O'Neill
19 October 1991 St. JohnstoneH1–27,700French
26 October 1991 AirdrieoniansA3–13,500Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen
29 October 1991 RangersH3–214,397McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
2 November 1991 AberdeenA1–013,728McInally
6 November 1991 DunfermlineA1–03,528Jackson, Bowman
9 November 1991 HibernianH1–19,420McKinnon
16 November 1991 FalkirkH2–17,290Ferreyra, Own goal
23 November 1991 HeartsH0–112,796
30 November 1991 St. MirrenA1–13,500Cleland
3 December 1991 MotherwellA1–14,023Jackson
7 December 1991 CelticH1–111,145Welsh
14 December 1991 DunfermlineH0–04,835
21 December 1991 RangersA0–241,448
28 December 1991 HibernianA2–37,704Malpas, Paatelainen
1 January 1992 AberdeenH4–07,608Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
4 January 1992 FalkirkA3–15,186McKinnon, Jackson (2)
11 January 1992 AirdrieoniansH2–16,056Jackson, Ferreyra
18 January 1992 St. MirrenH1–34,933McInally
1 February 1992 St. JohnstoneA1–16,364Ferguson
8 February 1992 HeartsA0–110,516
22 February 1992 MotherwellH2–24,746Cleland, Ferguson
29 February 1992 FalkirkH2–15,592Paatelainen (2)
7 March 1992 DunfermlineA0–13,042
14 March 1992 HibernianH1–05,588Cleland
17 March 1992 AirdrieoniansA0–13,284
21 March 1992 AberdeenA2–010,500McInally, Ferreyra
28 March 1992 CelticA1–322,522Ferguson
4 April 1992 St. JohnstoneH2–15,553Cleland, Bowman
11 April 1992 RangersH1–211,391McInally
18 April 1992 HeartsH2–06,711Malpas, Ferguson
25 April 1992 St. MirrenA1–01,871Ferguson
2 May 1992 MotherwellA2–13,151Johnson, Ferguson

Tennent's Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 January Berwick RangersH6–05,263Malpas, Ferguson (2), Ferreyra,
J O'Neil, Own goal
11 February CelticA1–226,225Paatelainen

Skol Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August MontroseH3–24,256Clark, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
27 August FalkirkH1–06,737French
3 September DunfermlineA1–37,220Paatelainen

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 TotalScottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Alan Main 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0
GK Netherlands Guido van de Kamp 30 0 27 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland Gary Bollan 13 1 10 1 1 0 2 0
DF Scotland John Clark 39 2 34 1 2 0 3 1
DF Scotland Alex Cleland 34 4 32 4 1 0 1 0
DF Netherlands Fred van der Hoorn 46 1 41 1 2 0 3 0
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 49 4 44 3 2 1 3 0
DF Germany Jochen Muller 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Dave Narey 26 0 24 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland Brian Welsh 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 46 3 41 3 2 0 3 0
MF Scotland Grant Johnson 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Jim McInally 34 4 32 4 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland Billy McKinlay 25 1 22 1 0 0 3 0
MF Scotland Ray McKinnon 25 4 25 4 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Andy McLaren 16 0 13 0 0 0 3 0
MF Scotland John O'Neil 14 1 12 0 2 1 0 0
MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill 10 5 8 4 0 0 2 1
MF Argentina Jose Luis Pochettino 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Allan Preston 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Paddy Connolly 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland Christian Dailly 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Duncan Ferguson 41 16 38 14 2 2 1 0
FW Argentina Victor Ferreyra 25 6 23 5 2 1 0 0
FW Scotland Hamish French 8 2 6 1 0 0 2 1
FW Scotland Darren Jackson 31 11 28 11 2 0 1 0
FW Finland 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]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
style="text-align:left"|Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson142 16
style="text-align:left"|Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson110 11
style="text-align:left"|Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen63 9
style="text-align:left"|Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra51 6
style="text-align:left"|O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill41 5
style="text-align:left"|Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland40 4
style="text-align:left"|McInally, JimJim McInally40 4
style="text-align:left"|Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas40 4
style="text-align:left"|Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland31 4
style="text-align:left"|Bowman, DaveDave Bowman30 3
style="text-align:left"|Clark, JohnJohn Clark11 2
style="text-align:left"|French, HamishHamish French11 2
style="text-align:left"|goals, OwnOwn goals11 2
style="text-align:left"|Bollan, GaryGary Bollan10 1
style="text-align:left"|HoornFred van der Hoorn10 1
style="text-align:left"|Johnson, GrantGrant Johnson10 1
style="text-align:left"|McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay10 1
style="text-align:left"|Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh10 1
style="text-align:left"|O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil01 1

Discipline

During the 1991-92 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]

NameDismissals
style="text-align:left"|Cleland, AlexAlex ClelandRed card 1
style="text-align:left"|Narey, DavidDavid NareyRed card 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 Germany Müller, JochenJochen Müller Waldhof Mannheim Unknown[4]
11 July 1991 Netherlands KampGuido van de Kamp Den Bosch £0,040,000[5]
4 September 1991 Scotland Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah Hamilton Thistle Unknown[6]
26 September 1991 Argentina Ferreyra, VictorVictor Ferreyra San Lorenzo £0,350,000[7]
11 January 1992 Scotland Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters Muirend Amateurs Unknown[6]
2 April 1992 Argentina 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 Scotland Thomson, BillyBilly Thomson Motherwell Unknown[9]
23 October 1992 Scotland French, HamishHamish French Dunfermline Unknown[6]
28 March 1992 Finland Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen Aberdeen £0,400,000[9]
23 April 1992 Argentina Pochettino, Jose LuisJose Luis Pochettino Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Trial[8]
26 June 1992 Scotland 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.

See also

References

  1. "Dundee Utd 1991/1992 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "1991–92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  3. "1991–92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  4. "Dundee United A-Z (G): Germany". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  5. "This Week In History Archive". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1991–92". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  7. "Victor Ferreyra". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Dundee United A-Z (U): Uruguay". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
  9. 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.

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