1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1989–90 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Skol Cup Third round
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
All: Mixu Paatelainen (9)
Highest home attendance 16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 January)
Lowest home attendance 5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)

The 1989–90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1989–90 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Aberdeen and lost in the Skol Cup third round to Hamilton.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
12 August 1989 MotherwellH1–18,596French
19 August 1989 DundeeA3–413,616Malpas, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
26 August 1989 DunfermlineH2–19,158Van der Hoorn, M O'Neill
9 September 1989 HibernianA0–27,000
16 September 1989 CelticH2–216,624Van der Hoorn, French
23 September 1989 HeartsA1–114,008McInally
30 September 1989 St MirrenH0–06,643
4 October 1989 AberdeenH2–011,879McInally, Malpas
14 October 1989 RangersA1–236,062M O'Neill
21 October 1989 MotherwellA2–38,100M O'Neill (2)
28 October 1989 DundeeH0–011,529
4 November 1989 DunfermlineA1–110,804Paatelainen
8 November 1989 HibernianH1–08,247Jackson
18 November 1989 CelticA1–035,350Gallacher
25 November 1989 HeartsH2–112,201Bowman, Paatelainen
9 December 1989 AberdeenA0–215,500McInally, Malpas
13 December 1989 St MirrenA0–12,800
16 December 1989 RangersH1–115,947Paatelainen
23 December 1989 MotherwellH1–16,169Paatelainen
30 December 1989 DundeeA1–112,803Jackson
3 January 1990 DunfermlineH1–011,148Jackson
6 January 1990 HibernianA0–06,500
13 January 1990 CelticH2–016,635Connolly (2)
27 January 1990 HeartsA2–313,083Connolly, Paatelainen
3 February 1990 RangersA1–339,058Clark
10 February 1990 AberdeenH1–110,533McInally
17 February 1990 St MirrenH2–05,957Jackson, Connolly
3 March 1990 CelticA0–323,541
10 March 1990 MotherwellA1–04,697Jackson
24 March 1990 DundeeH1–211,918Connolly
31 March 1990 DunfermlineA1–06,945Jackson
7 April 1990 HibernianH1–06,633Paatelainen
18 April 1990 AberdeenA0–110,000
21 April 1990 RangersH0–115,996
28 April 1990 HeartsH1–17,679Jackson
5 May 1990 St MirrenA0–04,312

Tennent's Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 January 1990 Dundee A0–014,176
23 January 1990 Dundee H1–016,228Clark
24 February 1990 Queen of the SouthH2–15,948Connolly, Paatelainen
17 March 1990 HibernianH1–013,874Jackson
14 April 1990 AberdeenN0–416,581

Skol Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
16 August 1989 Partick ThistleH1–07,043M O'Neill
23 August 1989 HamiltonA1–22,600Hinds

UEFA Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 September 1989 Northern Ireland GlentoranA3–18,000Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 September 1989 Northern Ireland GlentoranH2–09,340Clark, Gallacher
17 October 1989 Belgium Royal AntwerpA0–410,000
31 October 1989 Belgium Royal AntwerpH3–28,994M O'Neill, Paatelainen, Clark

Player details

During the 1989–90 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. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Alan Main 33 0 27 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
GK Scotland Billy Thomson 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
GK Scotland Scott Thomson 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland John Clark 37 4 28 1 4 1 2 0 3 2
DF Scotland Alex Cleland 17 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DF Scotland Paul Hegarty 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Netherlands Fred van der Hoorn 42 2 31 2 5 0 2 0 4 0
DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 26 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 40 2 30 2 4 0 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland Gary McGinnis 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Dave Narey 41 0 31 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
DF Scotland Brian Welsh 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Charlie Adam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 34 1 24 1 5 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland Alan Irvine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Jim McInally 46 4 35 3 5 0 2 0 4 1
MF Scotland Billy McKinlay 18 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland Ray McKinnon 11 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland John O'Neil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill 25 7 18 5 1 0 2 1 4 1
MF Scotland Allan Preston 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Paddy Connolly 19 6 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Hamish French 13 2 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Kevin Gallacher 24 2 17 1 1 0 2 0 4 1
FW Barbados Peter Hinds 18 3 13 1 1 0 1 1 3 1
FW Scotland Darren Jackson 32 8 25 7 5 1 1 0 1 0
FW Finland Mixu Paatelainen 41 9 31 7 5 1 2 0 3 1

Goalscorers

United had 13 players score with the team scoring 50 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with nine goals.[3]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen70 9
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson71 8
O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill52 7
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly51 6
McInally, JimJim McInally31 4
Clark, JohnJohn Clark13 4
French, HamishHamish French20 2
HoornFred van der Hoorn20 2
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas20 2
Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher11 2
Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds02 2
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman10 1
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland01 1

Discipline

During the 1989–90 season, one United player was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]

NameDismissals
Krivokapić, MiodragMiodrag KrivokapićRed card 1

Transfers

In

The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of just over £600,000.

Date Player From Fee (£)
1 July 1989 Barbados Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds Fujita Kogyo £0,065,000[4]
2 August 1989 Netherlands HoornFreddy van der Hoorn Den Bosch £0,200,000[5]
15 August 1989 Northern Ireland O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill Newcastle United £0,350,000[6]

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of just over £1m. The club made a profit of around £400k from transfers during the season.

Date Player To Fee
00 September 1989 Scotland Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam Partick Thistle Unknown[7]
22 November 1989 Scotland Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Blackburn Rovers £0,030,000[8]
00 January 1990 Scotland Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty St Johnstone Free[9]
25 January 1990 Scotland Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher Coventry City £0,900,000[10]
8 February 1990 Scotland McGinnis, GaryGary McGinnis St Johnstone £0,100,000[11]
00 000 1990 Scotland McLeod, JoeJoe McLeod Motherwell Unknown[12]

Loans out

One player was loaned out during the season.

Date Player To Duration
October 1989 Scotland Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Blackburn Rovers 1 month[8]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "1989/91". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  3. "1989–90". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  4. "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  5. "Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  6. "Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  7. "Players of the 80s – Intro". PTFC.net. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  8. 1 2 "Alan Irvine". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  9. "Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  10. "Kevin Gallacher". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  11. "Gary McGinnis". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  12. "Joe McLeod". http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2008. External link in |publisher= (help)

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