1994–95 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1994–95 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Ivan Golac (until March 14, 1995)
Billy Kirkwood (from March 16, 1995)
Scottish Premier Division 10th
W9 D9 L18 F40 A56 P36
Tennent's Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
Coca-Cola Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Craig Brewster (7)
All: Jerren Nixon (9)
Highest home attendance 10,845 (vs Celtic, 1995-05-13)
Lowest home attendance 6,457 (vs Falkirk, 1995-02-21)

The 1994–95 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995. United finished in bottom place and were relegated to the First Division, their first spell outside the Premier Division since its inception in 1975.

Season review

United were relegated, the season after winning the Scottish Cup for the first time. Ivan Golac, the man who led them to the trophy, was sacked in March and replaced with Billy Kirkwood. Kirkwood's record was less than impressive and losing nine of the final eleven games meant relegation.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season.[1] The team finished tenth (bottom) in the Premier Division and were relegated.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Aberdeen and lost narrowly in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finals to Rangers.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August HibernianA0–58,849
20 August CelticA1–225,817Nixon
27 August AberdeenH2–19,295Welsh, Brewster
10 September MotherwellH1–17,440Ristic
17 September HeartsA1–27,392Nixon
24 September FalkirkH1–06,899Petrić
1 October RangersA0–243,330
8 October KilmarnockA2–07,179Welsh, Ristic
15 October Partick ThistleH0–16,687
22 October HibernianH0–07,983
29 October AberdeenA0–311,744
5 November CelticH2–210,393Brewster, Dailly
8 November MotherwellA1–16,136Brewster
19 November HeartsH5–27,717Johnson, Brewster, McKinlay, Dailly (2)
26 November FalkirkA3–15,933Brewster, Nixon, McKinlay
4 December RangersH0–310,692
26 December KilmarnockH2–28,468Hannah, Winters
31 December HibernianA0–47,763
2 January AberdeenH0–010,580
7 January CelticA1–121,429Cleland
14 January HeartsA0–28,656
21 January MotherwellH6–17,062McKinlay (2), Brewster, Dailly, Nixon (2)
4 February RangersA1–144,197Nixon
21 February FalkirkH1–06,457Malpas
25 February Partick ThistleH2–07,227Brewster, Sergio
4 March KilmarnockA0–27,630Hannah, Winters
7 March Partick ThistleA0–22,627Brewster, Gomes
18 March MotherwellA1–24,457Malpas
21 March HeartsH1–16,862Gomes
1 April RangersH0–210,842
8 April FalkirkA1–35,894Gomes
15 April KilmarnockH1–28,723Petrić
18 April Partick ThistleA3–15,262Welsh (2), Hannah
29 April HibernianH0–18,376
6 MayAberdeenA1–221,364Winters
13 MayCelticH0–110,845

Tennent's Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 January ClydeH0–07,413
7 February ClydeA5–15,387Hannah, Bowman, McKinlay, Craig, Nixon
18 February HuntlyA3–14,500Brewster, Malpas, Hannah

Coca-Cola Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
16 August St MirrenA1–03,470Ristic
31 August HamiltonA2–22,180Hannah (2)
21 September CelticA0–128,859

United beat Hamilton 5–3 on penalty kicks

Cup Winners' Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 September Slovakia Tatran PrešovH3–29,454Petric, Nixon, Hannah
29 September Slovakia Tatran PrešovA1–38,184McKinlay

Player details

During the 1994–95 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Denmark Henrik Jørgensen 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
GK Scotland Alan Main 10 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
GK Republic of Ireland Kelham O'Hanlon 33 0 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Gary Bollan 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland Alex Cleland 21 1 18 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland David Craig 8 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 38 3 31 2 4 1 1 0 2 0
DF Scotland Mark Perry 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gordan Petrić 42 3 33 2 4 0 3 0 2 1
DF Scotland Brian Welsh 35 4 28 4 3 0 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 38 1 31 0 4 1 2 0 1 0
MF Argentina Juan Ferreri 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland David Hannah 41 7 32 2 4 2 3 2 2 1
MF Scotland Grant Johnson 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Jim McInally 33 0 25 0 3 0 3 0 2 0
MF Scotland Billy McKinlay 34 5 26 4 4 1 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland Andy McLaren 22 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF Wales Andy Moule 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Chris Myers 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF Trinidad and Tobago Jerren Nixon 37 9 28 6 4 1 3 0 2 2
MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Ristić 17 3 10 2 3 0 3 1 1 0
FW Scotland Craig Brewster 35 8 27 7 3 1 3 0 2 0
FW Scotland Paddy Connolly 8 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland Scott Crabbe 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Christian Dailly 40 4 33 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
FW Brazil Sérgio 16 4 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Robbie Winters 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

United had 15 players score with the team scoring 56 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Jerren Nixon, who finished the season with 9 goals.[3]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Nixon, JerrenJerren Nixon63 9
Brewster, CraigCraig Brewster71 8
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah25 7
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay41 5
Dailly, ChristianChristian Dailly40 4
Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh40 4
Gomes, SergioSergio Gomes31 4
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas21 3
Petric, GordanGordan Petric21 3
Ristic, DragutinDragutin Ristic21 3
Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters20 2
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland10 1
Johnson, GrantGrant Johnson10 1
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman01 1
Craig, DavidDavid Craig01 1

Discipline

Full disciplinary statistics are unavailable.

NameDismissals
Cleland, AlexAlex ClelandRed card 1

Transfers

In

The club signed four players during the season and one at the end, for next season. Approximately £600k was spent on transfer fees.

Date Player From Fee (£)
00 Jul 1994 Scotland Ristic, DragutinDragutin Ristic Falkirk £0,050,000[4]
1 August 1994 Scotland Craig, DavidDavid Craig East Stirlingshire Unknown[5]
14 September 1994 Republic of Ireland O'Hanlon, KelhamKelham O'Hanlon Preston £0,030,000[5]
20 January 1995 Brazil Gomes, SergioSergio Gomes Amora £0,300,000[6]
27 June 1995 Scotland Maxwell, AllyAlly Maxwell Rangers £0,250,000[5]

Out

Five players were sold by the club during the season, with the club raising at least £750k in transfer sales, representing a small overall transfer profit.

Date Player To Fee
4 August 1994 Scotland O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil Forfar Athletic Unknown[5]
5 January 1995 Scotland Main, AlanAlan Main St Johnstone Unknown[5]
21 January 1995 Scotland KGuido van de Kamp Dunfermline Athletic Unknown[5]
27 January 1995 Scotland Bollan, GaryGary Bollan Rangers £0,750,000*[5][7]
27 January 1995 Scotland Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland Rangers £0,750,000*[5][8]

* Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750k deal

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Rover for the first time in a two-year deal. The deal began in time for the Cup Final at the end of the previous season.

Trivia

See also

References

  1. "Dundee Utd 1994/1995 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  2. "1994–95". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  3. "1994–95". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. "Blether with Brown – 22 February 2005". The Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 22 February 2005.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1994/1995". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  6. "Sergio Gomes". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  7. "Gary Bollan". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  8. "Alex Cleland". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

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