2007–08 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2007–08 season
Chairman Eddie Thompson
Manager Craig Levein
Clydesdale Bank Premier League 5th
Scottish Cup Fifth round
CIS Insurance Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Noel Hunt (13)
All: Noel Hunt (18)
Highest home attendance 13,613 (vs Celtic, 22 May)
Lowest home attendance 5,845 (vs Inverness CT, 1 December)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Dundee United finished the Scottish Premier League 2007–08 season in 5th place with 52 points. Noel Hunt was the top scorer with 18 goals.

Review and events

The pre-season period began with two new permanent signings at the club, Polish goalkeeper Łukasz Załuska and Darren Dods having signed deals in June. Irishman Willo Flood also arrived from Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal. In July, former Ajax youngster Prince Buaben signed after a successful trial and was joined by a second Polish keeper, Grzegorz Szamotulski, in time for the league season. Englishman Jordan Robertson became the second long-term loan signing when he arrived from Sheffield United in late August.

A number of players who were out of contract left the club following the end of the 2006–07 season. Lee Mair signed a pre-contract deal with Aberdeen and Derek Stillie moved to England to pursue a law career. David McCracken and Collin Samuel were both released. Also leaving the club were a number of younger players who had failed to earn extensions to their contracts. These were Gregg Burnett, Barry Callaghan and Ross Gardiner. All had played at least once for the first team.

The first game of the season was home to Aberdeen in the SPL, and ended in a 1–0 victory.[1] As the season progressed, United maintained their high league table position, ending 2007 in 4th place.

The club lost to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup final in March, losing on penalties. The Scottish Cup campaign was ended by St Mirren in the fifth round.

Chronological list of events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2007–08 season,[20] as well as four first team pre-season friendlies. The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were runners up in the final of the CIS Insurance Cup, losing on penalties to Rangers. United lost to St Mirren in the Scottish Cup fifth round, after a replay.

Scottish Premier League

Home team Score Away team Additional information
Dundee United 1 – 0 Aberdeen
Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Dundee United
Dundee United 0 – 0 Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 3 Dundee United
Dundee United 2 – 0 Falkirk
Dundee United 2 – 0 St Mirren
Gretna 3 – 2 Dundee United
Celtic 3 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United 1 – 0 Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian 1 – 3 Dundee United
Dundee United 2 – 1 Rangers
Aberdeen 2 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United 2 – 0 Kilmarnock
Hibernian 2 – 2 Dundee United
Dundee United 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Falkirk 3 – 0 Dundee United
St Mirren 0 – 3 Dundee United
Dundee United 1 – 2 Gretna
Dundee United 0 – 2 Celtic
Motherwell 5 – 3 Dundee United
Dundee United 4 – 1 Heart of Midlothian
Rangers 2 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United 3 – 0 Aberdeen
Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Dundee United
Dundee United 1 – 1 Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Dundee United
Dundee United 0 – 0 Falkirk
Dundee United 1 – 1 St Mirren
Gretna 0 – 3 Dundee United
Celtic 0 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United 2 – 0 Motherwell
Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Dundee United
Dundee United 3 – 3 Rangers
Dundee United 1 – 1 Hibernian
Motherwell 2 – 2 Dundee United
Aberdeen 2 – 1 Dundee United
Rangers 3 – 1 Dundee United
Dundee United 0 – 1 Celtic

Source: BBC Sport website: Scottish Premier
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Scottish Cup

CIS Insurance Cup

Early stages of the 3-1 home CIS Cup win against Hamilton on 31 October
Home team Score Away team Additional information
Dundee United 2 – 1 Ross County
Falkirk 0 – 1 Dundee United
Dundee United 3 – 1 Hamilton Academical
Aberdeen 1 – 4 Dundee United
Dundee United 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
2 – 3 (pen.)		 Rangers

Source: BBC Sport website: Scottish Cups
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Player stats

During the 2007–08 season, United used 30 different players on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[21]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalClydesdale Bank Premier League Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland Łukasz Załuska 18 0 14 0 2 0 2 0
13 GK Scotland Euan McLean 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
21 GK Poland Grzegorz Szamotulski 21 0 18 0 0 0 3 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland Sean Dillon 39 2 32 2 3 0 4 0
3 DF Norway Christian Kalvenes 23 2 18 1 1 0 4 1
4 DF Scotland Lee Wilkie 37 4 30 3 3 0 4 1
5 DF Scotland Darren Dods 39 2 32 1 3 0 4 1
8 DF England Daniel Grainger 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF Scotland Garry Kenneth 20 1 19 1 0 0 1 0
24 DF Scotland Stuart Duff 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Switzerland Mihael Kovačević 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Willo Flood 43 0 35 0 3 0 5 0
7 MF Scotland Mark Kerr 37 0 29 0 3 0 5 0
11 MF Scotland Barry Robson 24 12 21 11 1 1 2 0
11 MF Scotland Jim O'Brien 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Scotland David Robertson 24 6 19 6 1 0 4 0
14 MF Scotland Steven Robb 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF Scotland Craig Conway 19 2 15 1 2 0 2 1
16 MF France Morgaro Gomis 43 1 35 1 3 0 5 0
17 MF Scotland Greg Cameron 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Ghana Prince Buaben 29 2 23 2 1 0 5 0
23 MF Scotland Danny Swanson 13 2 11 2 2 0 0 0
32 MF Scotland Fraser Milligan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 ST Republic of Ireland Jon Daly 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
10 ST Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 43 18 35 13 3 0 5 5
22 ST England Jordan Robertson 18 4 14 3 1 0 3 1
22 ST Suriname Mark de Vries 17 3 13 2 2 0 2 1
25 ST England Eric Odhiambo 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 ST Scotland David Goodwillie 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 ST Scotland Johnny Russell 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Fifteen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 64 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Noel Hunt with 18 goals.[21]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Hunt, NoelNoel Hunt135 18
Robson, BarryBarry Robson 111 12
Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson 6 06
Robertson, JordanJordan Robertson 31 04
Wilkie, LeeLee Wilkie31 04
Buaben, PrincePrince Buaben 3 03
de Vries, MarkMark de Vries2 1 03
Dillon, SeanSean Dillon 2 02
Dods, DarrenDarren Dods 2 02
Swanson, DannyDanny Swanson2 02
Conway, CraigCraig Conway 11 02
Kalvenes, ChristianChristian Kalvenes 11 02
Gomis, MorgaroMorgaro Gomis 2 02
Flood, WilloWillo Flood 1 01
Kenneth, GarryGarry Kenneth 1 01
Own goals 1 01

Discipline

During the 2007–08 season, nine United players were sent off and 15 received at least one caution. In total, the team received nine red cards and 56 yellow cards.[21]

NameCautionsDismissals
Wilkie, LeeLee Wilkie 10Red card 1
Kenneth, GarryGarry Kenneth 05Red card 1
Gomis, MorgaroMorgaro Gomis 04Red card 1
Flood, WilloWillo Flood 03Red card 1
Robson, BarryBarry Robson 03Red card 1
Robertson, JordanJordan Robertson 02Red card 1
Dillon, SeanSean Dillon 01Red card 1
Swanson, DannyDanny SwansonRed card 1
Szamotulski, GrzegorzGrzegorz SzamotulskiRed card 1
Dods, DarrenDarren Dods 10
Hunt, NoelNoel Hunt 05
Kerr, MarkMark Kerr 05
Buaben, PrincePrince Buaben 04
de Vries, MarkMark de Vries 02
Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson 02
Daly, JonJon Daly 01
Grainger, DannyDanny Grainger 01
Kalvenes, ChristianChristian Kalvenes 01
O'Brien, JimJim O'Brien 01

Transfers

In

United signed ten players during the season with an eleventh after the season had finished. Four players were signed on loan.

Date Player From Fee (£)
11 June 2007 Poland Załuska, ŁukaszŁukasz Załuska Korona Kielce Nominal[22]
12 June 2007 Republic of Ireland Flood, WilloWillo Flood Cardiff City Loan[23]
22 June 2007 Scotland Dods, DarrenDarren Dods Inverness CT Bosman[24]
20 July 2007 Ghana Buaben, PrincePrince Buaben Unattached (ex-Ajax) Free[25]
25 July 2007 Poland Szamotulski, GrzegorzGrzegorz Szamotulski Unattached (ex-Sturm Graz) Free[26]
28 August 2007 England Robertson, JordanJordan Robertson Sheffield United Loan[10][27]
1 January 2008 Scotland Swanson, DannyDanny Swanson Berwick Rangers £0,040,000[28][29]
1 January 2008 England Grainger, DanielDaniel Grainger Gretna £0,015,000[29][30]
1 January 2008 England Odhiambo, EricEric Odhiambo Leicester City Loan[31]
18 January 2008 Switzerland Kovačević, MihaelMihael Kovačević Koper £0,040,000[29][32]
25 January 2008 Suriname de Vries, MarkMark de Vries Unattached (ex-Leicester City) Free[33]
31 January 2008 Republic of Ireland O'Brien, JimJim O'Brien Celtic Loan[34]
3 March 2008 Guinea Camara, KémokoKémoko Camara Unattached Free[35]
15 April 2008 Scotland Kevin Smith Unattached (ex-Aldershot) Free[36]

Out

Five players left United during the season, with a number of young players spending time on loan with lower league clubs. Two player also agreed moves at the end of the season.

Date Player To Fee
28 August 2007 Scotland Andreoni, MarcoMarco Andreoni Montrose Loan[27]
28 August 2007 Scotland Easton, WilliamWilliam Easton Stirling Albion Loan[27]
31 August 2007 Scotland Proctor, DavidDavid Proctor Inverness CT Released[37]
26 October 2007 Scotland Cameron, GregGreg Cameron Partick Thistle Loan[38]
2 November 2007 Scotland Goodwillie, DavidDavid Goodwillie Raith Rovers Loan[39]
2 January 2008 Scotland Andreoni, MarcoMarco Andreoni Airdrie United Loan[40]
3 January 2008 Scotland Easton, WilliamWilliam Easton Ayr United Released[41]
17 January 2008 Scotland Duff, StuartStuart Duff Aberdeen Released[42]
18 January 2008 Scotland Cameron, GregGreg Cameron St Johnstone Loan[43]
31 January 2008 Poland Szamotulski, GrzegorzGrzegorz Szamotulski Preston Contract expiry[7]
31 January 2008 Scotland Robson, BarryBarry Robson Celtic £1,250,000[44]
15 May 2008 Scotland McLean, EuanEuan McLean St Johnstone Free[45]
27 May 2008 Scotland Robb, StevenSteven Robb St Mirren Free[46]
30 June 2008 Norway Kalvenes, ChristianChristian Kalvenes Contract expiry Free
30 June 2008 Scotland Kerr, MarkMark Kerr Contract expiry Free

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a second[47] (and final) season by Anglian Home Improvements (who again sponsored Motherwell). The sponsor logo is displayed as a simple font across the chest, with white logo for the home top and black logo on the change strip.[48] The shorts were again sponsored by Ole International after the Spanish property firm extended the deal for a second year.[49] The shorts logo is displayed on the right hand side, above the club badge.[49] The expiry of both deals at the end of the season means the club will have at least one new sponsorship for 2008-09, as the option of a third year of shirt sponsorship[47] was passed for a new one-year deal with JD Sports' Carbrini Sportswear label for 2008-09.[50][51]

The club has no third strip, with the last third strip used in the 2002–03 season.

Awards

Craig Levein (October 2007)
Lee Wilkie (October 2007), Barry Robson (January 2008)
Danny Grainger (January 2008), Garry Kenneth (March 2008)
Willo Flood (2007–08)

References

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