1986–87 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1986–87 season
Chairman George Fox
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W24 D12 L8 F66 A36 P60
Tennent's Scottish Cup Runners-up
Skol Cup Semi-finals
UEFA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Iain Ferguson (16)
All: Iain Ferguson (28)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season was the 78th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season. They reached the Scottish Cup final, only to lose after extra-time to St Mirren. The season is most notable for the club's run to the UEFA Cup Final, knocking out Barcelona and Borussia Mönchengladbach en-route. United lost 2-1 on aggregate to IFK Gothenburg in the final.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 67 competitive matches during the 1986–87 season.[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to St Mirren and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals. Swedish side Gothenburg defeated United in the final of the UEFA Cup over two legs.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1986 AberdeenH2–110,910Gough, Redford
13 August 1986 ClydebankA0–01,612
16 August 1986 RangersA3–243,995Gallacher, Redford
23 August 1986 HeartsH1–011,068Hegarty
30 August 1986 St MirrenH3–06,168Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon
6 September 1986 DundeeA2–012,079Milne, Bannon
13 September 1986 CelticH2–219,792Ferguson, Gallacher
20 September 1986 Hamilton AcademicalA5–12,876Hegarty (2), Ferguson (2), Sturrock
27 September 1986 HibernianA1–15,407Redford
4 October 1986 FalkirkH2–05,957Ferguson (2)
8 October 1986 MotherwellH4–05,740Own goal, Ferguson, Own goal, Coyne
11 October 1986 AberdeenA0–214,922
18 October 1986 ClydebankH2–05,314Own goal, Bannon
25 October 1986 HeartsA2–214,320Sturrock (2)
29 October 1986 RangersH0–020,171
1 November 1986 St MirrenA1–03,930Ferguson
8 November 1986 DundeeH0–311,733
15 November 1986 CelticA0–134,319
19 November 1986 Hamilton AcademicalH3–04,280Clark, Ferguson, Sturrock
22 November 1986 HibernianH1–06,862Bannon
29 November 1986 FalkirkA1–24,500Redford
3 December 1986 MotherwellA2–02,312Page, Redford
6 December 1986 AberdeenH0–010,242
13 December 1986 ClydebankA2–11,396Ferguson, Bannon
20 December 1986 HeartsH3–111,749Sturrock, Bannon, Ferguson
27 December 1986 RangersA0–242,165
6 January 1987 St MirrenH2-05,798Redford, Sturrock
10 January 1987 CelticH3-219,020Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon
24 January 1987 HibernianA2-07,398Gallacher, McInally
7 February 1987 FalkirkH2-18,804Ferguson, Gallacher
14 February 1987 MotherwellH2-09,902Gallacher, Ferguson
28 February 1987 AberdeenA1-012,850Bannon
7 March 1987 ClydebankH1-15,541Hegarty
10 March 1987 DundeeA1-111,615Gallacher
21 March 1987 RangersH0-121,278
28 March 1987 DundeeH1-112,220Own goal
4 April 1987 St MirrenA1-22,538Redford
14 April 1987 HamiltonA0-02,062
18 April 1987 CelticA1-123,798Clark
25 April 1987 FalkirkA2-14,930Ferguson (2)
28 April 1987 HamiltonH2-17,244Bannon, Clark
2 May 1987 HibernianH2-19,301Gallacher, Redford
9 May 1987 MotherwellA0-12,340
11 May 1987 HeartsA1-16,779Kirkwood

Tennent's Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
31 January 1987 R3 AirdrieoniansH1–19,169Gallacher
9 February 1987 R3 AirdrieoniansA2–15,000Ferguson, Gallacher
12 February 1987 R4 Brechin CityA1–019,355Gallacher
14 March 1987 QF Forfar AthleticH2–27,985Malpas, Ferguson
24 March 1987 QF Forfar AthleticA2–08,139Holt, Ferguson
11 April 1987 SF DundeeN3–213,913Ferguson (2), Hegarty
14 May 1987 F St MirrenN0–151,782

Skol Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1986 R2 Queen of the SouthA1–04,212Gallacher
27 August 1986 R3 Ayr UnitedA3–03,680Ferguson (2), Gallacher
3 September 1986 QF HibernianA2–09,212Ferguson (2)
24 September 1986 SF RangersA1–245,249Ferguson

UEFA Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 September 1986 R1 1 France LensA0–111,330
1 October 1986 R1 2 France LensH2–011,645Milne, Coyne
22 October 1986 R2 1 Romania Universitatea CraiovaH3–010,728Redford (2), Clark
5 November 1986 R2 2 Romania Universitatea CraiovaA0–135,000
26 November 1986 R3 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk SplitH2–011,569McInally, Clark
10 December 1986 R3 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split A0–026,000
4 March 1987 QF 1 Spain BarcelonaH1–021,322Gallacher
18 March 1987 QF 2 Spain BarcelonaA2–142,000Clark, Ferguson
8 April 1987 SF 1 Germany MönchengladbachH0–015,789
22 April 1987 SF 2 Germany MönchengladbachA2–033,500Ferguson, Redford
6 May 1987 F 1 Sweden GothenburgA0–150,053
20 May 1987 F 2 Sweden GothenburgH1–120,911Clark

Player details

During the 1986–87 season, United used 29 different players comprising four nationalities. Billy Thomson was the only player to feature in every match of United's UEFA Cup run. 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 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland Billy Thomson 61 0 39 0 6 0 4 0 12 0
GK Scotland Scott Y. Thomson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Dave Beaumont 40 0 28 0 4 0 2 0 6 0
DF Scotland John Clark 47 7 30 3 6 0 1 0 10 4
DF Scotland Richard Gough 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Paul Hegarty 38 5 23 4 4 1 4 0 7 0
DF Scotland John Holt 31 1 18 0 4 1 2 0 7 0
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 57 1 36 0 7 1 4 0 10 0
DF Scotland Gary McGinnis 25 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
DF Scotland Dave Narey 54 0 33 0 7 0 4 0 10 0
DF England Chris Sulley 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Brian Welsh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Eamonn Bannon 57 9 38 9 4 0 4 0 11 0
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 38 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
MF Scotland Harry Curran 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Alan Irvine 19 4 16 2 1 2 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland Paul Kinnaird 11 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Billy Kirkwood 18 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 3 0
MF Scotland Jim McInally 51 2 32 1 7 0 1 0 11 1
MF Scotland Billy McKinlay 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Gordon McLeod 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Ralph Milne 22 2 14 1 0 0 2 0 6 1
MF Scotland Jimmy Page 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Ian Redford 59 11 37 8 7 0 4 0 11 3
FW Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne 14 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
FW Scotland Iain Ferguson 51 28 36 16 7 5 3 5 5 2
FW Scotland Kevin Gallacher 57 16 37 10 6 3 4 2 10 1
FW Scotland Paul Sturrock 50 6 30 6 6 0 3 0 11 0

Goalscorers

United had 15 players score with the team scoring 97 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 28 goals.[2]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Ferguson, IainIain Ferguson1612 28
Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher106 16
Redford, IanIan Redford83 11
Bannon, EamonnEamonn Bannon90 09
Clark, JohnJohn Clark34 07
Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock60 06
Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty41 05
goals, OwnOwn goals30 03
Coyne, TommyTommy Coyne11 02
McInally, JimJim McInally11 02
Milne, RalphRalph Milne11 02
Gough, RichardRichard Gough10 01
Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood10 01
Page, JimmyJimmy Page10 01
Holt, JohnJohn Holt01 01
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas01 01

Discipline

During the 1986–87 season, one United players was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[3]

NameDismissals
Coyne, TommyTommy CoyneRed card 1

Transfers

In

The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of at least £300,000 (some figures unknown). Two other players joined before the following season.

Date Player From Fee (£)
22 August 1986 Scotland Ferguson, IainIain Ferguson Rangers £0,145,000[4]
00 September 1986 England Sulley, ChrisChris Sulley Bournemouth Unknown
Scotland Curran, HarryHarry Curran Dumbarton Unknown
25 November 1986 Scotland Main, AlanAlan Main Elgin City £0,008,000[5]
00 January 1987 Scotland Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood Hibernian Unknown[6]
18 June 1987 Scotland French, HamishHamish French Keith £0,010,000[7]
00 June 1987 Scotland Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Crystal Palace £0,100,000[8]

*Dave Bowman and Jim McInally were signed in a joint £140,000 deal

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of nearly £1,000,000. One player retired due to injury.

Date Player To Fee
1 August 1986 Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough Tottenham Hotspur £0,750,000[9]
13 December 1986 Scotland Coyne, TommyTommy Coyne Dundee £0,075,000[10]
00 January 1987 Scotland Milne, RalphRalph Milne Charlton Athletic £0,125,000[11]
England Sulley, ChrisChris Sulley Blackburn Rovers £0,015,000[12]
Scotland Page, JimmyJimmy Page Retired N/A

Loans out

Date Player To Duration
England Sulley, ChrisChris Sulley Blackburn Rovers Unknown[12]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The shirts were sponsored by future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores for a second season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dundee Utd 1986/1987 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  2. 1 2 "1986–87". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  3. ↑ "1986–87". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  4. ↑ "Iain Ferguson". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Player A to Z: Alan Main". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Billy Kirkwood". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hamish French". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Alan Irvine". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Richard Gough". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Player A to Z: Tommy Coyne". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  11. ↑ "Player A to Z: Ralph Milne". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  12. 1 2 "Chris Sulley". The Arab Archive. 14 April 2015.

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