1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	8,596	French
19 August 1989	Dundee	A	3–4	13,616	Malpas, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
26 August 1989	Dunfermline	H	2–1	9,158	Van der Hoorn, M O'Neill
9 September 1989	Hibernian	A	0–2	7,000
16 September 1989	Celtic	H	2–2	16,624	Van der Hoorn, French
23 September 1989	Hearts	A	1–1	14,008	McInally
30 September 1989	St Mirren	H	0–0	6,643
4 October 1989	Aberdeen	H	2–0	11,879	McInally, Malpas
14 October 1989	Rangers	A	1–2	36,062	M O'Neill
21 October 1989	Motherwell	A	2–3	8,100	M O'Neill (2)
28 October 1989	Dundee	H	0–0	11,529
4 November 1989	Dunfermline	A	1–1	10,804	Paatelainen
8 November 1989	Hibernian	H	1–0	8,247	Jackson
18 November 1989	Celtic	A	1–0	35,350	Gallacher
25 November 1989	Hearts	H	2–1	12,201	Bowman, Paatelainen
9 December 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–2	15,500	McInally, Malpas
13 December 1989	St Mirren	A	0–1	2,800
16 December 1989	Rangers	H	1–1	15,947	Paatelainen
23 December 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,169	Paatelainen
30 December 1989	Dundee	A	1–1	12,803	Jackson
3 January 1990	Dunfermline	H	1–0	11,148	Jackson
6 January 1990	Hibernian	A	0–0	6,500
13 January 1990	Celtic	H	2–0	16,635	Connolly (2)
27 January 1990	Hearts	A	2–3	13,083	Connolly, Paatelainen
3 February 1990	Rangers	A	1–3	39,058	Clark
10 February 1990	Aberdeen	H	1–1	10,533	McInally
17 February 1990	St Mirren	H	2–0	5,957	Jackson, Connolly
3 March 1990	Celtic	A	0–3	23,541
10 March 1990	Motherwell	A	1–0	4,697	Jackson
24 March 1990	Dundee	H	1–2	11,918	Connolly
31 March 1990	Dunfermline	A	1–0	6,945	Jackson
7 April 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	6,633	Paatelainen
18 April 1990	Aberdeen	A	0–1	10,000
21 April 1990	Rangers	H	0–1	15,996
28 April 1990	Hearts	H	1–1	7,679	Jackson
5 May 1990	St Mirren	A	0–0	4,312

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 January 1990	Dundee	A	0–0	14,176
23 January 1990	Dundee	H	1–0	16,228	Clark
24 February 1990	Queen of the South	H	2–1	5,948	Connolly, Paatelainen
17 March 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	13,874	Jackson
14 April 1990	Aberdeen	N	0–4	16,581

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1989	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	7,043	M O'Neill
23 August 1989	Hamilton	A	1–2	2,600	Hinds

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 September 1989	Glentoran	A	3–1	8,000	Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 September 1989	Glentoran	H	2–0	9,340	Clark, Gallacher
17 October 1989	Royal Antwerp	A	0–4	10,000
31 October 1989	Royal Antwerp	H	3–2	8,994	M 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	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Alan Main	33	0	27	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Billy Thomson	11	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	GK		Scott Thomson	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		John Clark	37	4	28	1	4	1	2	0	3	2
	DF		Alex Cleland	17	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF		Paul Hegarty	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Fred van der Hoorn	42	2	31	2	5	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Miodrag Krivokapić	34	0	26	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
	DF		Maurice Malpas	40	2	30	2	4	0	2	0	4	0
	DF		Gary McGinnis	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Dave Narey	41	0	31	0	5	0	2	0	3	0
	DF		Brian Welsh	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Charlie Adam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Dave Bowman	34	1	24	1	5	0	1	0	4	0
	MF		Alan Irvine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim McInally	46	4	35	3	5	0	2	0	4	1
	MF		Billy McKinlay	18	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		Ray McKinnon	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Joe McLeod	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John O'Neil	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Michael O'Neill	25	7	18	5	1	0	2	1	4	1
	MF		Allan Preston	11	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Paddy Connolly	19	6	15	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hamish French	13	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Kevin Gallacher	24	2	17	1	1	0	2	0	4	1
	FW		Peter Hinds	18	3	13	1	1	0	1	1	3	1
	FW		Darren Jackson	32	8	25	7	5	1	1	0	1	0
	FW		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]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen	7	0	9
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson	7	1	8
O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill	5	2	7
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly	5	1	6
McInally, JimJim McInally	3	1	4
Clark, JohnJohn Clark	1	3	4
French, HamishHamish French	2	0	2
HoornFred van der Hoorn	2	0	2
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas	2	0	2
Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher	1	1	2
Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds	0	2	2
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	1	0	1
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	0	1	1

Discipline

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

Name	Dismissals
Krivokapić, MiodragMiodrag Krivokapić	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	Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds	Fujita Kogyo	£0,065,000^[4]
2 August 1989	HoornFreddy van der Hoorn	Den Bosch	£0,200,000^[5]
15 August 1989	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	Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam	Partick Thistle	Unknown^[7]
22 November 1989	Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine	Blackburn Rovers	£0,030,000^[8]
00 January 1990	Hegarty, PaulPaul Hegarty	St Johnstone	Free^[9]
25 January 1990	Gallacher, KevinKevin Gallacher	Coventry City	£0,900,000^[10]
8 February 1990	McGinnis, GaryGary McGinnis	St Johnstone	£0,100,000^[11]
00 000 1990	McLeod, JoeJoe McLeod	Motherwell	Unknown^[12]

Loans out

One player was loaned out during the season.

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

Playing kit

Home
colours

Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

References

↑ "Dundee Utd 1989/1990 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
1 2 "1989/91". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
↑ "1989–90". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
↑ "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
↑ "Players of the 80s – Intro". PTFC.net. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
1 2 "Alan Irvine". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Kevin Gallacher". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Gary McGinnis". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
↑ "Joe McLeod". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2008.

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