2005–06 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2005–06 season
Chairman Eddie Thompson
Manager Gordon Chisholm (until 10 January)
Billy Dodds (interim caretaker)
Craig Brewster (from 16 January)
Bank of Scotland Premierleague 9th
W:7 D:12 L:19 F:41 A:66 P:33
Tennent's Scottish Cup Third round
CIS Insurance Cup Second round
UEFA Cup Second qual. round
Top goalscorer League: Lee Miller (8)
All: Lee Miller, Collin Samuel (8)
Highest home attendance 12,404 (vs Aberdeen, 30 July)
Lowest home attendance 5,034 (vs Dunfermline, 2 May)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was the 97th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. United finished in ninth place for the second consecutive season and meant they had only finished in the top six once in the six seasons since the split was introduced.

United finished the 2005/06 SPL season in 9th place with 33 points, narrowly beating Falkirk (10th) and Dunfermline Athletic (11th) on goal difference. United exited all three cup competitions at the first stage. Between April and early-May, United lost six consecutive games, including losses to the three clubs which finished below them in the league.

The much-anticipated UEFA Cup campaign ended in disappointment with an away-goals defeat to Finnish side MyPa (after United surrendered a two-goal lead), and a CIS Insurance Cup defeat to Inverness CT followed, although an incredible 5–4 away win over Motherwell brought some early-season cheer. United also exited the Scottish Cup at the first hurdle, bowing out 3–2 to Aberdeen after again throwing away a two-goal lead.

Little league success followed, and the Terrors finished ninth on goal difference, thanks to a late Collin Samuel equaliser against Motherwell on the season's final day. In mid-January, Gordon Chisholm was sacked, with United favourite Craig Brewster leaving Inverness CT to take over. Brewster would go on to win just one league game all season and leave United before 2006 was out.

Season review

Pre-season preparations went well, with United winning the inaugural City of Discovery Cup. The league season started disappointingly, however, with the surprise UEFA Cup exit in August to MyPa a notable downpoint. After drawing the away leg 0–0, United threw away a 2–0 first-half home lead, and went out on away goals. An incredible 5–4 win at Motherwell – in which United were two goals behind on three occasions – was the only high point in a disappointing month. United also lost to Celtic and Hearts in August.

United lost at Hibernian and exited the CIS Insurance Cup in September, going out to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the second round. Prior to the cup exit, a 2–0 win over Livingston had brought the first home win. Immediately after going out of the cup, United lost at Dunfermline, to close out September in disappointing fashion.

In October, United a three-game unbeaten run, indicating a small improvement. The spell – which included a televised draw against Rangers and a win at Falkirk – was unfortunately followed by three successive defeats, which saw nine goals conceded. United then avoided defeat in four of the next five matches.

Boxing Day saw a last-minute defeat at Kilmarnock and United also lost heavily at Ibrox to Rangers. Incredibly, United exited the third cup tournament immediately, throwing away a two-goal home lead to lose 3–2 to Aberdeen. In the game in which on-loan Charles Mulgrew debuted, David Fernandez scored twice in the first half, only for ex-Tangerine Stevie Crawford to equalise. It proved to be the final straw and manager Gordon Chisholm left, with immediate rumours naming Craig Brewster as Eddie Thompson's man of choice for the hot seat. Brewster was appointed shortly after.

Caretaker-manager Billy Dodds took charge for his only game as United recovered to beat Falkirk 2–1, with newly appointed Brewster watching from the stands. It would also be Mark Wilson's final match, as he moved to Celtic for £500,000 shortly afterwards.

Brewster made his second United debut against Aberdeen but lasted under half an hour due to injury, which ended his playing season. He guided United to three draws in his first three matches but had to wait until his eighth match to secure his first win, at the expense of Livingston. During this time, on-loan Charlie Mulgrew won the Young Player of the Month award for February. United lost six of the final eight games to end a thoroughly disappointing season, which brought just one league win for the new manager.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2005–06 season,[1] as well as four pre-season friendlies, making a total of nearly fifty games played. The team finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the third round stage, losing 3–2 at home to Aberdeen, despite being two goals ahead at half time. The club also exited early in the League Cup, losing 2–0 away to Inverness CT in the second round. United fell to an early exit in the UEFA Cup after losing on away goals to Finnish team MyPa, completing an immediate exit in all three cup competitions.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30 July AberdeenH1–112,404Miller
6 August CelticA0–256,532
14 August HeartsH0–311,654
20 August MotherwellA5–44,706Miller (2), Fernandez, Brebner (2)
28 August Inverness CTH1–16,178Miller
10 September HibernianA1–212,062Brebner
17 September LivingstonH2–06,302Fernandez, Canero
24 September DunfermlineA1–25,361McCracken
1 October KilmarnockH0–06,915
16 October RangersH0–011,696
22 October FalkirkA3–15,316OG, Canero, Samuel
25 October AberdeenA0–210,720
30 October CelticH2–411,942OG, Samuel
5 November HeartsA0–316,617
19 November MotherwellH1–16,305McIntyre
26 November Inverness CTA1–13,239Miller
3 December HibernianH1–07,976Samuel
10 December LivingstonA0–13,845
20 December DunfermlineH2–15,889Samuel, Robson
26 December KilmarnockA1–25,749Samuel
31 December RangersA0–349,141
15 January FalkirkH2–17,948Fernandez, McInnes
21 January AberdeenH1–19,936Archibald
28 January CelticA3–359,875Fernandez (2), Miller
7 February HeartsH1–110,584Brebner
11 February MotherwellA0–25,257
18 February Inverness CTH2–46,419Mulgrew
25 February DunfermlineA1–14,694Kenneth
4 March HibernianA1–316,266Goodwillie
11 March LivingstonH3–15,730Miller (2), Kerr
25 March KilmarnockH2–25,830McCracken, McInnes
2 April RangersH1–411,213Samuel
8 April FalkirkA0–14,473
15 April LivingstonA1–32,298Robertson
22 April Inverness CTA0–13,609
29 April FalkirkH0–25,798
2 MayDunfermlineH0–15,034
6 MayMotherwellA1–15,269Samuel

Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 January AberdeenH2–38,218Fernandez (2)

CIS Insurance Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 September Inverness CTA0–21,919

UEFA Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August Finland MyPaA0–01,820
25 August Finland MyPaH2–29,600Kerr, Samuel

Player details

During the 2005–06 season, United used 27 different players, with a further seven named as unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Derek Stillie 34 0 30 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Mark Wilson 25 0 21 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF Scotland David McCracken 37 2 34 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
4 MF Scotland Derek McInnes 13 2 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 MF Scotland Alan Archibald 38 1 34 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland Peter Canero 12 2 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland Charles Mulgrew 14 2 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland Mark Kerr 38 2 35 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
8 MF Scotland Grant Brebner 29 4 26 4 0 0 1 0 2 0
9 ST Scotland Lee Miller 38 8 34 8 1 0 1 0 2 0
10 ST Scotland Jim McIntyre 29 1 25 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
11 MF Scotland Barry Robson 35 1 31 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
12 MF Scotland Stuart Duff 33 0 29 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
15 DF Scotland Lee Mair 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 ST Scotland Craig Brewster 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 GK Scotland Craig Samson 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Scotland Garry Kenneth 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ST Scotland Stevie Crawford 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 ST Spain David Fernandez 32 7 30 5 1 2 1 0 0 0
20 ST Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel 38 8 35 7 1 0 1 0 1 1
23 DF Scotland Paul Ritchie 23 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
25 MF Scotland David Robertson 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland Greg Cameron 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland Ross Gardiner 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Scotland Stuart Abbot 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland William Easton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 ST Scotland David Goodwillie 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

United had 15 players score with the team scoring 45 goals in total. The top goalscorers were Lee Miller and Collin Samuel, who finished the season with eight goals each.[2]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Miller, LeeLee Miller 8 8
Samuel, CollinCollin Samuel 7 1 8
Fernandez, DavidDavid Fernandez 5 2 7
Brebner, GrantGrant Brebner 4 4
Canero, PeterPeter Canero 2 2
Kerr, MarkMark Kerr 1 1 2
McCracken, DavidDavid McCracken 2 2
McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes 2 2
Mulgrew, CharlesCharles Mulgrew 2 2
Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald 1 1
Goodwillie, DavidDavid Goodwillie 1 1
Kenneth, GarryGarry Kenneth 1 1
McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre 1 1
Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson 1 1
Robson, BarryBarry Robson 1 1

Discipline

During the 2005–06 season, two United players were sent off, and 18 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received two dismissals and 64 cautions.[2]

NameCautionsDismissals
Robson, BarryBarry RobsonYC 10Red card 1
Ritchie, PaulPaul RitchieYC 04Red card 1
Kerr, MarkMark KerrYC 09
McCracken, DavidDavid McCrackenYC 07
Brebner, GrantGrant BrebnerYC 06
Archibald, AlanAlan ArchibaldYC 05
Duff, StuartStuart DuffYC 05
Miller, LeeLee MillerYC 04
Fernandez, DavidDavid FernandezYC 03
McIntyre, JimJim McIntyreYC 03
Canero, PeterPeter CaneroYC 01
Crawford, StevieStevie CrawfordYC 01
Mair, LeeLee MairYC 01
Mulgrew, CharlesCharles MulgrewYC 01
Robertson, DavidDavid RobertsonYC 01
Samuel, CollinCollin SamuelYC 01
Stillie, DerekDerek StillieYC 01
Wilson, MarkMark WilsonYC 01

Transfers

In

The club signed six players during the season, as well as loaning one for the latter part. Only one player – Lee Miller – was signed for a fee (£225k).

Date Player From Fee (£)
3 June Scotland Miller, LeeLee Miller Bristol City £0,225,000[3]
7 July Scotland Stillie, DerekDerek Stillie Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed[4]
29 July Scotland Samson, CraigCraig Samson Kilmarnock Free[5]
12 August Spain Fernandez, DavidDavid Fernandez Celtic Free[6]
5 September Scotland Canero, PeterPeter Canero Unattached Free[7]
16 January Scotland Brewster, CraigCraig Brewster Inverness CT Free[8]

Loans in

Date Player From Duration
5 January Scotland Mulgrew, CharlesCharles Mulgrew Celtic End of season[9]

Out

Six players left the club during the season with only one transfer involving a fee: Mark Wilson's £500k move to Celtic. The others were released before the end of their contracts.

Date Player To Fee
1 August Scotland Grady, JamesJames Grady Gretna Released[10]
1 August Trinidad and Tobago Scotland, JasonJason Scotland St Johnstone Work permit expiry[11]
31 August Scotland Crawford, StevieStevie Crawford Aberdeen Released[12]
31 August Scotland Holmes, GraemeGraeme Holmes Airdrie United Released[13]
16 January Scotland Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds Partick Thistle Released[8]
16 January Scotland Wilson, MarkMark Wilson Celtic £0,500,000[14]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours
European colours

The home strip remained unchanged from the previous season but the away kit was changed to a new white and black outfit, separated diagonally.[15] As mentioned at the end of the previous season, the limited edition third kit would be used for the European campaign.[16] The jerseys were sponsored by Morning, Noon and Night for the third and final season. Originally sponsored for the 2003–04 season,[17] the firm – operating under the banner of Scotmid since August 2004[18] – sponsored the club for a final time. The sponsor logo was again displayed as a simple font across the chest, with white logo for the home and third tops and orange logo on the change strip.

Awards

February 2006

References

  1. ↑ "2006–07 – First Team Fixtures & Results". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dundee Utd 2005–06 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Dundee United clinch Miller deal". BBC Sport website. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Stillie on move to Dundee United". BBC Sport website. 7 July 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  5. ↑ "Samson wins a Tannadice contract". BBC Sport website. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  6. ↑ "Fernandez moves on to Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "Canero given chance at Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Brewster the right man – Thompson". BBC Sport website. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  9. ↑ "Dundee Utd land Celtic's Mulgrew". BBC Sport website. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  10. ↑ "Striker Grady signs up for Gretna". BBC Sport website. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  11. ↑ "United's Scotland case dismissed". BBC Sport website. 1 August 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  12. ↑ "Crawford quits Tannadice for Dons". BBC Sport website. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  13. ↑ "Graeme Holmes departs Tannadice". Dundee United F.C. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  14. ↑ "Celtic secure signing of Wilson". BBC Sport website. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  15. ↑ "New away kit launched". Dundee United F.C. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  16. ↑ "Cup strip officially launched". Dundee United F.C. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  17. ↑ "Triple boost for Dundee United". Dundee United F.C. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  18. ↑ "Dundee firm sold for £30 million". Evening Telegraph. 3 August 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

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