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1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
1990–91 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerJim McLean
Scottish Premier Division4th
W17 D7 L12 F41 A29 P41
Tennent's Scottish CupRunners-up
Skol CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Darren Jackson (12)
All: Darren Jackson (18)

The 1990–91 season was the 82nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991. United finished in fourth place and missed out on European football for the first time in fifteen years.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Motherwell and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to eventual runners-up Celtic.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 St Johnstone A 3–1 7,784 Jackson (2), Dailly
1 September 1990 Motherwell H 1–0 7,636 Cleland
8 September 1990 St Mirren H 1–0 6,968 Jackson
15 September 1990 Aberdeen A 1–1 17,400 McKinnon
22 September 1990 Rangers H 2–1 16,270 McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.)
29 September 1990 Hearts A 0–1 12,052
10 October 1990 Dunfermline H 3–0 9,025 Bowman, Steinmann, French
13 October 1990 Hibernian H 1–0 10,289 Miller (o.g.)
20 October 1990 Celtic A 0–0 34,363
27 October 1990 St Johnstone H 1–2 11,353 Jackson
3 November 1990 Motherwell A 2–0 8,117 Jackson, Dailly
10 November 1990 Rangers A 2–1 36,995 Jackson (2)
17 November 1990 Hearts H 1–1 10,821 Jackson
24 November 1990 Aberdeen H 2–3 12,344 McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas
1 December 1990 St Mirren A 1–1 4,581 Jackson
8 December 1990 Celtic H 3–1 14,895 Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen
15 December 1990 Hibernian A 0–0 6,000
22 December 1990 Dunfermline A 0–1 8,018
29 December 1990 Rangers H 1–2 178,853 Jackson
2 January 1991 Aberdeen A 1–0 17,400 Dailly
5 January 1991 St Mirren H 3–2 11,353 Clark, Dailly, Cleland
19 January 1991 Motherwell H 3–0 6,482 McKinlay, Connolly (2)
2 February 1991 Celtic A 0–1 26,172
9 February 1991 Hibernian H 0–0 6,114
16 February 1991 Hearts A 1–2 7,216 Clark
19 February 1991 St Johnstone A 1–0 6,910 French
2 March 1991 Dunfermline H 1–0 6,379 Ferguson
9 March 1991 St Mirren A 1–0 3,960 Jackson
23 March 1991 Aberdeen H 1–2 10,643 McInally
30 March 1991 St Johnstone H 0–0 7,794 Jackson
13 April 1991 Celtic H 2–1 12,603 Van der Hoorn, McKinnon
16 April 1991 Motherwell A 0–1 3,531
20 April 1991 Hibernian A 0–1 4,000
24 April 1991 Rangers A 0–1 32,397

United were leading Dunfermline 2–1 on 6 October when the match was abandoned due to heavy rain. The match was replayed four days later.

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
26 January 1990 East Fife A 1–1 4,947 Connolly
29 January 1990 East Fife H 2–1 7,190 Clark, Ferguson
23 February 1990 Airdrieonians H 2–0 8,648 French (2)
13 March 1990 Dundee H 3–1 16,228 McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
6 April 1991 St Johnstone N 0–0 16,560 Clark, Ferguson
18 May 1991 Motherwell N 3–4 57,319 Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson

Skol Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
21 August 1990 Alloa A 3–0 1,835 Welsh, Dailly, Jackson
28 August 1990 Partick Thistle A 3–1 4,000 Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson
4 September 1990 Motherwell H 2–0 8,475 Jackson, McInally
25 September 1990 Celtic N 0–2 49,975

UEFA Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 September 1990 Iceland FH A 3–1 263 Jackson, Cleland (2)
3 October 1990 Iceland FH H 2–2 5,475 Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.)
24 October 1990 Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem A 0–1 8,331
7 November 1990 Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem H 0–4 10,726

Player details

During the 1990–91 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Alan Main 40 0 31 0 6 0 1 0 2 0
GK Scotland SCO Billy Thomson 10 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Bollan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Clark 25 4 18 2 6 2 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Cleland 29 4 21 2 0 0 4 0 4 2
DF Netherlands NED Fred van der Hoorn 45 2 32 1 6 0 4 1 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Kopel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 24 0 6 0 3 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Maurice Malpas 50 1 36 1 6 0 4 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Narey 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Netherlands NED Gijs Steinmann 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Welsh 26 1 17 0 2 0 4 1 3 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Bowman 27 2 20 1 4 1 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McInally 47 2 33 1 6 0 4 1 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy McKinlay 46 2 33 2 5 0 4 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Ray McKinnon 24 3 17 2 4 1 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO John O'Neil 19 1 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Neill 17 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Allan Preston 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Connolly 16 4 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 1
FW Scotland SCO Christian Dailly 26 7 18 5 2 0 4 2 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Duncan Ferguson 14 4 9 1 5 3 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Hamish French 24 6 19 4 3 2 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Darren Jackson 46 18 33 12 6 2 4 3 3 1
FW Finland FIN Mixu Paatelainen 26 1 21 1 0 0 2 0 3 0

Transfers

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
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The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fourth season.

See also

References

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  5. ^ a b "Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
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