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1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
1989–90 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerJim McLean
Scottish Premier Division4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
Tennent's Scottish CupSemi-finals
Skol CupThird round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
All: Mixu Paatelainen (9)
Highest home attendance16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 January)
Lowest home attendance5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)

The 1989–90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

Match results

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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

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Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

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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

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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

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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

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 September 1989 Northern Ireland Glentoran A 3–1 8,000 Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 September 1989 Northern Ireland Glentoran H 2–0 9,340 Clark, Gallacher
17 October 1989 Belgium Royal Antwerp A 0–4 10,000
31 October 1989 Belgium Royal Antwerp H 3–2 8,994 M O'Neill, Paatelainen, Clark

Player details

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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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Alan Main 33 0 27 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Billy Thomson 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
GK Scotland SCO Scott Thomson 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Clark 37 4 28 1 4 1 2 0 3 2
DF Scotland SCO Alex Cleland 17 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DF Scotland SCO Paul Hegarty 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Netherlands NED Fred van der Hoorn 42 2 31 2 5 0 2 0 4 0
DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 26 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Maurice Malpas 40 2 30 2 4 0 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary McGinnis 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Narey 41 0 31 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Welsh 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Charlie Adam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Bowman 34 1 24 1 5 0 1 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Irvine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McInally 46 4 35 3 5 0 2 0 4 1
MF Scotland SCO Billy McKinlay 18 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Ray McKinnon 11 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO John O'Neil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Neill 25 7 18 5 1 0 2 1 4 1
MF Scotland SCO Allan Preston 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Connolly 19 6 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Hamish French 13 2 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Gallacher 24 2 17 1 1 0 2 0 4 1
FW Barbados BRB Peter Hinds 18 3 13 1 1 0 1 1 3 1
FW Scotland SCO Darren Jackson 32 8 25 7 5 1 1 0 1 0
FW Finland FIN Mixu Paatelainen 41 9 31 7 5 1 2 0 3 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Aberdeen 36 17 10 9 56 33 +23 44 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Heart of Midlothian 36 16 12 8 54 35 +19 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Dundee United 36 11 13 12 36 39 −3 35
5 Celtic 36 10 14 12 37 37 0 34
6 Motherwell 36 11 12 13 43 47 −4 34
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

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Playing kit

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Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Match results 1989/1990". Arab Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "1989/91". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 14 January 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ "1989–90". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 1 February 2008. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  7. ^ "Players of the 80s – Intro". PTFC.net. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Alan Irvine". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  10. ^ "Kevin Gallacher". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  11. ^ "Gary McGinnis". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
  12. ^ "Joe McLeod". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
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