1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
1989–90 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Skol Cup Third round
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
All: Mixu Paatelainen (9)
Highest home attendance 16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 January)
Lowest home attendance 5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)

The 1989–90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 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 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

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

Transfers

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The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

See also

References

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