2003–04 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United F.C.
2003–04 season
Chairman Eddie Thompson
Manager Ian McCall
Bank of Scotland Premierleague 5th
W:13 D:10 L:15 F:47 A:60 P:49
Tennent's Scottish Cup Third round
CIS Insurance Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Billy Dodds (10)
All: Jim McIntyre (11)
Highest home attendance 12,292 (vs Dundee, 26 October)
Lowest home attendance 5,421 (vs Livingston, 13 December)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 95th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2003-07-01 to 2004-06-30. United finished the season in fifth place.

United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup by Dunfermline in the third round and were beaten by Livingston in the CIS Insurance Cup third round.

Season review

A host of new signings arrived at the club with Ian McCall securing deals from the lower divisions. Mark Kerr, Owen Coyle and Collin Samuel arrived from Falkirk, McCall's former club. Barry Robson also arrived from Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Scotland international Derek McInnes was purchased from recently relegated Premiership club West Brom.

Early season

United got off to a poor start in the league. The first match against Hibs at home ended in a disappointing defeat. The following week, United were thrashed 5–0 away against Celtic. The team didn't end up winning a game till mid-September when United defeated Partick Thistle 2–0 with Charlie Miller scoring a brace.

The team began their Scottish League Cup campaign with a 3–1 home victory over Morton but yet the team's league form was patchy. The first Dundee derby of the season ended in a poor 1–1 draw and then United lost to eventual winners Livingston at the end of October to end the team's league cup campaign. By the end of November, United had picked up just 12 points and were already out of the Cup.

Winter/New Year

December was a lot brighter for United with victories over Kilmarnock 2–0 away and a 2–0 home win over Livingston along with a bright performance away at Ibrox in an unlucky 2–1 defeat to Rangers.

However, in the New Year, United crashed out of the Scottish Cup third round away to Dunfermline who would go on to be finalists that season. The team then enjoyed a 3–2 win over Aberdeen and this would start a memorable unbeaten home record that would stretch out until April.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 2003–04 season.[1] The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup in the third round for the second successive season, losing to Dunfermline. Livingston knocked United out of the CIS Cup in the third round.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2003 Hibernian H 1-2 9,809 Samuel
16 August 2003 Celtic A 0-5 57,658
23 August 2003 Hearts A 0-3 11,395
31 August 2003 Rangers H 1-3 9,752 Dodds
13 September 2003 Livingston A 0-0 5,344
20 September 2003 Partick Thistle A 0-2 4,711 Miller (2)
27 September 2003 Kilmarnock H 1-1 6,529 McLaren
4 October 2003 Motherwell H 0-2 6,194
18 October 2003 Aberdeen A 1-0 11,244 McLaren
26 October 2003 Dundee H 1-1 12,292 McIntyre
1 November 2003 Dunfermline A 0-2 5,078
8 November 2003 Hibernian A 2-2 8,756 McLaren, Robson
22 November 2003 Celtic H 1-5 10,802
30 November 2003 Hearts H 2-1 6,343 Archibald, McInnes
6 December 2003 Rangers A 1-2 49,307 Dodds
13 December 2003 Livingston H 2-0 5,421 Dodds (2)
23 December 2003 Partick Thistle H 0-0 6,440
27 December 2003 Kilmarnock A 2-0 6,062 Dodds, McIntyre
3 January 2004 Motherwell A 1-3 5,549 Wilson
17 January 2004 Aberdeen H 3-2 6,666 Robson, Miller, Dodds
24 January 2004 Dundee A 1-2 10,747 Dodds
31 January 2004 Dunfermline H 1-0 5,564 McIntyre
10 February 2004 Hibernian H 0-0 6,389
14 February 2004 Celtic A 1-2 58,698 Achibald
21 February 2004 Hearts A 1-3 10,265 McIntyre
29 February 2004 Rangers H 2-0 10,496 Kerr, McLaren
13 March 2004 Partick Thistle A 1-1 3,510 Robson
20 March 2004 Kilmarnock H 4-1 5,757 McIntyre (3), Miller
24 March 2004 Livingston A 3-2 3,082 Scotland, Samuel, McIntyre
27 March 2004 Motherwell H 1-0 7,585 Scotland
3 April 2004 Aberdeen A 0-3 8,449
11 April 2004 Dundee H 2-2 9,571 Dodds (2)
17 April 2004 Dunfermline A 1-1 4,409 McCracken
24 April 2004 Rangers H 3-3 10,496 Dodds, Scotland (2)
1 May 2003 Hearts H 0-2 6,620
8 May 2004 Motherwell A 1-0 5,722 Wilson
11 May 2004 Dunfermline H 3-2 5,998 Miller, Innes, Scotland
16 May 2004 Celtic A 1-2 58,386 Wilson

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 January 2004 Dunfermline A 1-3 5,078 McInnes

CIS Insurance Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
23 September 2003 Morton H 3-1 5,638 McLaren, McIntyre (2)
29 October 2003 Livingston H 0-1 2,899

Player details

During the 2003–04 season, United used 24 different players, with a further three players named as a substitute who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Paul Gallacher 35 0 33 0 1 0 1 0
17 GK England Tony Bullock 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Danny Griffin 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland Jim Paterson 19 0 16 0 1 0 2 0
5 DF Scotland Alan Archibald 41 2 38 2 1 0 2 0
6 DF Scotland Gary Bollan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland Scott Paterson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Scotland David McCracken 34 1 32 1 1 0 1 0
21 DF Scotland Mark Wilson 34 3 32 3 1 0 1 0
25 DF Scotland Chris Innes 31 1 29 1 0 0 2 0
4 MF Scotland Derek McInnes 37 2 35 1 1 1 1 0
7 MF Scotland Mark Kerr 35 1 33 1 0 0 2 0
8 MF Scotland Charlie Miller 28 5 26 5 1 0 1 0
11 MF Scotland Barry Robson 29 3 28 3 0 0 1 0
15 MF Scotland Stuart Duff 20 0 18 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF Scotland Craig Easton 24 0 22 0 1 0 1 0
22 MF Scotland Andy McLaren 30 5 27 4 1 0 2 1
27 MF Scotland Graeme Holmes 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Collin Samuel 29 2 26 2 1 0 2 0
10 FW Scotland Jim McIntyre 32 11 30 9 0 0 2 2
14 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 35 10 33 10 1 0 1 0
16 FW Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland 23 5 21 5 1 0 1 0
-- FW Scotland Aaron Conway 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Morning, Noon and Night for the first time.

Awards

March 2004

See also

References

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