1996–97 Dundee United F.C. season

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Dundee United
1996–97 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Billy Kirkwood (until 10 September 1996)
Tommy McLean (from 10 September 1996)
Scottish Premier Division 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W17 D9 L10 F46 A33 P60
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Coca-Cola Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Kjell Olofsson (12)
All: Kjell Olofsson (13)
Highest home attendance 12,600 (vs Celtic, 1 February 1997)
Lowest home attendance 6,387 (vs Raith Rovers, 22 March 1997)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 season was the 85th year of football played by Dundee United, and covered the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. United finished in third place in the league following their promotion from the First Division and qualified for the UEFA Cup in the process. The club lost in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup after a replay and were knocked out of the League Cup in a third round penalty shootout by rivals Dundee.

Season review

United finished the Scottish Premier Division 1996–97 season in 3rd place with 60 points, in the first season back in the top flight after the single season in the First Division. Despite taking just one point from the first six games, United finished third, with the appointment of Tommy McLean starting an immediate six-game unbeaten run, bettered later by a thirteen-game unbeaten succession, which included eight straight league wins.

The cup campaigns saw a 3rd round League Cup penalty shootout defeat to rivals Dundee and a semi-final Scottish Cup defeat (after a replay) to eventual winners Kilmarnock.

Off the pitch, United started a four-year successive run of 'Premier League Programme of the Year'.[1]

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1996–97 season.[2] The team finished third in the Premier Division.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August 1996 Motherwell H 1–1 8,127 McSwegan
17 August 1996 Hibernian H 0–1 8,589
24 August 1996 Rangers A 0–1 48,285
7 September 1996 Hearts A 0–1 11,858
14 September 1996 Celtic H 1–2 12,152 McSwegan
21 September 1996 Raith Rovers A 2–3 5,077 McSwegan, Hannah
28 September 1996 Aberdeen H 1–0 10,359 McSwegan
12 October 1996 Kilmarnock H 0–0 7,365
19 October 1996 Dunfermline A 1–1 6,982 Winters
26 October 1996 Hearts H 1–0 9,353 Winters
2 November 1996 Motherwell A 3–1 5,814 Olofsson, McKinnon, Winters
16 November 1996 Aberdeen A 3–3 13,800 McLaren, Winters, Olofsson
23 November 1996 Raith Rovers H 1–2 8,028 Duffy
30 November 1996 Dunfermline H 1–1 7,646 Winters
7 December 1996 Kilmarnock A 2–0 5,814 Olofsson (2)
10 December 1996 Rangers H 1–0 12,529 Own goal (Gough)
14 December 1996 Hibernian A 1–1 8,250 McLaren
21 December 1996 Celtic A 0–1 46,590
26 December 1996 Motherwell H 2–0 8,072 McSwegan, Hannah
28 December 1996 Raith Rovers A 1–0 5,762 Olofsson
1 January 1997 Aberdeen H 4–0 9,736 Winters, Pressley (2), Olofsson
4 January 1997 Kilmarnock H 2–0 8,508 Malpas, McKinnon
11 January 1997 Dunfermline A 3–1 7,698 Olofsson (2), McInally
18 January 1997 Hearts A 2–1 12,777 Olofsson, McKinnon
1 February 1997 Celtic H 1–0 12,600 McSwegan
8 February 1997 Hibernian H 0–0 9,219
22 February 1997 Kilmarnock A 3–2 6,054 McKinnon (3)
1 March 1997 Dunfermline H 2–1 8,160 McLaren, Olofsson
12 March 1997 Rangers A 2–0 49,192 Winters, Olofsson
15 March 1997 Aberdeen A 1–1 13,645 Olofsson
22 March 1997 Raith Rovers H 2–1 6,387 Winters (2)
5 April 1997 Hibernian A 0–2 11,010
19 April 1997 Motherwell A 1–1 5,500 Zetterlund
3 May 1997 Hearts H 1–0 7,405 McSwegan
7 May 1997 Rangers H 0–1 12,180
10 May 1997 Celtic A 0–3 46,758

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 January 1997 Stirling A 2–0 3,300 Winters, McSwegan
16 February 1997 Hearts A 1–1 14,833 Own goal
25 February 1997 Hearts H 1–0 12,283 Winters
8 March 1997 Motherwell H 4–1 12,283 McLaren (2), Winters, Olofsson
14 April 1997 Kilmarnock N 0–0 12,391
22 April 1997 Kilmarnock N 0–1 9,225

Coca-Cola Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 1996 Stirling A 2–1 1,683 Winters, Coyle
3 September 1996 Dundee H 2–2 11,839 Coyle, McSwegan

Dundee beat United 4–3 on penalty kicks

Player details

During the 1996–97 season, United used 31 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[3]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Netherlands Sieb Dykstra 28 0 22 0 6 0 0 0
GK England Lance Key 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland Ally Maxwell 12 0 10 0 0 0 2 0
DF Netherlands Armand Benneker 9 0 7 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland Neil Duffy 17 1 13 1 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland Stewart McKimmie 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland Jamie McQuilken 11 0 9 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 32 1 26 1 6 0 0 0
DF Norway Erik Pedersen 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0
DF Scotland Mark Perry 43 0 35 0 6 0 2 0
DF Scotland Steven Pressley 43 2 36 2 5 0 2 0
DF Scotland Rab Shannon 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Paul Black 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 30 0 27 0 1 0 2 0
MF Scotland Jamie Dolan 19 0 13 0 6 0 0 0
MF Scotland Craig Easton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland David Hannah 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland Grant Johnson 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland Jim McInally 20 1 16 1 4 0 0 0
MF Scotland Ray McKinnon 31 6 24 6 5 0 2 0
MF Scotland Andy McLaren 41 6 34 4 6 2 1 0
MF Scotland Sandy Robertson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland David Sinclair 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland Paul Walker 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
MF Sweden Jonas Wirmola 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF Sweden Lars Zetterlund 32 0 25 0 1 0 6 0
FW Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 11 2 9 0 0 0 2 2
FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 38 9 30 7 6 1 2 1
FW Sweden Kjell Olofsson 31 13 25 12 6 1 0 0
FW Scotland Steven Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland Robbie Winters 43 12 36 8 5 3 2 1

Transfers

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for the first time by Telewest.

References

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