1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1990–91 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division 4th
W17 D7 L12 F41 A29 P41
Tennent's Scottish Cup Runners-up
Skol Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Darren Jackson (12)
All: Darren Jackson (18)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 August 1990 St JohnstoneA3–17,784Jackson (2), Dailly
1 September 1990 MotherwellH1–07,636Cleland
8 September 1990 St MirrenH1–06,968Jackson
15 September 1990 AberdeenA1–117,400McKinnon
22 September 1990 RangersH2–116,270McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.)
29 September 1990 HeartsA0–112,052
10 October 1990 DunfermlineH3–09,025Bowman, Steinmann, French
13 October 1990 HibernianH1–010,289Miller (o.g.)
20 October 1990 CelticA0–034,363
27 October 1990 St JohnstoneH1–211,353Jackson
3 November 1990 MotherwellA2–08,117Jackson, Dailly
10 November 1990 RangersA2–136,995Jackson (2)
17 November 1990 HeartsH1–110,821Jackson
24 November 1990 AberdeenH2–312,344McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas
1 December 1990 St MirrenA1–14,581Jackson
8 December 1990 CelticH3–114,895Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen
15 December 1990 HibernianA0–06,000
22 December 1990 DunfermlineA0–18,018
29 December 1990 RangersH1–2178,853Jackson
2 January 1991 AberdeenA1–017,400Dailly
5 January 1991 St MirrenH3–211,353Clark, Dailly, Cleland
19 January 1991 MotherwellH3–06,482McKinlay, Connolly (2)
2 February 1991 CelticA0–126,172
9 February 1991 HibernianH0–06,114
16 February 1991 HeartsA1–27,216Clark
19 February 1991 St JohnstoneA1–06,910French
2 March 1991 DunfermlineH1–06,379Ferguson
9 March 1991 St MirrenA1–03,960Jackson
23 March 1991 AberdeenH1–210,643McInally
30 March 1991 St JohnstoneH0–07,794Jackson
13 April 1991 CelticH2–112,603Van der Hoorn, McKinnon
16 April 1991 MotherwellA0–13,531
20 April 1991 HibernianA0–14,000
24 April 1991 RangersA0–132,397

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

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 January 1990 East FifeA1–14,947Connolly
29 January 1990 East FifeH2–17,190Clark, Ferguson
23 February 1990 AirdrieoniansH2–08,648French (2)
13 March 1990 Dundee H3–116,228McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
6 April 1991 St JohnstoneN0–016,560Clark, Ferguson
18 May 1991 MotherwellN3–457,319Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson

Skol Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
21 August 1990 AlloaA3–01,835Welsh, Dailly, Jackson
28 August 1990 Partick ThistleA3–14,000Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson
4 September 1990 MotherwellH2–08,475Jackson, McInally
25 September 1990 CelticN0–249,975

UEFA Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 September 1990 Iceland FHA3–1263Jackson, Cleland (2)
3 October 1990 Iceland FHH2–25,475Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.)
24 October 1990 Netherlands Vitesse ArnhemA0–18,331
7 November 1990 Netherlands Vitesse ArnhemH0–410,726

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

Goalscorers

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 67 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Darren Jackson, who finished the season with 18 goals.[3]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Jackson, DarrenDarren Jackson126 18
Dailly, ChristianChristian Dailly52 07
French, HamishHamish French42 06
goals, OwnOwn goals32 05
Clark, JohnJohn Clark22 04
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland22 04
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly22 04
Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson13 04
McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon21 03
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay20 02
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman11 02
HoornFred van der Hoorn11 02
McInally, JimJim McInally11 02
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas10 01
Paatelainen, MixuMixu Paatelainen10 01
Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann10 01
O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil01 01
Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh01 01

Discipline

During the 1990–91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[4]

NameDismissals
HoornFred van der HoornRed card 1
Main, AlanAlan MainRed card 1

Transfers

In

The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards.

Date Player From Fee (£)
October 1990 Netherlands Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann Utrecht £0,100,000[5]

Out

Two players were sold by the club during the season.

Date Player To Fee
23 August 1990 Barbados Hinds, PeterPeter Hinds Maritimo Free[6]
May 1991 Netherlands Steinmann, GijsGijs Steinmann Utrecht Released[5]

Playing kit

Home
colours
Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fourth season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dundee Utd 1990/1991 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "1990/92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.

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