1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1998–99 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Tommy McLean (until September 5, 1998)
Paul Sturrock (from September 5, 1998)
Scottish Premier League 9th
W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Coca-Cola Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Billy Dodds (16)
All: Billy Dodds (17)
Highest home attendance 12,788 (vs Rangers, (September 12, 1998)
Lowest home attendance 6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (September 23, 1998)

Season review

United finished the 1998–99 SPL season in 9th place with 34 points, in the SPL's debut season.

The cup campaigns brought mixed fortunes: a League Cup 3rd round exit to Ross County was bettered by a Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Celtic.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Coca-Cola Cup

Player details

During the 1998-99 season, United used 35 different players comprising 11 nationalities, plus two unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[1]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands Sieb Dijkstra 36 0 27 0 7 0 2 0
13 GK Scotland Alan Combe 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Iain Jenkins 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 37 0 31 0 4 0 2 0
4 DF Iceland Siggi Jonsson 18 1 14 1 4 0 0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland Darren Patterson 28 1 24 0 3 1 1 0
6 DF Norway Erik Pedersen 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland Mark McNally 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Scotland Neil Duffy 20 1 15 0 5 1 0 0
21 DF Canada Jason de Vos 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0
35 DF France Bernard Pascual 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF Scotland Scott McCulloch 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Wales David Partridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Republic of Ireland David Worrell 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Sweden Lars Zetterlund 24 1 21 1 2 0 1 0
9 MF Scotland David Hannah 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland Jamie Dolan 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
15 MF Scotland Joe Miller 33 2 24 2 7 0 2 0
20 MF Sweden Magnus Sköldmark 33 1 25 0 6 1 2 0
23 MF Belgium Tonny Mols 16 0 11 0 3 0 2 0
25 MF Scotland Neil Murray 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0
26 MF England John Eustace 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland Jim Paterson 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland Craig Easton 37 1 30 1 6 0 1 0
37 MF Scotland Brian McLaughlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Peru Jose Valeriani 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Sweden Kjell Olofsson 43 10 34 7 7 3 2 0
9 FW France Roger Boli 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1
12 FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 7 4 5 3 0 0 2 1
12 FW Scotland Alex Mathie 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
14 FW Scotland Robbie Winters 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
14 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland Andy McLaren 12 0 8 0 3 0 1 0
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 19 1 15 1 4 0 0 0
52 FW Scotland Stephen McConalogue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 47 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Billy Dodds, who finished the season with 17 goals.[1]

NameLeagueCupsTotal
Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds161 17
Olofsson, KjellKjell Olofsson73 10
McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan31 04
Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie20 02
Miller, JoeJoe Miller20 02
Easton, CraigCraig Easton10 01
Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace10 01
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah10 01
Jonsson, SiggiSiggi Jonsson10 01
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson10 01
Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters10 01
Zetterlund, LarsLars Zetterlund10 01
Boli, RogerRoger Boli01 01
Duffy, NeilNeil Duffy01 01
Murray, NeilNeil Murray01 01
Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson01 01
Skoldmark, MagnusMagnus Sköldmark01 01

Discipline

During the 1998–99 season, four United players were sent off and 23 players received at least one caution. In total, the team received four red cards and x yellows.[1]

NameCautionsDismissals
Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson 7Red card 1
Skoldmark, MagnusMagnus Sköldmark 2Red card 1
Olofsson, KjellKjell OlofssonRed card 1
Thompson, StevenSteven ThompsonRed card 1
Malpas, MauriceMaurice Malpas 6
Zetterlund, LarsLars Zetterlund 6
Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds 4
Jonsson, SiggiSiggi Jonsson 4
de Vos, JasonJason de Vos 4
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah 3
Dolan, JamieJamie Dolan 2
Easton, CraigCraig Easton 2
McLaren, AndyAndy McLaren 2
Pedersen, ErikErik Pedersen 2
Combe, AlanAlan Combe 1
Dykstra, SiebSieb Dykstra 1
Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace 1
Jenkins, IainIain Jenkins 1
McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan 1
Miller, JoeJoe Miller 1
Mols, TonnyTonny Mols 1
Pascual, BernardBernard Pascual 1
Paterson, JimJim Paterson 1
Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell 1

Transfers

In

Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. One loan signing was also made during the season.

The players that joined Dundee United during the 1998–99 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Date Player From Fee (£)
12 June 1998 Scotland Combe, AlanAlan Combe St Mirren Bosman[2]
1 July 1998 Scotland Miller, JoeJoe Miller Aberdeen Free[3]
9 July 1998 Scotland McNally, MarkMark McNally Stoke City Free[2]
10 July 1998 Northern Ireland Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson Luton Town Bosman[4]
15 July 1998 France Boli, RogerRoger Boli Walsall £0,150,000[4]
31 July 1998 Belgium Mols, TonnyTonny Mols Lokeren Free[4]
31 July 1998 Peru Valeriani, JoseJose Valeriani Unattached Free[4]
6 August 1998 France Pascual, BernardBernard Pascual Le Havre Bosman[4]
23 September 1998 Scotland Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds Aberdeen Swap[4]
12 October 1998 Canada VJason de Vos Darlington £0,400,000[4]
16 October 1998 Scotland Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie Ipswich Town £0,600,000[4]
5 February 1999 Scotland Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah Celtic £0,300,000[4]
11 February 1999 Scotland Murray, NeilNeil Murray Unattached (ex-Rangers Free[4]
26 February 1999 Scotland McCulloch, ScottScott McCulloch Dunfermline Athletic £0,300,000[4]
11 March 1999 Wales Partridge, DavidDavid Partridge West Ham £0,040,000[4]
29 March 1999 Republic of Ireland Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell Blackburn Rovers £0,050,000[4]
1 April 1999 Scotland McLaughlin, BrianBrian McLaughlin Unattached (ex-Celtic Free[4]

Loans in

Date Player From Duration
19 February 1999 England Eustace, JohnJohn Eustace Coventry City End of season[5]

Out

Fourteen players left the club during and at the end of the 1998–99 season, with one player also going out on loan. The club received £900k in transfer fees, amounting to around half of the transfer expenditure.

Listed below are the players that left during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.

Date Player From Fee (£)
31 August 1998 Peru Valeriani, JoseJose Valeriani Released Free[4]
23 September 1998 Scotland Winters, RobbieRobbie Winters Aberdeen £0,700,000[4]
10 October 1998 Scotland McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan Heart of Midlothian Bosman[4]
16 October 1998 Scotland Sinclair, DavidDavid Sinclair Falkirk Free[4]
22 October 1998 Scotland Boli, RogerRoger Boli Bournemouth £0,100,000[4]
5 November 1998 Scotland Walker, PaulPaul Walker St Mirren Released[4]
1 February 1998 England Alsford, JulianJulian Alsford Chester City Released[4]
26 February 1999 Scotland Dolan, JamieJamie Dolan Dunfermline Athletic Swap[4]
25 March 1999 Scotland McLaren, AndyAndy McLaren Reading £0,100,000[4]
2 June 1999 Scotland Duffy, NeilNeil Duffy Ayr United Released[6]
11 June 1999 Netherlands Dijkstra, SiebSieb Dijkstra Ipswich Town Released[7]
18 June 1999 Sweden Olofsson, KjellKjell Olofsson Moss Released[8]
23 June 1999 Scotland McLaughlin, BrianBrian McLaughlin Wigan Released[9]
30 June 1999 Scotland Murray, NeilNeil Murray Mainz Released[10]

Loans out

Date Player From Duration
18 September 1998 England Alsford, JulianJulian Alsford Barnet 3 months[4]

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.

Trivia

References

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  2. 1 2 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  3. "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  5. "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  6. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  7. "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  8. "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  9. "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  10. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
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