2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United F.C.

2001–02 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Alex Smith
Bank of Scotland Premierleague	8th W:12 D:10 L:16 F:38 A:59 P:46
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
CIS Insurance Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Lilley, Jim McIntyre, Steven Thompson (6) All: Steven Thompson (10)
Highest home attendance	13,327 (vs Dundee, 28 July)
Lowest home attendance	5,108 (vs Motherwell, 13 April)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was the 93rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. United finished the season in eighth place.

United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions in the quarter-finals stages, losing to Hibernian in the Tennent's Scottish Cup and to Ayr United in the CIS Insurance Cup.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season.^[1] The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing to Hibernian. Ayr United knocked United out of the Scottish Cup at the same stage. Both matches finished 2–0, although Ayr United won in a replay after a 2–2 draw.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 July 2000	Dundee	H	2-2	13,327	Miller, Hamilton
4 August 2000	Motherwell	A	0-0	5,057
11 August 2000	St Johnstone	A	1-0	5,156
18 August 2000	Dunfermline	H	3-2	13,327	McIntyre, Lilley, Hamilton
26 August 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0-2	7,404
8 September 2000	Livingston	A	0-2	6,107
15 September 2000	Aberdeen	A	1-2	12,948	McIntyre
22 September 2000	Rangers	H	1-6	11,117	McIntyre
29 September 2000	Hearts	A	2-1	12,948	McIntyre, Thompson
13 October 2000	Hibernian	H	3-1	7,950	Hamilton (2), Griffin
20 October 2000	Celtic	A	1-5	59,900	McIntyre
27 October 2000	Motherwell	H	1-1	6,343	Easton
3 November 2000	Dundee	A	1-1	11,751	Miller
10 November 2000	Dunfermline	H	0-2	6,214
17 November 2000	St Johnstone	H	2-1	6,624	Aljofree, Hamilton
24 November 2000	Dunfermline	A	1-1	4,891	McConalogue
1 December 2000	Kilmarnock	A	0-2	6,130
8 December 2000	Livingston	H	0-0	6,312
15 December 2000	Aberdeen	H	1-1	9,129	Easton
22 December 2000	Rangers	A	2-3	11,117	Thompson (2)
26 December 2000	Hearts	H	0-2	8,762
29 December 2000	Celtic	H	0-4	12,165
2 January 2001	Hibernian	A	1-0	11,155	Paterson
12 January 2001	Motherwell	A	0-2	4,631
19 January 2001	Dundee	H	1-0	12,851	McIntyre
22 January 2001	St Johnstone	A	4-1	3,711	Lilley (3), Miller
2 February 2001	Kilmarnock	H	0-2	5,774
9 February 2001	Livingston	A	1-1	4,720	Lilley
16 February 2001	Aberdeen	A	0-4	13,612
3 March 2001	Rangers	H	0-1	9,386
9 March 2001	Hearts	A	2-1	10,893	Aljofree, Miller
16 March 2001	Celtic	A	0-1	58,392
23 March 2001	Hibernian	H	1-2	5,801	Thompson
7 April 2000	Hibernian	H	2-1	5,417	Tassos Venetis, Lilley
13 April 2001	Motherwell	H	1-0	5,108	Thompson
20 April 2001	Dundee	A	1-0	10,087	Own goal
27 April 2001	St Johnstone	H	0-0	5,190
12 May 2001	Kilmarnock	A	2-2	6,142	Thompson, Easton

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
5 January 2001	Forres Mechanics	H	3-0	5,904	Aljofree (2), Miller
5 February 2001	Hamilton	H	4-0	4,999	Winters, Thompson (2), Aljofree
23 February 2001	Ayr United	H	2-2	5,584	Winters, Easton
6 March 2001	Ayr United	A	0-2	4,445

CIS Insurance Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 September 2000	Dumbarton	H	3-0	3,702	Thompson, Easton, Griffin
9 October 2000	St Johnstone	H	3-2	5,851	Thompson, Hamilton, Paterson
27 November 2000	Hibernian	A	0-2	8,825

United beat St Johnstone after extra time

Player details

During the 2001-02 season, United used 29 different players, with a further two named as substitutes 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
13	GK		Paul Gallacher	45	0	38	0	4	0	3	0
33	GK		Paul Jarvie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Ronnie O'Brien	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Stephen Wright	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF		David Hannah	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF		Jim Lauchlan	40	0	33	0	4	0	3	0
7	MF		Craig Easton	43	5	36	3	4	1	3	1
8	MF		Charlie Miller	28	6	24	5	4	1	0	0
9	FW		Derek Lilley	31	6	26	6	4	0	1	0
10	MF		Jamie Fullarton	15	0	11	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF		Jim Paterson	32	2	28	1	1	0	3	1
12	DF		Jamie McCunnie	34	0	28	0	4	0	2	0
14	DF		Hasney Aljofree	34	5	27	2	4	3	3	0
15	MF		Jamie Buchan	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Danny Griffin	34	3	29	2	2	0	3	1
17	FW		Jim Hamilton	28	6	24	5	1	0	3	1
18	MF		Tassos Venetis	26	1	24	1	1	0	1	0
19	FW		Steven Thompson	37	10	31	6	3	2	3	2
21	DF		David Partridge	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW		Jim McIntyre	23	6	19	6	2	0	2	0
23	FW		David Winters	16	2	13	0	3	2	0	0
24	DF		David McCracken	24	0	19	0	2	0	3	0
25	FW		Stephen McConalogue	14	1	12	1	1	0	1	0
27	MF		Stephen Carson	18	0	13	0	4	0	1	0
32	DF		Marc Cocozza	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Stuart Duff	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Mark Wilson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
40	MF		Stephen O'Donnell	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW		Daniel Ogunmade	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers Twelve players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 53 goals in total. Steven Thompson was the top goalscorer, scoring ten goals.[2] Name League Cups Total Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 6 4 10 Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley 6 0 06 McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre 6 0 06 Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton 5 1 06 Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller 4 1 05 Easton, CraigCraig Easton 3 2 05 Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree 2 3 05 Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin 2 1 03 Paterson, JimJim Paterson 1 1 02 Winters, DavidDavid Winters 0 2 02 McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue 1 0 01 Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis 1 01

Discipline During the 2001-02 season, five United players were sent off, and 17 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received five dismissals and 68 cautions.[2] Name Cautions Dismissals Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller 10 1 Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan 6 1 Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley 6 1 Fullarton, JamieJamie Fullarton 4 1 McCunnie, JamieJamie McCunnie 4 1 Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree 8 Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 5 Easton, CraigCraig Easton 4 Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin 4 McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre 4 Partridge, DavidDavid Partridge 4 Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton 2 McCracken, DavidDavid McCracken 2 Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis 2 Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah 1 McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue 1 O'Donnell, StephenStephen O'Donnell 1

Transfers

In Three players were signed during the 2001-02 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £150,000. One player was also signed for the following season. In addition, one player was signed on loan. The players that joined Dundee United during the 2001-02 season, along with their previous club, are listed below. Date Player From Fee (£) 3 July 2001 McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre Unattached (ex-Reading) Free[3] 6 August 2001 Carson, StephenStephen Carson Rangers £0,150,000[4] 9 November 2001 Cocozza, MarcMarc Cocozza Unattached (ex-Celtic) Free[5] 18 June 2002 Smart, AllanAllan Smart Unattached (ex-Oldham Athletic) Free[6] Loans in Date Player From Fee (£) 23 August 2001 O'Brien, RonnieRonnie O'Brien Juventus End of season[7]

Out Ten players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Sean O'Connor to Queen of the South - bringing in a fee (£10k). Six players were also loaned out during the season. Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately. Date Player To Fee 26 July 2001 Smith, TonyTony Smith Airdrieonians Free[8] 30 July 2001 VosJason de Vos Wigan Free[9] 4 December 2001 Heaney, NeilNeil Heaney Released (went to Plymouth Argyle) Free[10] 7 February 2002 McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan Montrose Free[11] 6 March 2002 Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan Released (went to Partick Thistle) Free[12] 14 March 2002 O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor Morton £0,010,000[13] 15 March 2002 Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah Released (went to AEL Limassol) Free[14] 27 March 2002 Fullarton, JamieJamie Fullarton Released (went to Brentford) Free[15] 5 April 2002 Atangana, MvondoMvondo Atangana Released (went to Colchester United) Free[16] 24 April 2002 Cocozza, MarcMarc Cocozza Released (went to Forfar Athletic) Free[17] Loans out Date Player From Fee (£) 3 August 2001 McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan Montrose Loan[18] 3 August 2001 O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor Morton Loan[18] 24 November 2001 Jarvie, PaulPaul Jarvie Stenhousemuir Loan[19] 18 January 2002 Atangana, MvondoMvondo Atangana Port Vale Loan[16] 26 January 2002 Davidson, HughHugh Davidson Raith Rovers Loan[20] 1 February 2002 Combe, AlanAlan Combe Bradford City Loan[18]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest for the penultimate time.

Awards

• Alex Smith
  • Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: 1

January 2002

• Stuart Duff
  • Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: 1

April 2002

See also

• 2001–02 Scottish Premier League
• 2001–02 Scottish Cup
• 2001–02 in Scottish football

Trivia

• Jim Hamilton became the first player in Scottish football to successfully use video evidence to overturn a sending off. Hamilton received a red card against St Johnstone on 16 November but had it rescinded a week later.^[21]

References

1. "Dundee Utd 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
2. "Dundee Utd 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
3. "This week in history archive: 3 July". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
4. "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport website. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
5. "Dundee United sign defender". BBC Sport website. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
6. "Smart move for United". BBC Sport website. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
7. "United seal O'Brien deal". BBC Sport website. 23 August 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
8. "Tony Smith rejoins Airdrie". Dundee United F.C. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
9. "Wigan sign De Vos windfall". BBC Sport website. 30 July 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
10. "Neil Heaney leaves United". Dundee United F.C. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
11. "John McQuillan leaves United". Dundee United F.C. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
12. "Alex looks forward to Somerset Park match". Dundee United F.C. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
13. Goldie, Bill]]. "The night I thought my career was over". Queen of the South F.C. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
14. "David Hannah departs from Tannadice". Dundee United F.C. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
15. "Fullarton released by United". BBC Sport website. 27 March 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
16. "Mvondo departs United". Dundee United F.C. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
17. "Cocozza and Reilly depart Tannadice". Dundee United F.C. 24 April 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
18. "Sean and John's loans extended". Dundee United F.C. 3 October 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
19. "Paul Jarvie on months [sic] loan to Stenhousemuir". Dundee United F.C. 24 November 2001. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
20. "Davidson goes to Raith on loan". Dundee United F.C. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
21. "United win Hamilton appeal". BBC Sport website. 23 November 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2008.

External links

• Official site: 2001/02 Results
• Soccerbase
  • Results
  • Squad stats
  • Transfers