1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1988–89 season was the 80th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Dundee United
1988–89 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerJim McLean
Scottish Premier Division4th
W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44
Tennent's Scottish CupQuarter-finals
Skol CupSemi-finals
Cup Winners' CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mixu Paatelainen (10)
All: Mixu Paatelainen (17)
Highest home attendance20,071 (vs Rangers, 27 September)
Lowest home attendance5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)

Match results edit

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final. Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest knocked United out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the second round.

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 1988 St Mirren A 1–0 5,832 Clark
20 August 1988 Celtic H 1–0 18,769 Gallacher
27 August 1988 Aberdeen H 2–2 13,128 Clark, Meade
3 September 1988 Dundee A 3–0 14,927 Paatelainen (2), Gallacher
17 September 1988 Hibernian H 1–1 11,017 Paatelainen
24 September 1988 Motherwell A 2–1 3,559 Redford (2)
27 September 1988 Rangers H 0–1 20,071
1 October 1988 Hearts H 0–0 10,838
8 October 1988 Hamilton A 4–0 3,538 Meade, Paatelainen (2), McPhee
12 October 1988 Celtic A 0–1 36,870
22 October 1988 St Mirren H 0–1 7,618
29 October 1988 Motherwell H 1–1 6,266 Paatelainen
2 November 1988 Hibernian A 1–1 10,000 Meade
5 November 1988 Dundee H 2–0 14,882 Meade, Paatelainen
12 November 1988 Aberdeen A 1–1 15,000 Preston
19 November 1988 Hearts A 0–0 10,121
26 November 1988 Hamilton H 1–0 6,357 Bowman
3 December 1988 Rangers A 1–0 39,200 Beaumont
10 December 1988 Hibernian H 4–1 9,963 Mitchell, French, Gallacher, McKinlay
17 December 1988 Celtic H 2–0 18,745 Paatelainen, Baillie
31 December 1988 St Mirren A 1–0 7,762 Gallacher
3 January 1989 Aberdeen H 1–1 17,952 French
7 January 1989 Dundee A 1–0 16,332 French
14 January 1989 Hamilton A 5–0 4,000 McInally, Gallacher (3), Paatelainen
21 January 1989 Hearts H 0–0 13,674
11 February 1989 Rangers H 1–1 20,013 Stevens
11 March 1989 St Mirren H 1–4 8,320 Malpas
14 March 1989 Motherwell A 2–1 3,545 Krivokapic, Gallacher
25 March 1989 Celtic A 0–1 36,870
1 April 1989 Aberdeen A 0–1 16,700
8 April 1989 Dundee H 2–1 11,910 Sturrock, Gallacher
22 April 1989 Motherwell H 1–1 6,301 Hegarty
29 April 1989 Hibernian A 2–1 7,700 Irvine, Paatelainen
2 May 1989 Rangers A 0–2 39,058
6 May 1989 Hearts A 0–0 8,613
13 May 1989 Hamilton H 0–1 11,503

Scottish Cup edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 January 1989 Dundee A 2–1 18,117 Bowman, Meade
18 February 1989 Aberdeen A 1–1 23,600 Paatelainen
22 February 1989 Aberdeen H 1–1 18,756 Paatelainen
27 February 1989 Aberdeen H 1–0 21,095 Paatelainen
21 March 1989 Rangers A 2–2 42,177 Gallacher, Paatelainen
27 March 1989 Rangers H 0–1 21,872

Skol Cup edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 August 1988 Partick Thistle A 2–0 4,500 Paatelainen (2)
24 August 1988 St Mirren A 3–1 5,970 Paatelainen, Gallacher, Meade
31 August 1988 Celtic H 2–0 21,178 Gallacher, Redford
20 September 1988 Aberdeen N 0–2 18,481

Cup Winners' Cup edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 September 1988   Floriana A 0–0 4,000
5 October 1988   Floriana H 1–0 9,138 Meade
26 October 1988   Dinamo Bucharest H 1–1 10,594 Beaumont
9 November 1988   Dinamo Bucharest A 0–1 18,000

Player details edit

During the 1988–89 season, United used 31 different players comprising four 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 Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup Cup Winners' Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Billy Thomson 49 0 35 0 6 0 4 0 4 0
GK   SCO Scott Y. Thomson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Dave Beaumont 22 3 18 1 0 0 2 1 2 1
DF   SCO John Clark 30 2 20 2 4 0 3 0 3 0
DF   SCO Alex Cleland 12 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul Hegarty 41 1 29 1 6 0 2 0 4 0
DF   YUG Miodrag Krivokapić 29 1 22 1 6 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Gary McGinnis 16 0 11 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Maurice Malpas 50 1 36 1 6 0 4 0 4 0
DF   SCO Dave Narey 46 0 33 0 6 0 4 0 3 0
DF   SCO Brian Welsh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Charlie Adam 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Dave Bowman 39 2 28 1 3 1 4 0 4 0
MF   SCO Harry Curran 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Alan Irvine 7 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
MF   SCO Jim McInally 40 1 29 1 6 0 2 0 3 0
MF   SCO Billy McKinlay 41 1 30 1 4 0 4 0 3 0
MF   SCO Ray McKinnon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Gordon McLeod 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Joe McLeod 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Ian McPhee 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO John O'Neil 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Allan Preston 10 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Ian Redford 15 3 9 2 0 0 3 1 3 0
FW   SCO Paddy Connolly 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Hamish French 25 3 18 3 2 0 3 0 2 0
FW   SCO Kevin Gallacher 44 12 31 9 5 1 4 2 4 0
FW   ENG Raphael Meade 22 7 11 4 4 1 3 1 4 1
FW   SCO Darren Jackson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   FIN Mixu Paatelainen 45 17 33 10 6 4 3 3 3 0
FW   SCO Paul Sturrock 14 1 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 60 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with 17 goals.[3]

Name League Cups Total
Mixu Paatelainen 10 7   17
Kevin Gallacher 9 3   12
Raphael Meade 4 3   07
Hamish French 3 0   03
Ian Redford 2 1   03
Own goals 3 0   03
John Clark 2 0   02
Dave Beaumont 1 1   02
Dave Bowman 1 1   02
Paul Hegarty 1 0   01
Alan Irvine 1 0   01
Miodrag Krivokapic 1 0   01
Jim McInally 1 0   01
Billy McKinlay 1 0   01
Ian McPhee 1 0   01
Maurice Malpas 1 0   01
Allan Preston 1 0   01
Paul Sturrock 1 0   01

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Aberdeen 36 18 14 4 51 25 +26 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 36 21 4 11 66 44 +22 46 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Dundee United 36 16 12 8 44 26 +18 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Hibernian 36 13 9 14 37 36 +1 35
6 Heart of Midlothian 36 9 13 14 35 42 −7 31
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers edit

Playing kit edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.

Trivia edit

  • All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0–0.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Match results 1988/1989". Arab Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. ^ "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 4 February 2008.[dead link]
  3. ^ "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 5 February 2008.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Player A to Z: Miodrag Krivokapic". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Player A to Z: Raphael Meade". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Player A to Z: Darren Jackson". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  7. ^ "Player A to Z: Eamonn Bannon". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Player A to Z: Iain Ferguson". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  9. ^ "Player A to Z: Ian Redford". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 5 February 2008.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Player A to Z: Gordon McLeod". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  11. ^ "Player A to Z: Dave Beaumont". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.

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