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1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1998–99 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerTommy McLean (until 5 September 1998)
Paul Sturrock (from 5 September 1998)
Scottish Premier League9th
W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34
Tennent's Scottish CupSemi-finals
Coca-Cola CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Dodds (16)
All: Billy Dodds (17)
Highest home attendance12,788 (vs Rangers, (12 September 1998)
Lowest home attendance6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (23 September 1998)

Season review edit

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 edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
1998-08-01 SPL 1 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park
Wright   32'
Nevin   72'		 Attendance: 8,208
Referee: M McCurry
1998-08-16 SPL 2 Dundee United 0 - 0 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
Thompson   89' Attendance: 9,629
Referee: S Dougal
1998-08-22 SPL 3 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Burley   80'
Burchill   83'		 Winters   31' Attendance: 59,738
Referee: A Freeland
1998-08-30 SPL 4 Motherwell 1 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park
Nyyssonen   43' Attendance: 11,201
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-09-12 SPL 5 Dundee United 0 - 0 Rangers Tannadice Park
Attendance: 12,788
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-09-19 SPL 6 Dundee 2 - 2 Dundee United Dens Park
Annand   69'
Adamczuk   89'		 McSwegan   63'
Olofsson   67'		 Attendance: 12,081
Referee: W Young
1998-09-23 SPL 7 Dundee United 1 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice Park
McSwegan   27' Squires   40' Attendance: 6,449
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-09-26 SPL 8 St Johnstone 1 - 3 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
McCluskey   35'
Grant   84'		 Dodds   16',   35' (p),   83'
Olofsson   85'		 Attendance: 6,665
Referee: S Dougal
1998-10-04 SPL 9 Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
McSwegan   23' Attendance: 8,933
Referee: M McCurry
1998-10-17 SPL 10 Dundee United 0 - 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
McGowne   12'
Vareille   80'		 Attendance: 8,137
Referee: M McCurry
1998-10-24 SPL 11 Heart of Midlothian 0 - 1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
Mathie   84' Attendance: 13,124
Referee: G Simpson
1998-10-31 SPL 12 Rangers 2 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Wallace   63'
Amoruso   84'		 Dodds   25' Attendance: 49,503
Referee: G Simpson
1998-11-07 SPL 13 Dundee United 2 - 2 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Dodds   48'
Jonsson   60'		 Coyle   4',   50' Attendance: 6,616
Referee: M McCurry
1998-11-15 SPL 14 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 1 Dundee United East End Park
Tod   26'
McCulloch   35'		 Mathie   3' Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-11-22 SPL 15 Dundee United 0 - 1 Dundee Tannadice Park
Grady   82' Attendance: 11,230
Referee: H Dallas
1998-11-28 SPL 16 Aberdeen 0 - 3 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
Olofsson   17'
Miller   49'
Easton   56'		 Attendance: 11,964
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-12-05 SPL 17 Dundee United 1 - 1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Dodds   53' Grant   55' (pen.) Attendance: 7,293
Referee: G Simpson
1998-12-12 SPL 18 Dundee United 1 - 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
Zetterlund   49' Larsson   85' Attendance: 11,612
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-12-20 SPL 19 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park
Wright   30'
Durrant   87' (pen.)		 Attendance: 13,538
Referee: H Dallas
1998-12-26 SPL 20 Motherwell 2 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park
McMillan   55'
Brannan   57'		 Attendance: 6,001
Referee: D McDonald
1998-12-30 SPL 21 Dundee United 1 - 2 Rangers Tannadice Park
Dodds   43' Wilson   32'
Wallace   90'		 Attendance: 11,707
Referee: M McCurry
1999-01-02 SPL 22 Dundee 1 - 3 Dundee United Dens Park
McSkimming   28' Dodds   10'
Thompson   16'
Olofsson   70'		 Attendance: 11,751
Referee: S Dougal
1999-01-30 SPL 23 Dundee United 1 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice Park
Olofsson   33' Smith   46' Attendance: 7,646
Referee: H Dallas
1999-02-06 SPL 24 St Johnstone 1 - 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Bollan   9' (pen.) Attendance: 5,771
Referee: J McCluskey
1999-02-20 SPL 25 Dundee United 3 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Olofsson   34'
Dodds   48'
Hannah   66'		 Attendance: 8,309
Referee: J McCluskey
1999-02-27 SPL 26 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Burley   74'
Larsson   78'		 Dodds   25' Attendance: 59,902
Referee: M McCurry
1999-03-20 SPL 27 Rangers 0 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Olofsson   44'
Skoldmark   64'		 Attendance: 49,164
Referee: M Clark
1999-04-03 SPL 28 Dundee United 0 - 3 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Brannan   3'
Spencer   38',   60'		 Attendance: 8,110
Referee: M Clark
1999-04-06 SPL 29 Dundee United 1 - 3 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
Dodds   7' McSwegan   25',   45'
Cameron   60'		 Attendance: 10,648
Referee: J McCluskey
1999-04-17 SPL 30 Aberdeen 0 - 4 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
Pepper   72' Dodds   36',   56'
Miller   53'
Olofsson   54'		 Attendance: 11,603
Referee: Dallas
1999-04-20 SPL 31 Dundee United 0 - 1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Dodds   53' Griffin   42'
Lowndes   50'  		 Attendance: 6,741
Referee: M McCurry
1999-04-24 SPL 32 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 2 Dundee United East End Park
Millar   46' (pen.)
Smith   5'		 Dodds   13',   18' (pen.) Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-05-01 SPL 33 Dundee United 0 - 2 Dundee Tannadice Park
Patterson   76'   Irvine   67'
Grady   90'		 Attendance: 12,280
Referee: H Dallas
1999-05-08 SPL 34 Dundee United 0 - 0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-05-15 SPL 35 Heart of Midlothian 4 - 1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
Ritchie   41'
McSwegan   50'
Adam   67'
Cameron   77'		 Eustace   90' Attendance: 13,187
Referee: D Smith
1999-05-23 SPL 36 Dundee United 1 - 2 Celtic Tannadice Park
Dodds   59' (pen.) Burchill   34', Burchill   35' Attendance: 10,062
Referee: S Dougal

Tennent's Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup
1999-02-09 Scottish Cup Third round replay Dundee United 1 - 0 Queen's Park Tannadice Park
Dodds   38' Attendance: 4,967
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-03-03 Scottish Cup Fourth round Clydebank 2 - 2 Dundee United Kilbowie Park
Nicholls   13'
Gardner   68'		 Olofsson   51'
Patterson   79'		 Attendance: 1,299
Referee: K Clark
1999-02-06 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay Dundee United 1 - 0 Queen's Park Tannadice Park
Duffy   14'
Olofsson   62',   65'		 Attendance: 5,570
Referee: K Clark
1999-03-13 Scottish Cup Quarter-final Ayr United 0 - 0 Dundee United Somerset Park
Attendance: 5,508
Referee: S Dougal
1999-03-16 Scottish Cup Quarter-final replay Dundee United 2 - 1 Ayr United Tannadice Park
Murray   42'
Skoldmark   51'		 Walker   46' Attendance: 7,313
Referee: S Dougal
1999-04-10 Scottish Cup Semi-final Celtic 2 - 0 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Blinker   30'
Viduka   39'		 Attendance: 43,691
Referee: W Young

Coca-Cola Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup
1998-08-08 Coca-Cola Cup Second round Dundee United 2 - 2 aet
(5 - 4 pen)		 Stirling Albion Tannadice Park
McSwegan   24'
Boli   36'		 Bone   27',   71' Attendance: 4,700
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-08-19 Coca-Cola Cup Third round Ross County 2 - 0 aet Dundee United Victoria Park
Adams   104',   118' Attendance: 3,206
Referee: G Simpson

Player details edit

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 Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NED Sieb Dijkstra 36 0 27 0 7 0 2 0
13 GK   SCO Alan Combe 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   NIR Iain Jenkins 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF   SCO Maurice Malpas 37 0 31 0 4 0 2 0
4 DF   ISL Siggi Jonsson 18 1 14 1 4 0 0 0
5 DF   NIR Darren Patterson 28 1 24 0 3 1 1 0
6 DF   NOR Erik Pedersen 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF   SCO Mark McNally 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF   SCO Neil Duffy 20 1 15 0 5 1 0 0
21 DF   CAN Jason de Vos 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0
35 DF   FRA Bernard Pascual 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF   SCO Scott McCulloch 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   WAL David Partridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   EIR David Worrell 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   SWE Lars Zetterlund 24 1 21 1 2 0 1 0
9 MF   SCO David Hannah 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO Jamie Dolan 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
15 MF   SCO Joe Miller 33 2 24 2 7 0 2 0
20 MF   SWE Magnus Sköldmark 33 1 25 0 6 1 2 0
23 MF   BEL Tonny Mols 16 0 11 0 3 0 2 0
25 MF   SCO Neil Murray 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0
26 MF   ENG John Eustace 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0
30 MF   SCO Jim Paterson 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
11 MF   SCO Craig Easton 37 1 30 1 6 0 1 0
37 MF   SCO Brian McLaughlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   PER Jose Valeriani 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   SWE Kjell Olofsson 43 10 34 7 7 3 2 0
9 FW   FRA Roger Boli 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1
12 FW   SCO Gary McSwegan 7 4 5 3 0 0 2 1
12 FW   SCO Alex Mathie 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
14 FW   SCO Robbie Winters 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
14 FW   SCO Billy Dodds 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Andy McLaren 12 0 8 0 3 0 1 0
19 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 19 1 15 1 4 0 0 0
52 FW   SCO Stephen McConalogue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Heart of Midlothian 36 11 9 16 44 50 −6 42
7 Motherwell 36 10 11 15 35 54 −19 41
8 Aberdeen 36 10 7 19 43 71 −28 37
9 Dundee United 36 8 10 18 37 48 −11 34
10 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 36 4 16 16 28 59 −31 28 Relegation to the 1999–2000 Scottish First Division
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated


Transfers edit

Playing kit edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
Home colours
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.

Trivia edit

  • Joe Miller, who signed from Aberdeen, scored two goals during his time with United - both against Aberdeen.
  • United led eventual champions Celtic in three of the four league matches in 1998–99 but only managed to take one point.
  • United's highest and lowest home attendances occurred in consecutive matches at Tannadice - nearly 13,000 watched United in a goalless draw against Rangers while less than 6,500 turned up eleven days later to watch them play Dunfermline. It was the second season in a row that United's lowest home attendance was against the Pars.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  5. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  6. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  7. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  8. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  9. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  10. ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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