1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

Dundee United

1989–90 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	4th W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Skol Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7) All: Mixu Paatelainen (9)
Highest home attendance	16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 January)
Lowest home attendance	5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1989–90 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Aberdeen and lost in the Skol Cup third round to Hamilton.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	8,596	French
19 August 1989	Dundee	A	3–4	13,616	Malpas, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
26 August 1989	Dunfermline	H	2–1	9,158	Van der Hoorn, M O'Neill
9 September 1989	Hibernian	A	0–2	7,000
16 September 1989	Celtic	H	2–2	16,624	Van der Hoorn, French
23 September 1989	Hearts	A	1–1	14,008	McInally
30 September 1989	St Mirren	H	0–0	6,643
4 October 1989	Aberdeen	H	2–0	11,879	McInally, Malpas
14 October 1989	Rangers	A	1–2	36,062	M O'Neill
21 October 1989	Motherwell	A	2–3	8,100	M O'Neill (2)
28 October 1989	Dundee	H	0–0	11,529
4 November 1989	Dunfermline	A	1–1	10,804	Paatelainen
8 November 1989	Hibernian	H	1–0	8,247	Jackson
18 November 1989	Celtic	A	1–0	35,350	Gallacher
25 November 1989	Hearts	H	2–1	12,201	Bowman, Paatelainen
9 December 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–2	15,500	McInally, Malpas
13 December 1989	St Mirren	A	0–1	2,800
16 December 1989	Rangers	H	1–1	15,947	Paatelainen
23 December 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,169	Paatelainen
30 December 1989	Dundee	A	1–1	12,803	Jackson
3 January 1990	Dunfermline	H	1–0	11,148	Jackson
6 January 1990	Hibernian	A	0–0	6,500
13 January 1990	Celtic	H	2–0	16,635	Connolly (2)
27 January 1990	Hearts	A	2–3	13,083	Connolly, Paatelainen
3 February 1990	Rangers	A	1–3	39,058	Clark
10 February 1990	Aberdeen	H	1–1	10,533	McInally
17 February 1990	St Mirren	H	2–0	5,957	Jackson, Connolly
3 March 1990	Celtic	A	0–3	23,541
10 March 1990	Motherwell	A	1–0	4,697	Jackson
24 March 1990	Dundee	H	1–2	11,918	Connolly
31 March 1990	Dunfermline	A	1–0	6,945	Jackson
7 April 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	6,633	Paatelainen
18 April 1990	Aberdeen	A	0–1	10,000
21 April 1990	Rangers	H	0–1	15,996
28 April 1990	Hearts	H	1–1	7,679	Jackson
5 May 1990	St Mirren	A	0–0	4,312

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 January 1990	Dundee	A	0–0	14,176
23 January 1990	Dundee	H	1–0	16,228	Clark
24 February 1990	Queen of the South	H	2–1	5,948	Connolly, Paatelainen
17 March 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	13,874	Jackson
14 April 1990	Aberdeen	N	0–4	16,581

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1989	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	7,043	M O'Neill
23 August 1989	Hamilton	A	1–2	2,600	Hinds

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 September 1989	Glentoran	A	3–1	8,000	Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 September 1989	Glentoran	H	2–0	9,340	Clark, Gallacher
17 October 1989	Royal Antwerp	A	0–4	10,000
31 October 1989	Royal Antwerp	H	3–2	8,994	M O'Neill, Paatelainen, Clark

Player details

During the 1989–90 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	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Alan Main	33	0	27	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Billy Thomson	11	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	Scott Thomson	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Clark	37	4	28	1	4	1	2	0	3	2
	DF	SCO	Alex Cleland	17	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	SCO	Paul Hegarty	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	NED	Fred van der Hoorn	42	2	31	2	5	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	YUG	Miodrag Krivokapić	34	0	26	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	40	2	30	2	4	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Gary McGinnis	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Narey	41	0	31	0	5	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Welsh	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Charlie Adam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Bowman	34	1	24	1	5	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Alan Irvine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	46	4	35	3	5	0	2	0	4	1
	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	18	0	13	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Ray McKinnon	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe McLeod	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John O'Neil	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	NIR	Michael O'Neill	25	7	18	5	1	0	2	1	4	1
	MF	SCO	Allan Preston	11	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Connolly	19	6	15	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hamish French	13	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Kevin Gallacher	24	2	17	1	1	0	2	0	4	1
	FW	BRB	Peter Hinds	18	3	13	1	1	0	1	1	3	1
	FW	SCO	Darren Jackson	32	8	25	7	5	1	1	0	1	0
	FW	FIN	Mixu Paatelainen	41	9	31	7	5	1	2	0	3	1

Goalscorers United had 13 players score with the team scoring 50 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with nine goals.[3] Name League Cups Total Mixu Paatelainen 7 0 9 Darren Jackson 7 1 8 Michael O'Neill 5 2 7 Paddy Connolly 5 1 6 Jim McInally 3 1 4 John Clark 1 3 4 Hamish French 2 0 2 Fred van der Hoorn 2 0 2 Maurice Malpas 2 0 2 Kevin Gallacher 1 1 2 Peter Hinds 0 2 2 Dave Bowman 1 0 1 Alex Cleland 0 1 1

Discipline During the 1989–90 season, one United player was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2] Name Dismissals Miodrag Krivokapić 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aberdeen	36	17	10	9	56	33	+23	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	12	8	54	35	+19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	11	13	12	36	39	−3	35
5	Celtic	36	10	14	12	37	37	0	34
6	Motherwell	36	11	12	13	43	47	−4	34

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

In The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of just over £600,000. Date Player From Fee (£) 1 July 1989 Peter Hinds Fujita Kogyo £0,065,000[4] 2 August 1989 Freddy van der Hoorn Den Bosch £0,200,000[5] 15 August 1989 Michael O'Neill Newcastle United £0,350,000[6]

Out Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of just over £1m. The club made a profit of around £400k from transfers during the season. Date Player To Fee 00 September 1989 Charlie Adam Partick Thistle Unknown[7] 22 November 1989 Alan Irvine Blackburn Rovers £0,030,000[8] 00 January 1990 Paul Hegarty St Johnstone Free[9] 25 January 1990 Kevin Gallacher Coventry City £0,900,000[10] 8 February 1990 Gary McGinnis St Johnstone £0,100,000[11] 00 000 1990 Joe McLeod Motherwell Unknown[12] Loans out One player was loaned out during the season. Date Player To Duration October 1989 Alan Irvine Blackburn Rovers 1 month[8]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

See also

• 1989–90 in Scottish football

References

1. "Match results 1989/1990". Arab Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
2. "1989/91". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 14 January 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
3. "1989–90". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 1 February 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
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5. "Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
6. "Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
7. "Players of the 80s – Intro". PTFC.net. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
8. "Alan Irvine". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
9. "Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
10. "Kevin Gallacher". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
11. "Gary McGinnis". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.
12. "Joe McLeod". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2008.

External links

• Glenrothes Arabs 1989–90 season review^{[permanent dead link‍]}