2001–02 Dundee United F.C. season

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

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)
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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[permanent dead link]	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	SCO	Paul Gallacher	45	0	38	0	4	0	3	0
33	GK	SCO	Paul Jarvie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	EIR	Ronnie O'Brien	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Stephen Wright	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF	SCO	David Hannah	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Jim Lauchlan	40	0	33	0	4	0	3	0
7	MF	SCO	Craig Easton	43	5	36	3	4	1	3	1
8	MF	SCO	Charlie Miller	28	6	24	5	4	1	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Derek Lilley	31	6	26	6	4	0	1	0
10	MF	SCO	Jamie Fullarton	15	0	11	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Jim Paterson	32	2	28	1	1	0	3	1
12	DF	SCO	Jamie McCunnie	34	0	28	0	4	0	2	0
14	DF	ENG	Hasney Aljofree	34	5	27	2	4	3	3	0
15	MF	SCO	Jamie Buchan	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	NIR	Danny Griffin	34	3	29	2	2	0	3	1
17	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	28	6	24	5	1	0	3	1
18	MF	GRE	Tassos Venetis	26	1	24	1	1	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	37	10	31	6	3	2	3	2
21	DF	WAL	David Partridge	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	SCO	Jim McIntyre	23	6	19	6	2	0	2	0
23	FW	SCO	David Winters	16	2	13	0	3	2	0	0
24	DF	SCO	David McCracken	24	0	19	0	2	0	3	0
25	FW	SCO	Stephen McConalogue	14	1	12	1	1	0	1	0
27	MF	NIR	Stephen Carson	18	0	13	0	4	0	1	0
32	DF	SCO	Marc Cocozza	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	SCO	Stuart Duff	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	SCO	Mark Wilson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
40	MF	SCO	Stephen O'Donnell	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	SCO	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 Steven Thompson 6 4 10 Derek Lilley 6 0 06 Jim McIntyre 6 0 06 Jim Hamilton 5 1 06 Charlie Miller 4 1 05 Craig Easton 3 2 05 Hasney Aljofree 2 3 05 Danny Griffin 2 1 03 Jim Paterson 1 1 02 David Winters 0 2 02 Stephen McConalogue 1 0 01 Tassos 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 Charlie Miller 10 1 Jim Lauchlan 6 1 Derek Lilley 6 1 Jamie Fullarton 4 1 Jamie McCunnie 4 1 Hasney Aljofree 8 Steven Thompson 5 Craig Easton 4 Danny Griffin 4 Jim McIntyre 4 David Partridge 4 Jim Hamilton 2 David McCracken 2 Tassos Venetis 2 David Hannah 1 Stephen McConalogue 1 Stephen O'Donnell 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6	Dunfermline Athletic	38	12	9	17	41	64	−23	45
7	Kilmarnock	38	13	10	15	44	54	−10	49
8	Dundee United	38	12	10	16	38	59	−21	46
9	Dundee	38	12	8	18	41	55	−14	44
10	Hibernian	38	10	11	17	51	56	−5	41

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

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 Jim McIntyre Unattached (ex-Reading) Free[3] 6 August 2001 Stephen Carson Rangers £0,150,000[4] 9 November 2001 Marc Cocozza Unattached (ex-Celtic) Free[5] 18 June 2002 Allan Smart Unattached (ex-Oldham Athletic) Free[6] Loans in Date Player From Fee (£) 23 August 2001 Ronnie 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 Tony Smith Airdrieonians Free[8] 30 July 2001 Jason de Vos Wigan Athletic Free[9] 4 December 2001 Neil Heaney Released (went to Plymouth Argyle) Free[10] 7 February 2002 John McQuillan Montrose Free[11] 6 March 2002 Jamie Buchan Released (went to Partick Thistle) Free[12] 14 March 2002 Sean O'Connor Morton £0,010,000[13] 15 March 2002 David Hannah Released (went to AEL Limassol) Free[14] 27 March 2002 Jamie Fullarton Released (went to Brentford) Free[15] 5 April 2002 Mvondo Atangana Released (went to Colchester United) Free[16] 24 April 2002 Marc Cocozza Released (went to Forfar Athletic) Free[17] Loans out Date Player From Fee (£) 3 August 2001 John McQuillan Montrose Loan[18] 3 August 2001 Sean O'Connor Morton Loan[18] 24 November 2001 Paul Jarvie Stenhousemuir Loan[19] 18 January 2002 Mvondo Atangana Port Vale Loan[16] 26 January 2002 Hugh Davidson Raith Rovers Loan[20] 1 February 2002 Alan 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

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External links

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