1992–93 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993. United finished in fourth place in what was Jim McLean's final season as manager.

Dundee United

1992–93 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	4th (UEFA Cup) W19 D9 L16 F56 A49 P47
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Skol Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Connolly (16) All: Paddy Connolly (19)
Highest home attendance	13,515 (vs Rangers, 1992-09-26)
Lowest home attendance	4,200 (vs Airdrieonians, 1993-04-17)
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Season review

In February, Jim McLean announced he would resign as manager at the end of the season, ending 22 years in the post.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1992–93 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Aberdeen and lost narrowly in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to Rangers.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 August 1992	Motherwell	A	1–0	5,037	Ferguson
4 August 1992	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	4,906	Connolly
8 August 1992	Hearts	H	1–1	9,112	Ferguson
15 August 1992	Celtic	A	0–2	30,520
22 August 1992	St Johnstone	H	2–1	7,353	O'Neil, Connolly
29 August 1992	Falkirk	H	2–0	5,444	Ferguson (2)
2 September 1992	Hibernian	A	1–2	7,752	Connolly
12 September 1992	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	2,733	Ferguson (2)
19 September 1992	Dundee	H	0–1	12,456
26 September 1992	Rangers	H	0–4	13,515
3 October 1992	Aberdeen	A	1–0	12,936	Ferguson
7 October 1992	Motherwell	H	1–1	5,350	Connolly
17 October 1992	Hearts	A	0–1	8,209
24 October 1992	Falkirk	A	1–1	4,471	McInally
31 October 1992	Hibernian	H	1–0	6,951	McInally
7 November 1992	St Johnstone	A	0–2	5,513
11 November 1992	Celtic	H	1–1	11,096	Galloway
21 November 1992	Dundee	A	3–1	12,018	Bollan, Connolly, Clark
28 November 1992	Airdrieonians	H	0–0	5,178
1 December 1992	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	5,241	McInally, O'Neil
12 December 1992	Aberdeen	H	2–2	10,341	Crabbe, McKinlay
26 December 1992	Celtic	A	1–0	22,852	Ferguson
2 January 1993	St Johnstone	H	1–2	10,318	Crabbe
5 January 1993	Rangers	A	2–3	40,239	Welsh, Perry
16 January 1993	Hibernian	A	1–2	5,531	McInally
23 January 1993	Falkirk	H	2–1	5,626	Crabbe, Connolly
30 January 1993	Hearts	H	0–1	7,723
2 February 1993	Motherwell	A	0–2	3,783	Connolly
13 February 1993	Partick Thistle	A	4–0	4,135	Crabbe, Connolly (2), Ferguson
20 February 1993	Rangers	H	0–0	13,234
24 February 1993	Aberdeen	A	0–0	12,500
27 February 1993	Dundee	H	1–0	12,140	Ferguson
6 March 1993	Airdrieonians	A	3–1	2,291	Ferguson, Connolly, Clark
9 March 1993	Motherwell	H	0–0	5,134
13 March 1993	Hearts	A	0–1	7,067
20 March 1993	St Johnstone	A	4–1	451	O'Neill, McInally, Connolly, O'Neil
27 March 1993	Celtic	H	2–3	12,185	Connolly, Ferguson
8 April 1993	Falkirk	A	2–1	3,599	Johnson, Connolly
12 April 1993	Hibernian	H	0–3	5,167
17 April 1993	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	4,200	Dailly, Bollan, Connolly
20 April 1993	Dundee	A	4–0	9,589	Dailly (2), Bollan, Connolly
1 May 1993	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	5,590	Connolly (2), O'Neill
8 May 1993	Rangers	A	0–1	42,917
15 May 1993	Aberdeen	H	1–4	9,078	Dailly

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 January	Meadowbank Thistle	H	3–1	5,263	Welsh, McKinlay, Ferguson
7 February	Aberdeen	A	0–2	14,155

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August	Queen of the South	H	6–0	4,512	McKinlay, Connolly (2), Johnson (2), Ferreyra
18 August	St Mirren	H	3–0	5,586	O'Neil, Ferguson (2)
26 August	Rangers	H	2–3	15,716	Ferreyra, Connolly

Player details

During the 1992–93 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. 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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Alan Main	48	0	43	0	2	0	3	0
	GK	NED	Guido van de Kamp	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Bollan	16	3	15	3	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Clark	41	2	37	2	1	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Cleland	28	0	24	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	NED	Fred van der Hoorn	36	0	32	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	YUG	Miodrag Krivokapić	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	42	0	37	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Narey	31	0	28	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Perry	20	1	18	1	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Welsh	17	2	15	1	1	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Bowman	25	0	24	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Hannah	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Grant Johnson	21	3	17	1	1	0	3	2
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	37	5	33	5	1	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	39	3	36	1	2	1	1	1
	MF	SCO	Andy McLaren	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John O'Neil	32	4	28	3	1	0	3	1
	MF	NIR	Michael O'Neill	25	2	25	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Allan Preston	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Connolly	47	19	42	16	2	0	3	3
	FW	SCO	Scott Crabbe	29	4	27	4	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Christian Dailly	15	4	14	4	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson	33	15	30	12	1	1	2	2
	FW	ARG	Victor Ferreyra	10	2	7	0	0	0	3	2

Goalscorers United had 14 players score with the team scoring 70 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Paddy Connolly, who finished the season with 19 goals.[2] Name League Cups Total Paddy Connolly 16 3 19 Duncan Ferguson 12 3 15 Jim McInally 5 0 05 Scott Crabbe 4 0 04 Christian Dailly 4 0 04 John O'Neil 3 1 04 Gary Bollan 3 0 03 Grant Johnson 1 2 03 Billy McKinlay 1 2 03 John Clark 2 0 02 Michael O'Neill 2 0 02 Brian Welsh 1 1 02 Victor Ferreyra 0 2 02 Mark Perry 1 0 01 Own goals 1 0 01

Discipline During the 1992–93 season, three United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2] Name Dismissals Gary Bollan 1 Duncan Ferguson 1 Jim McInally 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aberdeen	44	27	10	7	87	36	+51	64	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Celtic	44	24	12	8	68	41	+27	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	44	19	9	16	56	49	+7	47
5	Heart of Midlothian	44	15	14	15	46	51	−5	44
6	St Johnstone	44	10	20	14	52	66	−14	40

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

Transfers

In The club signed only one player – Scott Crabbe – during the season, as part of a swap deal. No money was spent on transfer fees. Date Player From Fee (£) 3 October Scott Crabbe Heart of Midlothian Swap[3]

Out Five players were sold by the club during the season with one as part of a swap deal. The club raised over £1.25m in transfer sales. Date Player To Fee 1 July Scott Y. Thomson Forfar Athletic Unknown[4] 14 July Darren Jackson Hibernian £0,400,000[4] 1 August Ray McKinnon Nottingham Forest £0,750,000[3] 3 October Allan Preston Heart of Midlothian Swap[5] 27 February Victor Ferreyra Mitsubishi £0,175,000[6]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the final time, ending six years of association with the brewers.

Trivia

• In the 4–0 victory at Partick Thistle on 13 February, referee Les Mottram ruled Paddy Connolly's goal – where the ball rebounded back from the inside stanchion – hadn't crossed the line. To make matters worse for United, a Partick defender picked the ball up with his hands, only for the referee to rule play on. The decision denied Connolly his first senior hat-trick.

See also

• 1992–93 in Scottish football