- 1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1989-90 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Jim McLean Scottish Premier Division 4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35Tennent'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 → The 1989-90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1989-07-01 to 1990-06-30. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.
Contents
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 
GlentoranA 3–1 8,000 Cleland, McInally, Hinds 27 September 1989 GlentoranH 2–0 9,340 Clark, Gallacher 17 October 1989 
Royal AntwerpA 0–4 10,000 31 October 1989 Royal AntwerpH 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. Nat Pos Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup UEFA Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 
GK Alan Main 33 0 27 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 GK Billy Thomson 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 GK Scott Thomson 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DF John Clark 37 4 28 1 4 1 2 0 3 2 DF Alex Cleland 17 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 DF Paul Hegarty 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 
DF Fred van der Hoorn 42 2 31 2 5 0 2 0 4 0 
DF Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 26 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 DF Maurice Malpas 40 2 30 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 DF Gary McGinnis 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Dave Narey 41 0 31 0 5 0 2 0 3 0 DF Brian Welsh 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Charlie Adam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MF Dave Bowman 34 1 24 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 MF Alan Irvine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Jim McInally 46 4 35 3 5 0 2 0 4 1 MF Billy McKinlay 18 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 MF Ray McKinnon 11 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF John O'Neil 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Michael O'Neill 25 7 18 5 1 0 2 1 4 1 MF Allan Preston 11 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 FW Paddy Connolly 19 6 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 FW Hamish French 13 2 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 FW Kevin Gallacher 24 2 17 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 
FW Peter Hinds 18 3 13 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 FW Darren Jackson 32 8 25 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 
FW 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 
9Darren Jackson 7 1 8Michael O'Neill 5 2 7Paddy Connolly 5 1 6Jim McInally 3 1 4John Clark 1 3 4Hamish French 2 0 2Fred van der Hoorn 2 0 2Maurice Malpas 2 0 2Kevin Gallacher 1 1 2Peter Hinds 0 2 2Dave Bowman 1 0 1Alex Cleland 0 1 1Discipline
During the 1989-90 season, one United player was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2]
Name Dismissals Miodrag Krivokapić 
1Transfers
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 HindsFujita Kogyo| £0,065,000[4] 2 August 1989 Freddy van der HoornDen Bosch £0,200,000[5] 15 August 1989 Michael O'NeillNewcastle 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 Sep 1989 Charlie AdamPartick Thistle Unknown[7] 22 November 1989 Alan IrvineBlackburn Rovers £0,030,000[8] Jan 1990 Paul HegartySt. Johnstone Free[9] 25 January 1990 Kevin GallacherCoventry City £0,900,000[10] 8 February 1990 Gary McGinnisSt. Johnstone £0,100,000[11] 1990 Joe McLeodMotherwell Unknown[12] Loans out
One player was loaned out during the season.
Date Player To Duration Oct 1989 Alan IrvineBlackburn Rovers 1 month[8] Playing kit
Home
coloursAway
coloursThe jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.
See also
References
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- ^ "Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C.. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_paulhegarty2.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
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External links
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