1986–87 Dundee United F.C. season

March 2012 January 2021 Dundee United 1986–87 George Fox Jim McLean Tannadice Park Premier Division Third place Scottish Cup Runners-up League Cup Semi-finals UEFA Cup Runners-up Iain Ferguson (16) Iain Ferguson (28) 21,322 vs. Barcelona, UEFA Cup, 4 March 1987 4,280 vs. Hamilton Academical, Premier Division, 19 November 1986 _blackline _vneckblack _blackline EE7700 EE7700 EE7700 000000 EE7700 _blackline _vneckblack _blackline FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 season was the 78th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season. Summary Dundee United played a total of 67 competitive matches during the 1986–87 season.http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/matches.php? Match results 1986/1987 Arab Archive 14 November 2016 The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division. They reached the Scottish Cup final, only to lose after extra-time to St Mirren. The season is most notable for the club's run to the UEFA Cup Final, knocking out Barcelona, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Universitatea Craiova en route. United lost 2–1 on aggregate to IFK Göteborg in the final. In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Scottish Cup to St Mirren and lost in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals. Swedish side IFK Göteborg defeated United in the final of the UEFA Cup over two legs. The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of at least £300,000 (some figures unknown). Two other players joined before the following season. Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of nearly £1,000,000. One player retired due to injury. The club's playing kits were sponsored by future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores for a second season. Results and fixtures All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Scottish Premier Division 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1986 AberdeenH2–110,910Gough, Redford 13 August 1986 ClydebankA0–01,612 16 August 1986 RangersA3–243,995Gallacher, Redford 23 August 1986 Heart of MidlothianH1–011,068Hegarty 30 August 1986 St MirrenH3–06,168Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon 6 September 1986 DundeeA2–012,079Milne, Bannon 13 September 1986 CelticH2–219,792Ferguson, Gallacher 20 September 1986 Hamilton AcademicalA5–12,876Hegarty (2), Ferguson (2), Sturrock 27 September 1986 HibernianA1–15,407Redford 4 October 1986 FalkirkH2–05,957Ferguson (2) 8 October 1986 MotherwellH4–05,740Philliben, Ferguson, Wishart, Coyne 11 October 1986 AberdeenA0–214,922 18 October 1986 ClydebankH2–05,314Auld, Bannon 25 October 1986 Heart of MidlothianA2–214,320Sturrock (2) 29 October 1986 RangersH0–020,171 1 November 1986 St MirrenA1–03,930Ferguson 8 November 1986 DundeeH0–311,733 15 November 1986 CelticA0–134,319 19 November 1986 Hamilton AcademicalH3–04,280Clark, Ferguson, Sturrock 22 November 1986 HibernianH1–06,862Bannon 29 November 1986 FalkirkA1–24,500Redford 3 December 1986 MotherwellA2–02,312Page, Redford 6 December 1986 AberdeenH0–010,242 13 December 1986 ClydebankA2–11,396Ferguson, Bannon 20 December 1986 Heart of MidlothianH3–111,749Sturrock, Bannon, Ferguson 27 December 1986 RangersA0–242,165 6 January 1987 St MirrenH2–05,798Redford, Sturrock 10 January 1987 CelticH3–219,020Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon 24 January 1987 HibernianA2–07,398Gallacher, McInally 7 February 1987 FalkirkH2–18,804Ferguson, Gallacher 14 February 1987 MotherwellH2–09,902Gallacher, Ferguson 28 February 1987 AberdeenA1–012,850Bannon 7 March 1987 ClydebankH1–15,541Hegarty 10 March 1987 DundeeA1–111,615Gallacher 21 March 1987 RangersH0–121,278 28 March 1987 DundeeH1–112,220Glennie 4 April 1987 St MirrenA1–22,538Redford 14 April 1987 HamiltonA0–02,062 18 April 1987 CelticA1–123,798Clark 25 April 1987 FalkirkA2–14,930Ferguson (2) 28 April 1987 HamiltonH2–17,244Bannon, Clark 2 May 1987 HibernianH2–19,301Gallacher, Redford 9 May 1987 MotherwellA0–12,340 11 May 1987 Heart of MidlothianA1–16,779Kirkwood Scottish Cup 1986–87 Scottish Cup 1987 Scottish Cup final DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 31 January 1987 Third round AirdrieoniansH1–19,169Gallacher 9 February 1987 Third round replay AirdrieoniansA2–15,000Ferguson, Gallacher 12 February 1987 Fourth round Brechin CityA1–019,355Gallacher 14 March 1987 Quarter-finals Forfar AthleticH2–27,985Malpas, Ferguson 24 March 1987 Quarter-finals replay Forfar AthleticA2–08,139Holt, Ferguson 11 April 1987 Semi-finals DundeeN3–213,913Ferguson (2), Hegarty 16 May 1987 Final St MirrenN0–151,782 Scottish League Cup 1986–87 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1986 Second round Queen of the SouthA1–04,212Gallacher 27 August 1986 Third round Ayr UnitedA3–03,680Ferguson (2), Gallacher 3 September 1986 Quarter-finals HibernianA2–09,212Ferguson (2) 24 September 1986 Semi-finals RangersA1–245,249Ferguson UEFA Cup 1986–87 UEFA Cup 1987 UEFA Cup final DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 September 1986 First round 1st leg FRA LensA0–111,330 1 October 1986 First round 2nd leg FRA LensH2–011,645Milne, Coyne 22 October 1986 Second round 1st leg ROM Universitatea CraiovaH3–010,728Redford (2), Clark 5 November 1986 Second round 2nd leg ROM Universitatea CraiovaA0–135,000 26 November 1986 Third round 1st leg YUG Hajduk SplitH2–011,569McInally, Clark 10 December 1986 Third round 2nd leg YUG Hajduk SplitA0–026,000 4 March 1987 Quarter-finals 1st leg ESP BarcelonaH1–021,322Gallacher 18 March 1987 Quarter-finals 2nd leg ESP BarcelonaA2–142,000Clark, Ferguson 8 April 1987 Semi-finals 1st leg DEU Borussia MönchengladbachH0–015,789 22 April 1987 Semi-finals 2nd legDEU Borussia MönchengladbachA2–033,500Ferguson, Redford 6 May 1987 Final 1st leg SWE IFK GöteborgA0–150,053 20 May 1987 Final 2nd leg SWE IFK GöteborgH1–120,911Clark Player statistics During the 1986–87 season, United used 29 different players comprising four nationalities. Billy Thomson was the only player to feature in every match of United's UEFA Cup run. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1986s/1986-87/86-87page.htm 1986–87 Glenrothes Arabs 8 February 2008 October 2010 H3llBot Premier Division Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Alan Main GK Scotland 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Thomson GK Scotland 39 0 6 0 4 0 12 0 Scott Thomson GK Scotland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Beaumont DF Scotland 28 0 4 0 2 0 6 0 John Clark DF Scotland 30 3 6 0 1 0 10 4 Richard Gough DF Scotland 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Hegarty DF Scotland 23 4 4 1 4 0 7 0 John Holt DF Scotland 18 0 4 1 2 0 7 0 Maurice Malpas DF Scotland 36 0 7 1 4 0 10 0 Gary McGinnis DF Scotland 20 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Dave Narey DF Scotland 33 0 7 0 4 0 10 0 Chris Sulley DF England 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Welsh DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eamonn Bannon MF Scotland 38 9 4 0 4 0 11 0 Dave Bowman MF Scotland 29 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 Harry Curran MF Scotland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Irvine MF Scotland 16 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 Paul Kinnaird MF Scotland 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 Billy Kirkwood MF Scotland 11 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 Jim McInally MF Scotland 32 1 7 0 1 0 11 1 Billy McKinlay MF Scotland 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gordon McLeod MF Scotland 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe McLeod MF Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Milne MF Scotland 14 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 Jimmy Page MF Scotland 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Redford MF Scotland 37 8 7 0 4 0 11 3 Tommy Coyne FW Republic of Ireland 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 Iain Ferguson FW Scotland 36 16 7 5 3 5 5 2 Kevin Gallacher FW Scotland 37 10 6 3 4 2 10 1 Paul Sturrock FW Scotland 30 6 6 0 3 0 11 0 |} Goalscorers United had 15 players score with the team scoring 97 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 28 goals. NameLeagueCupsTotalIain Ferguson1612 28Kevin Gallacher106 16Ian Redford footballer83 11Eamonn Bannon90 9John Clark John Clark (footballer born 1964)34 7Paul Sturrock60 6Paul Hegarty41 5Own goals Own goal30 3Tommy Coyne11 2Jim McInally11 2Ralph Milne11 2Richard Gough10 1Billy Kirkwood10 1Jimmy Page Jimmy Page (footballer)10 1John Holt John Holt (footballer, born 1956)01 1Maurice Malpas01 1 Discipline During the 1986–87 season, one United players was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1980s/1986-87/86-87page.htm 1986–87 Glenrothes Arabs 8 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080703194539/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1980s/1986-87/86-87page.htm 3 July 2008 dead NameDismissalsTommy Coyne 1 Competitions League table DNU Transfers In Date Player From Fee 22 August 1986 SCO Iain Ferguson SCO Rangers £145,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=202 Iain Ferguson The Arab Archive 14 April 2015 September 1986 ENG Chris Sulley ENG Bournemouth Unknown SCO Harry Curran SCO Dumbarton Unknown 25 November 1986 SCO Alan Main SCO Elgin City £8,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=108 Player A to Z: Alan Main The Arab Archive 1 April 2015 January 1987 SCO Billy Kirkwood SCO Hibernian Unknownhttp://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=35 Billy Kirkwood The Arab Archive 14 April 2015 18 June 1987 SCO Hamish French SCO Keith £10,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=397 Hamish French The Arab Archive 14 April 2015 June 1987 SCO Alan Irvine footballer, born 1958 ENG Crystal Palace £100,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=573 Alan Irvine The Arab Archive 14 April 2015 Out Date Player To Fee 1 August 1986 SCO Richard Gough ENG Tottenham Hotspur £750,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=32 Richard Gough The Arab Archive 14 April 2015 13 December 1986 SCO IRL Tommy Coyne SCO Dundee £75,000http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Coyne%20T.htm Player A to Z: Tommy Coyne Glenrothes Arabs 8 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015114417/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Coyne%20T.htm 15 October 2008 dead January 1987 SCO Ralph Milne ENG Charlton Athletic £125,000http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Milne%20R.htm Player A to Z: Ralph Milne Glenrothes Arabs 8 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015120834/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Milne%20R.htm 15 October 2008 dead ENG Chris Sulley ENG Blackburn Rovers £15,000http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=200 Chris Sulley 14 April 2015 The Arab Archive SCO Jimmy Page Jimmy Page (footballer) Retired Loans out Date Player To Duration ENG Chris Sulley ENG Blackburn Rovers Unknown See also 1986–87 in Scottish football References External links BBC's 'A Sporting Nation' review of the UEFA Cup run Glenrothes Arabs 1986–87 season review 1986-87 Category:Scottish football clubs 1986–87 season