1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season

March 2025 February 2018 Dundee United 1998–99 Jim McLean Tommy McLean(until 5 September)Paul Sturrock(from 5 September) Tannadice Park SPL Ninth place Scottish Cup Semi–finals League Cup Third round Billy Dodds (16) Billy Dodds (17) 12,788 vs. Rangers, SPL, 12 September 1998 4,700 vs. Stirling Albion, League Cup, 8 August 1998 _black_lowleft_highright FC6916 FC6916 FC6916 000000 FC6916 _black_lowleft_highright FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1997–98 1999–00 The 1998–99 season was the 90th year of football played by Dundee United, and covered the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999. United finished in ninth place with 34 points in the inaugural season of the Scottish Premier League. Summary The cup campaigns brought mixed fortunes: a third round League Cup exit to Ross County was bettered by a Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Celtic. The club's playing kits were sponsored by Telewest for the third season in a row. Joe Miller, who signed from Aberdeen, scored two goals during his time with United – both against Aberdeen. United led eventual champions Celtic in three of the four league matches in 1998–99 but only managed to take one point. United's highest and lowest home attendances occurred in consecutive matches at Tannadice – nearly 13,000 watched United in a goalless draw against Rangers while less than 6,500 turned up eleven days later to watch them play Dunfermline. It was the second season in a row that United's lowest home attendance was against the Pars. Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. One loan signing was also made during the season. Fourteen players left the club during and at the end of the 1998–99 season, with one player also going out on loan. The club received £900k in transfer fees, amounting to around half of the transfer expenditure. Fixtures and results Scottish Premier League 1998–99 Scottish Premier League L 1 August 1998 1 2–0 Kilmarnock Wright 32Nevin 72 Dundee United Rugby Park 8,208 M McCurry D 16 August 1998 2 0–0 Dundee United Thompson 0 89 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park 9,629 S Dougal L 22 August 1998 3 2–1 Celtic Burley 80Burchill 83 Dundee United Winters 31 Celtic Park 59,738 A Freeland L 30 August 1998 4 1–0 Motherwell Nyyssonen 43 Dundee United Fir Park 11,201 J McCluskey D 12 September 1998 5 0–0 Dundee United Rangers Tannadice Park 12,788 J Rowbotham D 19 September 1998 6 2–2 Dundee Annand 69Adamczuk 89 Dundee United McSwegan 63Olofsson 67 Dens Park 12,081 W Young D 23 September 1998 7 1–1 Dundee United McSwegan 27 Dunfermline Athletic Squires 40 Tannadice Park 6,449 J McCluskey W 26 September 1998 8 1–3 St Johnstone McCluskey 0 35Grant 84 Dundee United Dodds 16, 35 p, 83Olofsson 0 85 McDiarmid Park 6,665 S Dougal W 4 October 1998 9 1–0 Dundee United McSwegan 23 Aberdeen Tannadice Park 8,933 M McCurry L 17 October 1998 10 0–2 Dundee United Kilmarnock McGowne 12Vareille 80 Tannadice Park 8,137 M McCurry W 24 October 1998 11 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Dundee United Mathie 84 Tynecastle Park 13,124 G Simpson L 31 October 1998 12 2–1 Rangers Wallace 63Amoruso 84 Dundee United Dodds 25 Ibrox Stadium 49,503 G Simpson D 7 November 1998 13 2–2 Dundee United Dodds 48Jonsson 60 Motherwell Coyle 4, 50 Tannadice Park 6,616 M McCurry L 15 November 1998 14 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic Tod 26McCulloch 35 Dundee United Mathie 3 East End Park 10,704 J Rowbotham L 22 November 1998 15 0–1 Dundee United Dundee Grady 82 Tannadice Park 11,230 H Dallas W 28 November 1998 16 0–3 Aberdeen Dundee United Olofsson 17Miller 49Easton 56 Pittodrie Stadium 11,964 J Rowbotham D 5 December 1998 17 1–1 Dundee United Dodds 53 St Johnstone Grant 55 pen. Tannadice Park 7,293 G Simpson D 12 December 1998 18 1–1 Dundee United Zetterlund 49 Celtic Larsson 85 Tannadice Park 11,612 J McCluskey L 20 December 1998 19 2–0 Kilmarnock Wright 30Durrant 87 pen. Dundee United Rugby Park 13,538 H Dallas L 26 December 1998 20 2–0 Motherwell McMillan 55Brannan 57 Dundee United Fir Park 6,001 D McDonald L 30 December 1998 21 1–2 Dundee United Dodds 43 Rangers Wilson 32Wallace 90 Tannadice Park 11,707 M McCurry W 2 January 1999 22 1–3 Dundee McSkimming 28 Dundee United Dodds 10Thompson 16Olofsson 70 Dens Park 11,751 S Dougal D 30 January 1999 23 1–1 Dundee United Olofsson 33 Dunfermline Athletic Smith 46 Tannadice Park 7,646 H Dallas L 6 February 1999 24 1–0 St Johnstone Bollan 9 pen. Dundee United McDiarmid Park 5,771 J McCluskey W 20 February 1999 25 3–0 Dundee United Olofsson 34Dodds 48Hannah 66 Aberdeen Tannadice Park 8,309 J McCluskey L 27 February 1999 26 2–1 Celtic Burley 74Larsson 78 Dundee United Dodds 25 Celtic Park 59,902 M McCurry W 20 March 1999 27 0–1 Rangers Dundee United Olofsson 44Skoldmark 0 64 Ibrox Stadium 49,164 M Clark L 3 April 1999 28 0–3 Dundee United Motherwell Brannan 3Spencer 38, 60 Tannadice Park 8,110 M Clark L 6 April 1999 29 1–3 Dundee United Dodds 7 Heart of Midlothian McSwegan 25, 45Cameron 60 Tannadice Park 10,648 J McCluskey W 17 April 1999 30 0–4 Aberdeen Pepper 0 72 Dundee United Dodds 36, 56Miller 53Olofsson 54 Pittodrie Stadium 11,603 Dallas L 20 April 1999 31 0–1 Dundee United Dodds 53 St Johnstone Griffin 42Lowndes 1 50 Tannadice Park 6,741 M McCurry D 24 April 1999 32 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Millar 46 pen.Smith 5 Dundee United Dodds 13, 18 pen. East End Park 10,704 J Rowbotham L 1 May 1999 33 0–2 Dundee United Patterson 1 76 Dundee Irvine 67Grady 90 Tannadice Park 12,280 H Dallas D 8 May 1999 34 0–0 Dundee United Kilmarnock Tannadice Park 7,190 J Rowbotham L 15 May 1999 35 4–1 Heart of Midlothian Ritchie 41McSwegan 50Adam 67Cameron 77 Dundee United Eustace 90 Tynecastle Park 13,187 D Smith L 23 May 1999 36 1–2 Dundee United Dodds 59 pen. Celtic Burchill 34, Burchill 35 Tannadice Park 10,062 S Dougal Scottish Cup 1998–99 Scottish Cup D 2 February 1999 19:45 Third round 0–0 Queen's Park Dundee United Excelsior Stadium 1,953 W 9 February 1999 Third round replay 1–0 Dundee United Dodds 38 Queen's Park Tannadice Park 4,973 J Rowbotham D 3 March 1999 19:45 Fourth round 2–2 Clydebank Nicholls 13Gardner 68 Dundee United Olofsson 51Patterson 79 Kilbowie Park 1,299 K Clark W 6 March 1999 Fourth round replay 3–0 Dundee United Duffy 14Olofsson 62 65 Clydebank Tannadice Park 5,570 K Clark D 13 March 1999 Quarter-finals 0–0 Ayr United Dundee United Somerset Park 5,508 S Dougal W 16 March 1999 Quarter-final replay 2–1 Dundee United Murray 42Skoldmark 51 Ayr United Walker 46 Tannadice Park 7,313 S Dougal L 10 April 1999 Semi-finals 2–0 Celtic Blinker 30Viduka 39 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium 43,691 W Young Scottish League Cup 1998–99 Scottish League Cup D 8 August 1998 Second round 2–2 y 5–4 Dundee United McSwegan 24Boli 36 Stirling Albion Bone 27 71 Tannadice Park 4,700 J McCluskey L 19 August 1998 Third round 2–0 y Ross County Adams 104 118 Dundee United Victoria Park 3,206 G Simpson Player statistics During the 1998–99 season, United used 35 different players comprising 11 nationalities, plus two unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=198 Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances Soccerbase 17 December 2007 SPL Scottish Cup League Cup 1 Sieb Dijkstra GK NED 26+1 0 7 0 2 0 2 Iain Jenkins DF NIR 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Maurice Malpas DF SCO 31 0 4 0 2 0 4 Sigurður Jónsson DF ISL 12+2 1 4 0 0 0 5 Darren Patterson DF NIR 19+5 0 3 1 1 0 6 Erik Pedersen DF NOR 6 0 2 0 0 0 7 Kjell Olofsson FW SWE 32+2 7 6+1 3 1+1 0 8 Lars Zetterlund MF SWE 20+1 1 2 0 1 0 9 David Hannah MF SCO 13 1 0 0 0 0 9 Roger Boli FW FRA 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 Jamie Dolan MF SCO 4+1 0 1 0 1+1 0 11 Craig Easton MF SCO 28+2 1 6 0 1 0 12 Gary McSwegan FW SCO 5 3 0 0 1+1 1 12 Alex Mathie FW SCO 13+9 2 4+2 0 0 0 13 Alan Combe GK SCO 10 0 0 0 0 0 14 Robbie Winters FW SCO 1+2 1 0 0 1 0 14 Billy Dodds FW SCO 29+1 16 7 1 0 0 15 Joe Miller MF SCO 14+10 2 6+1 0 2 0 16 Mark McNally DF SCO 4+1 0 0 0 1 0 17 Andy McLaren MF SCO 3+5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 18 Neil Duffy DF SCO 12+3 0 5 1 0 0 19 Steven Thompson FW SCO 5+10 1 1+3 0 0 0 20 Magnus Sköldmark MF SWE 22+3 0 2+4 1 1+1 0 21 Jason de Vos DF CAN 23+2 0 6 0 0 0 23 Tonny Mols MF BEL 11 0 3 0 2 0 25 Neil Murray MF SCO 2+2 0 2 1 0 0 26 John Eustace MF ENG 8+3 1 2 0 0 0 30 Jim Paterson MF SCO 6+4 0 4+1 0 0 0 31 David Worrell DF IRL 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 34 David Partridge DF WAL 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 35 Bernard Pascual DF FRA 16 0 0 0 2 0 36 Scott McCulloch DF SCO 9 0 0 0 0 0 37 Brian McLaughlin MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 José Espinoza MF Peru 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 52 Stephen McConalogue FW SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers United had 17 players score with the team scoring 47 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Billy Dodds, who finished the season with 17 goals. NameLeagueCupsTotalBilly Dodds161 17Kjell Olofsson73 10Gary McSwegan31 4Alex Mathie20 2Joe Miller Joe Miller (footballer, born 1967)20 2Craig Easton footballer10 1John Eustace10 1David Hannah10 1Siggi Jonsson10 1Steven Thompson Steven Thompson (Scottish footballer)10 1Robbie Winters10 1Lars Zetterlund10 1Roger Boli01 1Neil Duffy01 1Neil Murray Neil Murray (footballer)01 1Darren Patterson01 1Magnus Sköldmark Skoldmark, Magnus01 1 Discipline During the 1998–99 season, four United players were sent off and 23 players received at least one caution. In total, the team received four red cards and x yellows. NameCautionsDismissalsDarren Patterson 7 1Magnus Sköldmark Skoldmark, Magnus 2 1Kjell Olofsson 1Steven Thompson Steven Thompson (Scottish footballer) 1Maurice Malpas 6Lars Zetterlund 6Billy Dodds 4Siggi Jonsson 4Jason de Vos 4David Hannah 3Jamie Dolan 2Craig Easton footballer 2Andy McLaren 2Erik Pedersen 2Alan Combe 1Sieb Dykstra 1John Eustace 1Iain Jenkins 1Gary McSwegan 1Joe Miller Joe Miller (footballer, born 1967) 1Tonny Mols 1Bernard Pascual 1Jim Paterson Jim Paterson (footballer) 1David Worrell 1 Competitions League table DNU Transfers In Date Player From Fee 12 June 1998 SCO Alan Combe SCO St Mirren Freehttp://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=127 Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998 Soccerbase 9 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001191925/http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740 1 October 2007 dead 1 July 1998 SCO Joe Miller footballer, born 1967 SCO Aberdeen Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5456 Joe Miller Soccerbase 9 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204642/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5456 30 September 2007 live 9 July 1998 SCO Mark McNally footballer ENG Stoke City Free 10 July 1998 NIR Darren Patterson ENG Luton Town Freehttp://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=128 Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999 Soccerbase 9 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090830203419/http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=128 30 August 2009 dead 15 July 1998 FRA Roger Boli ENG Walsall £150,000 31 July 1998 BEL Tonny Mols BEL Lokeren Free PER José Espinoza footballer PER Universitario Free 6 August 1998 FRA Bernard Pascual FRA Le Havre Free 23 September 1998 SCO Billy Dodds SCO Aberdeen Swap 12 October 1998 CAN Jason de Vos Jason de Vos V ENG Darlington £400,000 16 October 1998 SCO Alex Mathie ENG Ipswich Town £600,000 5 February 1999 SCO David Hannah SCO Celtic £300,000 11 February 1999 SCO Neil Murray footballer SCO Rangers Free 26 February 1999 SCO Scott McCulloch SCO Dunfermline Athletic £300,000 11 March 1999 WAL David Partridge ENG West Ham £40,000 29 March 1999 IRL David Worrell ENG Blackburn Rovers £50,000 1 April 1999 SCO Brian McLaughlin footballer born 1974 SCO Celtic Free Out Date Player From Fee 31 August 1998 PER José Espinoza footballer PER Sporting Cristal Free 23 September 1998 SCO Robbie Winters SCO Aberdeen £700,000 10 October 1998 SCO Gary McSwegan SCO Heart of Midlothian Free 16 October 1998 SCO David Sinclair footballer born 1969 SCO Falkirk Free 22 October 1998 FRA Roger Boli ENG Bournemouth £100,000 5 November 1998 SCO Paul Walker footballer born 1977 SCO St Mirren Free 1 February 1998 ENG Julian Alsford ENG Chester City Free 26 February 1999 SCO Jamie Dolan SCO Dunfermline Athletic Swap 25 March 1999 SCO Andy McLaren ENG Reading £100,000 2 June 1999 SCO Neil Duffy SCO Ayr United Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2191 The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy Soccerbase 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001144222/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2191 1 October 2007 live 11 June 1999 NED Sieb Dijkstra ENG Ipswich Town Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2245 The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra Soccerbase 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001212012/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2245 1 October 2007 live 18 June 1999 SWE Kjell Olofsson SWE Moss FK Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=11111 The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson Soccerbase 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001201747/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11111 1 October 2007 live 23 June 1999 SCO Brian McLaughlin footballer born 1974 ENG Wigan Athletic Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5210 The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin Soccerbase 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001202602/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5210 1 October 2007 live 30 June 1999 SCO Neil Murray footballer GER Mainz Freehttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5732 The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray Soccerbase 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204451/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5732 30 September 2007 live Loans in Date Player From Duration 19 February 1999 ENG John Eustace ENG Coventry City End of seasonhttps://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10543 The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace Soccerbase 9 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071127151910/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=10543 27 November 2007 live Loans out Date Player From Duration 18 September 1998 ENG Julian Alsford ENG Barnet 3 months References Category:Dundee United F.C. seasons Dundee United