1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season

March 2012 February 2021 Dundee United 1990–91 Jim McLean Jim McLean Tannadice Park Premier Division Fourth place Scottish Cup Runners-up League Cup Semi-finals Darren Jackson (12) Darren Jackson (18) 17,564 vs. Rangers, Premier Division, 29 December 1990 5,475 vs. FH, UEFA Cup, 3 October 1990 _thinblackborder _blackwhiteshoulders _thinblackborder _2 black stripes f27a00 f27a00 f27a00 000000 f27a00 _blackcuffpiping _blackwhiteshoulders _blackcuffpiping FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1989–90 1991–92 The 1990–91 season was the 82nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991. United finished in fourth place and missed out on European football for the first time in fifteen years. Summary Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season.http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=120 Dundee Utd 1990/1991 results and fixtures Soccerbase 15 January 2008 The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division. In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Scottish Cup to Motherwell and lost in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals to eventual runners-up Celtic. The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards. Two players were sold by the club during the season. The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven Brewery for the fourth season. Results and fixtures WinDrawLoss All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Scottish Premier Division 1990–91 Scottish Premier Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 August 1990 St JohnstoneA3–17,784Jackson (2), Dailly 1 September 1990 MotherwellH1–07,636Cleland 8 September 1990 St MirrenH1–06,968Jackson 15 September 1990 AberdeenA1–117,400McKinnon 22 September 1990 RangersH2–116,270McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.) 29 September 1990 Heart of MidlothianA0–112,052 10 October 1990 Dunfermline AthleticH3–09,025Bowman, Steinmann, French 13 October 1990 HibernianH1–010,289Miller (o.g.) 20 October 1990 CelticA0–034,363 27 October 1990 St JohnstoneH1–211,353Jackson 3 November 1990 MotherwellA2–08,117Jackson, Dailly 10 November 1990 RangersA2–136,995Jackson (2) 17 November 1990 Heart of MidlothianH1–110,821Jackson 24 November 1990 AberdeenH2–312,344McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas 1 December 1990 St MirrenA1–14,581Jackson 8 December 1990 CelticH3–114,895Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen 15 December 1990 HibernianA0–06,000 22 December 1990 Dunfermline AthleticA0–18,018 29 December 1990 RangersH1–217,564Jackson 2 January 1991 AberdeenA1–017,400Dailly 5 January 1991 St MirrenH3–211,353Clark, Dailly, Cleland 19 January 1991 MotherwellH3–06,482McKinlay, Connolly (2) 2 February 1991 CelticA0–126,172 9 February 1991 HibernianH0–06,114 16 February 1991 Heart of MidlothianA1–27,216Clark 19 February 1991 St JohnstoneA1–06,910French 2 March 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH1–06,379Ferguson 9 March 1991 St MirrenA1–03,960Jackson 23 March 1991 AberdeenH1–210,643McInally 30 March 1991 St JohnstoneH0–07,794Jackson 13 April 1991 CelticH2–112,603Van der Hoorn, McKinnon 16 April 1991 MotherwellA0–13,531 20 April 1991 HibernianA0–14,000 24 April 1991 RangersA0–132,397 4 May 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–16,820French (2) 11 May 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA0–14,894 United were leading Dunfermline 2–1 on 6 October when the match was abandoned due to heavy rain. The match was replayed four days later. Scottish Cup 1990–91 Scottish Cup 1991 Scottish Cup Final DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 January 1990 Third round East FifeA1–14,947Connolly 29 January 1990 Third round replay East FifeH2–17,190Clark, Ferguson 23 February 1990 Fourth round AirdrieoniansH2–08,648French (2) 13 March 1990 Quarter–finals DundeeH3–116,228McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson 6 April 1991 Semi–finals St JohnstoneN2-116,560Clark, Ferguson 18 May 1991 Final MotherwellN3–457,319Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson Scottish League Cup 1990–91 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 21 August 1990 Second round Alloa AthleticA3–01,835Welsh, Dailly, Jackson 28 August 1990 Third round Partick ThistleA3–14,000Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson 4 September 1990 Quarter–finals MotherwellH2–08,475Jackson, McInally 25 September 1990 Semi–finals CelticN0–249,975 UEFA Cup 1990–91 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 September 1990 First round 1st leg ISL FHA3–1263Jackson, Cleland (2) 3 October 1990 First round 2nd leg ISL FHH2–25,475Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.) 24 October 1990 Second round 1st leg NED VitesseA0–18,331 7 November 1990 First round 2nd leg NED VitesseH0–410,726 Player statistics During the 1990–91 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.http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 1990–91 Glenrothes Arabs 14 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 3 July 2008 dead Premier Division Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Alan Main GK Scotland 31 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 Billy Thomson GK Scotland 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 Gary Bollan DF Scotland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Clark DF Scotland 18 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 Alex Cleland DF Scotland 21 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 Fred van der Hoorn DF Netherlands 32 1 6 0 4 1 3 0 Scott Kopel DF Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Miodrag Krivokapić DF Yugoslavia 24 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 Maurice Malpas DF Scotland 36 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 Dave Narey DF Scotland 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gijs Steinmann DF Netherlands 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Welsh DF Scotland 17 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 Dave Bowman MF Scotland 20 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 Jim McInally MF Scotland 33 1 6 0 4 1 4 0 Billy McKinlay MF Scotland 33 2 5 0 4 0 4 0 Ray McKinnon MF Scotland 17 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 John O'Neil MF Scotland 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 Michael O'Neill MF Northern Ireland 12 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 Allan Preston MF Scotland 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Paddy Connolly FW Scotland 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 Christian Dailly FW Scotland 18 5 2 0 4 2 2 0 Duncan Ferguson FW Scotland 9 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 Hamish French FW Scotland 19 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 Darren Jackson FW Scotland 33 12 6 2 4 3 3 1 Mixu Paatelainen FW Finland 21 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 |} Goalscorers United had 17 players score with the team scoring 67 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Darren Jackson, who finished the season with 18 goals.http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 1990–91 Glenrothes Arabs 15 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 3 July 2008 dead NameLeagueCupsTotalDarren Jackson Scottish footballer126 18Christian Dailly52 7Hamish French42 6Own goals Own goal32 5John Clark John Clark (footballer born 1964)22 4Alex Cleland22 4Paddy Connolly22 4Duncan Ferguson13 4Ray McKinnon Ray McKinnon (footballer)21 3Billy McKinlay20 2Dave Bowman David Bowman (footballer born 1964)11 2Fred van der Hoorn Fred van der Hoorn Hoorn11 2Jim McInally11 2Maurice Malpas10 1Mixu Paatelainen10 1Gijs Steinmann10 1John O'Neil John O'Neil (footballer)01 1Brian Welsh footballer01 1 Discipline During the 1990–91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 1990/92 Glenrothes Arabs 15 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm 3 July 2008 dead NameDismissalsFred van der Hoorn Fred van der Hoorn Hoorn 1Alan Main 1 Competitions League table DNU Transfers In Date Player From Fee October 1990 NED Gijs Steinmann NED Utrecht £100,000http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285 Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland Soccerbase 15 January 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041629/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285 25 October 2007 Out Date Player To Fee 23 August 1990 BAR Peter Hinds POR Marítimo Freehttp://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080120091805/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm dead 20 January 2008 Player A to Z: Peter Hinds Glenrothes Arabs 4 February 2008 May 1991 NED Gijs Steinmann NED Utrecht Free See also 1990–91 in Scottish football References 30em External links Glenrothes Arabs 1990–91 season review 1990-91 Category:Scottish football clubs 1990–91 season