1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United 1988–89 football season

Dundee United
1988–89 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	4th W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Skol Cup	Semi-finals
Cup Winners' Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Mixu Paatelainen (10) All: Mixu Paatelainen (17)
Highest home attendance	20,071 (vs Rangers, 27 September)
Lowest home attendance	5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 season was the 80th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final. Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest knocked United out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the second round.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1988	St Mirren	A	1–0	5,832	Clark
20 August 1988	Celtic	H	1–0	18,769	Gallacher
27 August 1988	Aberdeen	H	2–2	13,128	Clark, Meade
3 September 1988	Dundee	A	3–0	14,927	Paatelainen (2), Gallacher
17 September 1988	Hibernian	H	1–1	11,017	Paatelainen
24 September 1988	Motherwell	A	2–1	3,559	Redford (2)
27 September 1988	Rangers	H	0–1	20,071
1 October 1988	Hearts	H	0–0	10,838
8 October 1988	Hamilton	A	4–0	3,538	Meade, Paatelainen (2), McPhee
12 October 1988	Celtic	A	0–1	36,870
22 October 1988	St Mirren	H	0–1	7,618
29 October 1988	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,266	Paatelainen
2 November 1988	Hibernian	A	1–1	10,000	Meade
5 November 1988	Dundee	H	2–0	14,882	Meade, Paatelainen
12 November 1988	Aberdeen	A	1–1	15,000	Preston
19 November 1988	Hearts	A	0–0	10,121
26 November 1988	Hamilton	H	1–0	6,357	Bowman
3 December 1988	Rangers	A	1–0	39,200	Beaumont
10 December 1988	Hibernian	H	4–1	9,963	Mitchell, French, Gallacher, McKinlay
17 December 1988	Celtic	H	2–0	18,745	Paatelainen, Baillie
31 December 1988	St Mirren	A	1–0	7,762	Gallacher
3 January 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–1	17,952	French
7 January 1989	Dundee	A	1–0	16,332	French
14 January 1989	Hamilton	A	5–0	4,000	McInally, Gallacher (3), Paatelainen
21 January 1989	Hearts	H	0–0	13,674
11 February 1989	Rangers	H	1–1	20,013	Stevens
11 March 1989	St Mirren	H	1–4	8,320	Malpas
14 March 1989	Motherwell	A	2–1	3,545	Krivokapic, Gallacher
25 March 1989	Celtic	A	0–1	36,870
1 April 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–1	16,700
8 April 1989	Dundee	H	2–1	11,910	Sturrock, Gallacher
22 April 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,301	Hegarty
29 April 1989	Hibernian	A	2–1	7,700	Irvine, Paatelainen
2 May 1989	Rangers	A	0–2	39,058
6 May 1989	Hearts	A	0–0	8,613
13 May 1989	Hamilton	H	0–1	11,503

Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1989	Dundee	A	2–1	18,117	Bowman, Meade
18 February 1989	Aberdeen	A	1–1	23,600	Paatelainen
22 February 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–1	18,756	Paatelainen
27 February 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–0	21,095	Paatelainen
21 March 1989	Rangers	A	2–2	42,177	Gallacher, Paatelainen
27 March 1989	Rangers	H	0–1	21,872

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1988	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	4,500	Paatelainen (2)
24 August 1988	St Mirren	A	3–1	5,970	Paatelainen, Gallacher, Meade
31 August 1988	Celtic	H	2–0	21,178	Gallacher, Redford
20 September 1988	Aberdeen	N	0–2	18,481

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1988	Floriana	A	0–0	4,000
5 October 1988	Floriana	H	1–0	9,138	Meade
26 October 1988	Dinamo Bucharest	H	1–1	10,594	Beaumont
9 November 1988	Dinamo Bucharest	A	0–1	18,000

Player details

During the 1988–89 season, United used 31 different players comprising four 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.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup		Cup Winners' Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Billy Thomson	49	0	35	0	6	0	4	0	4	0
	GK	SCO	Scott Y. Thomson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Beaumont	22	3	18	1	0	0	2	1	2	1
	DF	SCO	John Clark	30	2	20	2	4	0	3	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Cleland	12	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Paul Hegarty	41	1	29	1	6	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	YUG	Miodrag Krivokapić	29	1	22	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Gary McGinnis	16	0	11	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	50	1	36	1	6	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Narey	46	0	33	0	6	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Welsh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Charlie Adam	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Bowman	39	2	28	1	3	1	4	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Harry Curran	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alan Irvine	7	3	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	40	1	29	1	6	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	41	1	30	1	4	0	4	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Ray McKinnon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Gordon McLeod	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe McLeod	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian McPhee	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	John O'Neil	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Allan Preston	10	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Redford	15	3	9	2	0	0	3	1	3	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Connolly	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hamish French	25	3	18	3	2	0	3	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Kevin Gallacher	44	12	31	9	5	1	4	2	4	0
	FW	ENG	Raphael Meade	22	7	11	4	4	1	3	1	4	1
	FW	SCO	Darren Jackson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FIN	Mixu Paatelainen	45	17	33	10	6	4	3	3	3	0
	FW	SCO	Paul Sturrock	14	1	9	1	5	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 60 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with 17 goals.^[3]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Mixu Paatelainen	10	7	17
Kevin Gallacher	9	3	12
Raphael Meade	4	3	07
Hamish French	3	0	03
Ian Redford	2	1	03
Own goals	3	0	03
John Clark	2	0	02
Dave Beaumont	1	1	02
Dave Bowman	1	1	02
Paul Hegarty	1	0	01
Alan Irvine	1	0	01
Miodrag Krivokapic	1	0	01
Jim McInally	1	0	01
Billy McKinlay	1	0	01
Ian McPhee	1	0	01
Maurice Malpas	1	0	01
Allan Preston	1	0	01
Paul Sturrock	1	0	01

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	+26	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	+22	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	+18	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	+1	35	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	9	13	14	35	42	−7	31

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

Transfers

In

The club signed four players during the season with a total public cost of at least £450,000 (one figure unknown).

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
3 August 1988	Miodrag Krivokapic	Red Star	£0,250,000^[4]
3 August 1988	Raphael Meade	Unattached	Free^[5]
16 December 1988	Darren Jackson	Newcastle United	£0,200,000^[6]
00 April 1989	Charlie Adam	Brechin City	Unknown

Out

Seven players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of at least £1.1m (some figures unavailable). One player also retired.

Date	Player	To	Fee
13 July 1988	Eamonn Bannon	Heart of Midlothian	£0,225,000^[7]
00 July 1988	Iain Ferguson	Heart of Midlothian	£0,320,000^[8]
00 November 1988	Ian McPhee	Airdrieonians	Unknown
14 November 1988	Ian Redford	Ipswich Town	£0,200,000^[9]
16 November 1988	Gordon McLeod	Airdrieonians	£0,100,000^[10]
12 January 1989	Dave Beaumont	Luton Town	£0,150,000^[11]
00 000 1989	Harry Curran	St Johnstone	Unknown
00 April 1989	Raphael Meade	Luton Town	£0,150,000^[5]
13 May 1989	Paul Sturrock	Retired	N/A

Playing kit

Home
colours

Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.

Trivia

All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0–0.

References

^ "Match results 1988/1989". Arab Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
^ "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 4 February 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 5 February 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Player A to Z: Miodrag Krivokapic". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Player A to Z: Raphael Meade". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
^ "Player A to Z: Darren Jackson". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
^ "Player A to Z: Eamonn Bannon". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
^ "Player A to Z: Iain Ferguson". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
^ "Player A to Z: Ian Redford". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 5 February 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Player A to Z: Gordon McLeod". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
^ "Player A to Z: Dave Beaumont". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.

External links

Glenrothes Arabs 1988–89 season review^{[permanent dead link]}

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