1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season
Quarter-finals | |
Skol Cup | Semi-finals |
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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) |
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The 1988–89 season was the 80th year of
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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13 August 1988 | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 5,832 | Clark
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20 August 1988 | Celtic | H | 1–0 | 18,769 | Gallacher |
27 August 1988 | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | 13,128 | Clark, Meade
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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
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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
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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 |
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28 January 1989 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 18,117 | Bowman, Meade
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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 |
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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 |
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6 September 1988 | ![]() |
A |
0–0 | 4,000 | |
5 October 1988 | ![]() |
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 | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Billy Thomson | 49 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Scott Y. Thomson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Beaumont | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Clark
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30 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Alex Cleland
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12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Paul Hegarty | 41 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Miodrag Krivokapić | 29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Gary McGinnis | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Maurice Malpas | 50 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Narey
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46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Brian Welsh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Charlie Adam
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Dave Bowman
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39 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Harry Curran | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Alan Irvine
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7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jim McInally | 40 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Billy McKinlay | 41 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Ray McKinnon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Gordon McLeod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Joe McLeod | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Ian McPhee | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Allan Preston | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Ian Redford | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Paddy Connolly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Hamish French | 25 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Kevin Gallacher | 44 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Raphael Meade | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Darren Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Mixu Paatelainen | 45 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
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 |
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Mixu Paatelainen | 10 | 7 | ![]() |
Kevin Gallacher | 9 | 3 | ![]() |
Raphael Meade | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
Hamish French | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
Ian Redford | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
Own goals | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
John Clark |
2 | 0 | ![]() |
Dave Beaumont | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
Dave Bowman |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
Paul Hegarty | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Alan Irvine |
1 | 0 | ![]() |
Miodrag Krivokapic | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Jim McInally | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Billy McKinlay | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Ian McPhee | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Maurice Malpas | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Allan Preston | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Paul Sturrock | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Transfers
InThe club signed four players during the season with a total public cost of at least £450,000 (one figure unknown).
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OutSeven 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.
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Playing kit
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The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.
Trivia
- All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0–0.
See also
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.