- 1990–91 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1990–91 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Jim McLean Scottish Premier Division 4th
W17 D7 L12 F41 A29 P41Tennent's Scottish Cup Runners-up Skol Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League: Darren Jackson (12)
All: Darren Jackson (18)← 1989–90 1991–92 → The 1990–91 season was the 82nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1990-07-01 to 1991-06-30. United finished in fourth place and missed out on European football for the first time in fifteen years.
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Match results
Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1990–91 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Motherwell and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to eventual runners-up Celtic.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 25 August 1990 St. Johnstone A 3–1 7,784 Jackson (2), Dailly 1 September 1990 Motherwell H 1–0 7,636 Cleland 8 September 1990 St. Mirren H 1–0 6,968 Jackson 15 September 1990 Aberdeen A 1–1 17,400 McKinnon 22 September 1990 Rangers H 2–1 16,270 McKinlay, Butcher (o.g.) 29 September 1990 Hearts A 0–1 12,052 10 October 1990 Dunfermline H 3–0 9,025 Bowman, Steinmann, French 13 October 1990 Hibernian H 1–0 10,289 Miller (o.g.) 20 October 1990 Celtic A 0–0 34,363 27 October 1990 St. Johnstone H 1–2 11,353 Jackson 3 November 1990 Motherwell A 2–0 8,117 Jackson, Dailly 10 November 1990 Rangers A 2–1 36,995 Jackson (2) 17 November 1990 Hearts H 1–1 10,821 Jackson 24 November 1990 Aberdeen H 2–3 12,344 McKimmie (o.g.), Malpas 1 December 1990 St. Mirren A 1–1 4,581 Jackson 8 December 1990 Celtic H 3–1 14,895 Dailly, Jackson, Paatelainen 15 December 1990 Hibernian A 0–0 6,000 22 December 1990 Dunfermline A 0–1 8,018 29 December 1990 Rangers H 1–2 178,853 Jackson 2 January 1991 Aberdeen A 1–0 17,400 Dailly 5 January 1991 St. Mirren H 3–2 11,353 Clark, Dailly, Cleland 19 January 1991 Motherwell H 3–0 6,482 McKinlay, Connolly (2) 2 February 1991 Celtic A 0–1 26,172 9 February 1991 Hibernian H 0–0 6,114 16 February 1991 Hearts A 1–2 7,216 Clark 19 February 1991 St. Johnstone A 1–0 6,910 French 2 March 1991 Dunfermline H 1–0 6,379 Ferguson 9 March 1991 St. Mirren A 1–0 3,960 Jackson 23 March 1991 Aberdeen H 1–2 10,643 McInally 30 March 1991 St. Johnstone H 0–0 7,794 Jackson 13 April 1991 Celtic H 2–1 12,603 Van der Hoorn, McKinnon 16 April 1991 Motherwell A 0–1 3,531 20 April 1991 Hibernian A 0–1 4,000 24 April 1991 Rangers A 0–1 32,397 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.
Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 26 January 1990 East Fife A 1–1 4,947 Connolly 29 January 1990 East Fife H 2–1 7,190 Clark, Ferguson 23 February 1990 Airdrieonians H 2–0 8,648 French (2) 13 March 1990 Dundee 
H 3–1 16,228 McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson 6 April 1991 St. Johnstone N 0–0 16,560 Clark, Ferguson 18 May 1991 Motherwell N 3–4 57,319 Bowman, J O'Neil, Jackson Skol Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 21 August 1990 Alloa A 3–0 1,835 Welsh, Dailly, Jackson 28 August 1990 Partick Thistle A 3–1 4,000 Van der Hoorn, Dailly, Jackson 4 September 1990 Motherwell H 2–0 8,475 Jackson, McInally 25 September 1990 Celtic N 0–2 49,975 UEFA Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 18 September 1990 
FHA 3–1 263 Jackson, Cleland (2) 3 October 1990 FHH 2–2 5,475 Connolly, Hjalmarson (o.g.) 24 October 1990 
VitesseA 0–1 8,331 7 November 1990 VitesseH 0–4 10,726 Player details
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.[2]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup UEFA Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 
GK Alan Main 40 0 31 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 GK Billy Thomson 10 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 DF Gary Bollan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF John Clark 25 4 18 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 DF Alex Cleland 29 4 21 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 DF Fred van der Hoorn 45 2 32 1 6 0 4 1 3 0 DF Scott Kopel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
DF Miodrag Krivokapić 34 0 24 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 DF Maurice Malpas 50 1 36 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 DF Dave Narey 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 DF Gijs Steinmann 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Brian Welsh 26 1 17 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 MF Dave Bowman 27 2 20 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 MF Jim McInally 47 2 33 1 6 0 4 1 4 0 MF Billy McKinlay 46 2 33 2 5 0 4 0 4 0 MF Ray McKinnon 24 3 17 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 MF John O'Neil 19 1 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 
MF Michael O'Neill 17 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 MF Allan Preston 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 FW Paddy Connolly 16 4 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 FW Christian Dailly 26 7 18 5 2 0 4 2 2 0 FW Duncan Ferguson 14 4 9 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 FW Hamish French 24 6 19 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 FW Darren Jackson 46 18 33 12 6 2 4 3 3 1 
FW Mixu Paatelainen 26 1 21 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 Goalscorers
United had 187 players score with the team scoring 67 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Darren Jackson, who finished the season with 18 goals.[3]
Name League Cups Total Darren Jackson 12 6 
18Christian Dailly 5 2 7Hamish French 4 2 6Own goals 3 2 5John Clark 2 2 4Alex Cleland 2 2 4Paddy Connolly 2 2 4Duncan Ferguson 1 3 4Ray McKinnon 2 1 3Billy McKinlay 2 0 2Dave Bowman 1 1 2Fred van der Hoorn 1 1 2Jim McInally 1 1 2Maurice Malpas 1 0 1Mixu Paatelainen 1 0 1Gijs Steinmann 1 0 1John O'Neil 0 1 1Brian Welsh 0 1 1Discipline
During the 1990-91 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[4]
Name Dismissals Fred van der Hoorn 
1Alan Main 1Transfers
In
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.
Date Player From Fee (£) October 1990 Gijs SteinmannUtrecht £0,100,000[5] Out
Two players were sold by the club during the season.
Date Player To Fee 23 August 1990 
Peter HindsMaritimo Free[6] May 1991 Gijs SteinmannUtrecht Released[5] Playing kit
Home
coloursAway
coloursThe jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fourth season.
See also
References
- ^ "Dundee Utd 1990/1991 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=120. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on July 03, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "1990–91". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on July 03, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "1990/92". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on July 03, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080703194443/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1990s/1990-91/90-91page.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ a b "Dundee United A-Z (H): Holland". Soccerbase. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=285. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120091805/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player+a-z/Hinds+P.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
External links
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