1985–86 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1985–86 season
Chairman	George Fox
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	3rd (UEFA Cup) W18 D11 L7 F59 A31 P47
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
Skol Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Third round
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 season was the 77th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1985–86 season.^[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Hearts and to Aberdeen in the same round of the Skol Cup. Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax eliminated United in the third round of the UEFA Cup.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
25 January 1986	R3	Morton	H	4–0	6,938
15 February 1986	R4	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	6,610
19 February 1986	R4r	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	9,054
8 March 1986	QF	Motherwell	A	1–0	6,822
5 April 1986	SF	Hearts	N	0–1	30,872

Skol Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
21 August 1985	R2	Alloa	A	2–0	2,010
28 August 1985	R3	Clydebank	H	2–0	7,250
4 September 1985	QF	St. Mirren	H	2–1	9,650
25 September 1985	SF 1	Aberdeen	H	0–1	12,837
9 October 1985	SF 2	Aberdeen	A	0–1	20,000

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
18 September 1985	R1 1	Bohemians	A	5–2	Sturrock (3), Bannon (2)
2 October 1985	R1 2	Bohemians	H	2–2	Milne, Redford
23 October 1985	R2 1	Vardar	H	2–0	Redford, Gough
6 November 1985	R2 2	Vardar	A	1–1	Hegarty
26 November 1985	R3 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	H	2–1	Dodds, Redford
10 December 1985	R3 2	Neuchâtel Xamax	A	1–3	Bannon

Transfers

In The club signed one player during the season with a total public cost of £70,000. Two other players joined before the following season. Date Player From Fee (£) 15 August 1985 Redford, IanIan Redford Rangers £0,070,000[2] 16 May 1986 Bowman, DaveDave Bowman Coventry City £0,140,000*[3] 16 May 1986 McInally, JimJim McInally Coventry City £0,140,000*[4]

Out Three players were sold by the club during the season. Date Player To Fee 11 April 1986 McAlpine, HamishHamish McAlpine Raith Rovers Free[5] 00 May 1986 Beedie, StuartStuart Beedie Hibernian Unknown[6] 00 May 1986 Kirkwood, BillyBilly Kirkwood Hibernian Unknown[7] Loans out Player To Thomson, ScottScott Thomson Raith Rovers

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The shirts were sponsored for the first time - future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores were the inaugural sponsors.

Trivia

• Undersoil heating was used for the first time on 27 November 1985 in the UEFA Cup match against Neuchâtel Xamax^[8]

References

1. ^ "Dundee Utd 1985/1986 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=116. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
2. ^ "Player A to Z: Ian Redford". Glenrothes Arabs. http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Redford%20I.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Player A to Z: Dave Bowman". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080828224958/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Bowman%20D.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
4. ^ "Player A to Z: Jim McINally". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081015114947/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McInally%20J.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
5. ^ "Player A to Z: Hamish McAlpine". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on September 05, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080905050820/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McAlpine%20H.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
6. ^ "Player A to Z: Stuart Beedie". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080828230236/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Beedie%20S.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
7. ^ "Player A to Z: Billy Kirkwood". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080828225920/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Kirkwood%20B.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
8. ^ "Dundee United A-Z (U)". Dundee United F.C.. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=303. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 

See also

• 1985–86 in Scottish football