- 1986–87 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1986–87 season Chairman George Fox Manager Jim McLean Scottish Premier Division 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W24 D12 L8 F66 A36 P60Tennent's Scottish Cup Runners-up Skol Cup Semi-finals UEFA Cup Runners-up Top goalscorer League: Iain Ferguson (16)
All: Iain Ferguson (28)← 1985–86 1987–88 → The 1986–87 season was the 78th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987. United finished in fifth place, securing UEFA Cup Winners' Cup football for the following season, despite their Scottish Cup final defeat to Celtic (Celtic qualified for European competition as league winners).
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Match results
Dundee United played a total of 67 competitive matches during the 1986–87 season.[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to St. Mirren and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals. Swedish side Gothenburg defeated United in the final of the UEFA Cup over two legs.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 1986 Aberdeen H 2–1 10,910 Gough, Redford 13 August 1986 Clydebank A 0–0 1,612 16 August 1986 Rangers A 3–2 43,995 Gallacher, Redford 23 August 1986 Hearts H 1–0 11,068 Hegarty 30 August 1986 St. Mirren H 3–0 6,168 Ferguson, Gallacher, Bannon 6 September 1986 Dundee A 2–0 12,079 Milne, Bannon 13 September 1986 Celtic H 2–2 19,792 Ferguson, Gallacher 20 September 1986 Hamilton Academical A 5–1 2,876 Hegarty (2), Ferguson (2), Sturrock 27 September 1986 Hibernian A 1–1 5,407 Redford 4 October 1986 Falkirk H 2–0 5,957 Ferguson (2) 8 October 1986 Motherwell H 4–0 5,740 Own goal, Ferguson, Own goal, Coyne 11 October 1986 Aberdeen A 0–2 14,922 18 October 1986 Clydebank H 2–0 5,314 Own goal, Bannon 25 October 1986 Hearts A 2–2 14,320 Sturrock (2) 29 October 1986 Rangers H 0–0 20,171 1 November 1986 St. Mirren A 1–0 3,930 Ferguson 8 November 1986 Dundee H 0–3 11,733 15 November 1986 Celtic A 0–1 34,319 19 November 1986 Hamilton Academical H 3–0 4,280 Clark, Ferguson, Sturrock 22 November 1986 Hibernian H 1–0 6,862 Bannon 29 November 1986 Falkirk A 1–2 4,500 Redford 3 December 1986 Motherwell A 2–0 2,312 Page, Redford 6 December 1986 Aberdeen H 0–0 10,242 13 December 1986 Clydebank A 2–1 1,396 Ferguson, Bannon 20 December 1986 Hearts H 3–1 11,749 Sturrock, Bannon, Ferguson 27 December 1986 Rangers A 0–2 42,165 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 31 January 1987 R3 Airdrieonians H 1–1 9,169 Gallacher 9 February 1987 R3 Airdrieonians A 2–1 5,000 Ferguson, Gallacher 12 February 1987 R4 Brechin City A 1–0 19,355 Gallacher 14 March 1987 QF Forfar Athletic H 2–2 7,985 Malpas, Ferguson 24 March 1987 QF Forfar Athletic A 2–0 8,139 Holt, Ferguson 11 April 1987 SF Dundee N 3–2 13,913 Ferguson (2), Hegarty 14 May 1987 F St. Mirren N 0-1 51,782 Skol Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 20 August 1986 R2 Queen of the South A 1–0 4,212 Gallacher 27 August 1986 R3 Ayr United A 3–0 3,680 Ferguson (2), Gallacher 3 September 1986 QF Hibernian A 2–0 9,212 Ferguson (2) 24 September 1986 SF Rangers A 1–2 45,249 Ferguson UEFA Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 September 1986 R1 1 
LensA 0–1 11,330 1 October 1986 R1 2 LensH 2–0 11,645 Milne, Coyne 22 October 1986 R2 1 
Universitatea CraiovaH 3–0 10,728 Redford (2), Clark 5 November 1986 R2 2 Universitatea CraiovaA 0–1 35,000 26 November 1986 R3 1 
Hajduk SplitH 2–0 11,569 McInally, Clark 10 December 1986 R3 2 Hajduk Split 
A 0–0 26,000 4 March 1987 QF 1 
BarcelonaH 1–0 21,322 Gallacher 18 March 1987 QF 2 BarcelonaA 2–1 42,000 Clark, Ferguson 8 April 1987 SF 1 
MönchengladbachH 0–0 15,789 22 April 1987 SF 2 MönchengladbachA 2–0 33,500 Ferguson, Redford 6 May 1987 F 1 
GothenburgA 0–1 50,053 20 May 1987 F 2 GothenburgH 1–1 20,911 Clark Player details
During the 1986-87 season, United used 29 different players comprising four nationalities. Billy Thomson was the only player to feature in every match of United's UEFA Cup run. 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 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 GK Billy Thomson 61 0 39 0 6 0 4 0 12 0 GK Scott Y. Thomson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Dave Beaumont 40 0 28 0 4 0 2 0 6 0 DF John Clark 47 7 30 3 6 0 1 0 10 4 DF Richard Gough 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Paul Hegarty 38 5 23 4 4 1 4 0 7 0 DF John Holt 31 1 18 0 4 1 2 0 7 0 DF Maurice Malpas 57 1 36 0 7 1 4 0 10 0 DF Gary McGinnis 25 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 DF Dave Narey 54 0 33 0 7 0 4 0 10 0 
DF Chris Sulley 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF Brian Welsh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Eamonn Bannon 57 9 38 9 4 0 4 0 11 0 MF Dave Bowman 38 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 MF Harry Curran 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Alan Irvine 19 4 16 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 MF Paul Kinnaird 11 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 MF Billy Kirkwood 18 1 11 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 MF Jim McInally 51 2 32 1 7 0 1 0 11 1 MF Billy McKinlay 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 MF Gordon McLeod 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Joe McLeod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Ralph Milne 22 2 14 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 MF Jimmy Page 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Ian Redford 59 11 37 8 7 0 4 0 11 3 
FW Tommy Coyne 14 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 FW Iain Ferguson 51 28 36 16 7 5 3 5 5 2 FW Kevin Gallacher 57 16 37 10 6 3 4 2 10 1 FW Paul Sturrock 50 6 30 6 6 0 3 0 11 0 Goalscorers
United had 15 players score with the team scoring 97 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 28 goals.[2]
Name League Cups Total Iain Ferguson 16 12 
28Kevin Gallacher 10 6 16Ian Redford 8 3 11Eamonn Bannon 9 0 9John Clark 3 4 7Paul Sturrock 6 0 6Paul Hegarty 4 1 5Own goals 3 0 3Tommy Coyne 1 1 2Jim McInally 1 1 2Ralph Milne 1 1 2Richard Gough 1 0 1Billy Kirkwood 1 0 1Jimmy Page 1 0 1John Holt 0 1 1Maurice Malpas 0 1 1Discipline
During the 1986-87 season, one United players was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[3]
Name Dismissals Tommy Coyne 
1Transfers
In
The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of at least £300,000 (some figures unknown). Two other players joined before the following season.
Date Player From Fee (£) 22 August 1986 Iain FergusonRangers £0,145,000[4] Sep 1986 Chris SulleyBournemouth Unknown Harry CurranDumbarton Unknown 25 November 1986 Alan MainElgin City £0,008,000[5] Jan 1987 Billy KirkwoodHibernian Unknown[6] 18 June 1987 Hamish FrenchKeith £0,010,000[7] Jun 1987 Alan IrvineCrystal Palace Unknown[8] * Dave Bowman and Jim McInally were signed in a joint £140,000 deal
Out
Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of nearly £1,000,000. One player retired due to injury.
Date Player To Fee 1 August 1986 Richard GoughTottenham Hotspur £0,750,000[9] 13 December 1986 Tommy CoyneDundee £0,075,000[10] Jan 1987 Ralph MilneCharlton Athletic £0,125,000[11] Chris SulleyBlackburn Rovers £0,015,000[12] Jimmy PageRetired N/A Loans out
Date Player To Duration Chris SulleyBlackburn Rovers Unknown[12] Playing kit
Home
coloursAway
coloursThe shirts were sponsored by future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores for a second season.
See also
References
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