- 1987–88 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1987-88 season Chairman George Fox Manager Jim McLean Scottish Premier Division 5th (Cup Winners' Cup)
W16 D15 L13 F54 A47 P47Tennent's Scottish Cup Runners-up Skol Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Cup Second round Top goalscorer League: Iain Ferguson (11)
All: Iain Ferguson (16)Highest home attendance 20,846 vs Rangers (27 February) Lowest home attendance 5,703 vs Motherwell (12 December) ← 1986–87 1988–89 → The 1987–88 season was the 79th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988. 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 60 competitive matches during the 1987-88 season.[1] The team finished fifth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to rivals Dundee. Czechoslovakian side Vítkovice ensured United wouldn't repeat last season's UEFA Cup run, beating them 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 8 August 1987 Rangers A 1–1 39,120 Beaumont 12 August 1987 Motherwell H 1–1 6,633 Redford 15 August 1987 Morton H 3–1 6,641 McInally, Redford, Sturrock 22 August 1987 Hearts A 1–4 14,548 Ferguson 29 August 1987 Aberdeen A 1–1 16,000 Redford 5 September 1987 Celtic H 0–0 16,192 12 September 1987 Hibernian H 1–2 7,920 Hegarty 19 September 1987 St. Mirren A 0–2 3,807 26 September 1987 Falkirk H 3–0 6,240 G McLeod, Sturrock (2) 3 October 1987 Dundee A 1–1 11,497 Ferguson 6 October 1987 Dunfermline A 0–0 7,558 10 October 1987 Rangers H 1–0 18,214 Ferguson 17 October 1987 Aberdeen H 0–0 11,281 24 October 1987 Celtic A 2–1 31,032 Ferguson, Clark 28 October 1987 Hibernian A 1–0 9,250 McKinlay 31 October 1987 St. Mirren H 2–3 7,607 Ferguson, Paatelainen 7 November 1987 Motherwell A 1–2 2,927 Ferguson 14 November 1987 Dunfermline H 1–0 8,699 Paatelainen 18 November 1987 Hearts H 0–3 14,258 21 November 1987 Morton A 1–0 3,000 Ferguson 24 November 1987 Falkirk A 1–4 4,000 G McLeod 28 November 1987 Dundee H 1–3 13,625 Clark 5 December 1987 Rangers A 0–1 41,159 12 December 1987 Motherwell H 3–1 5,703 G McLeod, Paatelainen, Ferguson 16 December 1987 Hibernian H 1–2 6,095 Ferguson 19 December 1987 St. Mirren A 1–2 3,517 McPhee 26 December 1987 Celtic H 1–0 18,458 French 2 January 1988 Aberdeen A 0–0 21,500 9 January 1988 Falkirk H 0–0 6,617 16 January 1988 Dundee A 2–0 13,651 Bannon, Paatelainen 3 February 1988 Hearts A 1–1 13,710 Redford 6 February 1988 Morton H 2–0 6,566 Redford (2) 13 February 1988 Dunfermline A 3–0 7,159 Gallacher (3) 27 February 1988 Rangers H 1–1 20,846 Paatelainen 5 March 1988 Hibernian A 0–0 8,401 19 March 1988 Aberdeen H 0–2 10,403 26 March 1988 Celtic A 0–0 34,933 30 March 1988 St. Mirren H 5–1 6,294 Bowman, Ferguson, French, Irvine (2) 2 April 1988 Dundee H 1–0 13,874 French 16 April 1988 Motherwell A 2–4 3,822 Clark, J McLeod 23 April 1988 Dunfermline H 2–2 8,263 McInally, Ferguson 30 April 1988 Morton A 4–0 2,000 Paatelainen (4) 4 May 1988 Falkirk A 2–1 4,500 Welsh, Gallacher 7 May 1988 Hearts H 0–0 9,820 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 30 January 1988 Arbroath A 7–0 5,905 Malpas, Bannon, Irvine (2), Paatelainen
French, Redford20 February 1988 Airdrieonians A 2–0 6,727 Hegarty, Bannon 12 March 1988 Dundee A 0–0 19,355 15 March 1988 Dundee H 2–2 17,055 Bannon (2) 28 March 1988 Dundee A 3–0 19,152 Redford, Ferguson, McLeod 9 April 1988 Aberdeen N 0–0 20,488 13 April 1988 Aberdeen N 1–1 17,288 Paatelainen 20 April 1988 Aberdeen N 1–0 19,048 Ferguson 14 May 1988 Celtic N 1–2 74,000 Gallacher Skol Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 August 1987 Partick Thistle H 2–0 6,075 McPhee, Ferguson, Gallacher, Sturrock 25 August 1987 Raith Rovers A 2–1 6,500 Sturrock, Malpas 2 September 1987 Dundee A 2–0 19,817 Ferguson UEFA Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 16 September 1987 
ColeraineA 1–0 6,500 Sturrock 30 September 1987 ColeraineH 3–1 8,430 Clark, Gallacher, Sturrock 21 October 1987 
VítkoviceH 1–2 8,938 Ferguson 4 November 1987 VítkoviceA 1–1 12,549 Clark Player details
During the 1987-88 season, United used 31 different players comprising four nationalities. Maurice Malpas featured in all but one of United's 60 matches. 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 Winners' Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 
GK Alan Main 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 GK Billy Thomson 50 0 36 0 7 0 3 0 4 0 DF Dave Beaumont 11 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 DF John Clark 37 5 27 3 7 0 0 0 3 2 DF Alex Cleland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Paul Hegarty 57 2 41 1 9 1 3 0 4 0 DF John Holt 9 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 DF Gary McGinnis 15 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 DF Maurice Malpas 59 2 44 0 8 1 3 1 4 0 DF Dave Narey 54 0 39 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 DF Brian Welsh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Eamonn Bannon 40 5 26 1 9 4 2 0 3 0 MF Dave Bowman 51 1 38 1 8 0 2 0 3 0 MF Harry Curran 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Alan Irvine 19 4 16 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 MF Paul Kinnaird 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 MF Billy Kirkwood 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 MF Jim McInally 46 2 36 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 MF Billy McKinlay 13 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF Gordon McLeod 13 3 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF Joe McLeod 14 2 10 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 MF Ian McPhee 14 2 10 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 MF Allan Preston 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Ian Redford 38 8 25 6 8 2 3 0 2 0 FW Iain Ferguson 52 16 38 11 8 2 3 2 3 1 FW Hamish French 26 4 20 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 FW Kevin Gallacher 36 8 26 3 8 3 1 2 1 0 FW Alan Irvine 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
FW Mixu Paatelainen 27 11 19 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 FW Paul Sturrock 15 7 9 3 0 0 3 2 3 2 Goalscorers
United had 19 players score with the team scoring 83 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals.[3]
Name League Cups Total Iain Ferguson 11 5 
16Mixu Paatelainen 9 2 11Ian Redford 6 2 8Paul Sturrock 3 4 7Kevin Gallacher 3 3 6John Clark 3 2 5Eamonn Bannon 1 4 5Hamish French 3 1 4Alan Irvine 2 2 4Gordon McLeod 3 0 3Own goals 3 0 3Jim McInally 2 0 2Paul Hegarty 1 1 2Joe McLeod 1 1 2Ian McPhee 1 1 2Maurice Malpas 0 2 2Dave Beaumont 1 0 1Dave Bowman 1 0 1Billy McKinlay 1 0 1Brian Welsh 1 0 1Discipline
During the 1987-88 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[4]
Name Dismissals Paul Hegarty 
1Maurice Malpas 1Transfers
In
The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of at least £200,000 (one figure unknown).
Date Player From Fee (£) Aug 1987 Ian McPheeForfar Athletic Unknown Aug 1987 Alan IrvineLiverpool £0,100,000[5] 30 October 1987 Mixu PaatelainenHaka £0,100,000[6] Out
Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of at least £80,000 (some figures unavailable).
Date Player To Fee Sep 1987 John HoltDunfermline Unknown[7] Sep 1987 Billy KirkwoodDunfermline Unknown[8] 11 February 1988 Alan IrvineShrewsbury Town £0,080,000[5] Feb 1988 Paul KinnairdMotherwell Unknown[9] Playing kit
Home
coloursAway
coloursThe jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven Beers for the first time.
See also
References
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