- 1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1988-89 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Jim McLean Scottish Premier Division 4th
W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44Tennent's Scottish Cup Quarter-finals Skol Cup Semi-finals 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) ← 1987–88 1989–90 → The 1988-89 season was the 80th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1988-07-01 to 1989-06-30. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
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Match results
Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988-89 season.[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final. Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest knocked United out of the Cup Winners' Cup 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 13 August 1988 St. Mirren A 1–0 5,832 Clark 20 August 1988 Celtic H 1–0 18,769 Gallacher 27 August 1988 Aberdeen H 2–2 13,128 Clark, Meade 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 3 December 1988 Rangers A 1–0 39,200 Beaumont 10 December 1988 Hibernian H 4–1 9,963 Own goal, French, Gallacher, McKinlay 17 December 1988 Celtic H 2–0 18,745 Paatelainen, Baillie (o.g.) 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 (o.g.) 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 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 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 28 January 1989 Dundee A 2–1 18,117 Bowman, Meade 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 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 6 September 1988 
FlorianaA 0–0 4,000 5 October 1988 FlorianaH 1–0 9,138 Meade 26 October 1988 
Dinamo BucharestH 1–1 10,594 Beaumont 9 November 1988 Dinamo BucharestA 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. Nat Pos Player Total Scottish Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Skol Cup Cup Winners' Cup 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 30 2 20 2 4 0 3 0 3 0 DF Alex Cleland 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 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 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF Dave Bowman 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 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 Mixu Paatelainen 10 7 
17Kevin Gallacher 9 3 12Raphael Meade 4 3 7Hamish French 3 0 3Ian Redford 2 1 3Own goals 3 0 3John Clark 2 0 2Dave Beaumont 1 1 2Dave Bowman 1 1 2Paul Hegarty 1 0 1Alan Irvine 1 0 1Miodrag Krivokapic 1 0 1Jim McInally 1 0 1Billy McKinlay 1 0 1Ian McPhee 1 0 1Maurice Malpas 1 0 1Allan Preston 1 0 1Paul Sturrock 1 0 1Transfers
In
The club signed four players during the season with a total public cost of at least £450,000 (one figure unknown).
Date Player From Fee (£) 3 August 1988 Miodrag KrivokapicRed Star £0,250,000[4] 3 August 1988 Raphael MeadeUnattached Free[5] 16 December 1988 Darren JacksonNewcastle United £0,200,000[6] Apr 1989 Charlie AdamBrechin City Unknown Out
Seven 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.
Date Player To Fee 13 July 1988 Eamonn BannonHeart of Midlothian £0,225,000[7] Jul 1988 Iain FergusonHeart of Midlothian £0,320,000[8] Nov 1988 Ian McPheeAirdrieonians Unknown 14 November 1988 Ian RedfordIpswich Town £0,200,000[9] 16 November 1988 Gordon McLeodAirdrieonians £0,100,000[10] 12 January 1989 Dave BeaumontLuton Town £0,150,000[11] 1989 Harry CurranSt. Johnstone Unknown Apr 1989 Raphael MeadeLuton Town £0,150,000[5] 13 May 1989 Paul SturrockRetired N/A Playing kit
Home
coloursAway
coloursThe jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.
Trivia
- All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0-0.
See also
References
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External links
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