- 1996–97 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1996–97 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Billy Kirkwood (until 10 September 1996)
Tommy McLean (from 10 September 1996)Scottish Premier Division 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W17 D9 L10 F46 A33 P60Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals Coca-Cola Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Kjell Olofsson (12)
All: Kjell Olofsson (13)Highest home attendance 12,600 (vs Celtic, 1 February 1997) Lowest home attendance 6,387 (vs Raith Rovers, 22 March 1997) ← 1995–96 1997–98 → The 1996–97 season was the 85th year of football played by Dundee United, and covered the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. United finished in third place in the league following their promotion from the First Division and qualified for the UEFA Cup in the process. The club lost in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup after a replay and were knocked out of the League Cup in a third round penalty shootout by rivals Dundee.
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Season review
United finished the Scottish Premier Division 1996–97 season in 3rd place with 60 points, in the first season back in the top flight after the single season in the First Division. Despite taking just one point from the first six games, United finished third, with the appointment of Tommy McLean starting an immediate six-game unbeaten run, bettered later by a thirteen-game unbeaten succession, which included eight straight league wins.
The cup campaigns saw a 3rd round League Cup penalty shootout defeat to rivals Dundee and a semi-final Scottish Cup defeat (after a replay) to eventual winners Kilmarnock.
Off the pitch, United started a four-year successive run of 'Premier League Programme of the Year'.[1]
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1996–97 season.[2] The team finished third in the Premier Division.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 10 August 1996 Motherwell H 1–1 8,127 McSwegan 17 August 1996 Hibernian H 0–1 8,589 24 August 1996 Rangers A 0–1 48,285 7 September 1996 Hearts A 0–1 11,858 14 September 1996 Celtic H 1–2 12,152 McSwegan 21 September 1996 Raith Rovers A 2–3 5,077 McSwegan, Hannah 28 September 1996 Aberdeen H 1–0 10,359 McSwegan 12 October 1996 Kilmarnock H 0–0 7,365 19 October 1996 Dunfermline A 1–1 6,982 Winters 26 October 1996 Hearts H 1–0 9,353 Winters 2 November 1996 Motherwell A 3–1 5,814 Olofsson, McKinnon, Winters 16 November 1996 Aberdeen A 3–3 13,800 McLaren, Winters, Olofsson 23 November 1996 Raith Rovers H 1–2 8,028 Duffy 30 November 1996 Dunfermline H 1–1 7,646 Winters 7 December 1996 Kilmarnock A 2–0 5,814 Olofsson (2) 10 December 1996 Rangers H 1–0 12,529 Own goal (Gough) 14 December 1996 Hibernian A 1–1 8,250 McLaren 21 December 1996 Celtic A 0–1 46,590 26 December 1996 Motherwell H 2–0 8,072 McSwegan, Hannah 28 December 1996 Raith Rovers A 1–0 5,762 Olofsson 1 January 1997 Aberdeen H 4–0 9,736 Winters, Pressley (2), Olofsson 4 January 1997 Kilmarnock H 2–0 8,508 Malpas, McKinnon 11 January 1997 Dunfermline A 3–1 7,698 Olofsson (2), McInally 18 January 1997 Hearts A 2–1 12,777 Olofsson, McKinnon 1 February 1997 Celtic H 1–0 12,600 McSwegan 8 February 1997 Hibernian H 0–0 9,219 22 February 1997 Kilmarnock A 3–2 6,054 McKinnon (3) 1 March 1997 Dunfermline H 2–1 8,160 McLaren, Olofsson 12 March 1997 Rangers A 2–0 49,192 Winters, Olofsson 15 March 1997 Aberdeen A 1–1 13,645 Olofsson 22 March 1997 Raith Rovers H 2–1 6,387 Winters (2) 5 April 1997 Hibernian A 0–2 11,010 19 April 1997 Motherwell A 1–1 5,500 Zetterlund 03 May 1997 Hearts H 1–0 7,405 McSwegan 07 May 1997 Rangers H 0–1 12,180 10 May 1997 Celtic A 0–3 46,758 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 25 January 1997 Stirling A 2–0 3,300 Winters, McSwegan 16 February 1997 Hearts A 1–1 14,833 Own goal 25 February 1997 Hearts H 1–0 12,283 Winters 8 March 1997 Motherwell H 4–1 12,283 McLaren (2), Winters, Olofsson 14 April 1997 Kilmarnock N 0–0 12,391 22 April 1997 Kilmarnock N 0–1 9,225 Coca-Cola Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 13 August 1996 Stirling A 2–1 1,683 Winters, Coyle 3 September 1996 Dundee H 2-2 11,839 Coyle, McSwegan Dundee beat United 4-3 on penalty kicks
Player details
During the 1996–97 season, United used 31 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[3]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier Division Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 
GK Sieb Dykstra 28 0 22 0 6 0 0 0 
GK Lance Key 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 
GK Ally Maxwell 12 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 DF Armand Benneker 9 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 DF Neil Duffy 17 1 13 1 2 0 2 0 DF Stewart McKimmie 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 DF Jamie McQuilken 11 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 DF Maurice Malpas 32 1 26 1 6 0 0 0 
DF Erik Pedersen 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 DF Mark Perry 43 0 35 0 6 0 2 0 DF Steven Pressley 43 2 36 2 5 0 2 0 DF Rab Shannon 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 MF Paul Black 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 MF Dave Bowman 30 0 27 0 1 0 2 0 MF Jamie Dolan 19 0 13 0 6 0 0 0 MF Craig Easton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 MF David Hannah 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 MF Grant Johnson 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 MF Jim McInally 20 1 16 1 4 0 0 0 MF Ray McKinnon 31 6 24 6 5 0 2 0 MF Andy McLaren 41 6 34 4 6 2 1 0 MF Sandy Robertson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 MF David Sinclair 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 MF Paul Walker 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 
MF Jonas Wirmola 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 MF Lars Zetterlund 32 0 25 0 1 0 6 0 
FW Owen Coyle 11 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 FW Gary McSwegan 38 9 30 7 6 1 2 1 FW Kjell Olofsson 31 13 25 12 6 1 0 0 FW Steven Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FW Robbie Winters 43 12 36 8 5 3 2 1 Goalscorers
United had 12 players score with the team scoring 58 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Kjell Olofsson, who finished the season with 13 goals.[4]
Name League Cups Total Kjell Olofsson 12 1 
13Robbie Winters 8 4 12Gary McSwegan 7 2 9Ray McKinnon 6 6Andy McLaren 3 2 5Own goal 2 1 3David Hannah 2 2Steven Pressley 2 2Owen Coyle 2 2Neil Duffy 1 1Jim McInally 1 1Maurice Malpas 1 1Lars Zetterlund 1 1Discipline
United had three players sent off and seventeen players received at least one caution. In total, the team received three red cards and[5]
Name Cautions Dismissals Dave Bowman 
4
1Stewart McKimmie 1 1Steven Pressley 1Ray McKinnon 7Mark Perry 4Lars Zetterlund 4Erik Pedersen 3Armand Benneker 2Jamie Dolan 2Jim McInally 2Andy McLaren 2Gary McSwegan 2Sieb Dykstra 1Craig Easton 1Grant Johnson 1Maurice Malpas 1Kjell Olofsson 1Jonas Wirmola 1Note: disciplinary statistics are missing for Coca-Cola match vs Dundee and Scottish Cup matches vs Kilmarnock
Transfers
In
The club signed twelve players during the season with approximately £650k spent on transfer fees. In addition, three players were promoted from youth contracts: Paul Black, Craig Easton, Steven Thompson, with all three featuring at least once during the season.
Date Player From Fee (£) 26 July 1996 Lance KeySheff Wed Free[6] 1 August 1996 Neil DuffyDundee Unknown[7] 1 August 1996 Armand BennekerMVV Bosman[8] 3 October 1996 Jim McInallyRaith Rovers Unknown[9] 30 October 1996 Lars ZetterlundÖrebro £0,100,000[10] 1 November 1996 Kjell OlofssonMoss £0,400,000[11] 1 November 1996 Erik PedersenViking Unknown[12] 4 December 1996 Sieb DykstraQ.P.R. £0,050,000[13] 7 January 1997 Jamie DolanMotherwell Swap[14] 1 January 1997 Jonas WirmolaUnattached Free[15] 31 January 1997 David SinclairMillwall £0,090,000[16] 19 March 1997 Stewart McKimmieAberdeen Free[17] Out
Ten players left the club during the season, with the club receiving over £1.35m in transfer sales, representing an overall transfer profit of around £700k.
Date Player To Fee 1 July 1996 Craig BrewsterIonikos Bosman[18] 7 August 1996 Brian WelshHibernian £0,200,000[19] 12 August 1996 Christian DaillyDerby County £0,500,000[20] 6 September 1996 Kelham O'HanlonPreston North End £0,000,012[21] 20 October 1996 Rab ShannonHibernian Unknown[22] 28 December 1996 David HannahCeltic £0,650,000[23] 7 January 1997 Owen CoyleMotherwell Swap[24] 19 January 1997 Scott CrabbeFalkirk Unknown[25] 31 January 1997 Jonas WirmolaReleased Free[26] 14 March 1997 Lance KeySheffield United Free[27] Playing kit
Home coloursAway coloursThe jerseys were sponsored for the first time by Telewest Communications.
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