- 1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1998–99 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Tommy McLean (until 1998-09-05)
Paul Sturrock (from 1998-09-05)Scottish Premier League 9th
W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals Coca-Cola Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Billy Dodds (16)
All: Billy Dodds (17)Highest home attendance 12,788 (vs Rangers, (1998-09-12) Lowest home attendance 6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (1998-09-23) ← 1997–98 1999–00 → Contents
Season review
United finished the 1998–99 SPL season in 9th place with 34 points, in the SPL's debut season.
The cup campaigns brought mixed fortunes: a League Cup 3rd round exit to Ross County was bettered by a Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Celtic.
Bank of Scotland Premierleague
Main article: Scottish Premier League 1998-99SPL 1 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park 1998-08-01 Wright 32'
Nevin 72'Attendance: 8,208
Referee: M McCurrySPL 2 Dundee United 0 - 0 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park 1998-08-16 Thompson 89' Attendance: 9,629
Referee: S DougalSPL 3 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park 1998-08-22 Burley 80'
Burchill 83'Winters 31' Attendance: 59,738
Referee: A FreelandSPL 4 Motherwell 1 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park 1998-08-30 Nyyssonen 43' Attendance: 11,201
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 5 Dundee United 0 - 0 Rangers Tannadice Park 1998-09-12 Attendance: 12,788
Referee: J RowbothamSPL 6 Dundee 2 - 2 Dundee United Dens Park 1998-09-19 Annand 69'
Adamczuk 89'McSwegan 63'
Olofsson 67'Attendance: 12,081
Referee: W YoungSPL 7 Dundee United 1 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice Park 1998-09-23 McSwegan 27' Squires 40' Attendance: 6,449
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 8 St. Johnstone 1 - 3 Dundee United McDiarmid Park 1998-09-26 McCluskey 35'
Grant 84'Dodds 16', 35' (p), 83'
Olofsson 85'Attendance: 6,665
Referee: S DougalSPL 9 Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park 1998-10-04 McSwegan 23' Attendance: 8,933
Referee: M McCurrySPL 10 Dundee United 0 - 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park 1998-10-17 McGowne 12'
Vareille 80'Attendance: 8,137
Referee: M McCurrySPL 11 Heart of Midlothian 0 - 1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park 1998-10-24 Mathie 84' Attendance: 13,124
Referee: G SimpsonSPL 12 Rangers 2 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium 1998-10-31 Wallace 63'
Amoruso 84'Dodds 25' Attendance: 49,503
Referee: G SimpsonSPL 13 Dundee United 2 - 2 Motherwell Tannadice Park 1998-11-07 Dodds 48'
Jonsson 60'Coyle 4', 50' Attendance: 6,616
Referee: M McCurrySPL 14 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 1 Dundee United East End Park 1998-11-15 Tod 26'
McCulloch 35'Mathie 3' Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J RowbothamSPL 15 Dundee United 0 - 1 Dundee Tannadice Park 1998-11-22 Dodds 48'
Jonsson 60'Grady 82' Attendance: 11,230
Referee: H DallasSPL 16 Aberdeen 0 - 3 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium 1998-11-28 Olofsson 17'
Miller 49'
Easton 56'Attendance: 11,964
Referee: J RowbothamSPL 17 Dundee United 1 - 1 St. Johnstone Tannadice Park 1998-12-05 Dodds 53' Grant 55' (pen.) Attendance: 7,293
Referee: G SimpsonSPL 18 Dundee United 1 - 1 Celtic Tannadice Park 1998-12-12 Zetterlund 49' Larsson 85' Attendance: 11,612
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 19 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park 1998-12-20 Wright 30'
Durrant 87' (pen.)Attendance: 13,538
Referee: H DallasSPL 20 Motherwell 2 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park 1998-12-26 McMillan 55'
Brannan 57'Attendance: 6,001
Referee: D McDonaldSPL 21 Dundee United 1 - 2 Rangers Tannadice Park 1998-12-30 Dodds 43' Wilson 32'
Wallace 90'Attendance: 11,707
Referee: M McCurrySPL 22 Dundee 1 - 3 Dundee United Dens Park 1999-01-02 McSkimming 28' Dodds 10'
Thompson 16'
Olofsson 70'Attendance: 11,751
Referee: S DougalSPL 23 Dundee United 1 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic Tannadice Park 1999-01-30 Olofsson 33' Smith 46' Attendance: 7,646
Referee: H DallasSPL 24 St. Johnstone 1 - 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park 1999-02-06 Bollan 9' (pen.) Attendance: 5,771
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 25 Dundee United 3 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park 1999-02-20 Olofsson 34'
Dodds 48'
Hannah 66'Attendance: 8,309
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 26 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park 1999-02-27 Burley 74'
Larsson 78'Dodds 25' Attendance: 59,902
Referee: M McCurrySPL 27 Rangers 0 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium 1999-03-20 Olofsson 44'
Skoldmark 64'Attendance: 49,164
Referee: M ClarkSPL 28 Dundee United 0 - 3 Motherwell Tannadice Park 1999-04-03 Brannan 3'
Spencer 38', 60'Attendance: 8,110
Referee: M ClarkSPL 29 Dundee United 1 - 3 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park 1999-04-06 Dodds 7' McSwegan 25', 45'
Cameron 60'Attendance: 10,648
Referee: J McCluskeySPL 30 Aberdeen 0 - 4 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium 1999-04-17 Pepper 72' Dodds 36', 56'
Miller 53'
Olofsson 54'Attendance: 11,603
Referee: DallasSPL 31 Dundee United 0 - 1 St. Johnstone Tannadice Park 1999-04-20 Dodds 53' Griffin 42'
Lowndes 50'Attendance: 6,741
Referee: M McCurrySPL 32 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 2 Dundee United East End Park 1999-04-24 Millar 46' (pen.)
Smith 5'Dodds 13', 18' (pen.) Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J RowbothamSPL 33 Dundee United 0 - 2 Dundee Tannadice Park 1999-05-01 Patterson 76' Irvine 67'
Grady 90'Attendance: 12,280
Referee: H DallasSPL 34 Dundee United 0 - 0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park 1999-05-08 Attendance: 7,190
Referee: J RowbothamSPL 35 Heart of Midlothian 4 - 1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park 1999-05-15 Ritchie 41'
McSwegan 50'
Adam 67'
Cameron 77'Eustace 90' Attendance: 13,187
Referee: D SmithSPL 36 Dundee United 1 - 2 Celtic Tannadice Park 1999-05-23 Dodds 59' (pen.) Burchill 34', Burchill 35' Attendance: 10,062
Referee: S DougalTennent's Scottish Cup
Main article: Scottish Cup 1998-99Scottish Cup Third round replay Dundee United 1 - 0 Queen's Park Tannadice Park 1999-02-09 Dodds 38' Attendance: 4,967
Referee: J RowbothamScottish Cup Fourth round Clydebank 2 - 2 Dundee United Kilbowie Park 1999-03-03 Nicholls 13'
Gardner 68'Olofsson 51'
Patterson 79'Attendance: 1,299
Referee: K ClarkScottish Cup Fourth round replay Dundee United 1 - 0 Queen's Park Tannadice Park 1999-02-06 Duffy 14'
Olofsson 62', 65'Attendance: 5,570
Referee: K ClarkScottish Cup Quarter-final Ayr United 0 - 0 Dundee United Somerset Park 1999-03-13 Attendance: 5,508
Referee: S DougalScottish Cup Quarter-final replay Dundee United 2 - 1 Ayr United Tannadice Park 1999-03-16 Murray 42'
Skoldmark 51'Walker 46' Attendance: 7,313
Referee: S DougalScottish Cup Semi-final Celtic 2 - 0 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium 1999-04-10 Blinker 30'
Viduka 39'Attendance: 43,691
Referee: W YoungCoca-Cola Cup
Main article: Scottish League Cup 1998-99Coca-Cola Cup Second round Dundee United 2 - 2 aet
(5 - 4 pen)Stirling Albion Tannadice Park 1998-08-08 McSwegan 24'
Boli 36'Bone 27', 71' Attendance: 4,700
Referee: J McCluskeyCoca-Cola Cup Third round Ross County 2 - 0 aet Dundee United Victoria Ground 1998-08-19 Adams 104', 118' Attendance: 3,206
Referee: G SimpsonPlayer details
During the 1998-99 season, United used 35 different players comprising 11 nationalities, plus two unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[1]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup Coca-Cola Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Sieb Dijkstra 36 0 27 0 7 0 2 0 13 GK Alan Combe 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 DF Iain Jenkins 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 DF Maurice Malpas 37 0 31 0 4 0 2 0 4 DF Siggi Jonsson 18 1 14 1 4 0 0 0 5 DF Darren Patterson 28 1 24 0 3 1 1 0 6 DF Erik Pedersen 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 16 DF Mark McNally 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 18 DF Neil Duffy 20 1 15 0 5 1 0 0 21 DF Jason de Vos 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 35 DF Bernard Pascual 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0 36 DF Scott McCulloch 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 34 DF David Partridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 DF David Worrell 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 MF Lars Zetterlund 24 1 21 1 2 0 1 0 9 MF David Hannah 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 10 MF Jamie Dolan 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 15 MF Joe Miller 33 2 24 2 7 0 2 0 20 MF Magnus Sköldmark 33 1 25 0 6 1 2 0 23 MF Tonny Mols 16 0 11 0 3 0 2 0 25 MF Neil Murray 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 26 MF John Eustace 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0 30 MF Jim Paterson 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 11 MF Craig Easton 37 1 30 1 6 0 1 0 37 MF Brian McLaughlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 MF Jose Valeriani 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 FW Kjell Olofsson 43 10 34 7 7 3 2 0 9 FW Roger Boli 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 12 FW Gary McSwegan 7 4 5 3 0 0 2 1 12 FW Alex Mathie 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0 14 FW Robbie Winters 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 14 FW Billy Dodds 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0 17 MF Andy McLaren 12 0 8 0 3 0 1 0 19 FW Steven Thompson 19 1 15 1 4 0 0 0 52 FW Stephen McConalogue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goalscorers
United had 17 players score with the team scoring 47 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Billy Dodds, who finished the season with 17 goals.[1]
Name League Cups Total Billy Dodds 16 1 17 Kjell Olofsson 7 3 10 Gary McSwegan 3 1 4 Alex Mathie 2 0 2 Joe Miller 2 0 2 Craig Easton 1 0 1 John Eustace 1 0 1 David Hannah 1 0 1 Siggi Jonsson 1 0 1 Steven Thompson 1 0 1 Robbie Winters 1 0 1 Lars Zetterlund 1 0 1 Roger Boli 0 1 1 Neil Duffy 0 1 1 Neil Murray 0 1 1 Darren Patterson 0 1 1 Magnus Sköldmark 0 1 1 Discipline
During the 1998–99 season, four United players were sent off and 23 players received at least one caution. In total, the team received four red cards and x yellows.[1]
Name Cautions Dismissals Darren Patterson 7 1 Magnus Sköldmark 2 1 Kjell Olofsson 1 Steven Thompson 1 Maurice Malpas 6 Lars Zetterlund 6 Billy Dodds 4 Siggi Jonsson 4 Jason de Vos 4 David Hannah 3 Jamie Dolan 2 Craig Easton 2 Andy McLaren 2 Erik Pedersen 2 Alan Combe 1 Sieb Dykstra 1 John Eustace 1 Iain Jenkins 1 Gary McSwegan 1 Joe Miller 1 Tonny Mols 1 Bernard Pascual 1 Jim Paterson 1 David Worrell 1 Transfers
In
Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. One loan signing was also made during the season.
The players that joined Dundee United during the 1998–99 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.
Date Player From Fee (£) 12 June 1998 Alan Combe St. Mirren Bosman[2] 1 July 1998 Joe Miller Aberdeen Free[3] 9 July 1998 Mark McNally Stoke City Free[2] 10 July 1998 Darren Patterson Luton Town Bosman[4] 15 July 1998 Roger Boli Walsall £0,150,000[4] 31 July 1998 Tonny Mols Lokeren Free[4] 31 July 1998 Jose Valeriani Unattached Free[4] 6 August 1998 Bernard Pascual Le Havre Bosman[4] 23 September 1998 Billy Dodds Aberdeen Swap[4] 12 October 1998 Jason de Vos Darlington £0,400,000[4] 16 October 1998 Alex Mathie Ipswich Town £0,600,000[4] 5 February 1999 David Hannah Celtic £0,300,000[4] 11 February 1999 Neil Murray Unattached (ex-Rangers Free[4] 26 February 1999 Scott McCulloch Dunfermline Athletic £0,300,000[4] 11 March 1999 David Partridge West Ham £0,040,000[4] 29 March 1999 David Worrell Blackburn Rovers £0,050,000[4] 1 April 1999 Brian McLaughlin Unattached (ex-Celtic Free[4] Loans in
Date Player From Duration 19 February 1999 John Eustace Coventry City End of season[5] Out
Fourteen players left the club during and at the end of the 1998–99 season, with one player also going out on loan. The club received £900k in transfer fees, amounting to around half of the transfer expenditure.
Listed below are the players that left during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.
Date Player From Fee (£) 31 August 1998 Jose Valeriani Released Free[4] 23 September 1998 Robbie Winters Aberdeen £0,700,000[4] 10 October 1998 Gary McSwegan Heart of Midlothian Bosman[4] 16 October 1998 David Sinclair Falkirk Free[4] 22 October 1998 Roger Boli Bournemouth £0,100,000[4] 5 November 1998 Paul Walker St. Mirren Released[4] 1 February 1998 Julian Alsford Chester City Released[4] 26 February 1999 Jamie Dolan Dunfermline Athletic Swap[4] 25 March 1999 Andy McLaren Reading £0,100,000[4] 2 June 1999 Neil Duffy Ayr United Released[6] 11 June 1999 Sieb Dijkstra Ipswich Town Released[7] 18 June 1999 Kjell Olofsson Moss Released[8] 23 June 1999 Brian McLaughlin Wigan Released[9] 30 June 1999 Neil Murray Mainz Released[10] Loans out
Date Player From Duration 18 September 1998 Julian Alsford Barnet 3 months[4] Playing kit
The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.
Trivia
- Joe Miller, who signed from Aberdeen, scored two goals during his time with United - both against Aberdeen.
- United led eventual champions Celtic in three of the four league matches in 1998–99 but only managed to take one point.
- United's highest and lowest home attendances occurred in consecutive matches at Tannadice - nearly 13,000 watched United in a goalless draw against Rangers while less than 6,500 turned up eleven days later to watch them play Dunfermline. It was the second season in a row that United's lowest home attendance was against the Pars.
References
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- ^ a b "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=127. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5456. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=128. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=10543. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2191. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2245. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=11111. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=5210. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
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