- 1999–2000 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United F.C. 1999–2000 season Chairman Jim McLean Manager Paul Sturrock Scottish Premier League 8th
W:11 D:6 L:19 F:34 A:57 P:39Tennent's Scottish Cup Quarter-finals CIS Insurance Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League: Billy Dodds (9)
All: Billy Dodds (10)Highest home attendance 12,375 (vs Celtic, 15 August) Lowest home attendance 5,908 (vs Motherwell, 13 May) ← 1998–99 2000–01 → The 1999–2000 season was the 91st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1999-07-01 to 2000-06-30. United finished in eighth place, an improvement on last year's ninth-place finish, despite accumulating fewer points in this campaign.
United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by Aberdeen - in the League Cup semi-finals and the Scottish Cup quarter-finals, both by a score of 1–0.
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Review and events
United sold top scorer Billy Dodds to Rangers at the start of December and immediately the club's fortunes changed. Sitting third in the league, the club would win only one of the next fourteen league games and three in total for the rest of the season. In fact, United lost 11 of the last 13 matches, consigning them to eighth place. Such was Dodds' impact that he finished top scorer, despite only playing the first four months of the season with the club.
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1999–2000 season.[1] The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 1–0 to Aberdeen. The same team knocked United out of the CIS Insurance Cup, this time at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1–0.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Bank of Scotland Premierleague
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 31 July 1999 Dundee H 2–1 11,693 Sköldmark, Ferraz 7 August 1999 Motherwell A 2–2 6,791 Dodds, Ferraz 15 August 1999 Celtic H 2–1 12,375 Easton, Dodds 21 August 1999 Rangers A 1–4 48,849 de Vos 29 August 1999 Kilmarnock H 0–0 6,621 11 September 1999 Hibernian H 3–1 8,167 Talesnikov, Hannah, Dodds 18 September 1999 Aberdeen A 2–1 11,814 Hannah, Dodds 25 September 1999 Hearts H 0–2 8,510 17 October 1999 Dundee A 2–0 9,484 Dodds, Thompson 23 October 1999 Motherwell H 0–2 6,213 27 October 1999 St. Johnstone A 0–1 4,236 Dodds 31 October 1999 Hibernian A 2–3 11,073 Dodds, Talesnikov 6 November 1999 Aberdeen H 3–1 8,170 Dodds (2), Paterson 20 November 1999 Kilmarnock A 1–1 7,012 Hannah 27 November 1999 St. Johnstone H 1–0 6,367 Talesnikov 5 December 1999 Hearts A 0–3 10,598 12 December 1999 Dundee H 1–0 9,185 Ferraz 18 December 1999 Celtic A 1–4 59,120 Ferraz 27 December 1999 Aberdeen A 1–3 16,686 Hannah 22 January 2000 Hibernian H 0–0 7,457 2 February 2000 Rangers H 0–4 11,241 26 February 2000 St. Johnstone A 0–2 4,732 4 March 2000 Hearts H 0–1 6,928 15 March 2000 Kilmarnock H 2–2 6,966 Hannah, Ferraz 25 March 2000 Aberdeen H 1–1 6,723 Ferraz 1 April 2000 Hibernian A 0–1 10,261 4 April 2000 Rangers A 0–3 45,721 8 April 2000 Kilmarnock A 0–1 6,037 15 April 2000 Rangers H 0–2 11,149 19 April 2000 Motherwell A 3–1 4,271 Mathie, Hannah, de Vos 22 April 2000 Hearts A 2–1 12,604 Mathie (2) 29 April 2000 St. Johnstone H 0–1 6,243 2 May 2000 Celtic H 0–1 7,449 6 May 2000 Dundee A 0–3 8,581 13 May 2000 Motherwell H 1–2 5,908 Hamilton 21 May 2000 St. Johnstone A 0–2 47,586 Tennent's Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 30 January 2000 Airdrieonians H 4–1 5,172 Hannah (2), Mathie, Ferraz 19 February 2000 Alloa A 2–2 2,570 Hamilton (2) 22 February 2000 Alloa H 4–0 4,913 Preget, Hamilton, Thompson (2) 12 March 2000 Aberdeen H 0–1 6,733 CIS Insurance Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 18 August 1999 Ross County H 3-1 4,682 Ferraz, Thompson (2) 12 October 1999 St. Johnstone A 2–1 4,805 Davidson, Talesnikov 1 December 1999 Motherwell H 3–2 5,086 Dodds, Easton, Thompson 13 February 2000 Aberdeen N 0–1 9,500 Player details
During the 1999-00 season, United used 29 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Scottish Cup CIS Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 
GK Alan Combe 43 0 35 0 4 0 4 0 2 
DF Bernard Pascual 39 0 32 0 3 0 4 0 3 DF Maurice Malpas 17 0 12 0 2 0 3 0 4 MF David Hannah 41 8 33 6 4 2 4 0 5 
DF Jason de Vos 40 2 35 2 2 0 3 0 6 
DF Siggi Jonsson 16 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 7 MF Craig Easton 38 2 32 1 3 0 3 1 8 
DF Magnus Sköldmark 14 1 11 1 2 0 1 0 9 FW Alex Mathie 17 4 12 3 3 1 2 0 10 
FW Joaquim Ferraz 36 8 28 6 4 1 4 1 11 MF Tony Smith 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 12 DF Scott McCulloch 16 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 13 GK Paul Gallacher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 FW Billy Dodds 18 10 15 9 0 0 3 1 15 
MF Jan Talesnikov 30 4 25 3 2 0 3 1 16 
DF Iain Jenkins 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 MF Darren Patterson 10 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 18 MF Jim Paterson 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 19 FW Steven Thompson 34 6 27 1 3 2 4 3 20 
DF David Worrell 15 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 21 
DF David Partridge 37 0 29 0 4 0 4 0 24 DF Jean-Pierre Delaunay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 DF Antoine Preget 7 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 25 FW Stephen McConalogue 18 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 26 MF Hugh Davidson 29 1 23 0 3 0 3 1 27 
MF Tassos Venetis 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0 28 MF David Byrne 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 29 
MF Raphael Bove 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 FW Jim Hamilton 16 4 13 1 3 3 0 0 30 DF John McQuillan 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 31 
FW Sean O'Connor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 MF Leigh Jenkinson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Goalscorers
Thirteen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 52 goals in total. Despite leaving the club in early December and playing only eighteen matches, Billy Dodds was the top goalscorer, scoring ten goals.[2]
Name League Cups Total Billy Dodds 9 1 
10Joaquim Ferraz 6 2 8David Hannah 6 2 8Steven Thompson 1 5 6Alex Mathie 3 1 4Jan Talesnikov 3 1 4Jim Hamilton 1 3 4Jason de Vos 2 0 2Craig Easton 0 2 2Jim Paterson 1 0 1Magnus Sköldmark 1 0 1Hugh Davidson 0 1 1Antoine Preget 0 1 1Discipline
During the 1999–2000 season, eight United players were sent off, and twenty players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received eight dismissals and 70 cautions.[2]
Name Cautions Dismissals Joaquim Ferraz 
6
1David Hannah 6 1Craig Easton 4 1Bernard Pascual 3 1Darren Patterson 3 1Steven Thompson 2 1Antoine Preget 1 1David McCracken 1David Partridge 12Jan Talesnikov 9Alan Combe 5Siggi Jonsson 4Jason de Vos 4Billy Dodds 3John McQuillan 3Jim Hamilton 1Leigh Jenkinson 1Alex Mathie 1Jim Paterson 1Magnus Sköldmark 1Tassos Venetis 1Transfers
In
Nine players were signed during the 1999-2000 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £750,000.
The players that joined Dundee United during the 1999-07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.
Date Player From Fee (£) 1 July 1999 Tony SmithAirdrie Bosman[3] 5 August 1999 Jan TelesnikovBeitar Jerusalem £450,000[3] 17 August 1999 David ByrneShelbourne Free[3] 23 September 1999 Raphael BoveUnattached (ex-Heerenveen) Free[3] 20 October 1999 Pat OnstadRochester Rhinos £60,000[3] 19 January 2000 Jim HamiltonAberdeen £150,000[3] 17 February 2000 John McQuillanSt. Johnstone £50,000[3] 1 March 2000 Sean O'ConnorHednesford Town £30,000[3] 23 March 2000 Leigh JenkinsonUnattached (ex-Hearts) Free[3] 8 June 2000 Hasney AljofreeBolton Wanderers Free[4] 8 June 2000 Jamie BuchanAberdeen Free[5] Out
Seven players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Billy Dodds to Rangers - bringing in a fee (£1.3m). The club made a transfer profit of around £500k for the season.
Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.
Date Player To Fee 1 October 1999 
Tonny MolsClyde Released[3] 30 November 1999 Raphael BoveLivorno Released[3] 30 November 1999 Jean-Pierre DelaunayReleased (Retired) Free[3] 5 December 1999 Billy DoddsRangers £1,300,000[3] 20 December 1999 Mark McNallyAyr United Released[3] 11 April 2000 Antoine PregetPanionios Released[3] 25 April 2000 Siggi JonssonÍA Released[3] Playing kit
Home colours
Away coloursThe jerseys were sponsored for the fourth consecutive season by Telewest.
Trivia
- Joaquim Ferraz's six league goals came in consecutive games - three times. He found the net in the first two matches of the season, had a fourteen game gap until two in his next two games before taking six matches to fire his next two goals. He only finished on the losing side once after scoring in the league.
References
- ^ "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/results.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=129. Retrieved 18 December 2000.
- ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=136. Retrieved 23 November 2000.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=129. Retrieved 23 October 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "United sign Hasney Aljofree". Dundee United F.C.. 8 June 2000. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nID=498&cd=2000&cd1=6.
- ^ "Jamie Buchan joins United". Dundee United F.C.. 8 June 2000. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nID=499&cd=2000&cd1=6.
External links
- Soccerbase
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