- 2005–06 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 2005–06 season Chairman Eddie Thompson Manager Gordon Chisholm (until 10 January)
Billy Dodds (interim caretaker)
Craig Brewster (from 16 Jan)Bank of Scotland Premierleague 9th
W:7 D:12 L:19 F:41 A:66 P:33Tennent's Scottish Cup Third round CIS Insurance Cup Second round UEFA Cup Second qual. round Top goalscorer League: Lee Miller (8)
All: Lee Miller, Collin Samuel (8)Highest home attendance 12,404 (vs Aberdeen, 30 Jul) Lowest home attendance 5,034 (vs Dunfermline, 2 May) 
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Away colours← 2004–05 2006–07 → The 2005–06 season was the 97th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2005-07-01 to 2006-06-30. United finished in ninth place for the second consecutive season and meant they had only finished in the top six once in the six seasons since the split was introduced.
United finished the 2005/06 SPL season in 9th place with 33 points, narrowly beating Falkirk (10th) and Dunfermline Athletic (11th) on goal difference. United exited all three cup competitions at the first stage. Between April and early-May, United lost six consecutive games, including losses to the three clubs which finished below them in the league.
The much-anticipated UEFA Cup campaign ended in disappointment with an away-goals defeat to Finnish side MyPa (after United surrendered a two-goal lead), and a CIS Insurance Cup defeat to Inverness CT followed, although an incredible 5–4 away win over Motherwell brought some early-season cheer. United also exited the Scottish Cup at the first hurdle, bowing out 3–2 to Aberdeen after again throwing away a two-goal lead.
Little league success followed, and the Terrors finished ninth on goal difference, thanks to a late Collin Samuel equaliser against Motherwell on the season's final day. In mid-January, Gordon Chisholm was sacked, with United favourite Craig Brewster leaving Inverness CT to take over. Brewster would go on to win just one league game all season and leave United before 2006 was out.
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Season review
Pre-season preparations went well, with United winning the inaugural City of Discovery Cup. The league season started disappointingly, however, with the surprise UEFA Cup exit in August to MyPa a notable downpoint. After drawing the away leg 0–0, United threw away a 2–0 first-half home lead, and went out on away goals. An incredible 5–4 win at Motherwell - in which United were two goals behind on three occasions - was the only high point in a disappointing month. United also lost to Celtic and Hearts in August.
United lost at Hibernian and exited the CIS Insurance Cup in September, going out to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the second round. Prior to the cup exit, a 2–0 win over Livingston had brought the first home win. Immediately after going out of the cup, United lost at Dunfermline, to close out September in disappointing fashion.
In October, United a three-game unbeaten run, indicating a small improvement. The spell - which included a televised draw against Rangers and a win at Falkirk - was unfortunately followed by three successive defeats, which saw nine goals conceded. United then avoided defeat in four of the next five matches.
Boxing Day saw a last-minute defeat at Kilmarnock and United also lost heavily at Ibrox to Rangers. Incredibly, United exited the third cup tournament immediately, throwing away a two-goal home lead to lose 3–2 to Aberdeen. In the game in which on-loan Charles Mulgrew debuted, David Fernandez scored twice in the first half, only for ex-Tangerine Stevie Crawford to equalise. It proved to be the final straw and manager Gordon Chisholm left, with immediate rumours naming Craig Brewster as Eddie Thompson's man of choice for the hot seat. Brewster was appointed shortly after.
Caretaker-manager Billy Dodds took charge for his only game as United recovered to beat Falkirk 2–1, with newly-appointed Brewster watching from the stands. It would also be Mark Wilson's final match, as he moved to Celtic for £500,000 shortly afterwards.
Brewster made his second United debut against Aberdeen but lasted under half an hour due to injury, which ended his playing season. He guided United to three draws in his first three matches but had to wait until his eighth match to secure his first win, at the expense of Livingston. During this time, on-loan Charlie Mulgrew won the Young Player of the Month award for February. United lost six of the final eight games to end a thoroughly disappointing season, which brought just one league win for the new manager.
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2005–06 season,[1] as well as four pre-season friendlies, making a total of nearly fifty games played. The team finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League.
In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the third round stage, losing 3–2 at home to Aberdeen, despite being two goals ahead at half time. The club also exited early in the League Cup, losing 2–0 away to Inverness CT in the second round. United fell to an early exit in the UEFA Cup after losing on away goals to Finnish team MyPa, completing an immediate exit in all three cup competitions.
Legend
Win Draw Loss All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Bank of Scotland Premierleague
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 30 July Aberdeen H 1–1 12,404 Miller 6 August Celtic A 0–2 56,532 14 August Hearts H 0–3 11,654 20 August Motherwell A 5–4 4,706 Miller (2), Fernandez, Brebner (2) 28 August Inverness CT H 1–1 6,178 Miller 10 September Hibernian A 1–2 12,062 Brebner 17 September Livingston H 2–0 6,302 Fernandez, Canero 24 September Dunfermline A 1–2 5,361 McCracken 1 October Kilmarnock H 0–0 6,915 16 October Rangers H 0–0 11,696 22 October Falkirk A 3–1 5,316 O.G., Canero, Samuel 25 October Aberdeen A 0–2 10,720 30 October Celtic H 2–4 11,942 O.G., Samuel 5 November Hearts A 0–3 16,617 19 November Motherwell H 1–1 6,305 McIntyre 26 November Inverness CT A 1–1 3,239 Miller 3 December Hibernian H 1–0 7,976 Samuel 10 December Livingston A 0–1 3,845 20 December Dunfermline H 2–1 5,889 Samuel, Robson 26 December Kilmarnock A 1–2 5,749 Samuel 31 December Rangers A 0–3 49,141 15 January Falkirk H 2–1 7,948 Fernandez, McInnes 21 January Aberdeen H 1–1 9,936 Archibald 28 January Celtic A 3–3 59,875 Fernandez (2), Miller 7 February Hearts H 1–1 10,584 Brebner 11 February Motherwell A 0–2 5,257 18 February Inverness CT H 2–4 6,419 Mulgrew 25 February Dunfermline A 1–1 4,694 Kenneth 4 March Hibernian A 1–3 16,266 Goodwillie 11 March Livingston H 3–1 5,730 Miller (2), Kerr 25 March Kilmarnock H 2–2 5,830 McCracken, McInnes 2 April Rangers H 1–4 11,213 Samuel 8 April Falkirk A 0 – 1 4,473 15 April Livingston A 1–3 2,298 Robertson 22 April Inverness CT A 0–1 3,609 29 April Falkirk H 0–2 5,798 2 May Dunfermline H 0–1 5,034 6 May Motherwell A 1–1 5,269 Samuel Scottish Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 January Aberdeen H 2–3 8,218 Fernandez (2) CIS Insurance Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 20 September Inverness CT A 0–2 1,919 UEFA Cup
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 11 August 
MyPaA 0-0 1,820 25 August MyPaH 2-2 9,600 Kerr, Samuel Player details
During the 2005–06 season, United used 27 different players, with a further seven named as unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]
No. Nat Pos Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup UEFA Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 
GK Derek Stillie 34 0 30 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 DF Mark Wilson 25 0 21 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 DF David McCracken 37 2 34 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 MF Derek McInnes 13 2 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 MF Alan Archibald 38 1 34 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 MF Peter Canero 12 2 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 DF Charles Mulgrew 14 2 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 MF Mark Kerr 38 2 35 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 MF Grant Brebner 29 4 26 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 9 ST Lee Miller 38 8 34 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 10 ST Jim McIntyre 29 1 25 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 11 MF Barry Robson 35 1 31 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 12 MF Stuart Duff 33 0 29 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15 DF Lee Mair 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 ST Craig Brewster 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 GK Craig Samson 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 DF Garry Kenneth 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 ST Stevie Crawford 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 
ST David Fernandez 32 7 30 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 20 
ST Collin Samuel 38 8 35 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 23 DF Paul Ritchie 23 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25 MF David Robertson 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 MF Greg Cameron 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 DF Ross Gardiner 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 DF Stuart Abbot 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 MF William Easton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 ST David Goodwillie 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalscorers
United had 15 players score with the team scoring 45 goals in total. The top goalscorers were Lee Miller and Collin Samuel, who finished the season with eight goals each.[2]
Name League Cups Total Lee Miller 
8 8Collin Samuel 7 1 8David Fernandez 5 2 7Grant Brebner 4 4Peter Canero 2 2Mark Kerr 1 1 2David McCracken 2 2Derek McInnes 2 2Charles Mulgrew 2 2Alan Archibald 1 1David Goodwillie 1 1Garry Kenneth 1 1Jim McIntyre 1 1David Robertson 1 1Barry Robson 1 1Discipline
During the 2005–06 season, two United players were sent off, and 18 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received two dismissals and 64 cautions.[2]
Name Cautions Dismissals Barry Robson 
10
1Paul Ritchie 4 1Mark Kerr 9David McCracken 7Grant Brebner 6Alan Archibald 5Stuart Duff 5Lee Miller 4David Fernandez 3Jim McIntyre 3Peter Canero 1Stevie Crawford 1Lee Mair 1Charles Mulgrew 1David Robertson 1Collin Samuel 1Derek Stillie 1Mark Wilson 1Transfers
In
The club signed six players during the season, as well as loaning one for the latter part. Only one player - Lee Miller - was signed for a fee (£225k).
Date Player From Fee (£) 3 June Lee MillerBristol City £0,225,000[3] 7 July Derek StillieDunfermline Athletic Undisclosed[4] 29 July Craig SamsonKilmarnock Free[5] 12 August David FernandezCeltic Free[6] 5 September Peter CaneroUnattached Free[7] 16 January Craig BrewsterInverness CT Free[8] Loans in
Date Player From Duration 5 January Charles MulgrewCeltic End of season[9] Out
Six players left the club during the season with only one transfer involving a fee: Mark Wilson's £500k move to Celtic. The others were released before the end of their contracts.
Date Player To Fee 1 August James GradyGretna Released[10] 1 August Jason ScotlandSt. Johnstone Work permit expiry[11] 31 August Stevie CrawfordAberdeen Released[12] 31 August Graeme HolmesAirdrie United Released[13] 16 January Billy DoddsPartick Thistle Released[8] 16 January Mark WilsonCeltic £0,500,000[14] Playing kit
Home
colours
Away
colours
European coloursThe home strip remained unchanged from the previous season but the away kit was changed to a new white and black outfit, separated diagonally.[15] As mentioned at the end of the previous season, the limited edition third kit would be used for the European campaign.[16] The jerseys were sponsored by Morning, Noon and Night for the third and final season. Originally sponsored for the 2003-04 season,[17] the firm - operating under the banner of Scotmid since August 2004[18] - sponsored the club for a final time. The sponsor logo was again displayed as a simple font across the chest, with white logo for the home and third tops and orange logo on the change strip.
Awards
- Charles Mulgrew
- Bank of Scotland Premierleague Young Player of the Month: 1
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- February 2006
References
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- ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 2005–06 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=135. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
- ^ "Dundee United clinch Miller deal". BBC Sport website. 2005-06-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4602893.stm.
- ^ "Stillie on move to Dundee United". BBC Sport website. 2005-07-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4660915.stm.
- ^ "Samson wins a Tannadice contract". BBC Sport website. 2005-07-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4665701.stm.
- ^ "Fernandez moves on to Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 2005-08-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/4146874.stm.
- ^ "Canero given chance at Tannadice". BBC Sport website. 2005-09-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/4171588.stm.
- ^ a b "Brewster the right man - Thompson". BBC Sport website. 2006-01-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/inverness_ct/4617480.stm.
- ^ "Dundee Utd land Celtic's Mulgrew". BBC Sport website. 2006-01-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4585018.stm.
- ^ "Striker Grady signs up for Gretna". BBC Sport website. 2005-08-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/4735985.stm.
- ^ "United's Scotland case dismissed". BBC Sport website. 2005-08-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4736393.stm.
- ^ "Crawford quits Tannadice for Dons". BBC Sport website. 2005-08-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4201626.stm.
- ^ "Graeme Holmes departs Tannadice". Dundee United F.C.. 2005-08-31. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=2&nID=2080&cd=2005&cd1=8.
- ^ "Celtic secure signing of Wilson". BBC Sport website. 2006-01-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/4616242.stm.
- ^ "New away kit launched". Dundee United F.C.. 2005-06-23. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=2&nID=2006&cd=2005&cd1=6.
- ^ "Cup strip officially launched". Dundee United F.C.. 2005-05-05. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=2&nID=1966&cd=2005&cd1=5.
- ^ "Triple boost for Dundee United". Dundee United F.C.. 2003-06-19. http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=3&nID=1338&cd=2003&cd1=6.
- ^ "Dundee firm sold for £30 million". Evening Telegraph. 2004-08-03. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/08/03/story6182386t0.shtm.
External links
- Official site: 2005/06 Results
- Soccerbase: Results | Squad stats | Transfers
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