Dundee United F.C. season 1986-87

Dundee United F.C. season 1986-87

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United

season = 1986-87
manager = Jim McLean
chairman = George Fox
league = Scottish Premier Division
league result = 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W24 D12 L8 F66 A36 P60
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Runners-up
cup2 = Skol Cup | cup2 result = Semi-finals
cup3 = UEFA Cup | cup3 result = Runners-up
league topscorer = Iain Ferguson (16)
season topscorer = Iain Ferguson (28)
highest attendance =
lowest attendance =
prevseason = 1985-86
nextseason = 1987-88
The 1986-87 season was the 78th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1986-07-01 to 1987-06-30. United finished in fifth place, securing Cup Winners' Cup football for the following season, despite their Scottish Cup final defeat to Celtic (Celtic qualified for European competition as league winners).

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 67 competitive matches during the 1986-87 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=117|title=Dundee Utd 1986/1987 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-02-06] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to St Mirren and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals. Swedish side Gothenburg defeated United in the final of the UEFA Cup over two legs.

Legend

kol Cup

Goalscorers

United had 15 players score with the team scoring 97 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Iain Ferguson, who finished the season with 28 goals.cite web|url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1986s/1986-87/86-87page.htm|title=1986/87|work=Glenrothes Arabs|accessdate=2008-02-08] * Dave Bowman and Jim McInally were signed in a joint £140,000 deal

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of nearly £1,000,000. One player retired due to injury.The shirts were sponsored by future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores for a second season.

References

ee also

* 1986-87 in Scottish football

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0048/ BBC's 'A Sporting Nation' review of the UEFA Cup run]
* [http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/History/1980s/1986-87/86-87page.htm Glenrothes Arabs 1986/87 season review]


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