Dundee United F.C. season 1985-86

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United

season = 1985-86
manager = Jim McLean
chairman = George Fox
league = Scottish Premier Division
league result = 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W18 D11 L7 F59 A31 P47
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Semi-finals
cup2 = Skol Cup | cup2 result = Semi-finals
cup3 = UEFA Cup | cup3 result = Third round
league topscorer =
season topscorer =
highest attendance =
lowest attendance =
prevseason = 1984-85
nextseason = 1986-87The 1985-86 season was the 77th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1985-07-01 to 1986-06-30. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1985-86 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=116|title=Dundee Utd 1985/1986 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-02-15] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Hearts and to Aberdeen in the same round of the Skol Cup. Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax eliminated United in the third round of the UEFA Cup.

Legend

kol Cup

Out

Three players were sold by the club during the season.The shirts were sponsored for the first time - future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores were the inaugural sponsors.

Trivia

* Undersoil heating was used for the first time on 1985-11-27 in the UEFA Cup match against Neuchatel Xamaxcite web|url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=303|title=Dundee United A-Z (U)|publisher=Dundee United FC|dateaccessed=2008-02-15]

References

ee also

* 1985-86 in Scottish football