1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season
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Dundee United 1998–99 football season
| 1998–99 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Jim McLean |
| Manager | Tommy McLean (until 5 September 1998) Paul Sturrock (from 5 September 1998) |
| Scottish Premier League | 9th W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34 |
| Tennent'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, (12 September 1998) |
| Lowest home attendance | 6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (23 September 1998) |
Season review
[edit ]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
[edit ]Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
Dundee United v Rangers
Attendance: 12,788
Referee: J Rowbotham
Referee: J Rowbotham
Dundee United v Kilmarnock
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: J Rowbotham
Referee: J Rowbotham
Tennent's Scottish Cup
[edit ]Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup
Ayr United v Dundee United
Attendance: 5,508
Referee: S Dougal
Referee: S Dougal
Coca-Cola Cup
[edit ]Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup
Dundee United v Stirling Albion
1998年08月08日 Coca-Cola Cup Second round Dundee United 2 - 2 aet
(5 - 4 pen) Stirling Albion Tannadice Park
(5 - 4 pen) Stirling Albion Tannadice Park
Player details
[edit ]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. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bank of Scotland Premierleague | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Coca-Cola Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Netherlands NED | Sieb Dijkstra | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Scotland SCO | Alan Combe | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Northern Ireland NIR | Iain Jenkins | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scotland SCO | Maurice Malpas | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Iceland ISL | Siggi Jonsson | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Northern Ireland NIR | Darren Patterson | 28 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Norway NOR | Erik Pedersen | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Scotland SCO | Mark McNally | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Scotland SCO | Neil Duffy | 20 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Canada CAN | Jason de Vos | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | France FRA | Bernard Pascual | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Scotland SCO | Scott McCulloch | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Wales WAL | David Partridge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Ireland EIR | David Worrell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sweden SWE | Lars Zetterlund | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Scotland SCO | David Hannah | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Scotland SCO | Jamie Dolan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Scotland SCO | Joe Miller | 33 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sweden SWE | Magnus Sköldmark | 33 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Belgium BEL | Tonny Mols | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Scotland SCO | Neil Murray | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | England ENG | John Eustace | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Scotland SCO | Jim Paterson | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Scotland SCO | Craig Easton | 37 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Scotland SCO | Brian McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Peru PER | Jose Valeriani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sweden SWE | Kjell Olofsson | 43 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | France FRA | Roger Boli | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Scotland SCO | Gary McSwegan | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Scotland SCO | Alex Mathie | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Scotland SCO | Robbie Winters | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Scotland SCO | Billy Dodds | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Scotland SCO | Andy McLaren | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Scotland SCO | Steven Thompson | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | FW | Scotland SCO | Stephen McConalogue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalscorers[edit ]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]
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Discipline[edit ]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]
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Team statistics
[edit ]League table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 42 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 41 | |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 37 | |
| 9 | Dundee United | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 34 | |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic (R) | 36 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 28 | Relegation to the 1999–2000 Scottish First Division |
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Transfers
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In[edit ]Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over 1ドル.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. Loans in[edit ]
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Out[edit ]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 900ドルk 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.
Loans out[edit ]
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Playing kit
[edit ]Home colours
Away colours
The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.
Trivia
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ a b "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.