1991–92 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992. United finished in fourth place in what was Jim McLean's penultimate season as manager.

Dundee United

1991-92 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish Premier Division	4th W19 D13 L12 F66 A50 P51
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Skol Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Duncan Ferguson (14) All: Duncan Ferguson (16)
Highest home attendance	16,535 (vs Celtic, 10 August)
Lowest home attendance	4,746 (vs Motherwell, 22 February)
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Match results

Dundee United played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season.^[1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to eventual finalists Dunfermline.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1991	Celtic	H	3–4	16,535	M O'Neill (2), Ferguson
13 August 1991	St Mirren	H	4–1	5,771	McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill
17 August 1991	St Johnstone	A	1–1	7,700	Jackson
24 August 1991	Hibernian	A	0–1	9,420
31 August 1991	Aberdeen	H	0–0	11,962
7 September 1991	Dunfermline	H	3–0	11,962	Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson
14 September 1991	Rangers	A	1–1	36,347	Ferguson
21 September 1991	Hearts	A	1–1	11,746	Ferguson
28 September 1991	Motherwell	H	2–2	6,844	Bollan, Malpas
5 October 1991	Falkirk	A	4–0	5,377	Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
8 October 1991	Airdrieonians	H	0–0	5,763
12 October 1991	Celtic	A	1–4	28,745	M O'Neill
19 October 1991	St Johnstone	H	1–2	7,700	French
26 October 1991	Airdrieonians	A	3–1	3,500	Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen
29 October 1991	Rangers	H	3–2	14,397	McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson
2 November 1991	Aberdeen	A	1–0	13,728	McInally
6 November 1991	Dunfermline	A	1–0	3,528	Jackson, Bowman
9 November 1991	Hibernian	H	1–1	9,420	McKinnon
16 November 1991	Falkirk	H	2–1	7,290	Ferreyra, Whittaker
23 November 1991	Hearts	H	0–1	12,796
30 November 1991	St Mirren	A	1–1	3,500	Cleland
3 December 1991	Motherwell	A	1–1	4,023	Jackson
7 December 1991	Celtic	H	1–1	11,145	Welsh
14 December 1991	Dunfermline	H	0–0	4,835
21 December 1991	Rangers	A	0–2	41,448
28 December 1991	Hibernian	A	2–3	7,704	Malpas, Paatelainen
1 January 1992	Aberdeen	H	4–0	7,608	Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen
4 January 1992	Falkirk	A	3–1	5,186	McKinnon, Jackson (2)
11 January 1992	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	6,056	Jackson, Ferreyra
18 January 1992	St Mirren	H	1–3	4,933	McInally
1 February 1992	St Johnstone	A	1–1	6,364	Ferguson
8 February 1992	Hearts	A	0–1	10,516
22 February 1992	Motherwell	H	2–2	4,746	Cleland, Ferguson
29 February 1992	Falkirk	H	2–1	5,592	Paatelainen (2)
7 March 1992	Dunfermline	A	0–1	3,042
14 March 1992	Hibernian	H	1–0	5,588	Cleland
17 March 1992	Airdrieonians	A	0–1	3,284
21 March 1992	Aberdeen	A	2–0	10,500	McInally, Ferreyra
28 March 1992	Celtic	A	1–3	22,522	Ferguson
4 April 1992	St Johnstone	H	2–1	5,553	Cleland, Bowman
11 April 1992	Rangers	H	1–2	11,391	McInally
18 April 1992	Hearts	H	2–0	6,711	Malpas, Ferguson
25 April 1992	St Mirren	A	1–0	1,871	Ferguson
2 May 1992	Motherwell	A	2–1	3,151	Johnson, Ferguson

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January	Berwick Rangers	H	6–0	5,263	Malpas, Ferguson (2), Ferreyra, J O'Neil, Garner
11 February	Celtic	A	1–2	26,225	Paatelainen

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August	Montrose	H	3–2	4,256	Clark, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
27 August	Falkirk	H	1–0	6,737	French
3 September	Dunfermline	A	1–3	7,220	Paatelainen

Player details

During the 1991–92 season, United used 27 different players comprising six nationalities. For the second successive season, Maurice Malpas was the only player to play in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Alan Main	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	NED	Guido van de Kamp	30	0	27	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Bollan	13	1	10	1	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	John Clark	39	2	34	1	2	0	3	1
	DF	SCO	Alex Cleland	34	4	32	4	1	0	1	0
	DF	NED	Fred van der Hoorn	46	1	41	1	2	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	49	4	44	3	2	1	3	0
	DF	GER	Jochen Muller	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Narey	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Welsh	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Bowman	46	3	41	3	2	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Grant Johnson	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	34	4	32	4	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	25	1	22	1	0	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Ray McKinnon	25	4	25	4	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy McLaren	16	0	13	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	John O'Neil	14	1	12	0	2	1	0	0
	MF	NIR	Michael O'Neill	10	5	8	4	0	0	2	1
	MF	ARG	Jose Luis Pochettino	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Allan Preston	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Connolly	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Christian Dailly	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson	41	16	38	14	2	2	1	0
	FW	ARG	Victor Ferreyra	25	6	23	5	2	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hamish French	8	2	6	1	0	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Darren Jackson	31	11	28	11	2	0	1	0
	FW	FIN	Mixu Paatelainen	34	9	29	6	2	1	3	2

Goalscorers United had 18 players score with the team scoring 78 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Duncan Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals.[3] Name League Cups Total Duncan Ferguson 14 2 16 Darren Jackson 11 0 11 Mixu Paatelainen 6 3 09 Victor Ferreyra 5 1 06 Michael O'Neill 4 1 05 Alex Cleland 4 0 04 Jim McInally 4 0 04 Maurice Malpas 4 0 04 Alex Cleland 3 1 04 Dave Bowman 3 0 03 John Clark 1 1 02 Hamish French 1 1 02 Own goals 1 1 02 Gary Bollan 1 0 01 Fred van der Hoorn 1 0 01 Grant Johnson 1 0 01 Billy McKinlay 1 0 01 Brian Welsh 1 0 01 John O'Neil 0 1 01

Discipline During the 1991–92 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2] Name Dismissals Alex Cleland 1 David Narey 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Heart of Midlothian	44	27	9	8	60	37	+23	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	44	26	10	8	88	42	+46	62
4	Dundee United	44	19	13	12	66	50	+16	51
5	Hibernian	44	16	17	11	53	45	+8	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Aberdeen	44	17	14	13	55	42	+13	48

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

In The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards. Date Player From Fee (£) 11 July 1991 Jochen Müller Waldhof Mannheim Unknown[4] 11 July 1991 Guido van de Kamp Den Bosch £0,040,000[5] 4 September 1991 David Hannah Hamilton Thistle Unknown[6] 26 September 1991 Victor Ferreyra San Lorenzo £0,350,000[7] 11 January 1992 Robbie Winters Muirend Amateurs Unknown[6] 2 April 1992 Jose Luis Pochettino Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Trial[8]

Out Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of £1.15m. The club made a profit of around £750k from transfers during the season. Date Player To Fee 10 July 1992 Billy Thomson Motherwell Unknown[9] 23 October 1992 Hamish French Dunfermline Unknown[6] 28 March 1992 Mixu Paatelainen Aberdeen £0,400,000[9] 23 April 1992 Jose Luis Pochettino Cobras de Ciudad Juárez Trial[8] 26 June 1992 Ray McKinnon Nottingham Forest £0,750,000[9]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fifth and penultimate season.

See also

• 1991–92 in Scottish football