From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Dundee United
season	1988–89
manager	Jim McLean
chairman	Jim McLean
stadium	Tannadice Park
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	4th
W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44
cup1	Tennent's Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Quarter-finals
cup2	Skol Cup	cup2 result = Semi-finals
cup3	Cup Winners' Cup	cup3 result = Second round
league topscorer	Mixu Paatelainen (10)
season topscorer	Mixu Paatelainen (17)
highest attendance	20,071 (vs Rangers, 27 September)
lowest attendance	5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)
prevseason	1987–88
nextseason	1989–90

W16 D12 L8 F44 A26 P44

The 1988–89 season was the 80th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season. The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final. Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest knocked United out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the second round.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1988	St Mirren	A	1–0	5,832	Clark
20 August 1988	Celtic	H	1–0	18,769	Gallacher
27 August 1988	Aberdeen	H	2–2	13,128	Clark, Meade
3 September 1988	Dundee	A	3–0	14,927	Paatelainen (2), Gallacher
17 September 1988	Hibernian	H	1–1	11,017	Paatelainen
24 September 1988	Motherwell	A	2–1	3,559	Redford (2)
27 September 1988	Rangers	H	0–1	20,071
1 October 1988	Hearts	H	0–0	10,838
8 October 1988	Hamilton	A	4–0	3,538	Meade, Paatelainen (2), McPhee
12 October 1988	Celtic	A	0–1	36,870
22 October 1988	St Mirren	H	0–1	7,618
29 October 1988	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,266	Paatelainen
2 November 1988	Hibernian	A	1–1	10,000	Meade
5 November 1988	Dundee	H	2–0	14,882	Meade, Paatelainen
12 November 1988	Aberdeen	A	1–1	15,000	Preston
19 November 1988	Hearts	A	0–0	10,121
26 November 1988	Hamilton	H	1–0	6,357	Bowman
3 December 1988	Rangers	A	1–0	39,200	Beaumont
10 December 1988	Hibernian	H	4–1	9,963	Mitchell, French, Gallacher, McKinlay
17 December 1988	Celtic	H	2–0	18,745	Paatelainen, Baillie
31 December 1988	St Mirren	A	1–0	7,762	Gallacher
3 January 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–1	17,952	French
7 January 1989	Dundee	A	1–0	16,332	French
14 January 1989	Hamilton	A	5–0	4,000	McInally, Gallacher (3), Paatelainen
21 January 1989	Hearts	H	0–0	13,674
11 February 1989	Rangers	H	1–1	20,013	Stevens
11 March 1989	St Mirren	H	1–4	8,320	Malpas
14 March 1989	Motherwell	A	2–1	3,545	Krivokapic, Gallacher
25 March 1989	Celtic	A	0–1	36,870
1 April 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–1	16,700
8 April 1989	Dundee	H	2–1	11,910	Sturrock, Gallacher
22 April 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,301	Hegarty
29 April 1989	Hibernian	A	2–1	7,700	Irvine, Paatelainen
2 May 1989	Rangers	A	0–2	39,058
6 May 1989	Hearts	A	0–0	8,613
13 May 1989	Hamilton	H	0–1	11,503

Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1989	Dundee	A	2–1	18,117	Bowman, Meade
18 February 1989	Aberdeen	A	1–1	23,600	Paatelainen
22 February 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–1	18,756	Paatelainen
27 February 1989	Aberdeen	H	1–0	21,095	Paatelainen
21 March 1989	Rangers	A	2–2	42,177	Gallacher, Paatelainen
27 March 1989	Rangers	H	0–1	21,872

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1988	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	4,500	Paatelainen (2)
24 August 1988	St Mirren	A	3–1	5,970	Paatelainen, Gallacher, Meade
31 August 1988	Celtic	H	2–0	21,178	Gallacher, Redford
20 September 1988	Aberdeen	N	0–2	18,481

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 September 1988	MLT Floriana	A	0–0	4,000
5 October 1988	MLT Floriana	H	1–0	9,138	Meade
26 October 1988	ROM Dinamo Bucharest	H	1–1	10,594	Beaumont
9 November 1988	ROM Dinamo Bucharest	A	0–1	18,000

Player details

During the 1988–89 season, United used 31 different players comprising four nationalities. 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. |}

Goalscorers

United had 17 players score with the team scoring 60 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with 17 goals.

Name	League	Cups	Total
	10	7	17
	9	3	12
	4	3	7
	3	0	3
	2	1	3
**	3	0	3
	2	0	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1
	1	0	1

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In

The club signed four players during the season with a total public cost of at least £450,000 (one figure unknown).

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
3 August 1988	YUG	Red Star	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Krivokapic%20M.htm	title=Player A to Z: Miodrag Krivokapic	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828230412/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Krivokapic%20M.htm	archive-date = 28 August 2008	url-status=dead}}
3 August 1988	ENG	Unattached	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Meade%20R.htm	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120091809/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Meade%20R.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=20 January 2008	title=Player A to Z: Raphael Meade	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008 }}
16 December 1988	SCO	Newcastle United	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Jackson%20D.htm	title=Player A to Z: Darren Jackson	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012180811/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Jackson%20D.htm	archive-date = 12 October 2008	url-status=dead}}
April 1989	SCO	Brechin City	Unknown

Out

Seven players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of at least £1.1m (some figures unavailable). One player also retired.

Date	Player	To	Fee
13 July 1988	SCO	Heart of Midlothian	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Bannon%20E.htm	title=Player A to Z: Eamonn Bannon	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=6 February 2008	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828223813/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Bannon%20E.htm	archive-date = 28 August 2008	url-status=dead}}
July 1988	SCO	Heart of Midlothian	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Ferguson%20I.htm	title=Player A to Z: Iain Ferguson	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=6 February 2008	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828223947/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Ferguson%20I.htm	archive-date = 28 August 2008	url-status=dead}}
November 1988	SCO	Airdrieonians	Unknown
14 November 1988	SCO	Ipswich Town	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Redford%20I.htm	title=Player A to Z: Ian Redford	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008}}
16 November 1988	SCO	Airdrieonians	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McLeod%20G.htm	archive-url=https://archive.today/20070803184334/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McLeod%20G.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=3 August 2007	title=Player A to Z: Gordon McLeod	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008}}
12 January 1989	SCO	Luton Town	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Beaumont%20D.htm	title=Player A to Z: Dave Beaumont	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	access-date=5 February 2008	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828225438/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Beaumont%20D.htm	archive-date = 28 August 2008	url-status=dead}}
1989	SCO	St Johnstone	Unknown
April 1989	SCO	Luton Town	£0,150,000
13 May 1989	SCO	Retired	N/A

Playing kit

{{Football kit	pattern_la = _blackline	pattern_b = _vneckblack	pattern_ra = _blackline	leftarm = EE7700	body = EE7700	rightarm = EE7700	shorts = 000000	socks = EE7700	title = Home
colours	{{Football kit	pattern_la = _blackline	pattern_b = _vneckblack	pattern_ra = _blackline	leftarm = FFFFFF	body = FFFFFF	rightarm = FFFFFF	shorts = FFFFFF	socks = FFFFFF	title = Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a second season.

Trivia

All four of United's matches against Hearts finished 0–0.

References

"Match results 1988/1989". Arab Archive.
(October 2010). "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs.
(October 2010). "1988–89". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Miodrag Krivokapic". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Raphael Meade". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Darren Jackson". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Eamonn Bannon". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Iain Ferguson". Glenrothes Arabs.
(October 2010). "Player A to Z: Ian Redford". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Gordon McLeod". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Dave Beaumont". Glenrothes Arabs.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

dundee-united-f.c.-seasons scottish-football-clubs-1988–89-season

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1988–89 Dundee United F.C. season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report