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1989–90 Dundee United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Dundee United
season	1989–90
manager	Jim McLean
chairman	Jim McLean
stadium	Tannadice Park
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	4th
W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35
cup1	Tennent's Scottish Cup	cup1 result = Semi-finals
cup2	Skol Cup	cup2 result = Third round
cup3	UEFA Cup	cup3 result = Second round
league topscorer	Darren Jackson, Mixu Paatelainen (7)
season topscorer	Mixu Paatelainen (9)
highest attendance	16,635 (vs Celtic, 13 January)
lowest attendance	5,957 (vs St Mirren, 17 February)
prevseason	1988–89
nextseason	1990–91

W11 D13 L12 F36 A39 P35

The 1989–90 season was the 81st year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990. United finished in fourth place, securing European football on the final day of the season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1989–90 season. The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to eventual winners Aberdeen and lost in the Skol Cup third round to Hamilton.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	8,596	French
19 August 1989	Dundee	A	3–4	13,616	Malpas, M O'Neill, Paatelainen
26 August 1989	Dunfermline	H	2–1	9,158	Van der Hoorn, M O'Neill
9 September 1989	Hibernian	A	0–2	7,000
16 September 1989	Celtic	H	2–2	16,624	Van der Hoorn, French
23 September 1989	Hearts	A	1–1	14,008	McInally
30 September 1989	St Mirren	H	0–0	6,643
4 October 1989	Aberdeen	H	2–0	11,879	McInally, Malpas
14 October 1989	Rangers	A	1–2	36,062	M O'Neill
21 October 1989	Motherwell	A	2–3	8,100	M O'Neill (2)
28 October 1989	Dundee	H	0–0	11,529
4 November 1989	Dunfermline	A	1–1	10,804	Paatelainen
8 November 1989	Hibernian	H	1–0	8,247	Jackson
18 November 1989	Celtic	A	1–0	35,350	Gallacher
25 November 1989	Hearts	H	2–1	12,201	Bowman, Paatelainen
9 December 1989	Aberdeen	A	0–2	15,500	McInally, Malpas
13 December 1989	St Mirren	A	0–1	2,800
16 December 1989	Rangers	H	1–1	15,947	Paatelainen
23 December 1989	Motherwell	H	1–1	6,169	Paatelainen
30 December 1989	Dundee	A	1–1	12,803	Jackson
3 January 1990	Dunfermline	H	1–0	11,148	Jackson
6 January 1990	Hibernian	A	0–0	6,500
13 January 1990	Celtic	H	2–0	16,635	Connolly (2)
27 January 1990	Hearts	A	2–3	13,083	Connolly, Paatelainen
3 February 1990	Rangers	A	1–3	39,058	Clark
10 February 1990	Aberdeen	H	1–1	10,533	McInally
17 February 1990	St Mirren	H	2–0	5,957	Jackson, Connolly
3 March 1990	Celtic	A	0–3	23,541
10 March 1990	Motherwell	A	1–0	4,697	Jackson
24 March 1990	Dundee	H	1–2	11,918	Connolly
31 March 1990	Dunfermline	A	1–0	6,945	Jackson
7 April 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	6,633	Paatelainen
18 April 1990	Aberdeen	A	0–1	10,000
21 April 1990	Rangers	H	0–1	15,996
28 April 1990	Hearts	H	1–1	7,679	Jackson
5 May 1990	St Mirren	A	0–0	4,312

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 January 1990	Dundee	A	0–0	14,176
23 January 1990	Dundee	H	1–0	16,228	Clark
24 February 1990	Queen of the South	H	2–1	5,948	Connolly, Paatelainen
17 March 1990	Hibernian	H	1–0	13,874	Jackson
14 April 1990	Aberdeen	N	0–4	16,581

Skol Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1989	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	7,043	M O'Neill
23 August 1989	Hamilton	A	1–2	2,600	Hinds

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 September 1989	NIR Glentoran	A	3–1	8,000	Cleland, McInally, Hinds
27 September 1989	NIR Glentoran	H	2–0	9,340	Clark, Gallacher
17 October 1989	BEL Royal Antwerp	A	0–4	10,000
31 October 1989	BEL Royal Antwerp	H	3–2	8,994	M O'Neill, Paatelainen, Clark

Player details

During the 1989–90 season, United used 25 different players comprising five 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 13 players score with the team scoring 50 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Mixu Paatelainen, who finished the season with nine goals.

League	Cups	Total
7	0	9
7	1	8
5	2	7
5	1	6
3	1	4
1	3	4
2	0	2
2	0	2
2	0	2
1	1	2
0	2	2
1	0	1
0	1	1

Discipline

During the 1989–90 season, one United player was sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.

Name	Dismissals
	1

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In

The club signed three players during the season with a total public cost of just over £600,000.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
1 July 1989	BAR	Fujita Kogyo	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120091805/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Hinds%20P.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=20 January 2008	title=Player A to Z: Peter Hinds	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	accessdate=4 February 2008 }}
2 August 1989	NED	Den Bosch	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Van%20der%20Hoorn%20F.htm	title=Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	accessdate=4 February 2008	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012180940/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Van%20der%20Hoorn%20F.htm	archivedate = 12 October 2008	url-status=dead}}
15 August 1989	NIR	Newcastle United	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/O%27Neill%20M.htm	title=Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill	publisher=Glenrothes Arabs	accessdate=1 February 2008	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828230640/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/O%27Neill%20M.htm	archivedate = 28 August 2008	url-status=dead}}

Out

Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of just over £1m. The club made a profit of around £400k from transfers during the season.

Date	Player	To	Fee
September 1989	SCO	Partick Thistle	url=http://www.ptfc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=59&limit=1&limitstart=1	title=Players of the 80s – Intro	publisher=PTFC.net	accessdate=4 February 2008	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011144838/http://www.ptfc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=59&limit=1&limitstart=1	archivedate = 11 October 2007}}
22 November 1989	SCO	Blackburn Rovers	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Irvine%20JA.htm	title=Alan Irvine	publisher=Dundee United F.C.	accessdate=4 February 2008}}
January 1990	SCO	St Johnstone	url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_paulhegarty2.asp	title=Paul Hegarty	publisher=Dundee United F.C.	accessdate=4 February 2008	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025042126/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/legends_paulhegarty2.asp	archive-date=25 October 2007	url-status=dead}}
25 January 1990	SCO	Coventry City	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Gallacher%20K.htm	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723000950/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/Gallacher%20K.htm	url-status=dead	archive-date=23 July 2004	title=Kevin Gallacher	publisher=Dundee United F.C.	accessdate=4 February 2008 }}
8 February 1990	SCO	St Johnstone	url=http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McGinnis%20G.htm	title=Gary McGinnis	publisher=Dundee United F.C.	accessdate=4 February 2008	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081015121212/http://www.dirtyarab.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Player%20a-z/McGinnis%20G.htm	archivedate = 15 October 2008	url-status=dead}}
1990	SCO	Motherwell	url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/joemcleod.html	title=Joe McLeod	publisher=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/	accessdate=4 February 2008}}

Loans out

One player was loaned out during the season.

Date	Player	To	Duration
October 1989	SCO	Blackburn Rovers	1 month

Playing kit

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colours	{{Football kit	pattern_la = _blackcuffpiping	pattern_b = _blackwhiteshoulders	pattern_ra = _blackcuffpiping	leftarm = FFFFFF	body = FFFFFF	rightarm = FFFFFF	shorts = FFFFFF	socks = FFFFFF	title = Away
colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for a third season.

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"Player A to Z: Peter Hinds". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Freddy van der Hoorn". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Player A to Z: Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs.
"Players of the 80s – Intro". PTFC.net.
(October 2010). "Alan Irvine". Dundee United F.C..
"Paul Hegarty". Dundee United F.C..
"Kevin Gallacher". Dundee United F.C..
"Gary McGinnis". Dundee United F.C..
"Joe McLeod". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/.

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