Dundee United
1998–99 season
ChairmanJim McLean
ManagerTommy McLean (until 5 September 1998)
Paul Sturrock (from 5 September 1998)
Scottish Premier League9th
W:8 D:10 L:18 F:37 A:48 P:34
Tennent's Scottish CupSemi-finals
Coca-Cola CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Dodds (16)
All: Billy Dodds (17)
Highest home attendance12,788 (vs Rangers, (12 September 1998)
Lowest home attendance6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (23 September 1998)

Season review

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

1998-08-01 SPL 1 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park
Wright 32'
Nevin 72'
Attendance: 8,208
Referee: M McCurry
1998-08-22 SPL 3 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Burley 80'
Burchill 83'
Winters 31' Attendance: 59,738
Referee: A Freeland
1998-08-30 SPL 4 Motherwell 1 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park
Nyyssonen 43' Attendance: 11,201
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-09-12 SPL 5 Dundee United 0 - 0 Rangers Tannadice Park
Attendance: 12,788
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-09-19 SPL 6 Dundee 2 - 2 Dundee United Dens Park
Annand 69'
Adamczuk 89'
McSwegan 63'
Olofsson 67'
Attendance: 12,081
Referee: W Young
1998-09-26 SPL 8 St Johnstone 1 - 3 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
McCluskey Red card 35'
Grant 84'
Dodds 16', 35' (p), 83'
Olofsson Red card 85'
Attendance: 6,665
Referee: S Dougal
1998-10-04 SPL 9 Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
McSwegan 23' Attendance: 8,933
Referee: M McCurry
1998-10-17 SPL 10 Dundee United 0 - 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
McGowne 12'
Vareille 80'
Attendance: 8,137
Referee: M McCurry
1998-10-24 SPL 11 Heart of Midlothian 0 - 1 Dundee United Tynecastle Park
Mathie 84' Attendance: 13,124
Referee: G Simpson
1998-10-31 SPL 12 Rangers 2 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Wallace 63'
Amoruso 84'
Dodds 25' Attendance: 49,503
Referee: G Simpson
1998-11-07 SPL 13 Dundee United 2 - 2 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Dodds 48'
Jonsson 60'
Coyle 4', 50' Attendance: 6,616
Referee: M McCurry
1998-11-15 SPL 14 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 1 Dundee United East End Park
Tod 26'
McCulloch 35'
Mathie 3' Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-11-22 SPL 15 Dundee United 0 - 1 Dundee Tannadice Park
Grady 82' Attendance: 11,230
Referee: H Dallas
1998-11-28 SPL 16 Aberdeen 0 - 3 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
Olofsson 17'
Miller 49'
Easton 56'
Attendance: 11,964
Referee: J Rowbotham
1998-12-05 SPL 17 Dundee United 1 - 1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Dodds 53' Grant 55' (pen.) Attendance: 7,293
Referee: G Simpson
1998-12-12 SPL 18 Dundee United 1 - 1 Celtic Tannadice Park
Zetterlund 49' Larsson 85' Attendance: 11,612
Referee: J McCluskey
1998-12-20 SPL 19 Kilmarnock 2 - 0 Dundee United Rugby Park
Wright 30'
Durrant 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,538
Referee: H Dallas
1998-12-26 SPL 20 Motherwell 2 - 0 Dundee United Fir Park
McMillan 55'
Brannan 57'
Attendance: 6,001
Referee: D McDonald
1998-12-30 SPL 21 Dundee United 1 - 2 Rangers Tannadice Park
Dodds 43' Wilson 32'
Wallace 90'
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: M McCurry
1999-01-02 SPL 22 Dundee 1 - 3 Dundee United Dens Park
McSkimming 28' Dodds 10'
Thompson 16'
Olofsson 70'
Attendance: 11,751
Referee: S Dougal
1999-02-06 SPL 24 St Johnstone 1 - 0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Bollan 9' (pen.) Attendance: 5,771
Referee: J McCluskey
1999-02-20 SPL 25 Dundee United 3 - 0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Olofsson 34'
Dodds 48'
Hannah 66'
Attendance: 8,309
Referee: J McCluskey
1999-02-27 SPL 26 Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United Celtic Park
Burley 74'
Larsson 78'
Dodds 25' Attendance: 59,902
Referee: M McCurry
1999-03-20 SPL 27 Rangers 0 - 1 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Olofsson 44'
Skoldmark Red card 64'
Attendance: 49,164
Referee: M Clark
1999-04-03 SPL 28 Dundee United 0 - 3 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Brannan 3'
Spencer 38', 60'
Attendance: 8,110
Referee: M Clark
1999-04-17 SPL 30 Aberdeen 0 - 4 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
Pepper Red card 72' Dodds 36', 56'
Miller 53'
Olofsson 54'
Attendance: 11,603
Referee: Dallas
1999-04-20 SPL 31 Dundee United 0 - 1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Dodds 53' Griffin 42'
Lowndes Yellow card 50' Red card
Attendance: 6,741
Referee: M McCurry
1999-04-24 SPL 32 Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 2 Dundee United East End Park
Millar 46' (pen.)
Smith 5'
Dodds 13', 18' (pen.) Attendance: 10,704
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-05-01 SPL 33 Dundee United 0 - 2 Dundee Tannadice Park
Patterson Yellow card 76' Red card Irvine 67'
Grady 90'
Attendance: 12,280
Referee: H Dallas
1999-05-08 SPL 34 Dundee United 0 - 0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-05-23 SPL 36 Dundee United 1 - 2 Celtic Tannadice Park
Dodds 59' (pen.) Burchill 34', Burchill 35' Attendance: 10,062
Referee: S Dougal

Tennent's Scottish Cup

1999-02-09 Scottish Cup Third round replay Dundee United 1 - 0 Queen's Park Tannadice Park
Dodds 38' Attendance: 4,967
Referee: J Rowbotham
1999-04-10 Scottish Cup Semi-final Celtic 2 - 0 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
Blinker 30'
Viduka 39'
Attendance: 43,691
Referee: W Young

Coca-Cola Cup

1998-08-19 Coca-Cola Cup Third round Ross County 2 - 0 aet Dundee United Victoria Park
Adams 104', 118' Attendance: 3,206
Referee: G Simpson

Player details

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 TotalBank of Scotland PremierleagueTennent's Scottish CupCoca-Cola Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Netherlands NED Sieb Dijkstra 3602707020
13 GK Scotland SCO Alan Combe 1001000000
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Iain Jenkins 70600010
3 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Malpas 3703104020
4 DF Iceland ISL Siggi Jonsson 1811414000
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Patterson 2812403110
6 DF Norway NOR Erik Pedersen 80602000
16 DF Scotland SCO Mark McNally 60500010
18 DF Scotland SCO Neil Duffy 2011505100
21 DF Canada CAN Jason de Vos 3102506000
35 DF France FRA Bernard Pascual 1801600020
36 DF Scotland SCO Scott McCulloch 90900000
34 DF Wales WAL David Partridge 10100000
31 DF Ireland EIR David Worrell 50500000
8 MF Sweden SWE Lars Zetterlund 2412112010
9 MF Scotland SCO David Hannah 1311310000
10 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Dolan 80501020
15 MF Scotland SCO Joe Miller 3322427020
20 MF Sweden SWE Magnus Sköldmark 3312506120
23 MF Belgium BEL Tonny Mols 1601103020
25 MF Scotland SCO Neil Murray 61402100
26 MF England ENG John Eustace 1311112000
30 MF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson 1501005000
11 MF Scotland SCO Craig Easton 3713016010
37 MF Scotland SCO Brian McLaughlin 10100000
45 MF Peru PER Jose Valeriani 10100000
7 FW Sweden SWE Kjell Olofsson 43103477320
9 FW France FRA Roger Boli 51300021
12 FW Scotland SCO Gary McSwegan 74530021
12 FW Scotland SCO Alex Mathie 2822226000
14 FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 41310010
14 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 2822226000
17 MF Scotland SCO Andy McLaren 120803010
19 FW Scotland SCO Steven Thompson 1911514000
52 FW Scotland SCO Stephen McConalogue 10100000

Team statistics

League table

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

Transfers

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.

Trivia

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  3. "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  5. "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  6. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  7. "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  8. "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  9. "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  10. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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