2011-07-26

1998-99 Dundee United F.C. season

1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1998–99 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Tommy McLean (until 1998-09-05)
Paul Sturrock (from 1998-09-05)
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, (1998-09-12)
Lowest home attendance 6,449 (vs Dunfermline, (1998-09-23)

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

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Coca-Cola Cup

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.

No.Nat.PositionPlayerTotalBank of Scotland PremierleagueTennent's Scottish CupCoca-Cola Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1NetherlandsGKSieb Dijkstra3602707020
13ScotlandGKAlan Combe1001000000
2Northern IrelandDFIain Jenkins70600010
3ScotlandDFMaurice Malpas3703104020
4IcelandDFSiggi Jonsson1811414000
5Northern IrelandDFDarren Patterson2812403110
6NorwayDFErik Pedersen80602000
16ScotlandDFMark McNally60500010
18ScotlandDFNeil Duffy2011505100
21CanadaDFJason de Vos3102506000
35FranceDFBernard Pascual1801600020
36ScotlandDFScott McCulloch90900000
34WalesDFDavid Partridge10100000
31Republic of IrelandDFDavid Worrell50500000
8SwedenMFLars Zetterlund2412112010
9ScotlandMFDavid Hannah1311310000
10ScotlandMFJamie Dolan80501020
15ScotlandMFJoe Miller3322427020
20SwedenMFMagnus Sköldmark3312506120
23BelgiumMFTonny Mols1601103020
25ScotlandMFNeil Murray61402100
26EnglandMFJohn Eustace1311112000
30ScotlandMFJim Paterson1501005000
11ScotlandMFCraig Easton3713016010
37ScotlandMFBrian McLaughlin10100000
45PeruMFJose Valeriani10100000
7SwedenFWKjell Olofsson43103477320
9FranceFWRoger Boli51300021
12ScotlandFWGary McSwegan74530021
12ScotlandFWAlex Mathie2822226000
14ScotlandFWRobbie Winters41310010
14ScotlandFWBilly Dodds2822226000
17ScotlandMFAndy McLaren120803010
19ScotlandFWSteven Thompson1911514000
52ScotlandFWStephen McConalogue10100000

Goalscorers

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.

Discipline

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.

Transfers

In

Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. 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

Out

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 £900k 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

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.

Trivia

References






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