1998–99 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1998–99 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Tommy McLean (until 5 September 1998); Paul Sturrock (from 5 September 1998)
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, (12 September 1998)
Lowest home attendance	6,449 (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

1 August 1998 SPL 1	Kilmarnock	2–0	Dundee United	Rugby Park
	Wright 32' Nevin 72'			Attendance: 8,208 Referee: M McCurry

16 August 1998 SPL 2	Dundee United	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
	Thompson 89'			Attendance: 9,629 Referee: S Dougal

22 August 1998 SPL 3	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Burley 80' Burchill 83'		Winters 31'	Attendance: 59,738 Referee: A Freeland

30 August 1998 SPL 4	Motherwell	1–0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	Nyyssonen 43'			Attendance: 11,201 Referee: J McCluskey

12 September 1998 SPL 5	Dundee United	0–0	Rangers	Tannadice Park
				Attendance: 12,788 Referee: J Rowbotham

19 September 1998 SPL 6	Dundee	2–2	Dundee United	Dens Park
	Annand 69' Adamczuk 89'		McSwegan 63' Olofsson 67'	Attendance: 12,081 Referee: W Young

23 September 1998 SPL 7	Dundee United	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 27'		Squires 40'	Attendance: 6,449 Referee: J McCluskey

26 September 1998 SPL 8	St Johnstone	1–3	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
	McCluskey 35' Grant 84'		Dodds 16', 35' (pen.), 83' Olofsson 85'	Attendance: 6,665 Referee: S Dougal

4 October 1998 SPL 9	Dundee United	1–0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 23'			Attendance: 8,933 Referee: M McCurry

17 October 1998 SPL 10	Dundee United	0–2	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
			McGowne 12' Vareille 80'	Attendance: 8,137 Referee: M McCurry

24 October 1998 SPL 11	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
			Mathie 84'	Attendance: 13,124 Referee: G Simpson

31 October 1998 SPL 12	Rangers	2–1	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
	Wallace 63' Amoruso 84'		Dodds 25'	Attendance: 49,503 Referee: G Simpson

7 November 1998 SPL 13	Dundee United	2–2	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 48' Jonsson 60'		Coyle 4', 50'	Attendance: 6,616 Referee: M McCurry

15 November 1998 SPL 14	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Dundee United	East End Park
	Tod 26' McCulloch 35'		Mathie 3'	Attendance: 10,704 Referee: J Rowbotham

22 November 1998 SPL 15	Dundee United	0–1	Dundee	Tannadice Park
			Grady 82'	Attendance: 11,230 Referee: H Dallas

28 November 1998 SPL 16	Aberdeen	0–3	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
			Olofsson 17' Miller 49' Easton 56'	Attendance: 11,964 Referee: J Rowbotham

5 December 1998 SPL 17	Dundee United	1–1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 53'		Grant 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,293 Referee: G Simpson

12 December 1998 SPL 18	Dundee United	1–1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Zetterlund 49'		Larsson 85'	Attendance: 11,612 Referee: J McCluskey

20 December 1998 SPL 19	Kilmarnock	2–0	Dundee United	Rugby Park
	Wright 30' Durrant 87' (pen.)			Attendance: 13,538 Referee: H Dallas

26 December 1998 SPL 20	Motherwell	2–0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McMillan 55' Brannan 57'			Attendance: 6,001 Referee: D McDonald

30 December 1998 SPL 21	Dundee United	1–2	Rangers	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 43'		Wilson 32' Wallace 90'	Attendance: 11,707 Referee: M McCurry

2 January 1999 SPL 22	Dundee	1–3	Dundee United	Dens Park
	McSkimming 28'		Dodds 10' Thompson 16' Olofsson 70'	Attendance: 11,751 Referee: S Dougal

30 January 1999 SPL 23	Dundee United	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
	Olofsson 33'		Smith 46'	Attendance: 7,646 Referee: H Dallas

6 February 1999 SPL 24	St Johnstone	1–0	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
	Bollan 9' (pen.)			Attendance: 5,771 Referee: J McCluskey

20 February 1999 SPL 25	Dundee United	3–0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
	Olofsson 34' Dodds 48' Hannah 66'			Attendance: 8,309 Referee: J McCluskey

27 February 1999 SPL 26	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Burley 74' Larsson 78'		Dodds 25'	Attendance: 59,902 Referee: M McCurry

20 March 1999 SPL 27	Rangers	0–1	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
			Olofsson 44' Skoldmark 64'	Attendance: 49,164 Referee: M Clark

3 April 1999 SPL 28	Dundee United	0–3	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
			Brannan 3' Spencer 38', 60'	Attendance: 8,110 Referee: M Clark

6 April 1999 SPL 29	Dundee United	1–3	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 7'		McSwegan 25', 45' Cameron 60'	Attendance: 10,648 Referee: J McCluskey

17 April 1999 SPL 30	Aberdeen	0–4	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
	Pepper 72'		Dodds 36', 56' Miller 53' Olofsson 54'	Attendance: 11,603 Referee: Dallas

20 April 1999 SPL 31	Dundee United	0–1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 53'		Griffin 42' Lowndes 50'	Attendance: 6,741 Referee: M McCurry

24 April 1999 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

1 May 1999 SPL 33	Dundee United	0–2	Dundee	Tannadice Park
	Patterson 76'		Irvine 67' Grady 90'	Attendance: 12,280 Referee: H Dallas

8 May 1999 SPL 34	Dundee United	0–0	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
				Attendance: 7,190 Referee: J Rowbotham

15 May 1999 SPL 35	Heart of Midlothian	4–1	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
	Ritchie 41' McSwegan 50' Adam 67' Cameron 77'		Eustace 90'	Attendance: 13,187 Referee: D Smith

23 May 1999 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

9 February 1999 Scottish Cup Third round replay	Dundee United	1–0	Queen's Park	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 38'			Attendance: 4,967 Referee: J Rowbotham

3 March 1999 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Clydebank	2–2	Dundee United	Kilbowie Park
	Nicholls 13' Gardner 68'		Olofsson 51' Patterson 79'	Attendance: 1,299 Referee: K Clark

6 February 1999 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay	Dundee United	1–0	Queen's Park	Tannadice Park
	Duffy 14' Olofsson 62', 65'			Attendance: 5,570 Referee: K Clark

13 March 1999 Scottish Cup Quarter-final	Ayr United	0–0	Dundee United	Somerset Park
				Attendance: 5,508 Referee: S Dougal

16 March 1999 Scottish Cup Quarter-final replay	Dundee United	2–1	Ayr United	Tannadice Park
	Murray 42' Skoldmark 51'		Walker 46'	Attendance: 7,313 Referee: S Dougal

10 April 1999 Scottish Cup Semi-final	Celtic	2–0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
	Blinker 30' Viduka 39'			Attendance: 43,691 Referee: W Young

Coca-Cola Cup

8 August 1998 Coca-Cola Cup Second round	Dundee United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Stirling Albion	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 24' Boli 36'		Bone 27', 71'	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: J McCluskey

19 August 1998 Coca-Cola Cup Third round	Ross County	2–0 (a.e.t.)	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	Total		Bank of Scotland Premierleague		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Coca-Cola Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Sieb Dijkstra	36	0	27	0	7	0	2	0
13	GK	SCO	Alan Combe	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NIR	Iain Jenkins	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	37	0	31	0	4	0	2	0
4	DF	ISL	Siggi Jonsson	18	1	14	1	4	0	0	0
5	DF	NIR	Darren Patterson	28	1	24	0	3	1	1	0
6	DF	NOR	Erik Pedersen	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	SCO	Mark McNally	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	SCO	Neil Duffy	20	1	15	0	5	1	0	0
21	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos	31	0	25	0	6	0	0	0
35	DF	FRA	Bernard Pascual	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
36	DF	SCO	Scott McCulloch	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	WAL	David Partridge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	IRL	David Worrell	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SWE	Lars Zetterlund	24	1	21	1	2	0	1	0
9	MF	SCO	David Hannah	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Jamie Dolan	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF	SCO	Joe Miller	33	2	24	2	7	0	2	0
20	MF	SWE	Magnus Sköldmark	33	1	25	0	6	1	2	0
23	MF	BEL	Tonny Mols	16	0	11	0	3	0	2	0
25	MF	SCO	Neil Murray	6	1	4	0	2	1	0	0
26	MF	ENG	John Eustace	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
30	MF	SCO	Jim Paterson	15	0	10	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Craig Easton	37	1	30	1	6	0	1	0
37	MF	SCO	Brian McLaughlin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	PER	Jose Valeriani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	SWE	Kjell Olofsson	43	10	34	7	7	3	2	0
9	FW	FRA	Roger Boli	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1
12	FW	SCO	Gary McSwegan	7	4	5	3	0	0	2	1
12	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie	28	2	22	2	6	0	0	0
14	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Billy Dodds	28	2	22	2	6	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Andy McLaren	12	0	8	0	3	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	19	1	15	1	4	0	0	0
52	FW	SCO	Stephen McConalogue	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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.^[1]

Name	League	Cups	Total
Billy Dodds	16	1	17
Kjell Olofsson	7	3	10
Gary McSwegan	3	1	4
Alex Mathie	2	0	2
Joe Miller	2	0	2
Craig Easton	1	0	1
John Eustace	1	0	1
David Hannah	1	0	1
Siggi Jonsson	1	0	1
Steven Thompson	1	0	1
Robbie Winters	1	0	1
Lars Zetterlund	1	0	1
Roger Boli	0	1	1
Neil Duffy	0	1	1
Neil Murray	0	1	1
Darren Patterson	0	1	1
Magnus Sköldmark	0	1	1

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.^[1]

Name	Cautions	Dismissals
Darren Patterson	7	1
Magnus Sköldmark	2	1
Kjell Olofsson		1
Steven Thompson		1
Maurice Malpas	6
Lars Zetterlund	6
Billy Dodds	4
Siggi Jonsson	4
Jason de Vos	4
David Hannah	3
Jamie Dolan	2
Craig Easton	2
Andy McLaren	2
Erik Pedersen	2
Alan Combe	1
Sieb Dykstra	1
John Eustace	1
Iain Jenkins	1
Gary McSwegan	1
Joe Miller	1
Tonny Mols	1
Bernard Pascual	1
Jim Paterson	1
David Worrell	1

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

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.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
12 June 1998	Alan Combe	St Mirren	Bosman^[2]
1 July 1998	Joe Miller	Aberdeen	Free^[3]
9 July 1998	Mark McNally	Stoke City	Free^[2]
10 July 1998	Darren Patterson	Luton Town	Bosman^[4]
15 July 1998	Roger Boli	Walsall	£0,150,000^[4]
31 July 1998	Tonny Mols	Lokeren	Free^[4]
31 July 1998	Jose Valeriani	Unattached	Free^[4]
6 August 1998	Bernard Pascual	Le Havre	Bosman^[4]
23 September 1998	Billy Dodds	Aberdeen	Swap^[4]
12 October 1998	Jason de Vos	Darlington	£0,400,000^[4]
16 October 1998	Alex Mathie	Ipswich Town	£0,600,000^[4]
5 February 1999	David Hannah	Celtic	£0,300,000^[4]
11 February 1999	Neil Murray	Unattached (ex-Rangers	Free^[4]
26 February 1999	Scott McCulloch	Dunfermline Athletic	£0,300,000^[4]
11 March 1999	David Partridge	West Ham	£0,040,000^[4]
29 March 1999	David Worrell	Blackburn Rovers	£0,050,000^[4]
1 April 1999	Brian McLaughlin	Unattached (ex-Celtic	Free^[4]

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Duration
19 February 1999	John Eustace	Coventry City	End of season^[5]

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.

Date	Player	From	Fee (£)
31 August 1998	Jose Valeriani	Released	Free^[4]
23 September 1998	Robbie Winters	Aberdeen	£0,700,000^[4]
10 October 1998	Gary McSwegan	Heart of Midlothian	Bosman^[4]
16 October 1998	David Sinclair	Falkirk	Free^[4]
22 October 1998	Roger Boli	AFC Bournemouth	£0,100,000^[4]
5 November 1998	Paul Walker	St Mirren	Released^[4]
1 February 1998	Julian Alsford	Chester City	Released^[4]
26 February 1999	Jamie Dolan	Dunfermline Athletic	Swap^[4]
25 March 1999	Andy McLaren	Reading	£0,100,000^[4]
2 June 1999	Neil Duffy	Ayr United	Released^[6]
11 June 1999	Sieb Dijkstra	Ipswich Town	Released^[7]
18 June 1999	Kjell Olofsson	Moss	Released^[8]
23 June 1999	Brian McLaughlin	Wigan	Released^[9]
30 June 1999	Neil Murray	Mainz	Released^[10]

Loans out

Date	Player	From	Duration
18 September 1998	Julian Alsford	Barnet	3 months^[4]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
^ "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
^ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

[stats-1] "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.

[inpre-2] "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

[miller-3] "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

[in-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

[eustacein-5] "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

[duffyout-6] "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

[dijkstraout-7] "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

[olofssonout-8] "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

[mclaughlinout-9] "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

[murrayout-10] "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

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1998–99 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Highland League Cup North of Scotland Cup
European competitions	Champions League European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
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Third Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County Stenhousemuir