1993–94 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 84th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994. United finished in sixth place but the season will be remembered for the club's first Scottish Cup win, after Ivan Golac guided the club to success in his first season.

Dundee United

1993–94 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Ivan Golac
Scottish Premier Division	6th (Cup Winners' Cup) W11 D20 L13 F47 A48 P42
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Brewster (16) All: Craig Brewster (20)
Highest home attendance	13,881 (vs Aberdeen, 7 August)
Lowest home attendance	5,335 (vs Raith Rovers, 14 May)
Home colours Away colours

Season review

The club began the season without Duncan Ferguson, selling him to Rangers for a British transfer record of £4m. Replacing him up front was Craig Brewster, signed from Raith Rovers for a more modest £0.25m.

The club endured replays in most rounds of the Scottish Cup before beating Rangers to win the trophy at the seventh attempt.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 58 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season.[1] The team finished sixth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United won the Scottish Cup for the first time, beating Rangers 1-0 and qualifying for the following season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup competition in the process. The club lost narrowly in the League Cup semi-final to Hibernian and lost on away goals to Brøndby in the UEFA Cup first round.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August	Aberdeen	H	1–1	13,881	McKinlay
14 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	5,018	Dailly (2)
21 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1	6,247	McKinlay
28 August	Hearts	H	0–0	8,502
4 September	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	4,871	McKinlay
11 September	Dundee	H	1–0	10,664	McLaren
18 September	Celtic	A	1–1	26,733	McKinlay
25 September	Motherwell	H	0–0	6,633
2 October	Hibernian	A	0–2	7,586
5 October	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	7,034	McKinlay
9 October	Rangers	H	1–3	11,045	Welsh
16 October	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	5,760	Brewster, Crabbe
23 October	Aberdeen	A	0–2	13,556
30 October	St Johnstone	H	2–0	6,275	Brewster, McKinlay
6 November	Hearts	A	1–1	8,362	O'Neil
9 November	Raith Rovers	H	2–2	5,775	Bowman, McLaren
13 November	Hibernian	H	2–2	6,880	McKinlay, Brewster
20 November	Motherwell	A	0–2	5,807
30 November	Celtic	H	1–0	10,108	Connolly
4 December	Kilmarnock	H	0–0	7,100
7 December	Dundee	A	2–1	9,156	Brewster, Connolly
11 December	Rangers	A	3–0	43,058	Bowman, Connolly, Brewster
18 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–1	4,365
27 December	Aberdeen	H	0–1	12,067
8 January	Hearts	H	3–0	8,583	Connolly, Brewster, Crabbe
15 January	Raith Rovers	A	2–0	5,150	Brewster (2)
22 January	Celtic	A	0–0	17,235
25 January	St Johnstone	A	1–1	5,758	Brewster
5 February	Dundee	H	1–1	10,622	Connolly
12 February	Motherwell	H	1–2	6,573	Brewster
26 February	Hibernian	A	1–0	7,021	Nixon
5 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	7,403	Black
19 March	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	6,005	Cleland, Brewster
26 March	Aberdeen	A	0–1	12,574
29 March	Dundee	A	1–1	12,574	Brewster
2 April	Celtic	H	1–3	9,790	Brewster
5 April	Rangers	H	0–0	11,352
16 April	Hibernian	H	3–0	6,603	Petric, McKinlay, Brewster
23 April	Rangers	A	1–2	44,776	Dailly
26 April	Kilmarnock	H	1–3	8,801	Dailly
30 April	St Johnstone	H	0–0	10,653
3 May	Motherwell	A	2–1		Dijkstra, Brewster
7 May	Hearts	A	0–2	13,627
14 May	Raith Rovers	H	2–3	5,335	Hannah, Brewster

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 January	Arbroath	A	3–2	5,961	Brewster, Crabbe, McKinlay
19 February	Motherwell	H	2–2	12,023	Brewster (2)
1 March	Motherwell	A	1–0	13,002	Welsh
12 March	Airdrieonians	A	0–0	8,440
15 March	Airdrieonians	H	2–0	9,355	McKinlay, McLaren
9 April	Aberdeen	N	1–1	21,937	Welsh
12 April	Aberdeen	N	1–0	13,936	McInally
21 May	Rangers	N	1–0	38,000	Brewster

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August	Hamilton	A	1-0	2,743	Connolly
24 August	St Mirren	A	1–0	4,415	McKinlay
31 August	Falkirk	H	3-3	8,750	Clark (2), McLaren
21 September	Hibernian	N	0–1	19,024

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 September	Brøndby	A	0–2	5,756
28 September	Brøndby	H	3-1	8,541	McKinlay, Clark, Crabbe

Player details

During the 1993-94 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities, with a further six named as unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Brian Flies	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Alan Main	23	0	17	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
	GK		Guido van de Kamp	33	0	25	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Gary Bollan	17	0	11	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
	DF		John Clark	19	3	14	0	0	0	3	2	2	1
	DF		Alex Cleland	42	1	32	1	7	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Fred van der Hoorn	36	0	28	0	2	0	4	0	2	0
	DF		Maurice Malpas	45	0	35	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Dave Narey	12	0	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0
	DF		Mark Perry	11	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Gordan Petrić	35	1	27	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Brian Welsh	50	3	37	1	7	2	4	0	2	0
	MF		Dave Bowman	47	2	35	2	6	0	4	0	2	0
	MF		David Hannah	14	1	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Grant Johnson	11	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Roy McBain	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim McInally	41	1	31	0	8	1	2	0	0	0
	MF		Billy McKinlay	52	12	39	8	7	2	4	1	2	1
	MF		Andy McLaren	36	4	27	2	4	1	4	1	1	0
	MF		Chris Myers	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		John O'Neil	16	1	12	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Craig Brewster	40	20	33	16	7	4	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paddy Connolly	34	6	28	5	2	0	2	1	2	0
	FW		Scott Crabbe	28	4	22	2	3	1	1	0	2	1
	FW		Christian Dailly	50	3	38	3	6	0	4	0	2	0

Goalscorers United had 14 players score with the team scoring 66 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Craig Brewster, who finished the season with 20 goals.[2] Name League Cups Total Craig Brewster 16 4 20 Billy McKinlay 8 4 12 Paddy Connolly 5 1 06 Scott Crabbe 2 2 04 Andy McLaren 2 2 04 Christian Dailly 3 0 03 Brian Welsh 1 2 03 John Clark 0 3 03 Dave Bowman 2 0 02 Own goals 2 0 02 Alex Cleland 1 0 01 David Hannah 1 0 01 John O'Neil 1 0 01 Gordan Petric 1 0 01 Jim McInally 0 1 01

Discipline During the 1993-94 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.[2] Name Dismissals Craig Brewster 1 Jim McInally 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Celtic	44	15	20	9	51	38	+13	50
5	Hibernian	44	16	15	13	53	48	+5	47
6	Dundee United	44	11	20	13	47	48	−1	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Heart of Midlothian	44	11	20	13	37	43	−6	42
8	Kilmarnock	44	12	16	16	36	45	−9	40

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

In The club signed four players during the season, as well as loaning one for the latter part. Only one player - Stevie Crawford - was signed for a fee (£80k). Date Player From Fee (£) 5 August Craig Brewster Raith Rovers) £0,250,000[3][4] 5 August Chris Myers Torquay United 0,100,000[3] 21 December Jerren Nixon ECM Motown £0,200,000[5] 19 November Gordan Petrić Partizan Belgrade £0,600,000[3] Loans in Date Player From Until Brian Flies Copenhagen Short-term[2]

Out Seven players were released by the club during the season. Four players were also loaned with Andy McLaren going on loan twice to different clubs. Date Player To Fee 10 July Miodrag Krivokapić Motherwell Unknown[6] 20 July Duncan Ferguson Rangers £4,000,000[6] 20 August Michael O'Neill Hibernian £0,245,000[7] 10 February John Clark Hibernian £0,150,000[3] Loans out Date Player To Until 8 December Chris Myers Torquay United Short-term[3]

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were not sponsored, although Rover started next season's deal early in time for the Cup Final.

Trivia

• United's highest home league attendance was on the first day of the season (against Aberdeen) and the lowest was on the final day (against Raith).

See also

• 1993–94 in Scottish football

References

1. "Dundee Utd 1993/1994 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
2. "1993–94". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
3. "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1993/1994". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
4. "Dundee United A-Z (B)". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
5. "Jerren Nixon". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
6. "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
7. "Michael O'Neill". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2007.

External links

• Glenrothes Arabs 1993–94 season review