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

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
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 Red card 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 Red card 35'
Grant 84'		 Dodds 16', 35' (pen.), 83'
Olofsson Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 50' Red card		 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 Yellow card 76' Red card 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

Main article: 1998–99 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

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Sieb Dijkstra 36 0 27 0 7 0 2 0
13 GK Scotland SCO Alan Combe 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Iain Jenkins 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Malpas 37 0 31 0 4 0 2 0
4 DF Iceland ISL Siggi Jonsson 18 1 14 1 4 0 0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Patterson 28 1 24 0 3 1 1 0
6 DF Norway NOR Erik Pedersen 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Mark McNally 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Scotland SCO Neil Duffy 20 1 15 0 5 1 0 0
21 DF Canada CAN Jason de Vos 31 0 25 0 6 0 0 0
35 DF France FRA Bernard Pascual 18 0 16 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF Scotland SCO Scott McCulloch 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Wales WAL David Partridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Ireland EIR David Worrell 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Sweden SWE Lars Zetterlund 24 1 21 1 2 0 1 0
9 MF Scotland SCO David Hannah 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Dolan 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Joe Miller 33 2 24 2 7 0 2 0
20 MF Sweden SWE Magnus Sköldmark 33 1 25 0 6 1 2 0
23 MF Belgium BEL Tonny Mols 16 0 11 0 3 0 2 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Neil Murray 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0
26 MF England ENG John Eustace 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Craig Easton 37 1 30 1 6 0 1 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Brian McLaughlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Peru PER Jose Valeriani 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Sweden SWE Kjell Olofsson 43 10 34 7 7 3 2 0
9 FW France FRA Roger Boli 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1
12 FW Scotland SCO Gary McSwegan 7 4 5 3 0 0 2 1
12 FW Scotland SCO Alex Mathie 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 28 2 22 2 6 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Andy McLaren 12 0 8 0 3 0 1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Steven Thompson 19 1 15 1 4 0 0 0
52 FW Scotland SCO Stephen McConalogue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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. ^ a b c "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.
  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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_United_FC_Season_1998-99
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