Dundee United F.C. season 1993-94

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Season 1993-94
Dundee United
Manager	Ivan Golac
Chairman	Jim McLean
League	Scottish Premier Division
Final league position	6th (Cup Winners' Cup) W11 D20 L13 F47 A48 P42
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Winners
Skol Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Brewster (16) All: Craig Brewster (20)
Highest home attendance	13,881 (vs Aberdeen, 1993-08-07)
Lowest home attendance	5,335 (vs Raith Rovers, 1994-05-14)
← Previous season 1992-93	Next season → 1994-95

The 1993-94 season was the 84th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1993-07-01 to 1994-06-30. 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Brondby in the UEFA Cup first round.

[edit] Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

[edit] Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
07 Aug	Aberdeen	H	1-1	13,881	McKinlay
14 Aug	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	5,018	Dailly (2)
21 Aug	St Johnstone	A	1-1	6,247	McKinlay
28 Aug	Hearts	H	0-0	8,502
04 Sep	Raith Rovers	A	1-1	4,871	McKinlay
11 Sep	Dundee	H	1-0	10,664	McLaren
18 Sep	Celtic	A	1-1	26,733	McKinlay
25 Sep	Motherwell	H	0-0	6,633
02 Oct	Hibernian	A	0-2	7,586
05 Oct	Kilmarnock	A	1-1	7,034	McKinlay
09 Oct	Rangers	H	1-3	11,045	Welsh
16 Oct	Partick Thistle	H	2-2	5,760	Brewster, Crabbe
23 Oct	Aberdeen	A	0-2	13,556
30 Oct	St Johnstone	H	2-0	6,275	Brewster, McKinlay
06 Nov	Hearts	A	1-1	8,362	O'Neil
09 Nov	Raith Rovers	H	2-2	5,775	Bowman, McLaren
13 Nov	Hibernian	H	2-2	6,880	McKinlay, Brewster
20 Nov	Motherwell	A	0-2	5,807
30 Nov	Celtic	H	1-0	10,108	Connolly
04 Dec	Kilmarnock	H	0-0	7,100
07 Dec	Dundee	A	2-1	9,156	Brewster, Connolly
11 Dec	Rangers	A	3-0	43,058	Bowman, Connolly, Brewster
18 Dec	Partick Thistle	A	0-1	4,365
27 Dec	Aberdeen	H	0-1	12,067
08 Jan	Hearts	H	3-0	8,583	Connolly, Brewster, Crabbe
15 Jan	Raith Rovers	A	2-0	5,150	Brewster (2)
22 Jan	Celtic	A	0-0	17,235
25 Jan	St Johnstone	A	1-1	5,758	Brewster
05 Feb	Dundee	H	1-1	10,622	Connolly
12 Feb	Motherwell	H	1-2	6,573	Brewster
26 Feb	Hibernian	A	1-0	7,021	Nixon
05 Mar	Kilmarnock	A	1-1	7,403	Own goal
19 Mar	Partick Thistle	H	2-2	6,005	Cleland, Brewster
26 Mar	Aberdeen	A	0-1	12,574
29 Mar	Dundee	A	1-1	12,574	Brewster
02 Apr	Celtic	H	1-3	9,790	Brewster
05 Apr	Rangers	H	0-0	11,352
16 Apr	Hibernian	H	3-0	6,603	Petric, McKinlay, Brewster
23 Apr	Rangers	A	1-2	44,776	Dailly
26 Apr	Kilmarnock	H	1-3	8,801	Dailly
30 Apr	St Johnstone	H	0-0	10,653
03 May	Motherwell	A	2-1		Own goal, Brewster
07 May	Hearts	A	0-2	13,627
14 May	Raith Rovers	H	2-3	5,335	Hannah, Brewster

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 Jan	Arbroath	A	3-2	5,961	Brewster, Crabbe, McKinlay
19 Feb	Motherwell	H	2-2	12,023	Brewster (2)
01 Mar	Motherwell	A	1-0	13,002	Welsh
12 Mar	Airdrie	A	0-0	8,440
15 Mar	Airdrie	H	2-0	9,355	McKinlay, McLaren
09 Apr	Aberdeen	N	1-1	21,937	Welsh
12 Apr	Aberdeen	N	1-0	13,936	McInally
21 May	Rangers	N	1-0	38,000	Brewster

[edit] Skol Cup

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

[edit] UEFA Cup

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

[edit] Player details

During the 2004-05 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.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Scottish Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Skol Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Nat.	Position	Player	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 Petric	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

[edit] 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
Brewster, CraigCraig Brewster	16	4	20
McKinlay, BillyBilly McKinlay	8	4	12
Connolly, PaddyPaddy Connolly	5	1	06
Crabbe, ScottScott Crabbe	2	2	04
McLaren, AndyAndy McLaren	2	2	04
Dailly, ChristianChristian Dailly	3	0	03
Welsh, BrianBrian Welsh	1	2	03
Clark, JohnJohn Clark	0	3	03
Bowman, DaveDave Bowman	2	0	02
goals, OwnOwn goals	2	0	02
Cleland, AlexAlex Cleland	1	0	01
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah	1	0	01
O'Neil, JohnJohn O'Neil	1	0	01
Petric, GordanGordan Petric	1	0	01
McInally, JimJim McInally	0	1	01

[edit] Discipline

During the 1993-94 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable.^[2]

Name	Dismissals
Brewster, CraigCraig Brewster	1
McInally, JimJim McInally	1

[edit] Transfers

[edit] 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 (£)
05 Aug	Brewster, CraigCraig Brewster	Raith Rovers)	£0,250,000^[3]^[4]
05 Aug	Myers, ChrisChris Myers	Torquay United	0,100,000^[3]
21 Dec	Nixon, JerrenJerren Nixon	ECM Motown	£0,200,000^[5]
19 Nov	Petric, GordanGordan Petric	Partizan Belgrade	£0,600,000^[3]

[edit] Loans in

Date	Player	From	Until
	Flies, BrianBrian Flies	Copenhagen	Short-term^[2]

[edit] 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 Jul	Krivokapic, MiodragMiodrag Krivokapic	Motherwell	Unknown^[6]
20 Jul	Ferguson, DuncanDuncan Ferguson	Rangers	£4,000,000^[6]
20 Aug	O'Neill, MichaelMichael O'Neill	Hibernian	£0,245,000^[7]
10 Feb	Clark, JohnJohn Clark	Hibernian	£0,150,000^[3]