Dundee United F.C. season 2000-01

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Dundee United F.C.
Season 2000-01
Manager Paul Sturrock (until 2000-08-07)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-08 as caretaker)
Alex Smith (from 2000-08-30)
Chairman Jim McLean
League Bank of Scotland Premierleague
Final league position 11th
W:9 D:8 L:21 F:38 A:63 P:35
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
CIS Insurance Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Derek Lilley (6)
All: Derek Lilley (7)
Highest home attendance 12,306 (vs Celtic, 26 Dec)
Lowest home attendance 5,497 (vs Kilmarnock, 28 Nov)
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The 2000-01 season was the 92nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2000-07-01 to 2001-06-30. United finished in eleventh place, in the first year of the league split, forced by the expansion to twelve teams.

United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions by the Old Firm - to Rangers in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals and to eventual winners Celtic in the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals.

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[edit] Review and events

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[edit] Match results

Dundee United played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 2000-01 season.[1] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the semi-finals stage, losing to Rangers. Celtic knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the semi-final stage. Both matches finished 1-0.

[edit] Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

[edit] Bank of Scotland Premierleague

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
30 Jul 2000 Celtic H 1-2 11,761 McCracken
05 Aug 2000 Hibernian A 0-3 9,541
12 Aug 2000 Motherwell H 1-1 6,201 Paterson
19 Aug 2000 St Johnstone H 1-2 6,636 Aljofree
26 Aug 2000 Dunfermline A 0-1 4,980
09 Sep 2000 Kilmarnock A 0-1 6,380
16 Sep 2000 St Mirren H 0-0 5,943
20 Sep 2000 Dundee A 0-3 9,838
23 Sep 2000 Aberdeen H 3-5 7,699 Easton, McConalogue, Hannah
01 Oct 2000 Rangers A 0-3 44,324
14 Oct 2000 Hearts H 0-4 7,016
21 Oct 2000 Celtic A 1-2 59,427 Own goal
28 Oct 2000 Hibernian H 0-1 8,042
04 Nov 2000 Motherwell A 1-2 6,864 Naveda
11 Nov 2000 Dundee H 0-2 11,454
18 Nov 2000 St Johnstone A 0-1 4,295
25 Nov 2000 Dunfermline H 3-2 6,012 O'Connor, Easton, Miller
28 Nov 2000 Kilmarnock H 0-1 5,497
05 Dec 2000 St Mirren A 1-1 4,685 Naveda
17 Dec 2000 Rangers H 1-1 10,750 Lilley
23 Dec 2000 Hearts A 1-3 12,128 Aljofree
26 Dec 2000 Celtic H 0-4 12,306
30 Dec 2000 Hibernian A 0-1 10,197
02 Jan 2001 Motherwell H 2-0 6,311 Easton, Hamilton
31 Jan 2001 Dundee A 3-2 11,724 Davidson, Easton, Lauchlan
03 Feb 2001 St Johnstone H 1-1 6,482 Miller
10 Feb 2001 Dunfermline A 1-3 5,180 Lilley
24 Feb 2001 Kilmarnock A 0-0 6,227
03 Mar 2001 St Mirren H 4-0 8,334 Miller, Hannah, Lilley, Hamilton
17 Mar 2001 Aberdeen H 1-1 8,472 Miller
31 Mar 2001 Rangers A 2-0 48,382 Thompson, Lilley
04 Apr 2001 Aberdeen A 1-4 9,962 Griffin
07 Apr 2001 Hearts H 1-1 7,242 Thompson
23 Apr 2001 St Mirren A 1-2 6,473 Thompson
28 Apr 2001 Motherwell H 1-0 5,928 Buchan
06 May 2001 Dunfermline H 1-0 6,679 Thompson
12 May 2001 St Johnstone A 3-2 6,748 Miller, Easton, Lilley
20 May 2001 Aberdeen A 2-1 11,633 Venetis, Lilley

[edit] Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
27 Jan 2001 Montrose A 2-0 2,592 Lauchlan (2)
17 Feb 2001 Motherwell A 2-0 6,186 Miller, Easton
11 Mar 2001 Rangers H 1-0 11,793 Hannah
15 Apr 2001 Celtic N 1-3 38,699

[edit] CIS Insurance Cup

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
22 Aug 2000 Alloa A 3-0 1,088 McConalogue (3)
05 Sep 2000 Airdrieonians A 0-0 5,018
31 Oct 2000 Rangers A 0-2 30,966

United beat Airdrieonians 4-3 on penalties

[edit] Player details

During the 2000-01 season, United used 41 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[2]

No. Nat. Position Player Total Bank of Scotland Premierleague Tennent's Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 Flag of Scotland GK Alan Combe 26 0 23 0 0 0 3 0
2 Flag of Scotland DF John McQuillan 18 0 15 0 0 0 3 0
3 Flag of Scotland DF Stephen Wright 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
4 Flag of Scotland MF David Hannah 28 3 23 2 3 1 2 0
5 Flag of Canada DF Jason de Vos 40 0 33 0 4 0 3 0
6 Flag of Senegal MF Joachim Fernandez 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
7 Flag of Scotland MF Craig Easton 39 6 34 5 4 1 1 0
8 Flag of Greece MF Tassos Venetis 15 1 14 1 0 0 1 0
9 Flag of Scotland FW Alex Mathie 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
9 Flag of Argentina FW Gustavo Fuentes 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Flag of Argentina FW Beto Naveda 14 2 13 2 1 0 0 0
10 Flag of Cameroon FW Alphonse Tchami 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
10 Flag of Scotland FW Derek Lilley 22 7 18 6 4 1 0 0
11 Flag of England MF Neil Heaney 14 0 12 0 1 0 1 0
12 Flag of Scotland MF Stephane Leoni 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
12 Flag of England FW Paul Robinson 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
13 Flag of Scotland GK Paul Gallacher 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
14 Flag of England DF Hasney Aljofree 31 2 26 2 2 0 3 0
15 Flag of Cameroon FW Mvondo Atangana 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
16 Flag of Northern Ireland MF Danny Griffin 22 1 18 1 4 0 0 0
17 Flag of Scotland FW Jim Hamilton 24 2 20 2 3 0 1 0
18 Flag of Scotland MF Jim Paterson 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0
19 Flag of Scotland FW Steven Thompson 37 4 31 4 4 0 2 0
21 Flag of Wales DF David Partridge 24 0 19 0 2 0 3 0
22 Flag of Canada GK Pat Onstad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Flag of Honduras MF Marcelino Galoppo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 Flag of Scotland DF Jim Lauchlan 28 3 23 1 4 2 1 0
24 Flag of Scotland MF Jamie Buchan 41 1 35 1 3 0 3 0
25 Flag of Scotland FW Stephen McConalogue 14 4 11 1 0 0 3 3
26 Flag of Scotland MF Hugh Davidson 12 1 11 1 0 0 1 0
27 Flag of Scotland DF Tony Smith 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
28 Flag of France DF John Licina 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
29 Flag of Uruguay MF Carlos Marcora 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Flag of Honduras MF Francisco Ramirez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Flag of Scotland MF Jamie Fullarton 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
31 Flag of England FW Sean O'Connor 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
32 Flag of Scotland DF David McCracken 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0
33 Flag of Scotland MF Charlie Miller 28 6 24 5 4 1 0 0
35 Flag of Scotland MF Kevin McDonald 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 Flag of Scotland MF Darren Brady 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
42 Flag of Scotland DF Jamie McCunnie 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
44 Flag of Scotland FW David Winters 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Goalscorers

Seventeen players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 46 goals in total. Derek Lilley was the top goalscorer, scoring seven goals.[2]

Name League Cups Total
Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley 6 1 Scored 7
Easton, CraigCraig Easton 5 1 Scored 6
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller 5 1 Scored 6
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 4 Scored 4
McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue 1 3 Scored 4
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah 2 1 Scored 3
Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan 1 2 Scored 3
Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree 2 Scored 2
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton 2 Scored 2
Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda 2 Scored 2
Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan 1 Scored 1
Davidson, HughHugh Davidson 1 Scored 1
Griffin, DannyDanny Griffin 1 Scored 1
McCracken, DavidDavid McCracken 1 Scored 1
O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor 1 Scored 1
Paterson, JimJim Paterson 1 Scored 1
Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis 1 Scored 1

[edit] Discipline

During the 2000-01 season, six United players were sent off, and 24 players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 79 cautions.[2]

Name Cautions Dismissals
Easton, CraigCraig Easton Booked 5 Sent off 2
Partridge, DavidDavid Partridge Booked 7 Sent off 1
VJason de Vos Booked 7 Sent off 1
Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan Booked 6 Sent off 1
Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley Booked 4 Sent off 1
Wright, StephenStephen Wright Sent off 1
Hannah, DavidDavid Hannah Booked 8
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller Booked 8
Aljofree, HasneyHasney Aljofree Booked 6
Licina, JohnJohn Licina Booked 4
Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson Booked 4
Buchan, JamieJamie Buchan Booked 3
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton Booked 2
Heaney, NeilNeil Heaney Booked 2
Paterson, JimJim Paterson Booked 2
Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami Booked 2
Combe, AlanAlan Combe Booked 1
Davidson, HughHugh Davidson Booked 1
Fernandez, JoachimJoachim Fernandez Booked 1
McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue Booked 1
McCunnie, JamieJamie McCunnie Booked 1
McDonald, KevinKevin McDonald Booked 1
McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan Booked 1
Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda Booked 1
Venetis, TassosTassos Venetis Booked 1

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Sixteen players were signed during the 2000-01 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £350,000. In addition, one player was signed on loan.

The players that joined Dundee United during the 1999-07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Date Player From Fee (£)
25 Jul 2000 Flag of England Heaney, NeilNeil Heaney Darlington £0,175,000[3]
21 Aug 2000 Flag of England Wright, StephenStephen Wright Bradford City Nominal[4]
25 Aug 2000 Flag of Cameroon Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami Al Wasl Free[4]
22 Sep 2000 Flag of Honduras Clavasquin, ReynaldoReynaldo Clavasquin Montagua Unknown[5]
22 Sep 2000 Flag of Honduras Ramirez, FranciscoFrancisco Ramirez Montagua Unknown[5]
22 Sep 2000 Flag of Argentina Fuentes, GustavoGustavo Fuentes Montagua Unknown[5]
30 Sep 2000 Flag of Argentina Galoppo, MarcelinoMarcelino Galoppo Sanremese Released[6]
30 Sep 2000 Flag of Uruguay Marcora, CarlosCarlos Marcora Real España Released[6]
27 Oct 2000 Flag of Scotland Lauchlan, JimJim Lauchlan Kilmarnock £0,100,000[7]
03 Nov 2000 Flag of Scotland Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller Watford Free[8]
03 Nov 2000 Flag of Argentina Naveda, BetoBeto Naveda Unattached (ex-Hapoel Jerusalem) Free[8]
10 Nov 2000 Flag of Scotland Fullarton, JamieJamie Fullarton Crystal Palace Free[4]
14 Dec 2000 Flag of Scotland Lilley, DerekDerek Lilley Oxford United) £0,080,000[9]
25 Jan 2001 Flag of Scotland Sanchez, RaulRaul Sanchez Barcelona Free[4]
30 Mar 2001 Flag of Scotland Brady, DarrenDarren Brady Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10]
30 Mar 2001 Flag of Scotland McGuire, DavidDavid McGuire Unattached (ex-Airdrieonians) Free[10]

[edit] Loans in

Date Player To Until
01 Oct 1999 Flag of England Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson Wimbledon 03 May 2001[11][12]

[edit] Out

Sixteen players left the club during the season with only one transfer - Scott McCulloch to Cardiff City - bringing in a fee (£100k).

Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.

Date Player To Fee
01 Sep 2000 Flag of Scotland McCulloch, ScottScott McCulloch Cardiff City £0,100,000[4]
25 Sep 2000 Flag of Scotland Mathie, AlexAlex Mathie York City Released[13]
25 Oct 2000 Flag of Honduras Clavasquin, ReynaldoReynaldo Clavasquin Unknown Released[14]
25 Oct 2000 Flag of Argentina Galoppo, MarcelinoMarcelino Galoppo Sanremese Released[14]
25 Oct 2000 Flag of Uruguay Marcora, CarlosCarlos Marcora Real España Released[14]
25 Oct 2000 Flag of Honduras Ramirez, FranciscoFrancisco Ramirez Platense Released[14]
31 Oct 2000 Flag of Argentina Fuentes, GustavoGustavo Fuentes Club Deportivo Olimpia Released[15]
06 Dec 2000 Flag of France Leoni, StephaneStephane Leoni Sedan Released[16]
06 Dec 2000 Flag of Cameroon Tchami, AlphonseAlphonse Tchami Unknown Released[16]
07 Dec 2000 Flag of Northern Ireland Patterson, DarrenDarren Patterson York City Released[4]
12 Dec 2000 Flag of Senegal Fernandez, JoachimJoachim Fernandez Persma Manado Released[17]
23 Jan 2001 Flag of Ireland Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell Plymouth Argyle Nominal[4]
21 Mar 2001 Flag of Canada Onstad, PatPat Onstad Rochester Rhinos Free[18]
03 Apr 2001 Flag of Scotland Sanchez, RaulRaul Sanchez Unknown Released[18]
20 May 2001 Flag of Scotland Brady, DarrenDarren Brady Livingston Released
20 May 2001 Flag of Scotland McGuire, DavidDavid McGuire Livingston Released

[edit] Loans out

Date Player To Until
20 Nov 2000 Flag of Ireland Worrell, DavidDavid Worrell Plymouth Argyle 20 Jan 2001[4]
04 Jan 2001 Flag of Scotland McConalogue, StephenStephen McConalogue Morton 02 Mar 2001[4]
04 Jan 2001 Flag of Scotland Winters, DavidDavid Winters Forfar Athletic 10 Feb 2001[4]
05 Jan 2001 Flag of Scotland McDonald, KevinKevin McDonald Morton 31 Jan 2001[4]
15 Jan 2001 Flag of England O'Connor, SeanSean O'Connor Portadown 06 May 2001[4]
28 Feb 2001 Flag of Scotland McQuillan, JohnJohn McQuillan Alloa Athletic 06 May 2001[4]

[edit] Playing kit

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The jerseys were sponsored for a fifth season by Telewest. The away kit sometimes used the home shorts and socks.

[edit] Trivia

  • Of Derek Lilley's six league goals, only one - in the 3-1 defeat at Dunfermline - failed to achieve points for United.

[edit] Awards

March 2001, May 2001

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dundee Utd 2000/2001 player appearances (HTML). Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2000-12-19.
  2. ^ a b c Dundee Utd 1999/2000 player appearances (HTML). Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2000-11-23.
  3. ^ "Heaney moves north", BBC Sport website, 2000-07-25. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dundee Utd's transfers in 2000/01 (HTML). Soccerbase.
  5. ^ a b c "Honduras trio signed", Dundee United FC, 2000-09-22. 
  6. ^ a b "United sign Galoppo and Marcora", Dundee United FC, 2000-09-30. 
  7. ^ "Lauchlan finally joins United", BBC Sport website, 2000-10-27. 
  8. ^ a b "Two new faces at Tannadice", BBC Sport website, 2000-11-03. 
  9. ^ "Lilley join up at United", BBC Sport website, 2000-12-14. 
  10. ^ a b "United seek ex-Diamonds duo", Dundee United FC, 2001-03-30. 
  11. ^ "Robinson signs for United on loan", BBC Sport website, 2001-02-22. 
  12. ^ "Robinson returns to Wimbledon", BBC Sport website, 2001-05-03. 
  13. ^ "Mathie is released by United", BBC Sport website, 2000-09-25. 
  14. ^ a b c d "South Americans leave Tannadice", BBC Sport website, 2000-10-25. 
  15. ^ "Fuentes joins the United exodus", BBC Sport website, 2000-10-31. 
  16. ^ a b "United release foreign duo", BBC Sport website, 2000-12-06. 
  17. ^ "Fernandez is freed by United", BBC Sport website, 2000-12-12. 
  18. ^ a b "Pat Onstad a Rhino again", Dundee United FC, 2001-03-21. 

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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