1985–86 Dundee United F.C. season
1985–86 season | |
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Chairman | George Fox |
Manager | Jim McLean |
Stadium | Tannadice Park |
Scottish Premier Division | 3rd |
Scottish Cup | Semi-finals |
Scottish League Cup | Semi-finals |
UEFA Cup | Third round |
The 1985–86 season was the 77th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.
Match results
[edit]Dundee United played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1985–86 season.[1] The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup to Hearts and to Aberdeen in the same round of the Skol Cup. Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax eliminated United in the third round of the UEFA Cup.
Legend
[edit]Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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10 August 1985 | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 28,870 | |
17 August 1985 | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 14,339 | Sturrock |
24 August 1985 | Dundee | H | 2–0 | 13,736 | Beedie, Sturrock |
31 August 1985 | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 3,327 | Clark |
7 September 1985 | Clydebank | H | 2–1 | 5,336 | Sturrock, Milne |
14 September 1985 | Hearts | A | 0–2 | 7,617 | |
28 September 1985 | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | 4,408 | |
5 October 1985 | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | 6,951 | Malpas (2) |
12 October 1985 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 16,657 | Dodds |
19 October 1985 | Aberdeen | A | 2–3 | 15,748 | Sturrock, Redford |
26 October 1985 | Celtic | A | 3–0 | 25,976 | Dodds, Bannon (2) |
2 November 1985 | Hearts | H | 1–1 | 10,142 | Gough |
9 November 1985 | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | 5,493 | Hegarty, Gough, Dodds |
16 November 1985 | Dundee | A | 3–0 | 11,736 | Hegarty (2), Kirkwood |
23 November 1985 | Clydebank | A | 2–1 | 1,839 | Milne, Dodds |
14 December 1985 | Rangers | A | 1–1 | 16,657 | Dodds |
21 December 1985 | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | 9,990 | Bannon, Sturrock |
23 December 1985 | Celtic | H | 1–0 | 15,894 | Bannon |
28 December 1985 | Dundee | H | 0–0 | 14,869 | |
4 January 1986 | Celtic | H | 4–2 | 16,668 | Dodds (2), Bannon, Gallacher |
11 January 1986 | Hearts | A | 1–1 | 19,043 | Bannon |
18 January 1986 | Clydebank | H | 4–0 | 6,214 | Bannon, Dodds, Hegarty, Redford |
1 February 1986 | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | 4,221 | Hegarty |
8 February 1986 | Hibernian | H | 4–0 | 8,504 | Bannon, Coyne (2), Gallacher |
22 February 1986 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 14,644 | Dodds |
26 February 1986 | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 7,137 | Bannon |
11 March 1986 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 2,823 | |
15 March 1986 | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 20,965 | Dodds |
22 March 1986 | Motherwell | H | 4–0 | 5,710 | Sturrock (2), Bannon, Dodds |
29 March 1986 | Dundee | A | 1–0 | 15,079 | Gough |
8 April 1986 | St Mirren | H | 5–0 | 6,347 | Sturrock, Dodds (2), Galaacher, Gough |
12 April 1986 | Hearts | H | 0–3 | 19,878 | |
16 April 1986 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 7,278 | Gough |
19 April 1986 | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | 1,534 | Redford |
26 April 1986 | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | 4,986 | Redford |
3 May 1986 | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | 3,513 | Fulton, Beedie |
Scottish Cup
[edit]Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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25 January 1986 | R3 | Morton | H | 4–0 | 6,938 | Coyne (2), Redford, Bannon (penalty) |
15 February 1986 | R4 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 6,610 | Sturrock |
19 February 1986 | R4r | Kilmarnock | A | 1–0 | 9,054 | Sturrock |
8 March 1986 | QF | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 6,822 | Gough |
5 April 1986 | SF | Heart of Midlothian | N | 0–1 | 30,872 |
Skol Cup
[edit]Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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21 August 1985 | R2 | Alloa Athletic | A | 2–0 | 2,010 | Bannon, Gough |
28 August 1985 | R3 | Clydebank | H | 2–0 | 5,870 | Gough, Redford |
4 September 1985 | R4 | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | 7,682 | Milne (2) |
25 September 1985 | SF 1 | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 12,585 | |
9 October 1985 | SF 2 | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | 20,119 |
UEFA Cup
[edit]Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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18 September 1985 | R1 1 | ![]() | A | 5–2 | 4,185 | Sturrock (3), Bannon (2) |
2 October 1985 | R1 2 | ![]() | H | 2–2 | 7,550 | Milne, Redford |
23 October 1985 | R2 1 | ![]() | H | 2–0 | 9,129 | Redford, Gough |
6 November 1985 | R2 2 | ![]() | A | 1–1 | 30,000 | Hegarty |
26 November 1985 | R3 1 | ![]() | H | 2–1 | 10,663 | Dodds, Redford |
10 December 1985 | R3 2 | ![]() | A | 1–3 | 21,821 | Bannon |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 50 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 47 | |
4 | Aberdeen | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
5 | Rangers | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Transfers
[edit] In[edit]The club signed one player during the season with a total public cost of £70,000. Two other players joined before the following season.
| Out[edit]Three players were sold by the club during the season.
Loans out[edit]
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Playing kit
[edit]![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Home colours | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Away colours |
The shirts were sponsored for the first time – future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores were the inaugural sponsors.
Trivia
[edit]- Undersoil heating was used for the first time on 27 November 1985 in the UEFA Cup match against Neuchâtel Xamax[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Match results 1985/1986". Arab Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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- ^ "Player A to Z: Jim McINally". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
- ^ "Player A to Z: Hamish McAlpine". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Player A to Z: Stuart Beedie". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Player A to Z: Billy Kirkwood". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ "Dundee United A-Z (U)". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2008.