1994–95 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1994–95 season
Chairman	Jim McLean
Manager	Ivan Golac (until March 14, 1995) Billy Kirkwood (from March 28, 1995)[1]
Scottish Premier Division	10th W9 D9 L18 F40 A56 P36
Tennent's Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Coca-Cola Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Craig Brewster (7) All: Jerren Nixon (9)
Highest home attendance	10,845 (vs Celtic, 1995-05-13)
Lowest home attendance	6,457 (vs Falkirk, 1995-02-21)

The 1994–95 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995. United finished in bottom place and were relegated to the First Division, their first spell outside the Premier Division since its inception in 1975.

Season review

United were relegated, the season after winning the Scottish Cup for the first time. Ivan Golac, the man who led them to the trophy, was sacked in March and replaced with Billy Kirkwood. Kirkwood's record was less than impressive and losing nine of the final eleven games meant relegation.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season.[2] The team finished tenth (bottom) in the Premier Division and were relegated.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Hearts and lost narrowly in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finals to Celtic.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

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

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August	Hibernian	A	0–5	8,849
20 August	Celtic	A	1–2	25,817	Nixon
27 August	Aberdeen	H	2–1	9,295	Welsh, Brewster
10 September	Motherwell	H	1–1	7,440	Ristic
17 September	Hearts	A	1–2	7,392	Nixon
24 September	Falkirk	H	1–0	6,899	Petrić
1 October	Rangers	A	0–2	43,330
8 October	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	7,179	Welsh, Ristic
15 October	Partick Thistle	H	0–1	6,687
22 October	Hibernian	H	0–0	7,983
29 October	Aberdeen	A	0–3	11,744
5 November	Celtic	H	2–2	10,393	Brewster, Dailly
8 November	Motherwell	A	1–1	6,136	Brewster
19 November	Hearts	H	5–2	7,717	Johnson, Brewster, McKinlay, Dailly (2)
26 November	Falkirk	A	3–1	5,933	Brewster, Nixon, McKinlay
4 December	Rangers	H	0–3	10,692
26 December	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	8,468	Hannah, Winters
31 December	Hibernian	A	0–4	7,763
2 January	Aberdeen	H	0–0	10,580
7 January	Celtic	A	1–1	21,429	Cleland
14 January	Hearts	A	0–2	8,656
21 January	Motherwell	H	6–1	7,062	McKinlay (2), Brewster, Dailly, Nixon (2)
4 February	Rangers	A	1–1	44,197	Nixon
21 February	Falkirk	H	1–0	6,457	Malpas
25 February	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	7,227	Brewster, Sergio
4 March	Kilmarnock	A	0–2	7,630
7 March	Partick Thistle	A	0–2	2,627
18 March	Motherwell	A	1–2	4,457	Malpas
21 March	Hearts	H	1–1	6,862	Gomes
1 April	Rangers	H	0–2	10,842
8 April	Falkirk	A	1–3	5,894	Gomes
15 April	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	8,723	Petrić
18 April	Partick Thistle	A	3–1	5,262	Welsh (2), Hannah
29 April	Hibernian	H	0–1	8,376
6 May	Aberdeen	A	1–2	21,364	Winters
13 May	Celtic	H	0–1	10,845

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January	Clyde	H	0–0	7,413
7 February	Clyde	A	5–1	5,387	Hannah, Bowman, McKinlay, Craig, Nixon
18 February	Huntly	A	3–1	4,500	Brewster, Malpas, Hannah

Coca-Cola Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August	St Mirren	A	1–0	3,470	Ristic
31 August	Hamilton	A	2–2	2,180	Hannah (2)
21 September	Celtic	A	0–1	28,859

United beat Hamilton 5–3 on penalty kicks

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 September	Tatran Prešov	H	3–2	9,454	Petric, Nixon, Hannah
29 September	Tatran Prešov	A	1–3	8,184	McKinlay

Player details

During the 1994–95 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Coca-Cola Cup		Cup Winners' Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	DEN	Henrik Jørgensen	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Alan Main	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	GK	EIR	Kelham O'Hanlon	33	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Bollan	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Cleland	21	1	18	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	David Craig	8	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	38	3	31	2	4	1	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Perry	11	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	YUG	Gordan Petrić	42	3	33	2	4	0	3	0	2	1
	DF	SCO	Brian Welsh	35	4	28	4	3	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Bowman	38	1	31	0	4	1	2	0	1	0
	MF	ARG	Juan Ferreri	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Hannah	41	7	32	2	4	2	3	2	2	1
	MF	SCO	Grant Johnson	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McInally	33	0	25	0	3	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	34	5	26	4	4	1	2	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Andy McLaren	22	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	WAL	Andy Moule	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Chris Myers	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	TRI	Jerren Nixon	37	9	28	6	4	1	3	0	2	2
	MF	YUG	Dragutin Ristić	17	3	10	2	3	0	3	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Craig Brewster	35	8	27	7	3	1	3	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Connolly	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Scott Crabbe	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Christian Dailly	40	4	33	4	4	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	BRA	Sérgio	16	4	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers United had 15 players score with the team scoring 56 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Jerren Nixon, who finished the season with 9 goals.[4] Name League Cups Total Jerren Nixon 6 3 9 Craig Brewster 7 1 8 David Hannah 2 5 7 Billy McKinlay 4 1 5 Christian Dailly 4 0 4 Brian Welsh 4 0 4 Sergio Gomes 3 1 4 Maurice Malpas 2 1 3 Gordan Petric 2 1 3 Dragutin Ristic 2 1 3 Robbie Winters 2 0 2 Alex Cleland 1 0 1 Grant Johnson 1 0 1 Dave Bowman 0 1 1 David Craig 0 1 1

Discipline Full disciplinary statistics are unavailable. Name Dismissals Alex Cleland 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	12	7	17	44	51	−7	43
7	Kilmarnock	36	11	10	15	40	48	−8	43
8	Partick Thistle	36	10	13	13	40	50	−10	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage[a]
9	Aberdeen (O)	36	10	11	15	43	46	−3	41	Qualification for the Play-off
10	Dundee United (R)	36	9	9	18	40	56	−16	36	Relegation to the 1995–96 Scottish First Division

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Partick Thistle qualified for the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest ranked Scottish club to apply for a place in the competition.

Transfers

In The club signed four players during the season and one at the end, for next season. Approximately £600k was spent on transfer fees. Date Player From Fee (£) 00 Jul 1994 Dragutin Ristic Falkirk £0,050,000[5] 1 August 1994 David Craig East Stirlingshire Unknown[6] 14 September 1994 Kelham O'Hanlon Preston £0,030,000[6] 20 January 1995 Sergio Gomes Amora £0,300,000[7] 27 June 1995 Ally Maxwell Rangers £0,250,000[6]

Out Five players were sold by the club during the season, with the club raising at least £750k in transfer sales, representing a small overall transfer profit. Date Player To Fee 4 August 1994 John O'Neil Forfar Athletic Unknown[6] 5 January 1995 Alan Main St Johnstone Unknown[6] 21 January 1995 Guido van de Kamp Dunfermline Athletic Unknown[6] 27 January 1995 Gary Bollan Rangers £0,750,000*[6][8] 27 January 1995 Alex Cleland Rangers £0,750,000*[6][9] * Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750k deal

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored by Rover for the first time in a two-year deal. The deal began in time for the Cup Final at the end of the previous season.

Trivia

• Celtic, who relegated United on the final day by beating them, actually scored the lowest number of league goals that season (39). United scored 40.

See also

• 1994–95 in Scottish football

References

1. Kelly, Pat (1998). Dundee United Who's Who. Edinburgh: John Donald. p. 191. ISBN 0-85976-502-4.
2. "Dundee Utd 1994/1995 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
3. "1994–95". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
4. "1994–95". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
5. "Blether with Brown – 22 February 2005". The Evening Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 April 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2005.
6. "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1994/1995". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
7. "Sergio Gomes". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
8. "Gary Bollan". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
9. "Alex Cleland". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2007.

External links

• Hibernian 5–0 United: The Scotsman classic match review
• Glenrothes Arabs 1994–95 season review