1996–97 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1996–97 season
Chairman Jim McLean
Manager Billy Kirkwood (until 10 September 1996)
Tommy McLean (from 10 September 1996)
Scottish Premier Division 3rd (UEFA Cup)
W17 D9 L10 F46 A33 P60
Tennent's Scottish Cup Semi-finals
Coca-Cola Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Kjell Olofsson (12)
All: Kjell Olofsson (13)
Highest home attendance 12,600 (vs Celtic, 1 February 1997)
Lowest home attendance 6,387 (vs Raith Rovers, 22 March 1997)

The 1996–97 season was the 85th year of football played by Dundee United, and covered the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. United finished in third place in the league following their promotion from the First Division and qualified for the UEFA Cup in the process. The club lost in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup after a replay and were knocked out of the League Cup in a third round penalty shootout by rivals Dundee.

Season review

United finished the Scottish Premier Division 1996–97 season in 3rd place with 60 points, in the first season back in the top flight after the single season in the First Division. Despite taking just one point from the first six games, United finished third, with the appointment of Tommy McLean starting an immediate six-game unbeaten run, bettered later by a thirteen-game unbeaten succession, which included eight straight league wins.

The cup campaigns saw a 3rd round League Cup penalty shootout defeat to rivals Dundee and a semi-final Scottish Cup defeat (after a replay) to eventual winners Kilmarnock.

Off the pitch, United started a four-year successive run of 'Premier League Programme of the Year'.[1]

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1996–97 season.[2] The team finished third in the Premier Division.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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

Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1996MotherwellH1–18,127McSwegan
17 August 1996HibernianH0–18,589
24 August 1996RangersA0–148,285
7 September 1996HeartsA0–111,858
14 September 1996CelticH1–212,152McSwegan
21 September 1996Raith RoversA2–35,077McSwegan, Hannah
28 September 1996AberdeenH1–010,359McSwegan
12 October 1996KilmarnockH0–07,365
19 October 1996DunfermlineA1–16,982Winters
26 October 1996HeartsH1–09,353Winters
2 November 1996MotherwellA3–15,814Olofsson, McKinnon, Winters
16 November 1996AberdeenA3–313,800McLaren, Winters, Olofsson
23 November 1996Raith RoversH1–28,028Duffy
30 November 1996DunfermlineH1–17,646Winters
7 December 1996KilmarnockA2–05,814Olofsson (2)
10 December 1996RangersH1–012,529Gough
14 December 1996HibernianA1–18,250McLaren
21 December 1996CelticA0–146,590
26 December 1996MotherwellH2–08,072McSwegan, Hannah
28 December 1996Raith RoversA1–05,762Olofsson
1 January 1997AberdeenH4–09,736Winters, Pressley (2), Olofsson
4 January 1997KilmarnockH2–08,508Malpas, McKinnon
11 January 1997DunfermlineA3–17,698Olofsson (2), McInally
18 January 1997HeartsA2–112,777Olofsson, McKinnon
1 February 1997CelticH1–012,600McSwegan
8 February 1997HibernianH0–09,219
22 February 1997KilmarnockA3–26,054McKinnon (3)
1 March 1997DunfermlineH2–18,160McLaren, Olofsson
12 March 1997RangersA2–049,192Winters, Olofsson
15 March 1997AberdeenA1–113,645Olofsson
22 March 1997Raith RoversH2–16,387Winters (2)
5 April 1997HibernianA0–211,010
19 April 1997MotherwellA1–15,500Zetterlund
3 May 1997HeartsH1–07,405McSwegan
7 May 1997RangersH0–112,180
10 May 1997CelticA0–346,758

Tennent's Scottish Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 January 1997StirlingA2–03,300Winters, McSwegan
16 February 1997HeartsA1–114,833McManus
25 February 1997HeartsH1–012,283Winters
8 March 1997MotherwellH4–112,283McLaren (2), Winters, Olofsson
14 April 1997KilmarnockN0–012,391
22 April 1997KilmarnockN0–19,225

Coca-Cola Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
13 August 1996StirlingA2–11,683Winters, Coyle
3 September 1996DundeeH2–211,839Coyle, McSwegan

Dundee beat United 4–3 on penalty kicks

Player details

During the 1996–97 season, United used 31 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[3]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier DivisionTennent's Scottish CupCoca-Cola Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Netherlands Sieb Dykstra 2802206000
GK England Lance Key 30300000
GK Scotland Ally Maxwell 1201000020
DF Netherlands Armand Benneker 90700020
DF Scotland Neil Duffy 1711312020
DF Scotland Stewart McKimmie 70601000
DF Scotland Jamie McQuilken 110900020
DF Scotland Maurice Malpas 3212616000
DF Norway Erik Pedersen 3102506000
DF Scotland Mark Perry 4303506020
DF Scotland Steven Pressley 4323625020
DF Scotland Rab Shannon 100900010
MF Scotland Paul Black 10100000
MF Scotland Dave Bowman 3002701020
MF Scotland Jamie Dolan 1901306000
MF Scotland Craig Easton 20200000
MF Scotland David Hannah 1121120000
MF Scotland Grant Johnson 90800010
MF Scotland Jim McInally 2011614000
MF Scotland Ray McKinnon 3162465020
MF Scotland Andy McLaren 4163446210
MF Scotland Sandy Robertson 40400000
MF Scotland David Sinclair 80602000
MF Scotland Paul Walker 40301000
MF Sweden Jonas Wirmola 30300000
MF Sweden Lars Zetterlund 3202501060
FW Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 112900022
FW Scotland Gary McSwegan 3893076121
FW Sweden Kjell Olofsson 311325126100
FW Scotland Steven Thompson 10100000
FW Scotland Robbie Winters 43123685321

Transfers

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for the first time by Telewest.

References

  1. ↑ "Programme of the Year Awards". Programme Monthly & Football Collectible. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Dundee Utd 1996/1997 results and fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Dundee Utd 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "1996–97". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Lance Key". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  6. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Armand Benneker". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  8. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Jim McInally". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  9. ↑ "Player A to Z: Lars Zetterlund". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  10. ↑ "Player A to Z: Kjell Olofsson". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  11. ↑ "Player A to Z: Erik Pedersen". Glenrothes Arabs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  12. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  13. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Jamie Dolan". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  14. 1 2 "The Internet Soccer Database: Jonas Wirmola". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  15. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: David Sinclair". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  16. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Stewart McKimmie". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  17. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Craig Brewster". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  18. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian Welsh". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  19. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Christian Dailly". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  20. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Kelham O'Hanlon". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  21. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Rab Shannon". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  22. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: David Hannah". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  23. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Owen Coyle". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  24. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Scott Crabbe". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  25. ↑ "The Internet Soccer Database: Lance Key". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
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