The 1991–92 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992. United finished in fourth place in what was Jim McLean's penultimate season as manager.

Summary Dundee United played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the League Cup quarter-finals to eventual finalists Dunfermline Athletic.

The club signed five players during the season with a total public cost of nearly £400,000. In addition, one player played whilst on trial but left shortly afterwards. Four players were sold by the club during the season with a public total of £1.15m. The club made a profit of around £750k from transfers during the season.

The club's playing kits were sponsored by Belhaven Brewery for the fifth and penultimate season.

Results and fixtures WinDrawLoss

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

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 1991 CelticH3–416,535M O'Neill (2), Ferguson 13 August 1991 St MirrenH4–15,771McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill 17 August 1991 St JohnstoneA1–17,700Jackson 24 August 1991 HibernianA0–19,420 31 August 1991 AberdeenH0–011,962 7 September 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH3–011,962Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson 14 September 1991 RangersA1–136,347Ferguson 21 September 1991 Heart of MidlothianA1–111,746Ferguson 28 September 1991 MotherwellH2–26,844Bollan, Malpas 5 October 1991 FalkirkA4–05,377Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen 8 October 1991 AirdrieoniansH0–05,763 12 October 1991 CelticA1–428,745M O'Neill 19 October 1991 St JohnstoneH1–27,700French 26 October 1991 AirdrieoniansA3–13,500Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen 29 October 1991 RangersH3–214,397McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson 2 November 1991 AberdeenA1–013,728McInally 6 November 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA1–03,528Jackson, Bowman 9 November 1991 HibernianH1–19,420McKinnon 16 November 1991 FalkirkH2–17,290Ferreyra, Whittaker 23 November 1991 Heart of MidlothianH0–112,796 30 November 1991 St MirrenA1–13,500Cleland 3 December 1991 MotherwellA1–14,023Jackson 7 December 1991 CelticH1–111,145Welsh 14 December 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH0–04,835 21 December 1991 RangersA0–241,448 28 December 1991 HibernianA2–37,704Malpas, Paatelainen 1 January 1992 AberdeenH4–07,608Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen 4 January 1992 FalkirkA3–15,186McKinnon, Jackson (2) 11 January 1992 AirdrieoniansH2–16,056Jackson, Ferreyra 18 January 1992 St MirrenH1–34,933McInally 1 February 1992 St JohnstoneA1–16,364Ferguson 8 February 1992 Heart of MidlothianA0–110,516 22 February 1992 MotherwellH2–24,746Cleland, Ferguson 29 February 1992 FalkirkH2–15,592Paatelainen (2) 7 March 1992 Dunfermline AthleticA0–13,042 14 March 1992 HibernianH1–05,588Cleland 17 March 1992 AirdrieoniansA0–13,284 21 March 1992 AberdeenA2–010,500McInally, Ferreyra 28 March 1992 CelticA1–322,522Ferguson 4 April 1992 St JohnstoneH2–15,553Cleland, Bowman 11 April 1992 RangersH1–211,391McInally 18 April 1992 Heart of MidlothianH2–06,711Malpas, Ferguson 25 April 1992 St MirrenA1–01,871Ferguson 2 May 1992 MotherwellA2–13,151Johnson, Ferguson

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 January 1992 Third round Berwick RangersH6–05,263Malpas, Ferguson (2), Ferreyra,J O'Neil, Garner 11 February 1992 Fourth round CelticA1–226,225Paatelainen

Scottish League Cup

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1991 Second round MontroseH3–24,256Clark, M O'Neill, Paatelainen 27 August 1991 Third round FalkirkH1–06,737French 3 September 1991 Quarter–finals Dunfermline AthleticA1–37,220Paatelainen

Player statistics During the 1991–92 season, United used 27 different players comprising six nationalities. For the second successive season, Maurice Malpas was the only player to play in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Goalscorers United had 18 players score with the team scoring 78 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Duncan Ferguson, who finished the season with 16 goals. NameLeagueCupsTotal142 16110 1163 951 641 540 440 440 431 430 311 211 211 210 110 110 110 110 101 1

Discipline During the 1991–92 season, two United players were sent off. Statistics for cautions are unavailable. NameDismissals 1 1

Competitions

League table

Transfers

In Date Player From Fee 11 July 1991 Waldhof Mannheim Unknown 11 July 1991 Den Bosch £40,000 4 September 1991 Hamilton Thistle Unknown 26 September 1991 San Lorenzo £350,000 11 January 1992 Muirend Amateurs Unknown 2 April 1992 Cobras de Querétaro Trial

Out Date Player To Fee 10 July 1992 Motherwell Unknown 23 October 1992 Dunfermline Athletic Unknown 28 March 1992 Aberdeen £400,000

See also 1991–92 in Scottish football

References

External links Glenrothes Arabs 1991–92 season review