The 1984–85 season was the 76th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1984 to 30 June 1985. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Summary Dundee United played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1984–85 season. The team finished third in the Scottish Premier Division.

In the cup competitions, United lost in the final of both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup to Celtic and Rangers respectively. Manchester United eliminated United in the third round of the UEFA Cup.

Results and fixtures

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

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers11 August 1984Heart of MidlothianH2–010,027Milne (2)18 August 1984CelticA1–118,905Beedie25 August 1984AberdennH0–213,0331 September 1984St MirrenA0–13,7048 September 1984DundeeH3–414,190Clark (2), Sturrock15 September 1984Greenock MortonA3–02,219Dodds (2), Hegarty22 September 1984HibernianH2–17,333Milne, Sturrock29 September 1984RangersA0–129,2326 October 1984DumbartonH1–05,852Coyne13 October 1984Heart of MidlothianA0–27,06620 October 1984CelticH1–316,758Bannon3 November 1984St MirrenH3–23,813Bannon (2), Sturrock10 November 1984DundeeA2–014,423Gough, Coyne17 November 1984Greenock MortonH7–08,562Taylor, Sturrock (5), Malpas24 November 1984HibernianA0–05,2711 December 1984RangersH1–116,477Sturrock8 December 1984DumbartonA2–21,524Dodds, Bannon15 December 1984Heart of MidlothianH5–27,359Hegarty, Bannon, Beedie, Taylor, Own goal22 December 1984AberdeenA1–016,354Gough29 December 1984CelticA2–122,924Sturrock, Gough2 January 1985AberdeenH2–121,944Dodds, Gough5 January 1985St MirrenA0–15,9912 February 1985HibernianH2–07,308Kirkwood, Beaumont9 February 1985RangersA0–019,73023 February 1985DumbartonH4–05,693Milne, Reilly, Gough, Sturrock2 March 1985CelticH0–016,49313 March 1985Greenock MortonA3–0909Gough, Dodds (2)16 March 1985Heart of MidlothianA1–07,663Malpas23 March 1985St MirrenH3–16,180Bannon (2), Dodds30 March 1985AberdeenA2–415,575Bannon, Reilly3 April 1985DundeeH4–015,167Bannon, Sturrock, Taylor, Dodds6 April 1985Greenock MortonH5–05,543Taylor (2), Narey, Reilly, Bannon20 April 1985HibernianA1–14,056Beedie27 April 1985DumbartonA2–0818Coyne, Sturrock4 May 1985RangersH2–110,251Sturrock, Clark11 May 1985DundeeA0–113,426

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers4 February 1985Third roundHibernianH3–010,125Sturrock, Bannon, Kirkwood16 February 1985Fourth roundQueen of the SouthA3–03,400Dodds (2), Bannon9 March 1985Quarter-finalsSt MirrenA4–110,518Gough, Dodds (2), Bannon13 April 1985Semi-finalsAberdeenN0–018,48517 April 1985Semi-finals replayAberdeenN2–110,771Sturrock, Beedie18 May 1985FinalCelticN1–259,256Beedie

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers21 August 1984Second roundForfarH5–05,337Sturrock, Reilly, Beedie (2), Bannon29 August 1984Third roundDumbartonA4–02,500Dodds (2), Milne (2)5 September 1984Fourth roundCelticH2–1(aet)21,182Sturrock, Clark26 September 1984Semi-finals 1st legHeart of MidlothianA2–110,541Clark (2)10 October 1984Semi-finals 2nd legHeart of MidlothianH3–113,468Bannon, Dodds, Kirkwood28 October 1984FinalRangersN0–141,526

UEFA Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers19 September 1984First round 1st leg AIKA0–15,7213 October 1984First round 2nd leg AIKH3–011,427Sturrock, Milne (2)24 October 1984Second round 1st leg LASKA2–118,500Kirkwood, Bannon7 November 1984Second round 2nd leg LASKH5–110,185Hegarty, Coyne (2), Gough, Beaumont28 November 1984Third round 1st leg Manchester UnitedA2–248,278Hegarty, Sturrock12 December 1984Third round 2nd leg Manchester UnitedH2–321,821Dodds, Hegarty

Competitions League table

References

See also 1984–85 in Scottish football