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Season review

United finished the 1998–99 SPL season in 9th place with 34 points, in the SPL's debut season.

The cup campaigns brought mixed fortunes: a League Cup 3rd round exit to Ross County was bettered by a Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Celtic.

Bank of Scotland Premierleague

1998-08-01 SPL 1	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Dundee United	Rugby Park
	Wright 32' Nevin 72'			Attendance: 8,208 Referee: M McCurry

1998-08-16 SPL 2	Dundee United	0 - 0	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
	Thompson  89'			Attendance: 9,629 Referee: S Dougal

1998-08-22 SPL 3	Celtic	2 - 1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Burley 80' Burchill 83'		Winters 31'	Attendance: 59,738 Referee: A Freeland

1998-08-30 SPL 4	Motherwell	1 - 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	Nyyssonen 43'			Attendance: 11,201 Referee: J McCluskey

1998-09-19 SPL 6	Dundee	2 - 2	Dundee United	Dens Park
	Annand 69' Adamczuk 89'		McSwegan 63' Olofsson 67'	Attendance: 12,081 Referee: W Young

1998-09-23 SPL 7	Dundee United	1 - 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 27'		Squires 40'	Attendance: 6,449 Referee: J McCluskey

1998-09-26 SPL 8	St Johnstone	1 - 3	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
	McCluskey  35' Grant 84'		Dodds 16', 35' (pen.), 83' Olofsson  85'	Attendance: 6,665 Referee: S Dougal

1998-10-04 SPL 9	Dundee United	1 - 0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 23'			Attendance: 8,933 Referee: M McCurry

1998-10-17 SPL 10	Dundee United	0 - 2	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
			McGowne 12' Vareille 80'	Attendance: 8,137 Referee: M McCurry

1998-10-24 SPL 11	Heart of Midlothian	0 - 1	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
			Mathie 84'	Attendance: 13,124 Referee: G Simpson

1998-10-31 SPL 12	Rangers	2 - 1	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
	Wallace 63' Amoruso 84'		Dodds 25'	Attendance: 49,503 Referee: G Simpson

1998-11-07 SPL 13	Dundee United	2 - 2	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 48' Jonsson 60'		Coyle 4', 50'	Attendance: 6,616 Referee: M McCurry

1998-11-15 SPL 14	Dunfermline Athletic	2 - 1	Dundee United	East End Park
	Tod 26' McCulloch 35'		Mathie 3'	Attendance: 10,704 Referee: J Rowbotham

1998-11-22 SPL 15	Dundee United	0 - 1	Dundee	Tannadice Park
			Grady 82'	Attendance: 11,230 Referee: H Dallas

1998-11-28 SPL 16	Aberdeen	0 - 3	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
			Olofsson 17' Miller 49' Easton 56'	Attendance: 11,964 Referee: J Rowbotham

1998-12-05 SPL 17	Dundee United	1 - 1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 53'		Grant 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,293 Referee: G Simpson

1998-12-12 SPL 18	Dundee United	1 - 1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Zetterlund 49'		Larsson 85'	Attendance: 11,612 Referee: J McCluskey

1998-12-20 SPL 19	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Dundee United	Rugby Park
	Wright 30' Durrant 87' (pen.)			Attendance: 13,538 Referee: H Dallas

1998-12-26 SPL 20	Motherwell	2 - 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McMillan 55' Brannan 57'			Attendance: 6,001 Referee: D McDonald

1998-12-30 SPL 21	Dundee United	1 - 2	Rangers	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 43'		Wilson 32' Wallace 90'	Attendance: 11,707 Referee: M McCurry

1999-01-02 SPL 22	Dundee	1 - 3	Dundee United	Dens Park
	McSkimming 28'		Dodds 10' Thompson 16' Olofsson 70'	Attendance: 11,751 Referee: S Dougal

1999-01-30 SPL 23	Dundee United	1 - 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Tannadice Park
	Olofsson 33'		Smith 46'	Attendance: 7,646 Referee: H Dallas

1999-02-06 SPL 24	St Johnstone	1 - 0	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
	Bollan 9' (pen.)			Attendance: 5,771 Referee: J McCluskey

1999-02-20 SPL 25	Dundee United	3 - 0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
	Olofsson 34' Dodds 48' Hannah 66'			Attendance: 8,309 Referee: J McCluskey

1999-02-27 SPL 26	Celtic	2 - 1	Dundee United	Celtic Park
	Burley 74' Larsson 78'		Dodds 25'	Attendance: 59,902 Referee: M McCurry

1999-03-20 SPL 27	Rangers	0 - 1	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
			Olofsson 44' Skoldmark  64'	Attendance: 49,164 Referee: M Clark

1999-04-03 SPL 28	Dundee United	0 - 3	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
			Brannan 3' Spencer 38', 60'	Attendance: 8,110 Referee: M Clark

1999-04-06 SPL 29	Dundee United	1 - 3	Heart of Midlothian	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 7'		McSwegan 25', 45' Cameron 60'	Attendance: 10,648 Referee: J McCluskey

1999-04-17 SPL 30	Aberdeen	0 - 4	Dundee United	Pittodrie Stadium
	Pepper  72'		Dodds 36', 56' Miller 53' Olofsson 54'	Attendance: 11,603 Referee: Dallas

1999-04-20 SPL 31	Dundee United	0 - 1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 53'		Griffin 42' Lowndes  50'	Attendance: 6,741 Referee: M McCurry

1999-04-24 SPL 32	Dunfermline Athletic	2 - 2	Dundee United	East End Park
	Millar 46' (pen.) Smith 5'		Dodds 13', 18' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,704 Referee: J Rowbotham

1999-05-01 SPL 33	Dundee United	0 - 2	Dundee	Tannadice Park
	Patterson  76'		Irvine 67' Grady 90'	Attendance: 12,280 Referee: H Dallas

1999-05-15 SPL 35	Heart of Midlothian	4 - 1	Dundee United	Tynecastle Park
	Ritchie 41' McSwegan 50' Adam 67' Cameron 77'		Eustace 90'	Attendance: 13,187 Referee: D Smith

1999-05-23 SPL 36	Dundee United	1 - 2	Celtic	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 59' (pen.)		Burchill 34', Burchill 35'	Attendance: 10,062 Referee: S Dougal

Tennent's Scottish Cup

1999-02-09 Scottish Cup Third round replay	Dundee United	1 - 0	Queen's Park	Tannadice Park
	Dodds 38'			Attendance: 4,967 Referee: J Rowbotham

1999-03-03 Scottish Cup Fourth round	Clydebank	2 - 2	Dundee United	Kilbowie Park
	Nicholls 13' Gardner 68'		Olofsson 51' Patterson 79'	Attendance: 1,299 Referee: K Clark

1999-02-06 Scottish Cup Fourth round replay	Dundee United	1 - 0	Queen's Park	Tannadice Park
	Duffy 14' Olofsson 62', 65'			Attendance: 5,570 Referee: K Clark

1999-03-16 Scottish Cup Quarter-final replay	Dundee United	2 - 1	Ayr United	Tannadice Park
	Murray 42' Skoldmark 51'		Walker 46'	Attendance: 7,313 Referee: S Dougal

1999-04-10 Scottish Cup Semi-final	Celtic	2 - 0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
	Blinker 30' Viduka 39'			Attendance: 43,691 Referee: W Young

Coca-Cola Cup

1998-08-08 Coca-Cola Cup Second round	Dundee United	2 - 2 aet (5 - 4 pen)	Stirling Albion	Tannadice Park
	McSwegan 24' Boli 36'		Bone 27', 71'	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: J McCluskey

1998-08-19 Coca-Cola Cup Third round	Ross County	2 - 0 aet	Dundee United	Victoria Park
	Adams 104', 118'			Attendance: 3,206 Referee: G Simpson

Player details

During the 1998–99 season, United used 35 different players comprising 11 nationalities, plus two unused substitutes. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bank of Scotland Premierleague		Tennent's Scottish Cup		Coca-Cola Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Sieb Dijkstra	36	0	27	0	7	0	2	0
13	GK	SCO	Alan Combe	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NIR	Iain Jenkins	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Maurice Malpas	37	0	31	0	4	0	2	0
4	DF	ISL	Siggi Jonsson	18	1	14	1	4	0	0	0
5	DF	NIR	Darren Patterson	28	1	24	0	3	1	1	0
6	DF	NOR	Erik Pedersen	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	SCO	Mark McNally	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	SCO	Neil Duffy	20	1	15	0	5	1	0	0
21	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos	31	0	25	0	6	0	0	0
35	DF	FRA	Bernard Pascual	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
36	DF	SCO	Scott McCulloch	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	WAL	David Partridge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	EIR	David Worrell	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SWE	Lars Zetterlund	24	1	21	1	2	0	1	0
9	MF	SCO	David Hannah	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Jamie Dolan	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
15	MF	SCO	Joe Miller	33	2	24	2	7	0	2	0
20	MF	SWE	Magnus Sköldmark	33	1	25	0	6	1	2	0
23	MF	BEL	Tonny Mols	16	0	11	0	3	0	2	0
25	MF	SCO	Neil Murray	6	1	4	0	2	1	0	0
26	MF	ENG	John Eustace	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
30	MF	SCO	Jim Paterson	15	0	10	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Craig Easton	37	1	30	1	6	0	1	0
37	MF	SCO	Brian McLaughlin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	PER	Jose Valeriani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	SWE	Kjell Olofsson	43	10	34	7	7	3	2	0
9	FW	FRA	Roger Boli	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1
12	FW	SCO	Gary McSwegan	7	4	5	3	0	0	2	1
12	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie	28	2	22	2	6	0	0	0
14	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Billy Dodds	28	2	22	2	6	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Andy McLaren	12	0	8	0	3	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	19	1	15	1	4	0	0	0
52	FW	SCO	Stephen McConalogue	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers United had 17 players score with the team scoring 47 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Billy Dodds, who finished the season with 17 goals. Name League Cups Total Billy Dodds 16 1 17 Kjell Olofsson 7 3 10 Gary McSwegan 3 1 04 Alex Mathie 2 0 02 Joe Miller 2 0 02 Craig Easton 1 0 01 John Eustace 1 0 01 David Hannah 1 0 01 Siggi Jonsson 1 0 01 Steven Thompson 1 0 01 Robbie Winters 1 0 01 Lars Zetterlund 1 0 01 Roger Boli 0 1 01 Neil Duffy 0 1 01 Neil Murray 0 1 01 Darren Patterson 0 1 01 Magnus Sköldmark 0 1 01

Discipline During the 1998–99 season, four United players were sent off and 23 players received at least one caution. In total, the team received four red cards and x yellows. Name Cautions Dismissals Darren Patterson 7 1 Magnus Sköldmark 2 1 Kjell Olofsson 1 Steven Thompson 1 Maurice Malpas 6 Lars Zetterlund 6 Billy Dodds 4 Siggi Jonsson 4 Jason de Vos 4 David Hannah 3 Jamie Dolan 2 Craig Easton 2 Andy McLaren 2 Erik Pedersen 2 Alan Combe 1 Sieb Dykstra 1 John Eustace 1 Iain Jenkins 1 Gary McSwegan 1 Joe Miller 1 Tonny Mols 1 Bernard Pascual 1 Jim Paterson 1 David Worrell 1

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In Seventeen players were signed during the 1998–99 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of over £1.75m. One loan signing was also made during the season. The players that joined Dundee United during the 1998–99 season, along with their previous club, are listed below. Date Player From Fee (£) 12 June 1998 Alan Combe St Mirren Bosman 1 July 1998 Joe Miller Aberdeen Free 9 July 1998 Mark McNally Stoke City Free 10 July 1998 Darren Patterson Luton Town Bosman 15 July 1998 Roger Boli Walsall £0,150,000 31 July 1998 Tonny Mols Lokeren Free 31 July 1998 Jose Valeriani Unattached Free 6 August 1998 Bernard Pascual Le Havre Bosman 23 September 1998 Billy Dodds Aberdeen Swap 12 October 1998 Jason de Vos Darlington £0,400,000 16 October 1998 Alex Mathie Ipswich Town £0,600,000 5 February 1999 David Hannah Celtic £0,300,000 11 February 1999 Neil Murray Unattached (ex-Rangers Free 26 February 1999 Scott McCulloch Dunfermline Athletic £0,300,000 11 March 1999 David Partridge West Ham £0,040,000 29 March 1999 David Worrell Blackburn Rovers £0,050,000 1 April 1999 Brian McLaughlin Unattached (ex-Celtic Free Loans in Date Player From Duration 19 February 1999 John Eustace Coventry City End of season

Out Fourteen players left the club during and at the end of the 1998–99 season, with one player also going out on loan. The club received £900k in transfer fees, amounting to around half of the transfer expenditure. Listed below are the players that left during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately. Date Player From Fee (£) 31 August 1998 Jose Valeriani Released Free 23 September 1998 Robbie Winters Aberdeen £0,700,000 10 October 1998 Gary McSwegan Heart of Midlothian Bosman 16 October 1998 David Sinclair Falkirk Free 22 October 1998 Roger Boli AFC Bournemouth £0,100,000 5 November 1998 Paul Walker St Mirren Released 1 February 1998 Julian Alsford Chester City Released 26 February 1999 Jamie Dolan Dunfermline Athletic Swap 25 March 1999 Andy McLaren Reading £0,100,000 2 June 1999 Neil Duffy Ayr United Released 11 June 1999 Sieb Dijkstra Ipswich Town Released 18 June 1999 Kjell Olofsson Moss Released 23 June 1999 Brian McLaughlin Wigan Released 30 June 1999 Neil Murray Mainz Released Loans out Date Player From Duration 18 September 1998 Julian Alsford Barnet 3 months

Playing kit

Home colours

Away colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a third time by Telewest.

Trivia

• Joe Miller, who signed from Aberdeen, scored two goals during his time with United - both against Aberdeen.
• United led eventual champions Celtic in three of the four league matches in 1998–99 but only managed to take one point.
• United's highest and lowest home attendances occurred in consecutive matches at Tannadice - nearly 13,000 watched United in a goalless draw against Rangers while less than 6,500 turned up eleven days later to watch them play Dunfermline. It was the second season in a row that United's lowest home attendance was against the Pars.

References

1. ^ "Dundee Utd 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
2. ^ "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
3. "Joe Miller". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
4. ^ "Dundee Utd's transfers in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
5. "The Internet Soccer Database: John Eustace". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
6. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Duffy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
7. "The Internet Soccer Database: Sieb Dykstra". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
8. "The Internet Soccer Database: Kjell Olofsson". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
9. "The Internet Soccer Database: Brian McLaughlin". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
10. "The Internet Soccer Database: Neil Murray". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.

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