# 1992–93 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993. United finished in fourth place in what was Jim McLean's final season as manager.

## Season review

In February, Jim McLean announced he would resign as manager at the end of the season, ending 22 years in the post.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 1992–93 season. The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the fourth round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Aberdeen and lost narrowly in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to Rangers.

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.

### Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 August 1992 | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 5,037 | Ferguson |
| 4 August 1992 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–0 | 4,906 | Connolly |
| 8 August 1992 | Hearts | H | 1–1 | 9,112 | Ferguson |
| 15 August 1992 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 30,520 | |
| 22 August 1992 | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | 7,353 | O'Neil, Connolly |
| 29 August 1992 | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | 5,444 | Ferguson (2) |
| 2 September 1992 | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | 7,752 | Connolly |
| 12 September 1992 | Airdrieonians | A | 2–1 | 2,733 | Ferguson (2) |
| 19 September 1992 | Dundee | H | 0–1 | 12,456 | |
| 26 September 1992 | Rangers | H | 0–4 | 13,515 | |
| 3 October 1992 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 12,936 | Ferguson |
| 7 October 1992 | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | 5,350 | Connolly |
| 17 October 1992 | Hearts | A | 0–1 | 8,209 | |
| 24 October 1992 | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | 4,471 | McInally |
| 31 October 1992 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 6,951 | McInally |
| 7 November 1992 | St Johnstone | A | 0–2 | 5,513 | |
| 11 November 1992 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 11,096 | Galloway |
| 21 November 1992 | Dundee | A | 3–1 | 12,018 | Bollan, Connolly, Clark |
| 28 November 1992 | Airdrieonians | H | 0–0 | 5,178 | |
| 1 December 1992 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 5,241 | McInally, O'Neil |
| 12 December 1992 | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | 10,341 | Crabbe, McKinlay |
| 26 December 1992 | Celtic | A | 1–0 | 22,852 | Ferguson |
| 2 January 1993 | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | 10,318 | Crabbe |
| 5 January 1993 | Rangers | A | 2–3 | 40,239 | Welsh, Perry |
| 16 January 1993 | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | 5,531 | McInally |
| 23 January 1993 | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 5,626 | Crabbe, Connolly |
| 30 January 1993 | Hearts | H | 0–1 | 7,723 | |
| 2 February 1993 | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | 3,783 | Connolly |
| 13 February 1993 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–0 | 4,135 | Crabbe, Connolly (2), Ferguson |
| 20 February 1993 | Rangers | H | 0–0 | 13,234 | |
| 24 February 1993 | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | 12,500 | |
| 27 February 1993 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 12,140 | Ferguson |
| 6 March 1993 | Airdrieonians | A | 3–1 | 2,291 | Ferguson, Connolly, Clark |
| 9 March 1993 | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | 5,134 | |
| 13 March 1993 | Hearts | A | 0–1 | 7,067 | |
| 20 March 1993 | St Johnstone | A | 4–1 | 451 | O'Neill, McInally, Connolly, O'Neil |
| 27 March 1993 | Celtic | H | 2–3 | 12,185 | Connolly, Ferguson |
| 8 April 1993 | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | 3,599 | Johnson, Connolly |
| 12 April 1993 | Hibernian | H | 0–3 | 5,167 | |
| 17 April 1993 | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | 4,200 | Dailly, Bollan, Connolly |
| 20 April 1993 | Dundee | A | 4–0 | 9,589 | Dailly (2), Bollan, Connolly |
| 1 May 1993 | Partick Thistle | H | 3–1 | 5,590 | Connolly (2), O'Neill |
| 8 May 1993 | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 42,917 | |
| 15 May 1993 | Aberdeen | H | 1–4 | 9,078 | Dailly |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 9 January | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 3–1 | 5,263 | Welsh, McKinlay, Ferguson |
| 7 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 14,155 | |

### Skol Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 11 August | Queen of the South | H | 6–0 | 4,512 | McKinlay, Connolly (2), Johnson (2), Ferreyra |
| 18 August | St Mirren | H | 3–0 | 5,586 | O'Neil, Ferguson (2) |
| 26 August | Rangers | H | 2–3 | 15,716 | Ferreyra, Connolly |

## Player details

During the 1992–93 season, United used 25 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premier Division | Scottish Premier Division | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Skol Cup | Skol Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Main | 48 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | NED | Guido van de Kamp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Bollan | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Clark | 41 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Cleland | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Fred van der Hoorn | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Miodrag Krivokapić | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Maurice Malpas | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Narey | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Perry | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Welsh | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Bowman | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Johnson | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 37 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 39 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy McLaren | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John O'Neil | 32 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | NIR | Michael O'Neill | 25 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Preston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Connolly | 47 | 19 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Crabbe | 29 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Christian Dailly | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Ferguson | 33 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Victor Ferreyra | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 44 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 64 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Celtic | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 47 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 44 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 40 | |

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the final time, ending six years of association with the brewers.

## Trivia

* In the 4–0 victory at Partick Thistle on 13 February, referee Les Mottram ruled Paddy Connolly's goal – where the ball rebounded back from the inside stanchion – hadn't crossed the line. To make matters worse for United, a Partick defender picked the ball up with his hands, only for the referee to rule play on. The decision denied Connolly his first senior hat-trick.