# 1994–95 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1994–95 season was the 83rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995. United finished in bottom place and were relegated to the First Division, their first spell outside the Premier Division since its inception in 1975.

## Season review

United were relegated, the season after winning the Scottish Cup for the first time. Ivan Golac, the man who led them to the trophy, was sacked in March and replaced with Billy Kirkwood. Kirkwood's record was less than impressive and losing nine of the final eleven games meant relegation.

## Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The team finished tenth (bottom) in the Premier Division and were relegated.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Tennent's Scottish Cup to Hearts and lost narrowly in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finals to Celtic.

### Legend

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

### Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 13 August | Hibernian | A | 0–5 | 8,849 | |
| 20 August | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 25,817 | Nixon |
| 27 August | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | 9,295 | Welsh, Brewster |
| 10 September | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | 7,440 | Ristic |
| 17 September | Hearts | A | 1–2 | 7,392 | Nixon |
| 24 September | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | 6,899 | Petrić |
| 1 October | Rangers | A | 0–2 | 43,330 | |
| 8 October | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | 7,179 | Welsh, Ristic |
| 15 October | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | 6,687 | |
| 22 October | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 7,983 | |
| 29 October | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | 11,744 | |
| 5 November | Celtic | H | 2–2 | 10,393 | Brewster, Dailly |
| 8 November | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | 6,136 | Brewster |
| 19 November | Hearts | H | 5–2 | 7,717 | Johnson, Brewster, McKinlay, Dailly (2) |
| 26 November | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | 5,933 | Brewster, Nixon, McKinlay |
| 4 December | Rangers | H | 0–3 | 10,692 | |
| 26 December | Kilmarnock | H | 2–2 | 8,468 | Hannah, Winters |
| 31 December | Hibernian | A | 0–4 | 7,763 | |
| 2 January | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | 10,580 | |
| 7 January | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 21,429 | Cleland |
| 14 January | Hearts | A | 0–2 | 8,656 | |
| 21 January | Motherwell | H | 6–1 | 7,062 | McKinlay (2), Brewster, Dailly, Nixon (2) |
| 4 February | Rangers | A | 1–1 | 44,197 | Nixon |
| 21 February | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | 6,457 | Malpas |
| 25 February | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | 7,227 | Brewster, Sergio |
| 4 March | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | 7,630 | |
| 7 March | Partick Thistle | A | 0–2 | 2,627 | |
| 18 March | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | 4,457 | Malpas |
| 21 March | Hearts | H | 1–1 | 6,862 | Gomes |
| 1 April | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 10,842 | |
| 8 April | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | 5,894 | Gomes |
| 15 April | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | 8,723 | Petrić |
| 18 April | Partick Thistle | A | 3–1 | 5,262 | Welsh (2), Hannah |
| 29 April | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | 8,376 | |
| 6 May | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | 21,364 | Winters |
| 13 May | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 10,845 | |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 28 January | Clyde | H | 0–0 | 7,413 | |
| 7 February | Clyde | A | 5–1 | 5,387 | Hannah, Bowman, McKinlay, Craig, Nixon |
| 18 February | Huntly | A | 3–1 | 4,500 | Brewster, Malpas, Hannah |

### Coca-Cola Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 16 August | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 3,470 | Ristic |
| 31 August | Hamilton | A | 2–2 | 2,180 | Hannah (2) |
| 21 September | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 28,859 | |
United beat Hamilton 5–3 on penalty kicks

### Cup Winners' Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 15 September | Tatran Prešov | H | 3–2 | 9,454 | Petric, Nixon, Hannah |
| 29 September | Tatran Prešov | A | 1–3 | 8,184 | McKinlay |

## Player details

During the 1994–95 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 | Premier Division | Premier Division | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Tennent's Scottish Cup | Coca-Cola Cup | Coca-Cola Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | DEN | Henrik Jørgensen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Main | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | EIR | Kelham O'Hanlon | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Bollan | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Cleland | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Craig | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Maurice Malpas | 38 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Perry | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Gordan Petrić | 42 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Welsh | 35 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Bowman | 38 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ARG | Juan Ferreri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Hannah | 41 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Johnson | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 34 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy McLaren | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Andy Moule | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Chris Myers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TRI | Jerren Nixon | 37 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | YUG | Dragutin Ristić | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Brewster | 35 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Connolly | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Scott Crabbe | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Christian Dailly | 40 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Sérgio | 16 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Robbie Winters | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 43 | |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 43 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 43 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Aberdeen (O) | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for the Play-off |
| 10 | Dundee United (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to the 1995–96 Scottish First Division |
* ↑ Partick Thistle qualified for the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest ranked Scottish club to apply for a place in the competition.

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored by Rover for the first time in a two-year deal. The deal began in time for the Cup Final at the end of the previous season.

## Trivia

* Celtic, who relegated United on the final day by beating them, actually scored the lowest number of league goals that season (39). United scored 40.