# 1991–92 Dundee United F.C. season

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.

## Match results

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 Tennent's Scottish Cup to Celtic and lost in the Skol Cup quarter-finals to eventual finalists Dunfermline.

### Legend

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

### Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 August 1991 | Celtic | H | 3–4 | 16,535 | M O'Neill (2), Ferguson |
| 13 August 1991 | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | 5,771 | McKinlay, Jackson (2), M O'Neill |
| 17 August 1991 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 7,700 | Jackson |
| 24 August 1991 | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | 9,420 | |
| 31 August 1991 | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | 11,962 | |
| 7 September 1991 | Dunfermline | H | 3–0 | 11,962 | Bowman, Van der Hoorn, Ferguson |
| 14 September 1991 | Rangers | A | 1–1 | 36,347 | Ferguson |
| 21 September 1991 | Hearts | A | 1–1 | 11,746 | Ferguson |
| 28 September 1991 | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | 6,844 | Bollan, Malpas |
| 5 October 1991 | Falkirk | A | 4–0 | 5,377 | Ferreyra (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen |
| 8 October 1991 | Airdrieonians | H | 0–0 | 5,763 | |
| 12 October 1991 | Celtic | A | 1–4 | 28,745 | M O'Neill |
| 19 October 1991 | St Johnstone | H | 1–2 | 7,700 | French |
| 26 October 1991 | Airdrieonians | A | 3–1 | 3,500 | Clark, Ferguson, Paatelainen |
| 29 October 1991 | Rangers | H | 3–2 | 14,397 | McKinnon, Jackson, Ferguson |
| 2 November 1991 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 13,728 | McInally |
| 6 November 1991 | Dunfermline | A | 1–0 | 3,528 | Jackson, Bowman |
| 9 November 1991 | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | 9,420 | McKinnon |
| 16 November 1991 | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 7,290 | Ferreyra, Whittaker |
| 23 November 1991 | Hearts | H | 0–1 | 12,796 | |
| 30 November 1991 | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | 3,500 | Cleland |
| 3 December 1991 | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | 4,023 | Jackson |
| 7 December 1991 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 11,145 | Welsh |
| 14 December 1991 | Dunfermline | H | 0–0 | 4,835 | |
| 21 December 1991 | Rangers | A | 0–2 | 41,448 | |
| 28 December 1991 | Hibernian | A | 2–3 | 7,704 | Malpas, Paatelainen |
| 1 January 1992 | Aberdeen | H | 4–0 | 7,608 | Jackson (2), Ferguson, Paatelainen |
| 4 January 1992 | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | 5,186 | McKinnon, Jackson (2) |
| 11 January 1992 | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | 6,056 | Jackson, Ferreyra |
| 18 January 1992 | St Mirren | H | 1–3 | 4,933 | McInally |
| 1 February 1992 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 6,364 | Ferguson |
| 8 February 1992 | Hearts | A | 0–1 | 10,516 | |
| 22 February 1992 | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | 4,746 | Cleland, Ferguson |
| 29 February 1992 | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 5,592 | Paatelainen (2) |
| 7 March 1992 | Dunfermline | A | 0–1 | 3,042 | |
| 14 March 1992 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 5,588 | Cleland |
| 17 March 1992 | Airdrieonians | A | 0–1 | 3,284 | |
| 21 March 1992 | Aberdeen | A | 2–0 | 10,500 | McInally, Ferreyra |
| 28 March 1992 | Celtic | A | 1–3 | 22,522 | Ferguson |
| 4 April 1992 | St Johnstone | H | 2–1 | 5,553 | Cleland, Bowman |
| 11 April 1992 | Rangers | H | 1–2 | 11,391 | McInally |
| 18 April 1992 | Hearts | H | 2–0 | 6,711 | Malpas, Ferguson |
| 25 April 1992 | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 1,871 | Ferguson |
| 2 May 1992 | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | 3,151 | Johnson, Ferguson |

### Tennent's Scottish Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 26 January | Berwick Rangers | H | 6–0 | 5,263 | Malpas, Ferguson (2), Ferreyra, J O'Neil, Garner |
| 11 February | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 26,225 | Paatelainen |

### Skol Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 20 August | Montrose | H | 3–2 | 4,256 | Clark, M O'Neill, Paatelainen |
| 27 August | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | 6,737 | French |
| 3 September | Dunfermline | A | 1–3 | 7,220 | Paatelainen |

## Player details

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.
| 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 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | NED | Guido van de Kamp | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Bollan | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Clark | 39 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Cleland | 34 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Fred van der Hoorn | 46 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Maurice Malpas | 49 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Jochen Muller | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Narey | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Welsh | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Bowman | 46 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Johnson | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McInally | 34 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ray McKinnon | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy McLaren | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John O'Neil | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Michael O'Neill | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Jose Luis Pochettino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Preston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Connolly | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Christian Dailly | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Ferguson | 41 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Victor Ferreyra | 25 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hamish French | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Darren Jackson | 31 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FIN | Mixu Paatelainen | 34 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Hearts | 44 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Celtic | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 51 | |
| 5 | Hibernian | 44 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 48 | |

## Playing kit

| Home colours | Away colours |
The jerseys were sponsored by Belhaven for the fifth and penultimate season.