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Which team did the player Iain Ferguson belong to from 1988 to 1990?
Iain Ferguson Iain John Ferguson ( born 4 August 1962 , in Newarthill , North Lanarkshire ) is a Scottish former professional football striker . He developed a reputation for scoring important and from his powerful right foot shot , sometimes spectacular goals . He scored in a domestic cup final winning team with both Rangers and Motherwell . His goals against high-profile opponents in Europe include for Dundee United in away games at F.C . Barcelona and Borussia Mönchengladbach en route to his appearance in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final . From the late 1970s to 1990s he also played for Dundee , Heart of Midlothian , Charlton Athletic , Bristol City , Airdrieonians , Portadown and Dundalk . Playing career . Dundee . Ferguson started his professional career with Dundee , who signed him from Fir Park Boys Club in 1978 . He flourished at Dens Park scoring his first senior goal at the age of 16 . Ferguson stayed behind after training with manager Tommy Gemmell and his assistant Willie Wallace , both Lisbon Lions , to hit shots at Scotland international squad goalkeeper Ally Donaldson . Ferguson later said , Willie pulled me aside . He said : son , I am going to give you a tip . Every time you get a chance , put your head down and hit it as hard as you can , because the ball knows where it is going . So thats what I did . He was a first-team regular under Don Mackay as well as a three cap Under-21 internationalist . His right foot shot pulled a goal back for Dundee in the last game of the 1982-83 season derby fixture against Dundee United . United won 2-1 to clinch the Scottish Premier League at Dens Park that day . Among his goals in 1983-84 last season at Dundee he scored five goals against Rangers . Rangers and loan back at Dundee . In 1984 Jock Wallace signed him for Rangers for £200,000 . He scored the only goal with a low right foot shot from 12 yards in the 1984 Scottish League Cup Final ( October ) against Dundee United . A few days later he scored two goals in a 3-1 UEFA Cup win against Internazionale of Milan ( Rangers lost 4-3 on aggregate ) . The first was a right foot drive from just outside the penalty area into the top corner of the net . The second was a header from inside the six yard box . He was already on the sidelines at Ibrox in 1986 and then among the first departures after Graeme Souness high-profile arrival although he had nutmegged Souness in one of the new player-managers first training sessions . He was loaned back to Dundee early in the 1986-87 season where he scored twice in three league games . Dundee United . Ferguson joined Jim McLeans Dundee United in 1986 paying £145,000 to secure his services after Dundee refused the fee asked by Rangers . In his first season he scored important goals in reaching the 1987 UEFA Cup Final . he was though ineligible for the first three rounds due to the date he signed for United . He headed the winner in the 2–1 defeat of Barcelona at the Camp Nou and the opening goal in the semi-final victory at Borussia Mönchengladbach . Ferguson due to suspension missed the first leg of the final that IFK Goteborg won 1-0 . He played in the 1-1 draw return leg at Tannadice . In his two seasons there Ferguson reached consecutive Scottish Cup finals . He scored his teams first two goals in the 3-2 Scottish Cup semi-final win over his ex Dundee side at neutral Tynecastle Park . The opener was a right foot shot high into the net from just inside the penalty box . Television commentator Archie MacPherson said in response , Somebody once said to me about Iain Ferguson , he doesnt score ordinary goals , they are all smashers . In the 1987 Scottish Cup Final Ferguson had an extra time goal disallowed much disputed by him and his teammates . Terry Butcher in the television punditry after initially sitting on the fence regarding the offside decision then said he felt the goal should have stood . Minutes later Fergusons name sake Ian Ferguson scored the only goal of the game for St Mirren . A year later United lost the final 2-1 to Celtic after Kevin Gallacher had United ahead . In the 1986–87 Dundee United F.C . season of their UEFA Cup Final appearance they played 67 competitive matches . Ferguson played in 51 of these top scoring for the club with 28 goals . One of these was on 20 December 1986 from 44 yards in a 3-1 win against Hearts . He dispossessed Sandy Jardine before hitting the ball over goalkeeper Henry Smith . He also top scored for United the season after with 16 goals . In the league they finished in third and fifth places respectively in these two seasons . Despite featuring in one of the Tangerines most celebrated sides , Ferguson did not earn silverware in his two seasons with United . Heart of Midlothian and loans at Bristol City and Charlton Athletic . In 1988–89 Ferguson equalled Hearts record transfer fee of £350,000 . Alex MacDonald signed him to replace Newcastle United-bound John Robertson . He scored another important goal notching the only strike when Hearts defeated Bayern Munich in the first leg of 1988–89 UEFA Cup quarter finals . He latched on to a free-kick tapped to him by Tosh McKinlay to hit a 25-yard drive past Raimond Aumann into the net described by television commentator Jock Brown as a shot of stunning power from Iain Ferguson . Ferguson for his part said this goal was his career favourite . Bayern won the return leg 2-0 to go through on aggregate . Robertson returned to Tynecastle only 8 months after his departure meaning Ferguson was largely demoted to the substitutes bench . He spent time on loan with Bristol City and Charlton Athletic before leaving in December 1990 . Motherwell . He helped the Fir Park side win the 1991 Scottish Cup Final . He headed the opening goal as Motherwell defeated his old side Dundee United 4–3 after extra time . Later career . During 1993-94 he moved to Lanarkshire rivals Airdrieonians scoring 9 times from his 31 league games . He next moved mid-season joining Portadown in the Irish League . In a brief return to Dundee he scored a penalty in a League Cup shoot-out win over ex-club Dundee United at Tannadice in 1996 . Ferguson spent the second half of the 97–98 season in Ireland with Dundalk , where he made four league appearances and one FAI Cup appearance in an injury hit spell . He then returned to the UK , and played in English non-league football with Gretna . After playing . Ferguson operated a sports equipment stall at The Forge Shopping Centre in Glasgow . As of February 2017 he was working in car sales . Honours . - Rangers - Scottish League Cup : winner 1984–85 - Dundee United - UEFA Cup : 1986-87 runner up - Scottish Cup : runner up 1986–87 , 1987–88 - Motherwell - Scottish Cup : winner 1990–91