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Appearances
- Most international appearances: Maurice MalpasMaurice MalpasMaurice Daniel Robert Malpas is an ex-footballer and the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher...
(55 for ScotlandScotland national football teamThe Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
) - Most League appearances: Maurice MalpasMaurice MalpasMaurice Daniel Robert Malpas is an ex-footballer and the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher...
(617, 1981–2000) - Youngest player: Ian Mitchell, aged 16 years and four months (against HibernianHibernian F.C.Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
in Division One in September 1962) - Youngest SPL player: Greg CameronGreg CameronGreg "Camo" Cameron is a Scottish footballer who last played for Scottish Premier League club Dundee United. He has represented Scotland up to and including under-21 level.-Domestic career:...
, aged 16 years and eight months (against KilmarnockKilmarnock F.C.Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park...
in the SPL in December 2004) - Oldest player: Jimmy BrownlieJimmy BrownlieJames Brownlie was a Scottish international footballer and manager, who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:Jimmy Brownlie was born in Blantyre and was an outstanding personality in Scottish football over many years, as a goalkeeper and manager...
, aged 40 years and eight months (against HeartsHeart of Midlothian F.C.Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
at Tynecastle in February 1926, as an emergency goalkeeper)
All-time appearances
As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):| Name | |Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 865 | 35 | |
| 2 | 826 | 26 | |
| 3 | 704 | 83 | |
| 4 | 677 | 3 | |
| 5 | 604 | 26 | |
| 6 | 571 | 170 | |
| 7 | 454 | 114 | |
| 8 | 440 | 108 | |
| 9 | 429 | 37 | |
| 10 | 424 | 12 | |
| 11 | 403 | 24 | |
| 12 | 394 | 69 | |
| 12 | 394 | 9 | |
| 14 | 391 | 22 | |
| 15 | 385 | 31 | |
| 16 | 356 | 150 | |
| 17 | 327 | 37 | |
| 18 | 326 | 36 | |
| 19 | 301 | 127 | |
| 20 | 288 | 20 | |
| 21 | 286 | 73 |
Goalscorers
- Most League goals: Peter McKay (158 during 1947–1954)
- Most League goals in one season: Johnny Coyle (43 in 1955–56)
- Youngest scorer: David Goodwillie, aged 16 years and 11 months (against HibernianHibernian F.C.Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
)
All-time goalscorers
As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):| Name | Goals | Games | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter McKay Peter McKay Peter McKay was a Scottish footballer. He holds the record of being the Dundee United's all-time top goalscorer, with 158 league goals and 201 overall. McKay also played for Burnley and St. Mirren... |
201 | - | - |
| 2 | Paul Sturrock Paul Sturrock Paul Whitehead Sturrock is a Scottish football manager who, since July 2010, is the manager of Southend United. Until this appointment, Sturrock had most recently been at English League 1 club Plymouth Argyle in a business support role, having been relieved of his managerial duties, until he quit... |
170 | 571 | 0.30 |
| 3 | Davie Dodds Davie Dodds David Dodds is a former Scottish football player who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. During his playing career, he scored over 100 League goals, and earned two Scotland caps.- Early life and career :... |
150 | 356 | 0.45 |
| 4 | Ian Mitchell Ian Mitchell (footballer) Ian Mitchell was a Scottish footballer who played mainly for Dundee United and holds the record of being the youngest player ever to make a first team appearance for the club.... |
127 | 301 | 0.42 |
| 5 | Denis Gillespie | 114 | 454 | 0.25 |
| 6 | Eamonn Bannon Eamonn Bannon Eamonn John Bannon is a former Scottish football player, who played in midfield for Hearts, Chelsea, Dundee United and Scotland.-Career:... |
108 | 440 | 0.25 |
| 7 | Arthur Milne Arthur Milne (footballer) Arthur Milne was a Scottish football player, who was a prolific goalscorer for Dundee United.Born in Brechin in 1915, Milne played for local club Brechin Vics, until signing for United in 1934. Remarkably, he scored four goals on his senior debut, which no other player in the club's history has done... |
85 | 81 | 1.05 |
| 8 | Paul Hegarty Paul Hegarty Paul Anthony "Heggie" Hegarty is a Scottish former football player, who was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s and won eight international caps for Scotland... |
83 | 704 | 0.12 |
| 9 | Collie Martin Collie Martin David Collie Martin, universally known as Collie Martin, was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. He started his career as a centre forward at Brechin City before moving on to Dundee in 1911... |
80 | 92 | 0.87 |
| 10 | Finn Dossing | 76 | 115 | 0.66 |
Scores
- Biggest win: 14–0 v Nithsdale WanderersNithsdale Wanderers F.C.Nithsdale Wanderers Football Club are a senior football club based in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway. Their home ground is Lorimer Park and they currently play in the South of Scotland Football League....
, Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
1st Round, 17 January 1931 - Biggest league win: 12–1 v East StirlingshireEast Stirlingshire F.C.East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881...
, Scottish Football LeagueScottish Football LeagueThe Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
Division Two, 13 April 1936 - Worst defeat: 1–12 v MotherwellMotherwell F.C.Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
, Scottish Football LeagueScottish Football LeagueThe Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
Division Two, 23 January 1954
Goals
- Most league goals: 108 during 1935-36 in Division Two (3.2 per match)
- Fewest league goals: 21 during 1911–12 in Division Two (0.95 per match)
- Fastest goal: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton AcademicalHamilton Academical F.C.Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...
at Tannadice on 16 October 1965 - Most goals in one match: Albert Juliussen, with six of United's seven in a North Eastern League CupNorth Eastern Football League CupThe North Eastern League Cup was a regional Scottish football competition held during the Second World War, due to the suspension of Scottish Football League. Held between 1941 and 1945, the competition was played in two stages each season , mirroring the North Eastern League...
match against St Bernard'sSt Bernard's F.C.St Bernard's F.C. were a Senior Scottish football club based in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1943....
on 15 November 1941 - Several players have scored five:
- Collie MartinCollie MartinDavid Collie Martin, universally known as Collie Martin, was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. He started his career as a centre forward at Brechin City before moving on to Dundee in 1911...
in a Scottish Football League Division Two match in December 1914 - Tim Williamson in a Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
match in January 1931 - Willie OuchterlonieWillie OuchterlonieWillie Ouchterlonie is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker.Ouchterlonie, whose brother Kinnaird was also a footballer, began his career with local side Osborne before joining Dundee United in September 1932. After scoring forty league goals in fifty-one matches, Ouchterlonie was...
in Division Two matches in November and December 1933 - Willie Black in the same competition in March 1939
- Paul SturrockPaul SturrockPaul Whitehead Sturrock is a Scottish football manager who, since July 2010, is the manager of Southend United. Until this appointment, Sturrock had most recently been at English League 1 club Plymouth Argyle in a business support role, having been relieved of his managerial duties, until he quit...
scored all five in a 5–0 Premier Division win against MortonGreenock Morton F.C.Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....
in November 1984.
- Collie Martin
Wins
- Most consecutive wins: 10 during the last five matches of 1982–83 and the first five of the 1983–84
- Most league wins in a season: 24 from 36 games (1928–29 and 1982–83)
Attendances
- Highest home attendanceScottish football attendance recordsThis article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below. The highest ever attendance for a UEFA competition match was in the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Scotland's National stadium. A record 136,505 people attended that Cup semi-final....
: 28,000 v CF BarcelonaFC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
, European Fairs CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
2nd Round 2nd Leg, 16 November 1966 - Largest crowd involving Dundee United: 100,000+ against Selangor for the formal opening of the Shah Alam StadiumShah Alam StadiumShah Alam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Shah Alam, Malaysia. It is used mostly for football matches but also has facilities for athletics...
, SelangorSelangorSelangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
, Malaysia, in July 1994
Transfers
Record transfers as of 1 August 2008 (figures based on press reports). Where some records have been equalled, only the first instance is shown.Bought
The current record signing is former ScotlandScotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
international Steven Pressley
Steven Pressley
Steven John "Elvis" Pressley is a retired Scottish footballer, who is now the manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts...
, who was signed from Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
in July 1995 for £750,000.
| Year | Player | From | Fee | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Dennis GillespieDennis Gillespie Dennis Gillespie was a Scottish footballer, notable for his time with Dundee United, where he remains one of the club's all-time top goalscorers.-External links:* -Sources:*... |
Alloa Alloa Athletic F.C. Alloa Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.... |
£3,000 | £48,390 |
| 1968 | Kenny Cameron Kenny Cameron Kenny Cameron is a Scottish former footballer who played as striker for a number of Scottish clubs.-Career:Cameron began his senior career with Dundee, for whom he scored in the 1964 Scottish Cup Final... |
Kilmarnock Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park... |
£10,000 | £125,200 |
| 1974 | Paul Hegarty Paul Hegarty Paul Anthony "Heggie" Hegarty is a Scottish former football player, who was captain of Dundee United during their most successful era in the 1970s and 1980s and won eight international caps for Scotland... |
Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have... |
£27,500 | £229,075 |
| 1975 | Tom McAdam Tom McAdam Tom McAdam is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for a number of British clubs, spending around half of his career with Celtic. His brother, Colin, was also a professional footballer, who played for Rangers at the same time as Tom was with Celtic.-External links:*... |
Dumbarton Dumbarton F.C. Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer... |
£40,000 | £287,200 |
| 1977 | John Bourke John Bourke (footballer) John Bourke is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker for a number of Scottish clubs, including Dumbarton , Dundee United and Kilmarnock... |
Dumbarton Dumbarton F.C. Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer... |
£60,000 | £297,600 |
| 1979 | Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew William "Willie" Pettigrew is a former Scottish international footballer who played as a striker.Pettigrew started his career with Hibernian but left Easter Road for junior side East Kilbride Thistle after failing to make a first-team breakthrough... |
Motherwell Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998... |
£100,000 | £395,000 |
| 1979 | Eamonn Bannon Eamonn Bannon Eamonn John Bannon is a former Scottish football player, who played in midfield for Hearts, Chelsea, Dundee United and Scotland.-Career:... |
Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
£165,000 | £651,750 |
| 1988 |  Miodrag KrivokapićMiodrag Krivokapic (footballer) Miodrag Krivokapić is a Montenegrin former footballer who played in defence. He lives in Glasgow.-Career:... |
Red Star Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... |
£200,000 | £386,000 |
| 1989 |  Michael O'NeillMichael O'Neill (footballer) Michael Andrew Martin O'Neill is a former Northern Irish international association football player, who is now the manager of Shamrock Rovers.-Playing career:... |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
£350,000 | £644,000 |
| 1993 | Gordan Petric Gordan Petric Gordan Petrić is a retired Serbian footballer.-Career:After starting his career in his homeland with Partizan, he moved to Scotland in 1993 when he joined Dundee United for £600,000. His impressive performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995 for £1.5m... |
Partizan FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978... |
£600,000 | £852,000 |
| 1995 | Steven Pressley Steven Pressley Steven John "Elvis" Pressley is a retired Scottish footballer, who is now the manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts... |
Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
£750,000 | £1,027,500 |
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Sold
The current record sale is former ScotlandScotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
international Duncan Ferguson
Duncan Ferguson
Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....
, who was sold to Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
in July 1993 for £4,000,000.
| Year | Player | From | Fee | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Jimmy Howieson |
St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St... |
£1,000 | £41,800 |
| 1927 | Jimmy Simpson Jimmy Simpson For the Depression-era mayor of Toronto see James Simpson James McMillan Simpson was a Scottish international footballer who played as a centre half.... |
Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
£1,250 | £52,513 |
| 1929 | Duncan Hutchison |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
£4,050 | £174,879 |
| 1957 | Johnny Coyle |
Clyde Clyde F.C. Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South... |
£8,000 | £137,760 |
| 1961 | Ron Yeats Ron Yeats Ronald 'Ron' Yeats is a Scottish former footballer. He was the captain of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s.-Life and playing career:... |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
£30,000 | £476,100 |
| 1970 | Ian Mitchell Ian Mitchell (footballer) Ian Mitchell was a Scottish footballer who played mainly for Dundee United and holds the record of being the youngest player ever to make a first team appearance for the club.... |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
£50,000 | £567,500 |
| 1975 | Andy Gray |
Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
£100,000 | £718,000 |
| 1979 | Ray Stewart Ray Stewart (footballer) Raymond "Ray" Strean McDonald Stewart is a former Scottish international footballer of the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. During his career he played for Dundee United, West Ham United, St... |
West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
£400,000 | £1,580,000 |
| 1986 | Richard Gough Richard Gough (footballer) Charles Richard Gough is a former Scottish football central defender who enjoyed great success as captain of Rangers. He also played for Scotland 61 times and had a brief spell as manager of Livingston... |
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
£750,000 | £1,560,000 |
| 1990 | Kevin Gallacher Kevin Gallacher Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:... |
Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
£950,000 | £1,624,500 |
| 1993 | Duncan Ferguson |
Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
£4,000,000 | £5,680,000 |
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