2020–21 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United 2020–21 football season
Dundee United
2020–21 season
ChairmanMark Ogren
ManagerMicky Mellon
StadiumTannadice Park
Premiership9th
Scottish CupSemi-final
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicky Clark (8)
All: Nicky Clark (11)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2020–21 season was Dundee United's 112th season. It was their first season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season.[1] United also competed in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Season summary

Dundee United were promoted back to the Premiership after the premature season ending due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland and spent majority of summer months fighting their case in the SPFL and ended up in court with Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers fighting their promotions against relegated teams Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle.[2] Also in the off-season, manager Robbie Neilson left for Hearts so Micky Mellon was hired as the new manager for United.[3]

Competitions

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Motherwell v Dundee United
11 July 2020 Friendly Motherwell 1–0 Dundee United Motherwell
White 55' Report
Dundee United v Livingston
18 July 2020 Friendly Dundee United 0–0 Livingston Dundee
Report Stadium: Tannadice Park
Rangers 'B' v Dundee United
22 July 2020 Friendly Rangers 'B' 1–4 Dundee United Glasgow
McPake 12' Report Clark 4 pen.'
Butcher 57'
Shankland 60'
Powers 80'		 Stadium: Rangers Training Ground
Dundee United v Kilmarnock
25 July 2020 Friendly Dundee United 1–1 Kilmarnock Dundee
Smith 1' Report Kiltie 46' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Dundee United v England Sheffield United
25 August 2020 Friendly Dundee United Abandoned England Sheffield United Dundee
15:00 [1]
[2]		 Sharp 43' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Referee: Brian McLean
Note: Abandoned after 45 minutes due to weather conditions

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United v St Johnstone
1 August 2020[4] 1 Dundee United 1–1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Clark 6' (pen.) Report Craig 55' Referee: Kevin Clancy
Motherwell v Dundee United
8 August 2020 2 Motherwell 0–1 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BST Report Reynolds 52' Referee: Steven McLean
Dundee United v Hibernian
11 August 2020 3 Dundee United 0–1 Hibernian Tannadice Park
18:00 BST Report Doidge 65' Referee: Don Robertson
Ross County v Dundee United
15 August 2020 4 Ross County 1–2 Dundee United Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Paton Yellow card 22'
Donaldson 29' Yellow card 87'		 Report Appéré Yellow card 34'
Pawlett 40'
Clark 79'		 Referee: Craig Napier
Dundee United v Celtic
22 August 2020 5 Dundee United 0–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
17:30 Report Ajeti 83' Referee: Andrew Dallas
Note: Live on Sky Sports
Kilmarnock v Dundee United
29 August 2020 6 Kilmarnock 4–0 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Kabamba 30', 79'
Brophy 45+1'
McKenzie 86'		 Report Referee: David Munro
Rangers v Dundee United
12 September 2020 7 Rangers 4–0 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Kent 13'
Tavernier 39'
Roofe 68'
Arfield 87'		 Report Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United v St Mirren
19 September 2020 8 Dundee United 2–1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Shankland 33'
Sporle 52'		 Report Tait Red card 60'
Connolly 64'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Colin Steven
Hamilton Academical v Dundee United
26 September 2020 9 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Dundee United Hamilton
15:00 Odoffin 75' Report Shankland 4' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Referee: Alan Muir
Dundee United v Livingston
2 October 2020 10 Dundee United 1–2 Livingston Tannadice Park
19:45 Clark 18' Report Guthrie 53'
Forrest 90'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: John Beaton
Dundee United v Aberdeen
17 October 2020 11 Dundee United 0–0 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
St Johnstone v Dundee United
24 October 2020 12 St Johnstone 0–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Dundee United v Ross County
31 October 2020 13 Dundee United 2–1 Ross County Tannadice Park
15:00 Clark 19 pen.', 51' Report Shaw 81' Attendance: 0
St Mirren v Dundee United
6 November 2020 14 St Mirren 0–0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Munro
Dundee United v Hamilton Academical
21 November 2020 15 Dundee United 2–1 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park
15:00 Clark 76', 80' Report Callachan 65' Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
Livingston v Dundee United
5 December 2020 16 Livingston 2–0 Dundee United Almondvale
15:00 Pittman 57'
Bartley 73'		 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
Dundee United v Rangers
13 December 2020 17 Dundee United 1–2 Rangers Tannadice Park
12:00 Smith 33' Report Tavernier 26'
Goldson 44'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
Hibernian v Dundee United
19 December 2020 18 Hibernian 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale
15:00 Magennis 13' Report Bolton 90+1' Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Duncan
Dundee United v Kilmarnock
23 December 2020 19 Dundee United 2–0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
18:30 McNulty 25'
Shankland 28'		 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
Dundee United v Motherwell
26 December 2020 20 Dundee United 1–1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
15:00 Clark 90+2' Report Watt 9' Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madden
Celtic v Dundee United
30 December 2020 21 Celtic 3–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Soro 23'
Turnbull 40'
Edouard 76'		 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
Aberdeen v Dundee United
2 January 2021 22 Aberdeen 0–0 Dundee United Pittodrie
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United v St Johnstone
12 January 2021 23 Dundee United 2–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
18:00 Appéré 9'
Shankland 53'		 Report Melamed 16'
Kane 38'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Colin Steven
Hamilton Academical v Dundee United
16 January 2021 24 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Dundee United New Douglas Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Greg Aitken
Dundee United v St Mirren
27 January 2021 25 Dundee United 1–5 St Mirren Dundee
19:45 Harkes 54' Report Shaughnessy 30'
McGrath 42 pen.', 45+1 pen.'
Connolly 80'
Dennis 85'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Beaton
Dundee United v Hibernian
30 January 2021 26 Dundee United 0–2 Hibernian Dundee
15:00 Report McGregor 21'
Boyle 69'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Duncan
Motherwell v Dundee United
3 February 2021 27 Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United Motherwell
18:00 Cole 23'
Long 28'		 Report Edwards 80' Stadium: Fir Park, Motherwell
Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
Ross County v Dundee United
6 February 2021 28 Ross County 0–2 Dundee United Dingwall
15:00 Report Shankland 63'
Edwards 76'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grant Irvine
Dundee United v Livingston
13 February 2021 29 Dundee United 3–0 Livingston Dundee
15:00 Sporle 1'
Pawlett Red card 31'
Shankland 35', 83'		 Report Fitzwater Red card 61' Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nick Walsh
Rangers v Dundee United
21 February 2021 30 Rangers 4–1 Dundee United Glasgow
15:00 Hagi 35'
Kent 38'
Aribo 48'
Morelos 64'		 Report McNulty 86' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nick Walsh
Kilmarnock v Dundee United
27 February 2021 31 Kilmarnock 1–1 Dundee United Kilmarnock
15:00 Medley 64' Report Spörle 18' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Munro
Dundee United v Celtic
7 March 2021 32 Dundee United 0–0 Celtic Dundee
12:00 Report Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United v Aberdeen
20 March 2021 33 Dundee United 1–0 Aberdeen Dundee
15:00 Spörle 61' Report Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
Referee: Greg Aitken
Hamilton Academical v Dundee United
10 April 2021 34 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Dundee United Hamilton
15:00 Report McNulty 6' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madden
Kilmarnock v Dundee United
21 April 2021 35 Kilmarnock 3–0 Dundee United Kilmarnock
19:45 Lafferty 32', 35', 43 pen.' Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
Dundee United v Ross County
1 May 2021 36 Dundee United 0–2 Ross County Dundee
15:00 Report White 24'
Iacovitti 28'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United v Motherwell
12 May 2021 37 Dundee United 2–2 Motherwell Dundee
19:45 Shankland 13'
Meekison 34'		 Report Long 54'
Cole 90+1'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 0
St Mirren v Dundee United
16 May 2021 38 St Mirren 0–0 Dundee United Paisley
12:00 Report Robson Red card 71' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Brechin City v Dundee United
7 October 2020 Brechin City 2–6 Dundee United Glebe Park
19:45 Inglis 52 pen.'
Currie 54'		 Report Clark 15', 18'
Butcher 40'
Harkes 47'
Smith 60', 90+3'		 Attendance: 0
Dundee United v Peterhead
10 October 2020 Dundee United 0–1 Peterhead Tannadice Park
15:00 Report Boyd 51' Attendance: 0
Dundee United v Kelty Hearts
13 October 2020 Dundee United 1–0 Kelty Hearts Tannadice Park
19:45 Edwards 45+3' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
St Johnstone v Dundee United
10 November 2020 St Johnstone 0–0
(3-4 p)		 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Live on Premier Sports

Scottish Cup

Dundee United v Partick Thistle
3 April 2021 Third Round Dundee United 2–1 Partick Thistle Dundee
15:00 Shankland 78'
Clark 90+1'		 Report Tiffoney 25' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
Forfar Athletic v Dundee United
16 April 2021 Fourth Round Forfar Athletic 0–1 Dundee United Forfar
19:00 Report Pawlett 56' Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
Aberdeen v Dundee United
24 April 2021 Quarter-Final Aberdeen 0–3 Dundee United Aberdeen
15:00 Report McNulty 18', 54'
Edwards 37'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United v Hibernian
8 May 2021 Semi-Final Dundee United 0–2 Hibernian Glasgow
16:00 Report Nisbet 27'
Doidge 58'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madden

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 16 May 2020
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist 32+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 32 0
2 DF Scotland Liam Smith 28+2 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 35 1
3 DF Argentina Adrián Spörle 15+10 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 29 2
4 DF United States Dillon Powers 6+8 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 17 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly 23+2 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 29 0
6 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 33+1 1 3+0 0 4+0 0 41 1
8 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 15+11 1 2+1 0 1+3 1 33 2
9 FW Scotland Marc McNulty 17+8 3 1+0 0 4+0 2 30 5
10 FW Scotland Nicky Clark 23+7 8 4+0 2 3+1 1 38 11
12 DF England Ryan Edwards 23+0 2 4+0 1 4+0 1 31 4
15 FW Scotland Logan Chalmers 8+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 15 0
17 DF Scotland Jamie Robson 33+3 0 3+0 0 4+0 0 43 0
18 MF England Calum Butcher 27+1 0 4+0 1 4+0 0 36 1
19 GK Turkey Deniz Mehmet 4+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0 12 0
20 MF England Luke Bolton 18+6 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 30 0
21 MF Scotland Declan Glass 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1 0
23 MF United States Ian Harkes 30+5 1 2+2 1 3+1 0 43 2
24 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 30+2 7 0+0 0 4+0 1 36 8
27 FW Scotland Louis Appéré 11+9 1 2+2 0 0+2 0 26 1
31 GK Scotland Jack Newman 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 0
32 MF Scotland Archie Meekison 2+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 1
36 FW Scotland Darren Watson 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4 0
43 DF Scotland Kerr Smith 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 5 0
52 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
53 GK Scotland Ross Doohan 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2 0
66 MF Cameroon Jeando Fuchs 19+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 25 0
Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season
7 MF Scotland Paul McMullan 3+5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 11 0
11 FW Scotland Cammy Smith 0+4 0 2+1 2 0+0 0 7 2
14 MF Kosovo Florent Hoti 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4 0
16 MF Scotland Adam King 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
22 DF Scotland Kieran Freeman 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 0
25 FW Scotland Kai Fotheringham 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 3 0
26 MF Scotland Chris Mochrie 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1 0
30 DF Scotland Lewis Neilson 7+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 10 0

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
7 St Mirren 38 11 12 15 37 45 −8 45
8 Motherwell 38 12 9 17 39 55 −16 45
9 Dundee United 38 10 14 14 32 50 −18 44
10 Ross County 38 11 6 21 35 66 −31 39
11 Kilmarnock (R) 38 10 6 22 43 54 −11 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team
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 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ DUN PET KEL BRE
1 St Johnstone 4 3 0 1 0 12 2 +10 10 Qualification for the Second round — 0–0p — — 7–0
2 Dundee United 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 8 — — 0–1 1–0 —
3 Peterhead 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 1–3 — — — 3–1
4 Kelty Hearts 4 1 0 1 2 4 4 0 4 1–2 — 1–1p — —
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 — 2–6 — 0–2 —
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[8]

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jack Newman England Sunderland Free[9]
England Ryan Edwards England Blackpool Free[10]
Kosovo Florent Hoti England Rochdale Undisclosed[11]
Cameroon Jeando Fuchs Spain Deportivo Alavés Undisclosed[12]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Paul Watson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[13]
Scotland Sam Wardrop Scotland Dumbarton Free[14]
England Rakish Bingham England Ebbsfleet United Free[15]
Sweden Osman Sow Scotland Dundee Free[16]
Scotland Cammy Smith Scotland Ayr United Free[17]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Mark Ogren Statement: Dundee United Ladbrokes Championship Winners". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Club Statement". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Micky Mellon becomes United manager". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "2020/21 Premiership Fixtures Revealed". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Dundee United snap up ex-Sunderland goalkeeper Jack Newman". Evening Telegraph. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Ryan Edwards is Tangerine". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. Dundee United FC. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Dundee United: Midfielder Florent Hoti joins on two-year deal". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Jeando Fuchs: Dundee Utd sign Cameroon midfielder on two-year deal". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Paul Watson joins Dunfermline". dafc.co.uk. Dunfermline Athletic FC. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. ^ "SAM WARDROP IS BACK AT DUMBARTON!". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton FC. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Fleet bring Bingham in". ebbsfleetunited.co.uk. Ebbsfleet United FC. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Osman joins". dundeefc.co.uk. Dundee FC. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Cammy Smith agrees deal". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. Ayr United FC. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Dundee United sign Man City winger Luke Bolton on season-long loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  19. ^ "McNulty arrives at Tannadice". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. Dundee United FC. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Dundee United: Ross Doohan brought in on emergency loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  21. ^ "United midfielder joins the 'Loons'". forfarathletic.co.uk. Forfar Athletic FC. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  22. ^ "CHRIS MOCHRIE JOINS MONTROSE ON LOAN". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. Dundee United FC. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Paul joins on loan". eveningexpress.co.uk. Evening Express. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Paul joins on loan". dundeefc.co.uk. Dundee FC. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  25. ^ "One in and one out at Raith Rovers". fifetoday.co.uk. Fife Today. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Dundee United youngsters Kai Fotheringham and Lewis Neilson join Falkirk on loan until the end of the season". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Dundee United youngsters Kai Fotheringham and Lewis Neilson join Falkirk on loan until the end of the season". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Dundee United youngster Nathan Cooney joins Raith Rovers on loan until the end of the season". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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