List of Dundee United F.C. records and statistics

This page details Dundee United records.

Player records

Appearances

All-time appearances

As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):

Name Games Goals
1 Dave Narey 865 35
2 Maurice Malpas 826 26
3 Paul Hegarty 704 83
4 Hamish McAlpine 677 3
5 Doug Smith 604 26
6 Paul Sturrock 571 170
7 Dennis Gillespie 454 114
8 Eamonn Bannon 440 108
9 Andy Rolland 429 37
10 Dave Bowman 424 12
11 John Holt 403 24
12 Billy Kirkwood 394 69
12 Frank Kopel 394 9
14 Jim McInally 391 22
15 Jimmy Briggs 385 31
16 Davie Dodds 356 150
17 John Clark 327 37
18 George Fleming 326 36
19 Ian Mitchell 301 127
20 Graeme Payne 288 20
21 Ralph Milne 286 73

Goalscorers

All-time goalscorers

As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute):

Name Goals Games Average
1 Peter McKay 201 - -
2 Paul Sturrock 170 571 0.30
3 Davie Dodds 150 356 0.45
4 Ian Mitchell 127 301 0.42
5 Dennis Gillespie 114 454 0.25
6 Eamonn Bannon 108 440 0.25
7 Arthur Milne 85 81 1.05
8 Paul Hegarty 83 704 0.12
9 Collie Martin 80 92 0.87
10 Finn Dossing 76 115 0.66

Club records

Scores

Goals

Wins

Attendances

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 Scotland international Steven Pressley, who was signed from Coventry City in July 1995 for £750,000.

Year Player From Fee 2006[citation needed]
1959 Scotland Dennis Gillespie Scotland Alloa £3,000 £48,390
1968 Scotland Kenny Cameron Scotland Kilmarnock £10,000 £125,200
1974 Scotland Paul Hegarty Scotland Hamilton Academical £27,500 £229,075
1975 Scotland Tom McAdam Scotland Dumbarton £40,000 £287,200
1977 Scotland John Bourke Scotland Dumbarton £60,000 £297,600
1979 Scotland Willie Pettigrew Scotland Motherwell £100,000 £395,000
1979 Scotland Eamonn Bannon England Chelsea £165,000 £651,750
1988 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Krivokapić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star £200,000 £386,000
1989 Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill England Newcastle United £350,000 £644,000
1993 Serbia Gordan Petric Netherlands Partizan £600,000 £852,000
1995 Scotland Steven Pressley Scotland Coventry City £750,000 £1,027,500

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302

Sold

The current record sale is former Scotland international Duncan Ferguson, who was sold to Rangers in July 1993 for £4,000,000.

Year Player To Fee 2013[citation needed]
1925 Scotland Jimmy Howieson Scotland St Mirren £1,000 £51,456
1927 Scotland Jimmy Simpson Scotland Rangers £1,250 £66,437
1929 Scotland Duncan Hutchison England Newcastle United £4,050 £218,135
1957 Scotland Johnny Coyle Scotland Clyde £8,000 £163,430
1961 Scotland Ron Yeats England Liverpool £30,000 £566,352
1970 Scotland Ian Mitchell England Newcastle United £50,000 £655,420
1975 Scotland Andy Gray England Aston Villa £100,000 £711,120
1979 Scotland Ray Stewart England West Ham United £400,000 £1,716,840
1986 Scotland Richard Gough England Tottenham Hotspur £750,000 £1,863,075
1990 Scotland Kevin Gallacher Scotland Coventry City £950,000 £1,829,035
1993 Scotland Duncan Ferguson Scotland Rangers £4,000,000 £6,902,000

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302

References

  1. ^ "SPL - All Time Records". Scottish Premier League. Archived from the original on 2 November 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2006.