2009–10 Dundee United F.C. season

The 2009–10 season covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 and was the club's 101st season, having been founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909.

Dundee United
2009–10 season
ChairmanStephen Thompson
ManagerCraig Levein
(until 23 December 2009)
Peter Houston
Scottish Premier League3rd
Scottish CupWinners
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jon Daly (13)
All: David Goodwillie (15)
Highest home attendance11,100 vs. Celtic, 22 November 2009
Lowest home attendance6,000 vs. Hamilton, 17 October 2009
Centenary colours

Review and Events

A number of players joined and left the club in early pre-season. Striker Danny Cadamarteri signed on a Bosman transfer from Huddersfield Town, while goalkeeper Steve Banks arrived as player/goalkeeping coach after negotiating his release from Hearts. Former England under-18 cap Jennison Myrie-Williams arrived after leaving Bristol City while Michael McGovern, who had been signed as back-up on a one-year deal last summer, left the club after failing to make a first-team appearance. Warren Feeney's loan spell also came to an end and wasn't renewed, while a handful of under-19 players were either released or allowed to move to lower league clubs.

Chronological list of events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2009–10 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

Match Results

Dundee United have played twelve competitive matches during the 2009–10 season.[7]

Friendlies

The club failed to retain the Keyline Cup they won last year by finishing third in the six-team tournament when they visited Oban in mid July. A series of domestic friendly matches sandwiched a trip to the Republic of Ireland before the club's centenary friendly draw at home to Newcastle United. A friendly win at home to FA Premier League side Blackburn Rovers was the club's last pre-season encounter, although in late July, the club confirmed a November friendly with rivals Dundee to mark the opening of the club's new floodlights. United ran out 3-1 winners with goals from Andis Shala, Danny Cadamarteri and Jon Daly.

14 July 2009 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Dundee United East End Park
S. Robertson
Goodwillie
17 July 2009 Friendly Arbroath 1–2 Dundee United XI Gayfield Park
Hislop Casalinuovo
Dow
Referee: Neil Watters
20 July 2009 Friendly Republic of Ireland Drogheda United 2–2 Dundee United United Park
Crowley 11' (pen.)
Ryan 51'
Cadamarteri 67'
Kovacevic 80'
23 July 2009 Friendly Republic of Ireland Kildare County 0–4 Dundee United Station Park
Shala 2', 27'
Webster 43'
Kenneth 71'
28 July 2009 Friendly Inverness CT 1–3 Dundee United Caledonian Stadium
Sanchez 38' Goodwillie 10', 54'
Cadamarteri 79'
29 July 2009 Friendly Linlithgow Rose 1–2 Dundee United XI Prestonfield
Manson
2 August 2009 Friendly Dundee United 1–1 England Newcastle United Tannadice Park
Swanson soccer ball with red X
Goodwillie 85' (pen.)
Carroll 60' Attendance: 8,876
Referee: C Boyle
4 August 2009 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–3 Dundee United XI Station Park
Conway
Russell
Collins 47'
8 August 2009 Friendly Dundee United 2–0 England Blackburn Rovers Tannadice Park
Goodwillie soccer ball with red X
Shala 26'
Buaben 70'
Attendance: 3,137
Referee: B Winter
10 November 2009 Friendly Dundee United 3–1 Dundee Tannadice Park
Shala 18'
Cadamarteri 68'
Daly 75'
Clarke 34' Attendance: 7,774

Scottish Premier League

The 2009–10 Scottish Premier League season began on Saturday 15 August 2009 with United featuring in the first live SPL match on ESPN two days later, beating Heart of Midlothian. United failed to make it two wins from the opening two matches – last achieved in the 1992-93 season – when they were held to a goalless draw at St Mirren, although they followed up with a 2–1 win at home to Falkirk a week later. The first weekend in September saw an international break with United coming close to ending their seventeen-year wait for a victory at Celtic Park, drawing 1-1. The following week, United's unbeaten start to the season ended when Motherwell won 1–0 at Tannadice, although United responded with an away win against St Johnstone. Successive draws against Hibernian and Hamilton Academical followed before United won the first New Firm derby of the season. At the start of November, United's televised match at home to Rangers was abandoned at half-time due to torrential rain, with Rangers leading 1–0. In United's next match, two Damian Casalinuovo goals saw off Kilmarnock at Rugby Park, for the club's second successive away win; on 22 November, at the 39th time of asking, United finally defeated Celtic in a league match, winning 2–1. United continued their unbeaten run with a hard-fought 2–2 draw away to Motherwell, despite having two players sent off, and followed up with a home win against St Mirren. A 0–0 draw at Hearts preceded a defeat at home to Rangers, in what turned out to be Craig Levein's final match, before another 0–0 draw at home to Kilmarnock. United finally scored in the following match but incredibly lost 7–1 at Rangers, with Kris Boyd scoring a quintuple against United for the second time in his career. A further defeat to Aberdeen followed before a three-game winning streak against Hamilton, Hibernian and Falkirk. St Johnstone were the visitors to Tannadice in a 3–3 draw to close out January. United started February with a pulsating 4–4 draw at Kilmarnock, before a shock defeat at home to Hamilton. A further defeat at Celtic Park followed before a Morgaro Gomis double helped United to three points at home to basement club Falkirk.

17 August 2009 SPL 1 Dundee United 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Tannadice Park
Cadamarteri 4' (pen.), 85' Stewart Yellow card 51' Red card Attendance: 8,253
Referee: S Conroy
22 August 2009 SPL 2 St Mirren 0–0 Dundee United St Mirren Park
Attendance: 4,775
Referee: D McDonald
29 August 2009 SPL 3 Dundee United 2–1 Falkirk Tannadice Park
Cadamarteri 49'
Goodwillie 56'
Finnbogason 75' Attendance: 6,979
Referee: C Thomson
12 September 2009 SPL 4 Celtic 1–1 Dundee United Celtic Park
McDonald 17' Goodwillie 6'
S Robertson Yellow card 87' Red card
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: S Conroy
19 September 2009 SPL 5 Dundee United 0–1 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Forbes 66' (pen.) Attendance: 7,196
Referee: D Somers
26 September 2009 SPL 6 St Johnstone 2–3 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Dods 37' (o.g.)
Hardie 72'
Cadamarteri 34' (pen.)
Webster 48'
Casalinuovo 77'
Swanson Red card 87'
Attendance: 7,225
Referee: D McDonald
3 October 2009 SPL 7 Hibernian 1–1 Dundee United Easter Road
Zemmama 27' Webster 72' Attendance: 13,056
Referee: M Tumilty
24 October 2009 SPL 9 Aberdeen 0–2 Dundee United Easter Road
Casalinuovo 31'
Gomis 36'
Attendance: 11,766
Referee: S Conroy
7 November 2009 SPL 10 Kilmarnock 0–2 Dundee United Rugby Park
Casalinuovo 22' (pen.), 57' Attendance: 4,753
Referee: S O'Reilly
22 November 2009 SPL 11 Dundee United 2–1 Celtic Tannadice Park
Daly 83'
Dods 90'
Robson 71' (pen.) Attendance: 11,098
Referee: D McDonald
28 November 2009 SPL 12 Motherwell 2–2 Dundee United Fir Park
Sutton 16'
Jutkiewicz 29'
Webster 14'
Buaben Yellow card 67' Red card
Daly 83'
Swanson Red card 87'
Attendance: 4,593
Referee: A Muir
5 December 2009 SPL 13 Dundee United 3–2 St Mirren Tannadice Park
Casalinuovo 29'
Conway 44'
Myrie-Williams 79'
Dods 61' (o.g.)
O'Donnell 85'
Attendance: 6,529
Referee: B Winter
12 December 2009 SPL 14 Hearts 0–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Cadamarteri soccer ball with red X Attendance: 14,873
Referee: E Norris
15 December 2009 SPL 15 Dundee United 0–3 Rangers Tannadice Park
Beasley 26'
Miller 58', 75'
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: M Tumilty
26 December 2009 SPL 16 Dundee United 0–0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
Attendance: 6,692
Referee: C Thomson
30 December 2009 SPL 17 Rangers 7–1 Dundee United Ibrox
Boyd 20' (pen.), 25', 29', 75', 80'
Miller Red card 51'
Whittaker 68'
Bougherra 85'
Casalinuovo 46' Attendance: 48,721
Referee: W Collum
2 January 2010 SPL 18 Dundee United 0–1 Aberdeen Tannadice Park
Mulgrew 15'
Grassi Red card 64'
Attendance: 10,032
Referee: C Murray
13 January 2010 SPL 19 Hamilton 0–1 Dundee United New Douglas Park
Goodwillie 75' Attendance: 2,033
Referee: I Brines
16 January 2010 SPL 20 Dundee United 1–0 Hibernian Tannadice Park
Swanson 39' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: S Conroy
24 January 2010 SPL 21 Falkirk 1–4 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium
Moutinho 90' Goodwillie 29'
Daly 45', 57', 88'
Attendance: 4,378
Referee: E Norris
27 January 2010 SPL 22 Dundee United 3–3 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Daly 52'
Swanson 69'
Myrie-Williams 77'
MacDonald 6'
Craig 21'
Moon 77'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: S O'Reilly
30 January 2010 SPL 23 Kilmarnock 4–4 Dundee United Rugby Park
Ford 20'
Kyle 41'
Pascali 55'
Bryson 64'
Buaben 16'
Conway 28', 33'
Daly 66' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,587
Referee: D McDonald
10 February 2010 SPL 24 Dundee United 0–2 Hamilton Tannadice Park
F.Paixão 23'
M.Paixão 45'
Attendance: 5,598
Referee: A Muir
13 February 2010 SPL 25 St Mirren 1–2 Dundee United St Mirren Park
Higdon 66' Swanson 83'
Goodwillie 90.'
Attendance: 3,944
Referee: E Norris
20 February 2010 SPL 26 Celtic 1–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
Keane 20' Attendance: 49,000
Referee: C Thomson
27 February 2010 SPL 27 Dundee United 3–0 Falkirk Tannadice Park
Goodwillie 17' (pen.)
Gomis 30', 87'
Attendance: 6,352
Referee: C Murray
7 March 2010 SPL 28 Dundee United 1–0 Hearts Tannadice Park
Gomis 78' Attendance: 6,683
Referee: M Tumilty
20 March 2010 SPL 29 Aberdeen 2–2 Dundee United Pittodrie Stadium
Diamond 32'
Paton 45' (pen.)
Daly 8', 24' Attendance: 9,316
Referee: I Brines
27 March 2010 SPL 30 Dundee United 3–0 Motherwell Tannadice Park
Goodwillie 38'
Buaben 43'
Swanson 72'
Attendance: 7,609
Referee: W Collum
31 March 2010 SPL 31 Hibernian 2–4 Dundee United Easter Road
Cregg 1'
Stokes 90'
Daly 20' (pen.)
Swanson 26'
Goodwillie 60'
Sandaza 88'
Attendance: 9,185
Referee: S O'Reilly
5 April 2010 SPL 32 St Johnstone 0–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Daly 83' Attendance: 5,769
Referee: S Conroy
14 April 2010 SPL 33 Dundee United 0–0 Rangers Tannadice Park
Kovačević Red card 70' Attendance: 11,100
Referee: B Winter
18 April 2010 SPL 34 Motherwell 2–3 Dundee United Fir Park
Sutton 28', 81' Daly 5', 43'
Conway 49'
Attendance: 3,544
Referee: C Murray
25 April 2010 SPL 35 Dundee United 0–2 Celtic Tannadice Park
Myrie-Williams Yellow card 77' Red card Kamara 30'
Keane 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: I Brines
1 May 2010 SPL 36 Dundee United 1–2 Rangers Tannadice Park
Casalinuovo 80' Boyd 2'
Novo 41'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: S O'Reilly
5 May 2010 SPL 37 Hearts 0–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 12,325
Referee: S Finnie
9 May 2010 SPL 38 Dundee United 0–2 Hibernian Tannadice Park
Nish 12', 72' Attendance: 6,527
Referee: C Richmond

Scottish League Cup

Dundee United joined the League Cup 2009-10 campaign in the second round where they beat Alloa Athletic. United won at Ross County in the third round to progress to the quarter-finals, where they were handed a third successive away tie, losing to fellow SPL side St Johnstone.

25 August 2009 League Cup R2 Alloa Athletic 0–2 Dundee United Recreation Park
Shala 23'
Goodwillie 39'
Attendance: 1,422
Referee: E Norris
22 September 2009 League Cup R3 Ross County 0–2 Dundee United Victoria Park
Scott Red card 83' Wilkie 36'
Russell 77'
Attendance: 1,986
Referee: C Thomson
27 October 2009 League Cup QF St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Anderson 72'
Dods 76' (o.g.)
Buaben 82' Attendance: 5,146
Referee: S Conroy

Scottish Cup

Dundee United played Partick Thistle in the Scottish Cup Fourth Round on Saturday 9 January 2010, winning 2–0. The fifth round draw gave United another away tie – against St Johnstone – for five consecutive cup ties this season. United gained revenge for the McDiarmid Park defeat in the League Cup, winning 1-0 before being drawn away again, this time to Rangers. After forcing a replay at Tannadice, they saw off Raith Rovers to proceed to the final at Hampden. A pair of goals from Craig Conway in the final against Ross County ensured Dundee United's first Scottish Cup title since 1994. The Ross County game had the most Arabs ever at one match.

14 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF Rangers 3–3 Dundee United Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Boyd 34' (pen.), 43' (pen.)
Novo 48'
Shala 24'
Whittaker 63' (o.g.)
Kovačević 80'
Attendance: 24,096
Referee: Dougie McDonald

Player stats

During the 2009–10 season, United have used 29 different players on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[8]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier LeagueScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England ENG Nicky Weaver 1801800000
1 GK Slovakia SVK Dusan Pernis 90702000
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Dillon 2402001030
3 DF Scotland SCO Andy Webster 2131831020
4 DF Scotland SCO Lee Wilkie 21100011
5 DF Scotland SCO Darren Dods 2312011020
6 MF Scotland SCO Craig Conway 2732232030
7 MF England ENG Jennison Myrie-Williams 2021820020
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 110900020
9 ST Republic of Ireland IRL Jon Daly 1671472000
10 ST England ENG Danny Cadamarteri 1841640020
11 ST Spain ESP Francisco Sandaza 321028101030
12 MF Scotland SCO David Robertson 102812100
13 GK England ENG Steve Banks 30000030
14 MF Scotland SCO Danny Swanson 2442032120
15 MF Ghana GHA Prince Buaben 2522212011
16 MF Senegal SEN Morgaro Gomis 2632232020
17 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham 40300010
17 DF Latvia LVA Pāvels Mihadjuks 20200000
18 DF Scotland SCO Garry Kenneth 2011612020
19 DF Switzerland SUI Mihael Kovačević 2302001020
20 ST Germany GER Andis Shala 81700011
21 ST Argentina ARG Damián Casalinuovo 2472062120
23 DF Scotland SCO Paul Dixon 2502102020
24 MF Scotland SCO Greg Cameron 10001000
25 ST Scotland SCO David Goodwillie 26102252421
26 MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 10000010
29 ST Scotland SCO Johnny Russell 11000011
38 ST Scotland SCO Dale Hilson 10100000
43 DF Scotland SCO Ross Smith 10100000
63 MF England ENG Ashley Hadden 10100000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 9 3 82 28 +54 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 38 25 6 7 75 39 +36 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dundee United 38 17 12 9 55 47 +8 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hibernian 38 15 9 14 58 55 +3 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 2 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. by winning the Scottish Cup.

Transfers

In

The club confirmed the pre-contract signings of three players in June, with Slovakian goalkeeper Dušan Perniš to follow in January. Scotland international Andy Webster followed on a season-long loan deal[9] - some eight years after nearly signing from Arbroath,[10] and former Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver signing on a short-term contract.[11] In late September 2009, midfielder Mark Fotheringham was signed on a three-month contract ahead of his January 2010 move to Anorthosis Famagusta. In February, Latvian defender Pāvels Mihadjuks signed a short-term deal until the end of the season.

DatePlayerFromFee (£)
1 July 2009England Steve BanksHeart of MidlothianFree
1 July 2009England Danny CadamarteriHuddersfield TownFree
1 July 2009England Jennison Myrie-WilliamsBristol CityFree
15 July 2009Scotland Andy WebsterRangersLoan
18 July 2009Argentina Damián CasalinuovoFree AgentFree
5 August 2009England Nicky WeaverFree AgentFree
25 September 2009Scotland Mark FotheringhamFree AgentFree
1 January 2010Slovakia Dušan PernišMŠK ŽilinaFree
8 February 2010Latvia Pāvels MihadjuksFree AgentFree

Out

Youngster Ross McCord joined Stirling Albion on loan (where older brother Ryan had a previous loan spell), while Danny Grainger joined rivals St Johnstone.[12] In late August, Damián Casalinuovo joined Raith Rovers on a month's loan deal, with Johnny Russell following suit upon the Argentine's return. Marco Andreoni and Conor Grant joined Forfar Athletic on short-term emergency loans in October, with Greg Cameron and Kevin Smith joining Raith on a similar deal. In December, Keith Watson also undertook a temporary move to Fife, joining East Fife.

DatePlayerToFee (£)
1 July 2009Scotland Ross McCordStirling AlbionLoan
15 July 2009England Danny GraingerSt Johnstone£40,000[13]
27 August 2009Argentina Damián CasalinuovoRaith RoversLoan
26 September 2009Scotland Johnny RussellRaith RoversLoan
23 October 2009AndreoniForfar AthleticLoan
23 October 2009Scotland Conor GrantForfar AthleticLoan
20 November 2009Scotland Greg CameronRaith RoversLoan
27 November 2009Scotland Kevin SmithRaith RoversLoan
3 December 2009Scotland Keith WatsonEast FifeLoan

Awards

The club has received three awards during the 2009–10 season, with Craig Levein winning Manager of the Month, and Danny Cadamarteri and Andy Webster winning Player of the Month.

Manager of the Month

November 2009
April 2010

Player of the Month

September 2009
November 2009

Playing kit

Home colours
Away colours
Centenary colours

The jerseys were sponsored for a second season by JD Sports' Carbrini Sportswear label,[14][15] with the firm also sponsoring the shorts. Nike began their four-year deal of kit production with the club's centenary home strip unveiled in mid-June,[16] with the away strip to follow on 24 July. Dundee-based cosmetic car repair specialists Dents8 began a two-year sponsorship of the home and away shorts and the first team's socks.[17]

The club has a third strip, a centenary strip, to mark the club's foundation in 1909. Previously, the last third strip used was in the 2002–03 season. The strip was used in the November 2009 friendly against Dundee but remains unused in competitive competition.

See also

References

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  13. Reoch, Paul (16 July 2009). "Grainger 'over the moon' at move". The Courier (Dundee). Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  14. Roache, Ian (14 April 2008). "United unveil new sponsor". The Courier (Dundee). Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  15. Wood, Zoe (13 April 2008). "JD Sports scores Scots shirt deal". London: The Observer. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
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