This page details Dundee United records.
Player records
Appearances Most international appearances: Maurice Malpas (55 for Scotland) Most League appearances: Maurice Malpas (617, 1981–2000) Youngest player: Chris Mochrie, aged 16 years and 27 days (against Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship on 4 May 2019) Oldest player: Jimmy Brownlie, aged 40 years and eight months (against Hearts at Tynecastle in February 1926, as an emergency goalkeeper)
All-time appearances As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute): NameGamesGoals1 865 352 826 263 704 834 677 35 604 266 571 1707 454 1148 440 1089 429 3710 424 1211 403 2412 394 6912 394 914 391 2215 385 3116 356 15017 327 3718 326 3619 301 12720 288 2021 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 Hibernian)
All-time goalscorers As of 1 January 2007 (Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute): NameGoalsGamesAverage1Peter McKay 201 - -2Paul Sturrock 170 571 0.303Davie Dodds 150 356 0.454Ian Mitchell 127 301 0.425Dennis Gillespie 114 454 0.256Eamonn Bannon 108 440 0.257Arthur Milne 85 81 1.058Paul Hegarty 83 704 0.129Collie Martin 80 92 0.8710Finn Dossing 76 115 0.66
Club records
Scores Biggest win: 14–0 v Nithsdale Wanderers, Scottish Cup 1st Round, 17 January 1931 Biggest league win: 12–1 v East Stirlingshire, Scottish Football League Division Two, 13 April 1936 Worst defeat: 1–12 v Motherwell, 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 goals: Finn Dossing, after 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on 16 October 1965 and Johnny Russell, also after 14 seconds in a Scottish Cup tie against Rangers at Tannadice on 2 February 2013. Most goals in one match: Albert Juliussen, with six of United's seven in a North Eastern League Cup match against St Bernard's on 15 November 1941 Several players have scored five: Collie Martin in a Scottish Football League Division Two match in December 1914 Tim Williamson in a Scottish Cup match in January 1931 Willie Ouchterlonie in Division Two matches in November and December 1933 Willie Black in the same competition in March 1939 Paul Sturrock scored all five in a 5–0 Premier Division win against Morton in November 1984.
Wins Most consecutive wins: 11 during the last 6 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 attendance: 28,000 v CF Barcelona, European Fairs Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg, 16 November 1966 Largest crowd involving Dundee United: 100,000+ against Selangor for the formal opening of the Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, 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 Scotland international Steven Pressley, who was signed from Coventry City in July 1995 for £750,000.
Year Player From Fee 2006 1959 Dennis Gillespie Alloa £3,000 £48,390 1968 Kenny Cameron Kilmarnock £10,000 £125,200 1974 Paul Hegarty Hamilton Academical £27,500 £229,075 1975 Tom McAdam Dumbarton £40,000 £287,200 1977 John Bourke Dumbarton £60,000 £297,600 1979 Willie Pettigrew Motherwell £100,000 £395,000 1979 Eamonn Bannon Chelsea £165,000 £651,750 1988 Miodrag Krivokapić Red Star £200,000 £386,000 1989 Michael O'Neill Newcastle United £350,000 £644,000 1993 Gordan Petric Partizan £600,000 £852,000 1995 Steven Pressley 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 1925 Jimmy Howieson St Mirren £1,000 £51,456 1927 Jimmy Simpson Rangers £1,250 £66,437 1929 Duncan Hutchison Newcastle United £4,050 £218,135 1957 Johnny Coyle Clyde £8,000 £163,430 1961 Ron Yeats Liverpool £30,000 £566,352 1970 Ian Mitchell Newcastle United £50,000 £655,420 1975 Andy Gray Aston Villa £100,000 £711,120 1979 Ray Stewart West Ham United £400,000 £1,716,840 1986 Richard Gough Tottenham Hotspur £750,000 £1,863,075 1990 Kevin Gallacher Coventry City £950,000 £1,829,035 1993 Duncan Ferguson Rangers £4,000,000 £6,902,000 Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045249/http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=302
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