THE UEFA CUP RUN IN 1986/87




United reached the pinacle of all their European attempts in The 1986/87 season when they got to The Final of The UEFA Cup, only to lost to IFK Gothenburg 2-1 on aggregate, on a very emotional night at Tannadice, no one will ever forget


United Team of 1986/87



Tannadice as it looked from the Sandeman Street turnstiles in 1986/87 season


1st Round - 1st Leg - 17/9/86


Racing Club Lens (France) 1 V Dundee United 0
Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens, France
Attendance - 11,330




United Line-up - W.Thomson, Malpas, Sulley, Beaumont, Hegarty, Narey, Bowman,
Gallacher, Bannon, Sturrock, Milne. Subs - Holt, Coyne, G.McLeod, McInally, S.Thomson.

1st Round - 2nd Leg - 1/10/86

Dundee United 2 V Racing Club Lens 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 11,645
Goals by Ralph Milne and Tommy Coyne

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Malpas, McGinnis, Beaumont, Hegarty, McInally, Coyne(Bowman),
Milne, Bannon, Sturrock, Redford. Subs - G.McLeod, Gallacher, Sulley, S.Thomson.

Aggregate score 2-1 to Dundee United

Programme from the above match



2nd Round - 1st Leg - 22/10/86

Dundee United 3 V Universitatae Craiova (Romania) 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 10,728
Goals by Ian Redford(2) and John Clark

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Malpas, McGinnis, McInally, Clark, Narey, Bowman,
Milne(Gallacher), Bannon, Sturrock(Coyne), Redford. Subs - Beaumont, Sulley and S.Thomson.

Luggy playing in the 3-0 win against Universitatae Craiova in the UEFA Cup



Programme from the above match



2nd Round - 2nd Leg - 5/11/86

Universitatae Craiova 1 V Dundee United 0
Stadional Central, Craiova, Romania
Attendance - 35,000



United Line-up - W.Thomson, Malpas, McGinnis, Beaumont, Clark, McInally, Bowman
Milne(Coyne), Bannon, Sturrock(Gallacher), Redford. Subs - Holt, Sulley and S.Thomson.

Aggregate score 3-1 to Dundee United

3rd Round - 1st Leg - 26/11/86

Dundee United 2 V Hajduk Split (Yugoslavia) 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 11,569
Goals by Jim McInally and John Clark

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Malpas, Beaumont, McInally, Clark, Narey, B.Mckinlay
Milne(Coyne), Bannon(Gallacher), Sturrock, Redford. Subs - Bowman, Sulley and McGinnis.

Paul Sturrock playing in the 2-0 win against Hajduk Split in the UEFA Cup



Programme from the above match




3rd Round - 2nd Leg - /12/86

Hajduk Split 0 V Dundee United 0
Poljud Stadion, Split, Yugoslavia




Attendance - 26,000

United Line-up - W.Thomson, McGinnis, Holt, McInally, Clark, Narey, Beaumont,
Milne, Bannon, Gallacher, Redford. Subs - Page, Bowman, Coyne, Sulley and Mckinlay.

Aggregate score 2-0 to Dundee United

Match ticket from the above game in Split


Quarter Final - 1st Leg - 4/3/87

Dundee United 1 V Barcelona (Spain) 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 21,322
Goal by Kevin Gallacher

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Malpas, McInally, Clark, Narey, Ferguson, Gallacher
(Kinnaird), Bannon, Sturrock, Redford. Subs - McGinnis, Bowman, Hegarty, S.Thomson.


Barca's Victor takes on Jim McInally and Ian Redford at Tannadice.


John Clark in action against Barcelona at Tannadice.



Luggy in action against Barcelona at Tannadice.



Jim McLean and Barca coach Terry Venables meet before the match at Tannadice.

Programme and ticket from that memorable match at Tannadice




Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - 18/3/87

Barcelona 1 V Dundee United 2
Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
Attendance - 42,000
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Goals by John Clark and Iain Ferguson

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Malpas, McInally, Clark, Narey, Ferguson,
Gallacher, Hegarty, Sturrock, Redford. Subs - Bowman, Kinnaird, Beaumont, G.McLeod and Main.

Aggregate score 3-1 to Dundee United

Poster and ticket from that memorable match in the Nou Camp Stadium



Semi Final - 1st Leg - 8/4/87

Dundee United 0 V Borussia Munchengladbach (West Germany) 0
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 15,789

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Malpas, McInally(Gallacher), Clark, Narey, Ferguson,
Bannon, Hegarty, Sturrock, Redford. Subs - Bowman, Beaumont, Kirkwood and Main.

Iain Ferguson in action in the above match





Maurice Malpas in action against Borussia at Tannadice during one of the two offside goals.


Match Programme from the above game

Semi Final - 2nd Leg - 22/4/87

Borussia Munchengladbach 0 V Dundee United 2
Bokelberg Stadium, Munchengladbach, West Germany
Attendance - 34,000




Goals by Iain Ferguson and Ian Redford

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Kirkwood, McInally, Hegarty, Narey, Ferguson(Clark),
Bowman, Bannon, Sturrock(Gallacher), Redford. Subs - McGinnis, Beaumont and S.Thomson.

Aggregate score 2-0 to Dundee United

Ticket from the above match

UEFA Cup Final - 1st Leg - 6/5/87

IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 1 V Dundee United 0
Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden


Attendance - 50,023

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Malpas, McInally, Hegarty(Clark), Narey, Kirkwood,
Bowman, Bannon, Sturrock(Beaumont), Redford. Subs - Gallacher, G.McLeod and S.Thomson.

Ian Redford in the above match




Match Programme and ticket from the above match

UEFA Cup Final - 2nd Leg - 20/5/87

Dundee United 1 V IFK Gotherburg 1
At Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance - 20,911
Goal by John Clark

United Line-up - W.Thomson, Holt, Malpas, McInally(Gallacher), Clark, Narey, Ferguson,
Bannon, Hegarty, Sturrock, Redford. Subs - Bowman, Beaumont, Kirkwood and Main.


Iain Ferguson stretching for the ball during the UEFA Cup final at Tannadice in 1987


Match Programme and ticket from the match

Aggregate score 2-1 to IFK Gothenburg


Kevin Gallacher goes so close to scoring in the above match


John Clark scores that brilliant goal in the UEFA Cup Final at Tannadice

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