football
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played by
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...
, and covers the period from 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986. United finished in third place, securing
UEFA Cup
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football for the following season.
Match results
Dundee United played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 1985–86 season. The team finished third in the
Scottish Premier Division
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.
In the cup competitions, United lost in the semi-final of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hearts and to
Aberdeen
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Swiss
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side
Neuchâtel Xamax
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eliminated United in the third round of the
UEFA Cup
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.
Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first.
Premier Division
Scottish Cup
Skol Cup
UEFA Cup
League table
Transfers
In
The club signed one player during the season with a total public cost of £70,000. Two other players joined before the following season.
Out
Three players were sold by the club during the season.
Loans out
Playing kit
The shirts were sponsored for the first time – future chairman Eddie Thompson's VG Foodstores were the inaugural sponsors.
Trivia
* Undersoil heating was used for the first time on 27 November 1985 in the
UEFA Cup
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match against
Neuchâtel Xamax
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See also
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1985–86 in Scottish football
The 1985–86 season was the 89th season of competitive football in Scotland.
At a national level, Scotland's qualification for the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico was marred by the death of Manager Jock Stein. In the end caretaker manager Alex ...
Dundee United
Dundee United Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish professional association football, football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nickname ...