Stat Pack - Dundee United

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The History
QUICK FACT: We welcome Celtic FC to Tannadice Park for the 110th time in 90 years today.
★ First Ever
Scottish Football League
Division One
Saturday, September 19, 1925
3pm
UNITED 1
Howieson 81
Team - Paterson, Kay, McBride, D Walker,
Simpson, McDonald, J Walker, McMillan,
Bauld, Oswald, Howieson
CELTIC 0
Team - Shevlin, W McStay, Hilley, Wilson, J
McStay, McFarlane, Connolly, Thomson,
McGrory, McInally, McLean
Referee: Peter Craigmyle
Attendance: 17,000
United v Celtic
United and Celtic first met in September 1925 during United’s
★ Most Recent
SPFL Premiership
first season in Division One, in a match that United won 1-0 in
Sunday, April 26, 2015
front of a then record crowd of 20,000 at Tannadice. By 1932
12.30pm
they had spent a further three seasons together, but did not meet
UNITED 0
again in the League until 1960. Since then, the only interruption
in their League meetings was due to United’s brief sojourn in the
Team - Cierzniak, McGowan, Dixon, Morris,
Fojut, Souttar, Telfer (Coote 69),
Rankin,
Muirhead, Spittal (Connolly 78), Erskine (Anier
85)
Subs not used - Szromnik, Smith, Dillon, Spark
First Division in 1995/96.
CELTIC 3
The two clubs, along with Aberdeen, became close rivals for the
Griffiths 47, 65, pen 84
winning the 1982/83 Championship by just one point. Celtic
Team - Gordon, Matthews (Ambrose 69),
Izaguirre, Denayer, van Dijk, Biton, Brown,
Commons, Johansen (Forrest 72), Armstrong
(Mackay-Steven 60), Griffiths
were the the Terrors’ opponents in United's first ever Scottish
Subs not used - Zaluska, Guidetti, Šćepović,
Tierney
Cup Final in 1974, and they would also meet in the competition
Premier Division title during the early 1980s, with United
final in 1985, 1988 and 2005.
Referee: Willie Collum
Attendance: 8,329
Overall Competitive Record vs Celtic
Venue
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Home
109
32
23
54
137
194
-57
Away
109
9
29
71
87
233
-146
Neutral
15
1
2
12
11
32
-21
Overall
233
42
54
137
235
459
-224
Competitive League Record vs Celtic
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
Home
93
27
19
47
115
168
-53
Away
95
8
27
60
79
205
-126
Overall
188
35
46
107
194
373
-179
Last 10 Competitive Meetings vs Celtic
0-3
0-3
0-4
0-2
1-1
2-1
1-6
1-3
0-2
1-1
(H)
(A)
(A)
(N)
(H)
(H)
(A)
(A)
(H)
(A)
0-4
0-1
Last 10 Competitive Meetings at Tannadice vs Celtic
0-3
1-1
2-1
0-2
0-1
0-4
2-2
1-0
Head to Head
Record Book
QUICK FACT: United’s record Tannadice crowd for a match against Celtic is 25,697 (August 26, 1967)
Biggest Victories vs Celtic
Oct 26, 1985
League (Premier Division)
(A)
3-0
May 8, 1982
League (Premier Division)
(H)
3-0
Nov 19, 1980
League Cup (Semi Final 2nd Leg)
(A)
3-0
Apr 8, 1980
League (Premier Division)
(H)
3-0
May 11, 1963
League (Division One)
(H)
3-0
(A)
0-7
Heaviest Defeat vs Celtic
Mar 1, 1930
League (Division One)
Top Goalscorers vs Celtic
All Competitions
League Only
Davie Dodds - 13
Davie Dodds - 12
Eamonn Bannon - 11
Eamonn Bannon - 9
Paul Sturrock - 10
Ralph Milne - 6
Kevin Gallacher - 7
Kevin Gallacher - 5
Ralph Milne - 6
Paul Sturrock - 5
Paul Hegarty - 6
Dennis Gillespie - 4
Dennis Gillespie - 5
Paddy Connolly - 4
Kjell Olofsson - 5
Duncan Ferguson - 4
Paddy Connolly - 4
Jim Irvine - 4
Duncan Ferguson - 4
Ian Mitchell - 4
Last Season
QUICK FACT: United and Celtic played against each other 4 times in 13 days in March last season.
SPFL Premiership
Venue
Score
Apr, 26, 2015
(H)
0-3
-
Mar 21, 2015
(A)
0-3
-
Dec 21, 2014
(H)
2-1
Çiftçi (5), Armstrong (65)
Aug 16, 2014
(A)
1-6
Rankin (71)
Venue
Score
Mar 18, 2015
(A)
0-4
-
Mar 8, 2015
(H)
1-1
Çiftçi (pen.) (45)
Venue
Score
(N)
0-2
Scottish Cup 1/4 Final
League Cup Final
Mar 15, 2015
League Statistics
Scorers
Scorers
Scorers
-
United
Celtic
1.47
2.42
Goal Difference
+2
+67
Players Used
30
25
Cautions
73
44
Dismissals
2
1
Biggest Win
6 - 2 v Dundee (H)
Jan 1, 2015
6 - 1 v United (H)
Aug 16, 2014
1 - 6 v Celtic (A)
Aug 16, 2014
1 - 2 v United (A)
Dec 21, 2014
Points Per Game
Heaviest Defeat
Current Squad
QUICK FACT: The current United squad have made a combined 130 appearances for the Club against Celtic.
Most Appearances v Celtic
Most Goals Scored v Celtic
Seán Dillon (27)
John Rankin (2)
Seán played his first game for United
against Celtic under Craig Levein at
Tannadice on March 31, 2007. The
game ended in a 1-1 draw.
John’s first goal for United against
Celtic was scored under Peter Houston
at Celtic Park on January 14, 2012.
The game ended in a 2-1 win for Celtic.
First Timers?
If they play, the following members of the United squad will be involved in a United vs
Celtic fixture for the first time:
Ola Adeyemo, Darko Bodul, Coll Donaldson, Mark Durnan, Justin Johnson, Marc
McCallum, Simon Murray, Scott Smith, Rodney Sneijder, Euan Spark, Michal
Szromnik and Luis Zwick.
League
Ola Adeyemo
League Cup
Scottish Cup
This Season
All-Time
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- (2)
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5 (11)
1
1
0
-
-
-
-
1
0
8 (9)
2
3 (1)
0
-
-
-
-
3 (1)
0
3 (1)
0
1 (2)
0
-
-
-
-
1 (2)
0
11 (16)
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- (3)
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
276 (18)
5
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
164 (3)
5
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
4
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
49 (42)
11
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
4
0
3 (1)
0
-
-
-
-
3 (1)
0
38 (16)
9
2
0
-
-
-
-
2
0
2 (1)
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- (1)
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
21
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
28 (2)
2
- (2)
0
-
-
-
-
- (2)
0
6 (9)
2
1 (3)
1
-
-
-
-
1 (3)
1
1 (3)
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
74 (3)
4
3
0
-
-
-
-
3
0
168 (1)
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- (6)
0
- (1)
0
-
-
-
-
- (1)
0
- (1)
0
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
52 (4)
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- (2)
0
4
2
-
-
-
-
4
2
20 (13)
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2 (2)
0
2 (1)
0
-
-
-
-
2 (1)
0
17 (11)
4
4
0
-
-
-
-
4
0
4
0
b. 15.01.1995, London, England
Henri Anier
b. 17.12.1990, Tallinn, Estonia
Mario Bilate
b. 16.07.1991, Moscow, Russia
Darko Bodul
b. 11.01.1989, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Aidan Connolly
b. 15.08.1995, Dundee
Ali Coote
b. 11.06.1998, Bedford, England
Seán Dillon
b. 30.07.1983, Dublin, Ireland
Paul Dixon
b. 22.11.1986, Dundee
Coll Donaldson
b. 09.04.1995, Edinburgh
Ryan Dow
b. 07.06.1991, Dundee
Mark Durnan
b. 28.11.1992, Glasgow
Chris Erskine
b. 08.02.1987, Rutherglen
Scott Fraser
b. 30.03.1995, Dundee
Justin Johnson
b. 27.08.1996, Den Haag, Netherlands
Marc McCallum
b. 27.03.1993, Forfar
Ryan McGowan
b. 15.08.1989, Adelaide, Australia
Callum Morris
b. 03.02.1990, Newcastle, England
Robbie Muirhead
b. 08.03.1996, Irvine
Simon Murray
b. 15.03.1992, Dundee
Paul Paton
b. 18.04.1987, Paisley
John Rankin
b. 27.06.1983, Bellshill
Scott Smith
b. 21.07.1995, Perth
Rodney Sneijder
b. 31.03.1991, Utrecht, Netherlands
John Souttar
b. 25.09.1996, Aberdeen
Euan Spark
b. 29.11.1996, Dundee
Blair Spittal
b. 19.12.1995, Erskine
Michal Szromnik
b. 04.03.1993, Gdansk, Poland
Charlie Telfer
b. 04.07.1995, Carluke
Luis Zwick
b. 24.05.1994, Berlin, Germany
The Numbers Game
1 - The number of times United and Celtic have previously met on
August 22nd. On this day in 1998, Celtic recorded a 2-1 win at
Celtic Park.
170 - If he plays, John Rankin will make his 170th
appearance in a United shirt.
406 - United have used a total of 406 players in matches
against Celtic since 1925.
75,959 - The number of fans in attendance for the
1974 Scottish Cup Final between United and Celtic.
Dundee United Football Club
Tannadice Park, Tannadice Street, Dundee, DD3 7JW
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