Archive for category: Dundee United

/ May 6, 2012 10:17 pm

Houston proud of his players after securing Europa League spot

Dundee United manager Peter Houston was full of praise after his side defeated league champions Celtic to all but secure fourth spot in the league and with that a Europa League spot.Houston beamed: “I’m delighted and proud of the players and backroom staff. It’s been tough, but great credit and great spirit this team has got. When we needed to,

/ May 6, 2012 9:36 pm

Dundee United battle to 1-0 victory over champions Celtic

Dundee United battled to their first victory over Celtic since November 2009, thanks to a solitary headed goal from Scott Robertson on 21 minutes. Celtic were denied a second half penalty when the ball appeared to strike Keith Watson's arm inside the United box, before Gary Hooper came close to finding the net in the final ten minutes but could

/ May 3, 2012 10:24 am

Five star performance from Rangers as United embarrassed

Results on the park might be secondary to Rangers at the moment, but how they wish they could brush aside their off-field problems as easily as they gained three points against Dundee United. They demolished Peter Houston’s men with a five-star show which confirmed they will finish in second place. However, with Rangers in administration they have been banned from

/ April 25, 2012 10:04 pm

Sandaza “kills” team mates as Dundee Utd push for Champions League slot

With a 13 year winless streak against their Tayside rivals and memories of a 5-1 drubbing fresh in the minds, St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas faced an uphill task before a late injury to Chris Millar forced him into making another change to a midfield already missing Captain Jody Morris, Liam Craig and influential loanee Liam Croft. Dundee Utd manager

/ March 29, 2012 9:09 am

ArabTRUST hit out at Rangers Fans Fighting Fund comments

The Dundee United supporters group, the ArabTRUST has hit out at those behind the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund for their refusal to pay money owed to the Tannadice club by Rangers, after the fund agreed to pay £22,000 to Dunfermline. In what they see as an act by some, to fuel divisions between rival supporters.The Fund have reportedly paid an

/ March 18, 2012 10:29 pm

Dundee United’s Scott Severin forced to retire through injury

Dundee United's Scott Severin has announced that he has been forced to retire from football through injury. The 33-year-old broke his leg during a game against St.Mirren in August.Severin said: “I was down 10 to 12 days ago in London and I spoke to the consultant, who said there was just too much damage on my ankle. So that’s it,

/ March 8, 2012 6:22 pm

Rangers face further SFA Disciplinary proceedings after failure to pay ticket revenue

The Scottish FA have issued Rangers with a notice of complaint over the club's failure to pay Dundee United their share of ticket revenue money from the Rangers v Dundee United Scottish Cup tie on the 5th February

/ February 18, 2012 9:15 am

Could SPL clubs arrest Rangers gate receipts to get money owed?

Four SPL clubs are owed money from Rangers Football Club totalling just over £1 million, but could these clubs go to court to have the gate receipts from the Ibrox side's home games to pay towards the debt?Hearts are owed £800,000 from the transfer of Lee Wallace to the Ibrox club, while Dundee United, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dunfermline are

/ February 13, 2012 12:20 am

SPL Match Report: St.Johnstone 1-5 Dundee United

With St.Johnstone not tasting victory in the league against their Tayside rivals since 2000, manager Steve Lomas makes two changes from the team which battled to gain a draw at Tynecastle, Chris Millar and Cillian Sheridan coming in for the injured Murray Davidson and David Robertson

/ February 10, 2012 3:46 pm

Dundee United announce pre-contract deal with Cierzniak

Dundee United have confirmed that goalkeeper Dusan Pernis will leave the club in the summer. Because of that news, the club have moved swiftly to sign Polish keeper Radoslaw Cierzniak. The 28-year-old has been signed on a pre-contract agreement which will see the player sign a two year deal, with the option of a third. Cierzniak has played once for

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