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He led Dundee United to their only Scottish Football League title in 1982–83, following Scottish League Cup wins in 1979 and 1980. Under McLean, the club also lost in a further eight domestic cup finals. In European football, McLean's Dundee United reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1984 and the UEFA Cup final in 1987. He became a Dundee ...
McLean spent 21 years as manager of Dundee United until his retirement in 1993, becoming the club's longest serving manager. At that point, the club had had only two managers in a 34-year period, but since then have had a much higher turnover. Liam Fox, appointed in 2022, is the club's twentieth manager or head coach in the 29 years since McLean.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, [2] the club changed to the present name in 1923. [3] United are nicknamed The Terrors [4] or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs. [5]
Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1988–89 season. [1] The team finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Division. In the cup competitions, United lost in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup to eventual runners-up Rangers and lost in the Skol Cup semi-finals to Aberdeen, who also finished as losers in the final.
The 1982–83 season was the 74th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1982 to 30 June 1983. The team won the Scottish league championship for the first and only time, securing European Cup football for the following season.
McLean managed Motherwell for ten years, during which the club won the Scottish Cup in 1991. Motherwell defeated Dundee United, who were managed by his brother Jim, in the cup final [8] to enter Europe for the first time in their history. [9] [10] They also challenged for the 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division title, eventually finishing third.
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Dundee United F.C. is a Scottish football club based in Dundee.Formed on 24 May 1909 as Dundee Hibernian, the club first joined the Scottish Football League (SFL) in 1910. . After changing their name to Dundee United in 1923, [1] the club were promoted to the top division of Scottish football for the first time in 1925, but spent most of its first thirty five years in the second t