1973–74 Dundee United F.C. season

The 1973–74 season was the 65th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974. United finished in eighth place in the First Division and reached their first Scottish Cup final losing 3–0 to Celtic.

Dundee United

1973–74 season
Manager	Jim McLean
Scottish First Division	8th W15 D7 L12 F55 A51 P37
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Group stage
Texaco Cup	Semi-finalists

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1973–74 season.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 September 1973	Dumbarton	A	2–1	3,741	Fleming, Gray
8 September 1973	St Johnstone	H	2–0	4,671	Gray, MacDonald
15 September 1973	Dundee	A	1–0	12,092	W Smith
29 September 1973	Motherwell	A	0–4	4,973
6 October 1973	Clyde	H	4–0	2,817	Gray, Gardner, Rolland, Fleming
13 October 1973	Greenock Morton	A	2–0	2,295	Rolland, Gray
20 October 1973	Rangers	H	1–3	11,258	Johnstone
27 October 1973	Aberdeen	A	1–3	8,089	Gray
10 November 1973	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	9,843	Rolland
17 November 1973	East Fife	H	0–0	2,971
21 November 1973	Falkirk	H	2–1	1,302	Cameron, Knox
24 November 1973	Ayr United	A	1–1	3,764	White
8 December 1973	Celtic	A	3–3	17,314	Gray, Fleming, Knox
22 December 1973	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–2	3,274	Gray (2), Fleming
29 December 1973	Dumbarton	H	6–0	3,245	Gray (4), Traynor, Kopel
2 January 1974	St Johnstone	A	1–1	6,707	Gardner
5 January 1974	Dundee	H	1–2	12,087	Gardner
12 January 1974	Hibernian	A	1–3	10,394	Edwards
19 January 1974	Motherwell	H	0–1	3,550
2 February 1974	Clyde	A	2–1	1,351	Traynor, Knox
24 February 1974	Rangers	A	1–3	16,933	Gardner
3 March 1974	Aberdeen	H	0–3	6,530
16 March 1974	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–3	6,748	Knox, D Smith (penalty), Gray
23 March 1974	East Fife	A	2–0	2,596	Traynor, Gray
30 March 1974	Ayr United	H	2–1	4,010	D Smith (penalty), Gray
2 April 1974	Falkirk	A	1–0	2,014	Knox
13 April 1974	Celtic	H	0–2	16,877
17 April 1974	Arbroath	H	3–1	4,001	Rolland, Payne, D Smith (penalty)
20 April 1974	Arbroath	A	2–1	3,392	Knox, White
24 April 1974	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	2,626	Knox
27 April 1974	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	3,896
29 April 1974	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	2,387	Copland
8 May 1974	Hibernian	H	1–4	4,963	Gray
10 May 1974	Greenock Morton	H	4–2	1,437	MacLeod (3 including 1 penalty), Narey

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 January 1974	R3	Airdrieonians	H	4–1	6,000	Gardner (2), Traynor, D. Smith
17 February 1974	R4	Greenock Morton	H	1–0	7,000	Rankin
10 March 1974	QF	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	8,928	Traynor
12 March 1974	QF R	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	7,020	Fleming, Copland, Traynor
6 April 1974	SF	Heart of Midlothian	N	1–1	22,725	Gardner
9 April 1974	SF R	Heart of Midlothian	N	4–2	12,960	D. Smith (penalty), Payne, Gray, Knox
4 May 1974	F	Celtic	N	0–3	75,959

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 1973	G4	East Fife	A	2–1	3,641	Cameron, Rolland
15 August 1973	G4	Aberdeen	H	0–0	6,401
18 August 1973	G4	Motherwell	A	0–4	4,783
22 August 1973	G4	Aberdeen	A	2–0	8,663	Knox, Cameron
25 August 1973	G4	Motherwell	H	0–3	4,507
29 August 1973	G4	East Fife	H	5–2	3,120	Cameron, Gray, W. Smith, D. Smith (penalty), MacLeod

Texaco Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 September 1973	R1 1	Sheffield United	A	0–0	12,657
3 October 1973	R1 2	Sheffield United	H	2–0	6,000	Henry (2)
24 October 1973	QF 1	Leicester City	A	1–1	9,036	Kopel
7 November 1973	QF 2	Leicester City	H	1–0	7,500	Fleming
12 December 1973	SF 1	Newcastle United	H	2–0	8,500	Kopel, Knox
19 December 1973	SF 2	Newcastle United	A	1–4	5,009	Gray

See also

• 1973–74 in Scottish football