Name - Dave Beaumont
Born - 10th December 1963 (Edinburgh,Scotland)
Height - 5 ft 10"
Playing Position - Midfielder
Signed - 12th September 1980 (By Jim McLean)
Utd Debut - (As a sub) 26th October 1983 Utd 3 v 0 Greenock Morton at Tannadice in League Cup (Group Section 1)
1st Utd Goal - 7th November 1984 Utd 5 v 1 Linzer Athletik (UEFA Cup 2nd Round,2nd Leg)
Utd Career Stats - 119 Appearances,5 Goals
Other Teams Played For - Luton Town,Hibernian FC

David Beaumont (born 10 December 1963 in Dunfermline) is a retired professional Scottish footballer who played for Dundee United,Luton Town and Hibernian.

As a youth, Beaumont won the Under-18 European Chamionships with Scotland in 1982 and reached the quarter-finals of the resulting 1983 Under-20 World Championships. *How many Dundee United players can you name?*


A versatile defensive midfielder, Beaumont made the breakthrough into the Dundee United first team during the 83/84 season,but found it hard to get a regular spot in a defence with a back four of Malpas,Hegarty,Narey and Gough.He was used as cover for all four, and appeared as a defensive midfielder occasionally over the next couple of seasons.

Beaumont spent nearly half of the 86/87 season in the starting eleven,his best run in the first team, making 40 appearances, and played in six matches of United's UEFA Cup run that season, including an appearance as substitute for Paul Sturrock in the 1st leg of the Final in Gothenburg.

His final goal for Dundee Utd was a memorable one...it came on the 3rd December 1988 in a 0-1 away win at Ibrox against the Champions..Rangers! 


Dave's final Dundee United appearance was on January 7th 1989 in a 0-1 win v Dundee at Dens Park on league business.

His career at United ended in January 1989 when he moved to Luton Town for a fee reported at £150,000.

Beaumont would appear on the front cover of the programme of Luton's Littlewood's Semi Final v West Ham in 1989 (they won both legs..5-0 on aggregate).

Luton were the League Cup holders.But alas,their bid to win the Littlewoods Cup back to back was in vain as they lost the Final 3-1 to Brian Clough's great Nottingham Forest at a sunny Wembley in front of 76,000 fans on 9th April 1989.
Beaumont's former Dundee Utd team mate Raphael Meade was on the bench for Luton that day.Beaumont started the match and played the full 90 minutes.(highlights below).



He returned to Scotland with Hibernian in October 1991.

Weeks later, he was an unused substitute as they beat Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 in the 1991 Skol Cup Final. 

Injuries plagued him after this, however, and sadly he was forced to quit the senior game in 1994 aged just 30. 

Beaumont is now a Policeman back in Fife, playing for the Scottish Police team in his spare time.