United Debut: v Hibs (A) 0-1 30/12/00.

Signed From: 5/7/99.

Transferred to: Ross County (player swap) 27/6/03.

McCunnie was handed his first ever start for United by Alex Smith at the age of 17, making his debut in the controversial 1-0 defeat at Easter Road where Russell Latapy scored a late penalty for Hibs. He went on to miss only one game between then and the end of the season, playing 19 times, including an appearance at Hampden against Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. During the 2001/02 season McCunnie missed only a handful of matches right through to March, where a dip in form saw him replaced by another promising full-back, Stuart Duff, for the last 6 matches. McCunnie failed to rediscover the form that made him one of the most promising youngsters in Scottish football, and after just 14 appearances during the 2002/03 season, he was involved in a player swap deal that brought Tony Bullock to Tannadice, with McCunnie and David Winters heading to Dingwall.