1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1988–1989 season
ManagerBertie Auld/ Jim George
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 212th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stuart MacIver (13)
All: Stuart MacIver (16)
Highest home attendance800
Lowest home attendance341
Average home league attendance490

Season 1988–89 was the 105th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 83rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

Overview[edit]

Dumbarton's descent into the lower reaches of league football continued with a 12th-place finish—just two away from the bottom—their worst performance for over 50 years. The loss of Owen Coyle was a huge blow and with a change in manager and a sizeable turnover in playing staff, conditions were never going to be the best.

In the Scottish Cup, for the first time in many years, Dumbarton would start their campaign in the first round, and it would be two struggles to see off Highland League opposition, before Celtic were to prove too much in the third round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division St Mirren were to be the victors in the second round.

Locally, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was fairly easily released with a disappointing first round defeat by East Stirlingshire.

Finally, the friendly arranged with West Bromwich Albion was in celebration of the 'world championship' match between WBA and Renton in 1888, with Dumabrton winning the Renton Centenary Trophy after the 2–1 victory.

Results and fixtures[edit]

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Main article: 1988-89 Scottish Second Division
13 August 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Fife Boghead Park
Docherty 13', 43'
McQuade,J 		Pittman 46' Attendance: 400
Referee: W Morrison
20 August 1988 Second Division Stenhousemuir 3–1 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Beaton 46' (pen), 67'
Elliott 		Duncan 35' Attendance: 477
Referee: J Herald
27 August 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–3 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Crooks 9', 34'
Armstrong 64'		 Attendance: 500
3 September 1988 Second Division Albion Rovers 2–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Cougan 11'
Graham 55'		 McQuade,J 26' Attendance: 300
Referee: J Mackinnon
10 September 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stranraer Boghead Park
Lloyd 15'
MacNiven 58'		 Attendance: 450
Referee: J Renton
17 September 1988 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Firth 54' Rooney 68' Attendance: 430
Referee: J Duncan
24 September 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Rooney 75' Rutherford 51' Attendance: 500
Referee: G Evans
1 October 1988 Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Douglas 30' Attendance: 320
Referee: B McGinlay
8 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–4 Arbroath Boghead Park
McGowan 19' Fotheringham 17', 74'
Anderson 22'
Cairney (OG)		 Attendance: 350
Referee: A Waddell
15 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
MacIver 27' Brogan 72' Attendance: 700
Referee: J McCluskey
22 October 1988 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McGovern 29'
Hoggan 		Attendance: 350
Referee: K Hope
29 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Boghead Park
Docherty 28' (pen)
Duncan 		Attendance: 400
Referee: J Herald
5 November 1988 Second Division Montrose 1–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Murray 29' MacIver 70' Attendance: 350
Referee: J McGillvray
12 November 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Sexton Attendance: 500
Referee: K Hope
19 November 1988 Second Division East Fife 1–1 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Mitchell 46' MacIver 39' Attendance: 558
Referee: L Thow
26 November 1988 Second Division Stranraer 2–2 Dumbarton Stair Park
Lloyd 41'
McMillan 48'		 MacIver 6'
McCahill 66'		 Attendance: 850
Referee: D Brooks
13 December 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Brechin City Boghead Park
Paterson Attendance: 570
17 December 1988 Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Blackie
Lytwyn 81'		 Attendance: 563
24 December 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Spence 40'
McQuade,J
Doyle 		McGlashan 25'
Maver 		Attendance: 400
Referee: D Yeats
31 December 1988 Second Division East Stirling 0–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
McQuade,J Attendance: 250
Referee: R Paterson
3 January 1989 Second Division Queen's Park 2–1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Caven
Crooks 		McQuade,J Attendance: 832
21 January 1989 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–1 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Gibson 13' Cairney 62' Attendance: 620
Referee: A Roy
31 January 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
McQuade,A
MacIver
Docherty 		Attendance: 470
4 February 1989 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Stewart 54' Docherty 88' (pen) Attendance: 404
Referee: G Evans
18 February 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 4–0 East Fife Boghead Park
MacIver 44', 81'
Docherty pen'
McQuade,J 73'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: M McGinlay
25 February 1989 Second Division Stranraer 1–1 Dumbarton Stair Park
McIntyre 30' Quinn 85' Attendance: 850
Referee: J Herald
4 March 1989 Second Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McGonigal 10' MacIver 56' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McCluskey
7 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
MacIver Hughes
Tait		 Attendance: 341
11 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Spence 10' Attendance: 600
Referee: L Thow
25 March 1989 Second Division East Stirling 1–0 Dumbarton Firs Park
Feeney 65' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McGillvray
28 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Montrose Boghead Park
Wharton
MacIver 		Attendance: 400
1 April 1989 Second Division Stirling Albion 3–1 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Gibson 2'
Moore 9'
Tennant 20'		 Spence 65' Attendance: 634
4 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Robertson 50' Attendance: 600
8 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 0–4 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Porteous 43'
Callachan 46'
Hughes 		Attendance: 550
Referee: J McCluskey
15 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Boghead Park
Quinn 25' Attendance: 500
Referee: P Miller
22 April 1989 Second Division Albion Rovers 2–0 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Graham 42'
Chapman 		Attendance: 840
Referee: R Valentine
29 April 1989 Second Division Arbroath 1–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Stewart 71' MacIver 25'
Quinn 74', 78'		 Attendance: 347
Referee: B McGinlay
6 May 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
MacIver 9'
Douglas 		Attendance: 600
Referee: W Morrison
6 May 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Gibson 75'
Lytwyn 		Attendance: 800
Referee: J Herald

Skol Cup[edit]

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish League Cup
16 August 1988 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 1–3 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Boghead Park
McQuade,J Hamilton
McGarvey
Chalmers 		Attendance: 3,800

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup
3 December 1988 Cup round 1 Inverness Thistle 0–0 Dumbarton Kingsmills
Attendance: 900
Referee: D Yeats
10 December 1988 Cup round 1R Dumbarton 2–1 Inverness Thistle Boghead Park
Cairney 15'
MacIver 		Christie 38' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Yeats
7 January 1989 Cup round 2 Elgin City 2–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McGinlay,D 1'
McGinlay,J 50'		 McQuafde,J 23'
McGowan 89'		 Attendance: 2,074
Referee: J McGillvray
14 January 1989 Cup round 2R Dumbarton 4–0 Elgin City Boghead Park
Cairney 23'
MacIver
McQuade,J 		Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J McGillvray
28 January 1989 Cup round 3 Celtic 2–0 Dumbarton Celtic Park
Walker 80'
Burns 84'		 Attendance: 24,844

Stirlingshire Cup[edit]

18 April 1989 First Round Dumbarton 0–2 East Stirlingshire Boghead Park

Renton Centenary Cup[edit]

6 August 1988 Dumbarton 2–1 EnglandWest Bromwich Albion Boghead Park
Coyle,O 65'
Rooney 85'		 Attendance: 2,000

Pre-season and other matches[edit]

31 July 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 1–0 Largs Thistle Boghead Park
McCahill
3 August 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 Rangers XI Boghead Park
10 August 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Rangers XI Boghead Park
19 November 1988 Testimonial Vale of Leven 1–1[2] Dumbarton Millburn Park
Howie 90' Attendance: 300

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Arbroath 39 11 15 13 56 63 −7 37
11 Stranraer 39 12 12 15 58 63 −5 36
12 Dumbarton 39 12 10 17 45 55 −10 34
13 Berwick Rangers 39 10 13 16 50 59 −9 33
14 Stenhousemuir 39 9 11 19 44 59 −15 29
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Hugh Stevenson 18 0 16+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Boyd Strachan 27 0 23+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Cairns 14 0 9+2 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Dom Callan 6 0 4+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Cranmer 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Doyle 26 0 16+6 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Gow 24 0 16+4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF England ENG Peter Wharton 22 1 19+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Pat Cairney 33 3 28+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 2
MF Scotland SCO Owen Coyle 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary Dickie 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Robert Docherty 37 7 31+0 7 1+0 0 2+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Douglas 11 1 0+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gerry Doyle 17 1 11+3 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Derek English 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Fulton 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Martin 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steve McCahill 27 1 21+0 1 1+0 0 5+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian McDougall 6 0 4+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Iain McKinley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy McQuade 19 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Colin Spence 22 3 19+0 3 0+0 0 3+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Blackie 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Graham Duncan 21 2 14+4 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO George Elliot 15 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart MacIver 32 16 27+0 13 0+0 0 5+0 3
FW Scotland SCO Pat McGowan 39 2 34+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 1
FW Scotland SCO John McQuade 40 8 26+8 5 0+1 1 5+0 2
FW Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 15 4 15+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart Robertson 30 2 24+3 2 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Benny Rooney 4 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0

Sources:[1][3]

Transfers[edit]

Source:[4]

Reserve team[edit]

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), but withdrew after 18 games due to financial constraints.

Trivia[edit]

  • The League match against East Fife on 19 November marked Stuart MacIver's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions—the 97th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • Despite the previous season's relegation, manager Bertie Auld retained his position. However a poor start saw Auld replaced by Jim George seven games into the new season.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Scottish Football League Review 1989–90. The Scottish Football League. 1990.
  2. ^ Testimonial match for the benefit of Vale player Tom Robertson.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock: The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links[edit]

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