1983–84 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1983–1984 season
ManagerBilly Lamont/ Davie Wilson
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 12nd
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Coyle (15)
All: Joe Coyle (16)
Highest home attendance3,000
Lowest home attendance400
Average home league attendance1,200

Season 1983–84 was the 107th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 77th time, the Scottish Cup for the 89th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 37th time.

Overview

At the ninth time of asking, Dumbarton managed to achieve that elusive promotion and a place in next season's Premier Division, although it was not to prove to be all 'plain sailing'. Indeed after 6 games, with 3 wins it was looking like another average 'middle of the table' campaign. However an unbeaten run of 12 games was to follow changing the club's fortunes and Dumbarton were suddenly right up there with the 'front runners' - and then disaster struck! Billy Lamont resigned his managerial post to take up the reins at fellow Division 1 club Falkirk. Credit to Dumbarton that they had a new manager in Davie Wilson in place within two weeks, and the club guaranteed promotion with 2 games to play, although they were unable to catch champions Morton, who finished 3 points ahead.

In the Scottish Cup, after a fine win over Raith Rovers, Dumbarton lost to Division 1 'champions in waiting', Morton in the fourth round.

The League Cup format was again reorganised, with a first round being played before sectional games were introduced. However the first tie against Premier Division Hibernian was to prove too much of a hurdle to get over.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton released their grip on the trophy with a loss in the first round to Alloa.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1983 Clydebank H 2-0 Coyle,T(2) 1,789
3 September 1983 Ayr United A 2-1 Bourke;Coyle,J 1,015
10 September 1983 Partick Thistle H 0-1 2,000
14 September 1983 Brechin City H 1-2 McGowan,P 450
17 September 1983 Meadowbank Thistle A 2-0 Bourke;Coyle,J 450
24 September 1983 Falkirk A 1-4 Coyle,J 1,200
28 September 1983 Hamilton H 2-0 Ashwood;Coyle,J 400
1 October 1983 Raith Rovers H 2-1 McNeil;Ashwood 550
8 October 1983 Morton A 2-2 Bourke(2) 1,500
15 October 1983 Clyde H 1-0 Ashwood 500
22 October 1983 Kilmarnock A 2-2 McNeil;Ashwood 1,500
29 October 1983 Alloa Athletic H 1-1 Ashwood 700
5 November 1983 Airdrie A 1-1 Bourke 1,100
12 November 1983 Brechin City A 3-2 Coyle,J(2);Coyle,T 700
13 November 1983 Meadowbank Thistle H 0-0 600
26 November 1983 Morton H 1-1 Ashwood 1,500
3 December 1983 Raith Rovers A 3-1 Bourke;Ashwood;Coyle,J 750
10 December 1983 Falkirk H 3-0 McGowan,M;Coyle,J(2) 1,500
17 December 1983 Hamilton A 1-4 Ashwood 940
26 December 1983 Partick Thistle A 0-1 3,821
31 December 1983 Ayr United H 2-1 Montgomerie;Bourke 1,250
2 January 1984 Clydebank A 2-0 Coyle,J;Robertson 1,040
7 January 1984 Kilmarnock H 4-3 Coyle,T;Ashwood;Bourke;Coyle,J 1,000
4 February 1984 Airdrie H 4-2 Robertson;Crawley;Coyle,J;OG 1,000
11 February 1984 Hamilton A 3-3 McNeil;Robertson;Bourke 1,015
21 February 1984 Alloa Athletic A 0-1 459
25 February 1984 Raith Rovers H 3-1 Bourke(2);Craig 750
29 February 1984 Clyde A 0-0 970
3 March 1984 Falkirk H 2-0 Ashwood;Coyle,J 1,050
10 March 1984 Kilmarnock A 0-0 McNeil;Ashwood 1,140
17 March 1984 Meadowbank Thistle H 3-0 Robertson;Bourke(2) 1,200
24 March 1984 Partick Thistle A 0-0 4,156
31 March 1984 Alloa Athletic H 2-0 Ashwood;McCaig 1,000
7 April 1984 Clydebank H 2-1 Coyle,T;McCaig 978
14 April 1984 Morton A 0-2 3,850
21 April 1984 Brechin City A 3-0 Coyle,T;Coyle,J;McCaig 700
28 April 1984 Clyde H 2-2 Craig;Coyle,T 2,900
5 May 1984 Airdrie A 4-1 Ashwood;Craig(2);Walsh 2,000
12 May 1984 Ayr United H 0-3 3,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 February 1984 3 Raith Rovers A 4-1 Ashwood(2);Bourke;Coyle,J 1,950
18 February 1984 4 Morton A 1-2 Craig 3,383

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 August 1983 1(1) Hibernian A 0-5 2,193
27 August 1983 1(2) Hibernian H 1-2 McGrogan 760

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 August 1983 1 Alloa Athletic A 2-3 McCaig;McGrogan

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
8 August 1983 EnglandHartlepool United H 1-3 unknown
17 August 1983 Celtic XI H 1-0 McGowan,P

Appearances

Dumbarton used 22 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tom Coyle and Ray Montgomerie were best by appearing in all of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Kenny Ashwood FW 33 15
Scotland John Bourke FW 37(1) 14
Scotland Albert Burnett MF 10(4)
Scotland Joe Carson MF 5
Scotland Tom Carson GK 40
Scotland Mark Clougherty MF 41
Scotland Joe Coyle FW 41 16
Scotland Tommy Coyle MF 42(1) 7
Scotland Albert Craig MF 23(7) 5
Scotland Gerry Crawley FW 23(6) 1
Scotland Jim Hughes MF 0(2)
Scotland Dave McCaig MF 11(21) 3
Scotland Martin McGowan DF 35 1
Scotland Pat McGowan FW 16(7)
Scotland Joe McGrogan FW 3(6) 2
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 35(1) 3
Scotland Ray Montgomerie DF 43 1
Scotland Allan Moore FW 2(3)
Scotland Stuart Robertson MF 25(3) 4
Scotland David Stevenson MF 3(2)
Scotland Jim Stewart GK 3
Scotland Martin Walsh FW 1(1) 1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West), which was split into winter and spring series.

In the first series, of 12 fixtures, 6 were won and 3 drawn - and Dumbarton finished 5th of 13. In the second series, 4 games were won and 2 drawn of 10 ties - but the league was never completed.

See also

References

  1. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ^ Substitute appearances in brackets.

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