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1987–88 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1987–1988 season
ManagerMark Clougherty
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 112th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Owen Coyle (14)
All: Owen Coyle (14)
Highest home attendance1,283
Lowest home attendance700
Average home league attendance850

Season 1987–88 was the 104th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 82nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 93rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 41st time.

Overview

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Following two promotion challenging seasons, Dumbarton inexplicably sank to the bottom of the First Division and were relegated to the third tier of Scottish league football. With the loss of Sir Hugh Fraser, finances at the club were tight, and with this in mind it was decided to appoint Mark Clougherty as player/manager. However results were generally poor and the board sacked Clougherty in January. In his place Bertie Auld was appointed and despite a spirited draw against Hibernian in the Cup, a winless run of 11 games would ensure the club's drop into bottom place in the league - a place they would occupy even though Dumbarton were unbeaten in their last four games.

In the Scottish Cup, another third round exit was Dumbarton's fate, although this would be after a draw against Premier Division opponents Hibernian.

In the League Cup, for the second year in a row Celtic were Dumbarton's third round opponents, and it would be the Premier Division side that would ease through to the next round.

Locally however, Dumbarton regained the Stirlingshire Cup, with a final victory over Stirling Albion.

Results & fixtures

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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8 August 1987 First Division Clyde 5–0 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Buchanan 13' (pen)
Henderson 28'
Mailer 30'
McGlashan 51'
Walker 67'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: K O'Donnell
11 August 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–3 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Martin
MacIver
Park
McGachie
Attendance: 740
15 August 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Martin 33' Harkness
McInnes 56'
Cuthbertson
Attendance: 800
22 August 1987 First Division Airdrie 0–1 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Coyle,O 53' (pen) Attendance: 1,200
Referee: J Renton
29 August 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Rooney,B Conroy 12' Attendance: 800
Referee: A Ferguson
5 September 1987 First Division Hamilton 2–1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Caughey 16', 28' Houston 29' Attendance: 1,765
Referee: A Waddell
12 September 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Rooney 44' Blackie 13' Attendance: 700
Referee: D McVicar
15 September 1987 First Division Partick Thistle 1–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Kelly Rooney,J
Coyle,O
Attendance: 1,140
19 September 1987 First Division East Fife 1–2 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Perry 61' (pen) McGowan 16'
Kay 44'
Attendance: 619
Referee: A Huett
26 September 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Coyle,O 5'
Houston 89'
Mackin 27'
Hughes 85'
Attendance: 700
Referee: M Gould
29 September 1987 First Division Raith Rovers 4–1 Dumbarton Starks Park
Dalziel
Harris
Houston Attendance: 1,730
3 October 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Clyde Boghead Park
McCahill McGlashan Attendance: 1,200
Referee: K Hope
10 October 1987 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Airdrie Boghead Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: H Gould
17 October 1987 First Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Coyle,O 18'
McCoy 85'
Attendance: 671
Referee: R Valentine
20 October 1987 First Division Dumbarton 4–2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Coyle,O
MacIver
McCoy
McDonald
Scrimgeour
Attendance: 800
24 October 1987 First Division Kilmarnock 1–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Gilmour 89' Attendance: 1,571
Referee: W Morrison
27 October 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Coyle,O (pen) Dalziel
Harris
Wright
Attendance: 700
31 October 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Hamilton Boghead Park
Coyle,O 26' (pen)
McCoy 41'
Montgomerie 3' (OG) Attendance: 900
7 November 1987 First Division Clydebank 3–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Conroy 9'
Charnley 45' 60'
McGowan 42' Attendance: 1,431
Referee: P Hanley
14 November 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Fife Boghead Park
MacIver 70' Hunter 12' Attendance: 600
Referee: A Evans
21 November 1987 First Division Queen of the South 2–0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Reid 44'
Moore 89'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Hewitt
28 November 1987 First Division Clyde 3–4 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Mailer 26'
McGlashan 32', 44'
Docherty 33'
Coyle,O 47'
MacIver
Attendance: 800
Referee: J Renton
5 December 1987 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
McGonigal 64' Attendance: 500
Referee: I Cathcart
12 December 1987 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Blackie 87' Attendance: 507
Referee: G Smith
19 December 1987 First Division Partick Thistle 1–3 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Gallagher 79' McNeil 12'
Docherty 39'
Coyle,O 48' (pen)
Attendance: 1,407
Referee: D Hope
26 December 1987 First Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Gordon
Fairlie
Attendance: 1,250
2 January 1988 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Clydebank Boghead Park
38' (OG) Traynor 48' (pen)
Irons
Charnley
Attendance: 1,200
9 January 1988 First Division East Fife 3–4 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Hunter 59'
Conroy 64' (pen)
Scott 90'
McCoy 5', 43'
Coyle,O 79'
McGowan,P 82'
Attendance: 615
Referee: D Syme
16 January 1988 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Moore 57'
Bain 75'
Attendance: 800
Referee: A Roy
23 January 1988 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Rooney,J 42' Attendance: 950
Referee: T Muirhead
6 February 1988 First Division Airdrie 1–1 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
McCabe 12' McCoy 35' Attendance: 1,150
Referee: D Millar
13 February 1988 First Division Raith Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Starks Park
Lloyd 47' McLeod 20' (OG) Attendance: 1,802
Referee: D McVicar
27 February 1988 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Clyde Boghead Park
Willock 80' Attendance: 750
Referee: A Ferguson
5 March 1988 First Division Forfar Athletic 4–0 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Ward 33'
MacDonald
Lorimer 84'
Brown
Attendance: 397
Referee: A Roy
19 March 1988 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Hamilton Boghead Park
McCoy 31' Harris (pen) Attendance: 1,283
Referee: J Renton
22 March 1988 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Coyle,O Gallagher
McNaught
Attendance: 925
26 March 1988 First Division Clydebank 1–0 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Bryce 88' Attendance: 1,088
Referee: R Orr
2 April 1988 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Airdrie Boghead Park
Campbell 34' Attendance: 800
Referee: J Duncan
9 April 1988 First Division Kilmarnock 3–1 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Gilmour 49'
McGuire
Bryson 70'
McCoy Attendance: 2,205
16 April 1988 First Division Queen of the South 0–0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: D Yeats
23 April 1988 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 East Fife Boghead Park
Attendance: 700
Referee: A Ferguson
30 April 1988 First Division Meadowbank Thistle 2–4 Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium
Armstrong
Roseburgh 89'
McCabe 31'
Coyle,O 48'
McGowan,P 56'
Docherty
Attendance: 600
7 May 1988 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Rooney 24'
Coyle,O 40'
Docherty 70'
Attendance: 800
Referee: R Morrison

Skol Cup

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19 August 1987 League Cup round 2 Ayr United 0–1 Dumbarton Somerset Park
McNeil Attendance: 2,428
26 August 1987 League Cup round 3 Dumbarton 1–5 Celtic Boghead Park
Martin Burns 28'
Stark 38'
Walker 70'
McGhee
Attendance: 9,429

Scottish Cup

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30 January 1988 Cup round 3 Dumbarton 0–0 Hibernian Boghead Park
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: G Evans
2 February 1988 Cup round 3R Hibernian 3–0 Dumbarton Easter Road
Docherty (OG)
Tortolano
Orr
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: G Evans
13 October 1987 First Round Stenhousemuir 3–3
(Dumbarton p)
Dumbarton Ochilview Park
30 May 1988 Final Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
McCahill
Docherty

Pre-season matches

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3 August 1987 Friendly Dumbarton 1–1 EnglandSouthampton Boghead Park
McNeil Clarke (pen) Attendance: 500
Referee: M McGinlay
5 August 1987 Friendly Dumbarton 1–2 Celtic Boghead Park
Coyle,O (pen) McGhee
McCarrison

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
8 Partick Thistle 44 16 9 19 60 64 −4 41
9 Clyde 44 16 6 22 73 75 −2 38
10 Kilmarnock 44 13 11 20 55 60 −5 37
11 East Fife (R) 44 13 10 21 61 76 −15 36 Relegation to the Second Division
12 Dumbarton (R) 44 12 12 20 51 70 −19 36
Source: RSSSF[dead link] and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Gordon Arthur 44 0 40+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Hugh Stevenson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Cairns 18 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Cranmer 22 0 18+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gerry Doyle 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Gow 4 0 1+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ray Montgomerie 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe Carson 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Clougherty 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Owen Coyle 45 14 38+3 14 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Coyle 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Creaney 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Robert Docherty 23 5 19+2 5 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Kay 21 1 18+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Martin 46 3 42+0 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gerry McCabe 6 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steve McCahill 46 1 41+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Donald McNeil 26 2 24+0 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McNeil 16 0 4+10 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Rooney 46 4 42+0 4 2+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Bell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Billy Blackie 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Peter Houston 46 3 37+5 3 2+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart MacIver 26 4 12+12 4 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry McCoy 32 8 30+0 8 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Pat McGowan 45 4 39+2 4 2+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Dougie McGuire 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Benny Rooney 15 1 4+9 1 1+1 0 0+0 0

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Transfers

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Reserve team

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Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), winning 11 and drawing 11 of 33 games.

Trivia

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  • The League match against Clydebank on 29 August marked Owen Coyle's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 93rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Forfar Athletic on 12 September marked Donald McNeil's 300th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 6th Dumbarton player to achieve this accolade.
  • The League match against Forfar Athletic on 12 September also marked Steve McCahill's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 94th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Queen of the South on 26 September marked Pat McGowan's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 20th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against East Fife on 14 November marked Alan Kay's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 95th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Raith Rovers on 13 February marked Gerry McCoy's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 96th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1988-89. The Scottish Football League. 1989.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1987-1988 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1988-89. The Scottish Football League. 1989.
  4. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  5. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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