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 112th 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 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

Overview

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.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
13 August 1988 East Fife H 3-1 Docherty(2);McQuade,J 400
20 September 1988 Stenhousemuir A 1-3 Duncan 477
27 August 1988 Queen's Park H 0-3 500
3 September 1988 Albion Rovers A 1-2 McQuade,J 300
10 September 1988 Stranraer H 0-2 450
17 September 1988 Brechin City A 1-1 Rooney 430
24 September 1988 Alloa Athletic H 1-1 Rooney 500
1 October 1988 Berwick Rangers A 0-1 320
8 October 1988 Arbroath H 1-4 McGowan 350
15 October 1988 Stirling Albion H 1-2 MacIver 700
22 October 1988 Cowdenbeath A 0-2 350
29 October 1988 East Stirling H 3-0 Docherty(2);Duncan 400
5 November 1988 Montrose A 1-1 MacIver 350
12 November 1988 Stenhousemuir H 0-2 500
19 November 1988 East Fife A 1-1 MacIver 558
26 November 1988 Stranraer A 2-2 MacIver;McCahill 850
13 December 1988 Brechin City H 0-2 570
17 December 1988 Alloa Athletic A 0-2 563
24 December 1988 Montrose H 3-2 Spence;McQuade,J;Doyle 400
31 December 1988 East Stirling A 1-0 McQuade,J 250
3 January 1989 Queen's Park A 1-2 Robertson 832
21 January 1989 Stirling Albion A 1-1 Cairney 620
31 January 1989 Cowdenbeath H 3-0 McQuade,A;MacIver;Docherty 470
4 February 1989 Arbroath A 1-1 Docherty 404
18 February 1989 East Fife H 4-0 McQuade,J;MacIver(2);Docherty 400
25 February 1989 Stranraer A 1-1 Quinn 850
4 March 1989 Cowdenbeath A 1-1 MacIver 300
7 March 1989 Berwick Rangers H 2-2 MacIver(2) 341
11 March 1989 Queen's Park H 1-0 Spence 600
25 March 1989 East Stirling A 0-1 300
28 March 1989 Montrose H 2-0 Wharton;MacIver 400
1 April 1989 Stirling Albion A 1-3 Spence 634
4 April 1989 Albion Rovers H 1-0 Robertson 600
8 April 1989 Berwick Rangers H 0-4 550
15 April 1989 Brechin City H 1-0 Quinn 500
22 April 1989 Albion Rovers A 0-2 840
29 April 1989 Arbroath A 3-1 MacIver;Quinn(2) 347
6 May 1989 Stenhousemuir H 2-0 MacIver;Douglas 600
13 May 1989 Alloa Athletic H 0-2 800

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
3 December 1988 1 Inverness Thistle A 0-0 900
10 December 1988 1R Inverness Thistle H 2-1 Cairney;MacIver 1,000
7 January 1989 2 Elgin City A 2-2 McQuade,J;McGowan 2,074
14 January 1989 2R Elgin City H 4-2 Cairney;MacIver(2);McQuade,J 1,000
28 January 1989 3 Celtic A 0-2 24,844

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
16 August 1988 2 St Mirren H 1-3 McQuade,J 3,800

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
18 April 1989 1 East Stirling H 0-2

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 August 1988 EnglandWest Bromwich Albion H 2-1 unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 31 players for the 45 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Pat McGowan was best by appearing in 39 of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Billy Blackie FW 5(4)
Scotland Pat Cairney MF 33 3
Scotland Willie Cairns DF 10(4)
Scotland Dom Callan DF 5(1)
Scotland Owen Coyle MF 4
Scotland Craig Cranmer DF 8
Scotland Gary Dickie MF 11
Scotland Robert Docherty MF 34(4) 7
Scotland Craig Douglas MF 0(10) 1
Scotland Gerry Doyle DF 22(6)
Scotland Jamie Doyle MF 14(3) 1
Scotland Graham Duncan FW 17(5) 2
Scotland George Elliot FW 10(5)
Scotland Derek English MF 0(1)
Scotland Dave Fulton MF 8
Scotland Stevie Gow DF 18(4)
Scotland Stuart MacIver FW 32 16
Scotland Dave Martin MF 9
Scotland Steve McCahill MF 27 1
Scotland Ian McDougall MF 4(2)
Scotland Pat McGowan FW 39 2
Scotland Iain McKinlay MF 1
Scotland Andy McQuade MF 21 1
Scotland John McQuade FW 29(9) 8
Scotland Paul Quinn FW 15 4
Scotland Stuart Robertson FW 26(4) 2
Scotland Benny Rooney FW 4 2
Scotland Colin Spence MF 22 3
Scotland Hugh Stevenson GK 18
Scotland Boyd Strachan GK 27
England Peter Wharton DF 22 1

Reserve Team

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

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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