1989–90 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1989–1990 season
Manager	Jim George
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	6th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Gibson (20); All: Charlie Gibson/ Stuart MacIver (21)
Highest home attendance	1,881
Lowest home attendance	300
Average home league attendance	600
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Season 1989–90 was the 106th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 84th time, the Scottish Cup for the 95th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 43rd time.

Overview

Dumbarton attempted to recover from the failures in the previous couple of seasons and splashed out on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson. There was an improvement in performances and by the beginning of December the club were 2nd in the league, but a combination of bad weather (which made the Boghead pitch unplayable for over 3 months) and bad discipline (resulting in suspensions of key players) meant that Dumbarton in the end had to settle for a 6th-place finish.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell in the second round to fellow Second Division opponents Cowdenbeath.

In the League Cup, again it would be a second round exit, but there was no disgrace in the loss to Premier Division Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton regained the Stirlingshire Cup with a final win over local rivals Clydebank.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1989	Queen of the South	H	2-1	MacIver;Cairney	650
19 August 1988	Brechin City	A	0-4		500
26 August 1989	East Stirling	A	2-1	McQuade;MacIver	200
2 September 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	1-5	Spence	550
9 September 1989	Stranraer	H	5-2	Gibson;Cairney;MacIver(2);Doyle	500
16 September 1989	East Fife	A	2-2	McQuade,A;Gibson	624
23 September 1989	Stirling Albion	H	2-2	Gibson;Reid	800
30 September 1989	Cowdenbeath	A	5-1	Gibson(3);MacIver;Spence	250
7 October 1989	Arbroath	A	1-2	Gibson	611
14 October 1989	Queen's Park	H	2-1	Gibson;Spence	700
21 October 1989	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Gibson	348
28 October 1989	Kilmarnock	A	0-3		2,867
4 November 1989	Montrose	H	3-2	Gibson(2);McQuade,A	400
11 November 1989	Berwick Rangers	A	2-1	Gibson;Quinn	487
18 November 1989	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	MacIver(2)	500
25 November 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-4	Hughes	570
2 December 1989	Arbroath	H	0-0		450
16 December 1989	Queen's Park	A	2-2	Gibson;MacIver	587
23 December 1989	Brechin City	H	1-1	Spence	700
6 January 1990	Montrose	A	2-2	Hughes;MacIver	300
10 January 1990	Queen of the South	A	4-1	OG;MacIver(2);Gibson	923
13 January 1990	Stranraer	A	4-4	Hughes;MacIver;McQuade;Spence	400
27 January 1990	Stenhousemuir	A	3-4	OG;Hughes;MacIver	500
10 February 1990	Queen of the South	A	1-1	MacIver	822
14 March 1990	East Fife	A	1-3	MacIver	609
17 March 1990	Brechin City	A	0-3		600
20 March 1990	East Stirling	H	3-0	Quinn;Hughes(2)	500
27 March 1990	Montrose	A	2-1	Morrison;McQuade,J	350
24 March 1990	Kilmarnock	H	0-2		1,881
31 March 1990	Berwick Rangers	A	2-3	Gibson;Boyd	436
3 April 1990	Kilmarnock	H	1-3	Gibson	1,000
7 April 1990	Stenhousemuir	A	3-1	Hughes;Gibson;MacIver	600
10 April 1990	Stranraer	H	1-1	Morrison	300
14 April 1990	Cowdenbeath	H	1-3	Gibson	400
17 April 1990	East Stirling	H	2-1	Gibson(2)	300
21 April 1990	East Fife	H	3-1	MacIver;Morrison(2)	500
24 April 1990	Arbroath	H	2-0	Boyd;MacIver	450
28 April 1990	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	MacIver	600
5 May 1990	Queen's Park	A	0-1		586

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 December 1989	1	Queen's Park	A	2-1	McQuade,J;Quinn	784
30 December 1989	2	Cowdenbeath	H	0-2		700

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1989	1	Stenhousemuir	H	3-0	MacIver(2);Gibson	569
15 August 1989	2	Celtic	H	0-3		8,500

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
17 October 1989	1	Alloa Athletic	A	3-0	Meechan;Wharton;Quinn
1 May 1990	SF	Stenhousemuir	A	3-1	unknown
7 May 1990	F	Clydebank	A	4-2	McGinley(3);unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
29 July 1989	Kilbirnie Ladeside	A	1-2	unknown
31 July 1989	Celtic XI	H	2-1	Trialist;Spence
3 August 1989	Renfrew	A	3-0	Wharton;MacIver;Docherty
6 August 1989	Vale of Leven	A	1-4	unknown

Player statistics

Squad^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Hugh Stevenson	13	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK	SCO	Boyd Strachan	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	John Boyd	16	2	16+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stevie Gow	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Peter Wharton	28	0	19+5	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Pat Cairney	23	2	18+1	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Dempsey	31	0	29+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Gary Dickie	21	0	14+5	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jamie Doyle	21	1	18+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Bernie Grant	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Hughes	27	7	24+1	7	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim McGinlay	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy McQuade	42	2	38+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Meechan	15	0	12+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Steve Morrison	17	4	17+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Colin Spence	42	5	38+0	5	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Gregor Stevens	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Gibson	40	21	36+0	20	2+0	1	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Stuart MacIver	38	21	32+2	19	2+0	2	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Paul McGrogan	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	John McQuade	19	4	8+8	3	2+0	0	1+0	1
	FW	SCO	Paul Quinn	31	3	17+11	2	0+1	0	1+1	1
	FW	SCO	Billy Reid	30	1	23+6	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	David Wilson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Charlie Gibson	Stirling Albion	9 Jun 1989
Bernie Grant	Kilbirnie Ladeside	17 Jun 1989
Jim Meechan	St Mirren	17 Jun 1989
Paul McGrogan	Vale of Leven	8 Aug 1989
Billy Reid	Shotts Bon Accord	13 Aug 1989
Jim Hughes	Clydebank	3 Nov 1989
Gregor Stevens	Brechin City	4 Nov 1989
Jim Dempsey	Partick Thistle	10 Nov 1989
John Boyd	Greenock	14 Nov 1989
Jim McGinlay	Partick Thistle	25 Nov 1989
Steve Morrison	Hamilton	26 Jan 1990
Steve Marshall	Kilmarnock	19 Mar 1990
David Wilson		28 Apr 1990

Players out

Player	To	Date
Stuart Robertson	Stirling Albion	9 Jun 1989
Graham Duncan	Stranraer	30 Jun 1989
Robert Docherty	Stirling Albion	9 Aug 1989
Pat Cairney	Arthurlie
Craig Douglas	Neilston
Andy McQuade	Pollok
Peter Wharton	Bathgate Thistle
Gregor Stevens
Gary Dickie
Jamie Doyle
Pat McGowan
Jim Meechan
Billy Reid

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 11 wins and 3 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the first round.

Factfile

* The £50,000 fee paid by Dumbarton to Stirling Albion for Charlie Gibson was a record in fees paid.
* The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with 3 gamew to go in the league, he was sacked, to make way for Billy Lamont's second stint at the job.

References

^ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

[1] Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.

[2] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

[3] Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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