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Dumbarton
1993–1994 season
ManagerMurdo MacLeod
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 18th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
B&Q CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Charlie Gibson (13)
All: Charlie Gibson (13)
Highest home attendance2,361
Lowest home attendance414
Average home league attendance1,116

Season 1993–94 was the 110th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 88th time, the Scottish Cup for the 99th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 47th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

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The new league campaign would have added importance as the league structure was once again being revised for 1994-95, with four divisions being created, and the addition of two new clubs, Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. As it was, results were up and down from the start, but while Dumbarton finished one place short of First Division football, they never really threatened that all important 7th place, finishing 6 points behind Ayr United in 8th.

In the national cup competitions, it was a case of a second successive season of falling at the first hurdle. In the Scottish Cup, Premier Division champions elect, Rangers would defeat Dumbarton in the third round.

In the League Cup, it was Rangers again who defeated Dumbarton by just a single goal in the second round - and it would be Rangers that would lift the trophy at the end of the season.

Finally, it was a fourth time first round exit in the B&Q Cup - a disappointing defeat to Second Division Stranraer.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the competition was split into two qualifying sections, and having topped their section of Falkirk, Stenhousemuir and East Stirling, Dumbarton went on to win the trophy in the final against Alloa Athletic, on penalties, after a scoreless draw.

Results & fixtures

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Second Division
7 August 1993 First Division Stirling Albion 2–0 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Watters
Reilly 		Attendance: 879
Referee: A Waddell
14 August 1993 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Clyde Boghead Park
Boyd 30'
Gibson 72'		 Attendance: 1,001
Referee: D Hope
21 August 1993 First Division Dumbarton 2–4 Clydebank Boghead Park
Gibson 11'
Meechan 		McIntosh
Boyd (OG)
Jack
Eadie 		Attendance: 1,597
Referee: R Tait
28 August 1993 First Division Ayr United 0–1 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Mooney 46' Attendance: 1,675
Referee: M Clark
4 September 1993 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Hamilton Boghead Park
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: D McVicar
11 September 1993 First Division St Mirren 0–3 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Mooney 45', 76'
Gibson 		Attendance: 2,607
Referee: J McCluskey
14 September 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Boghead Park
McConville Attendance: 562
Referee: G Clyde
18 September 1993 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Falkirk Boghead Park
McLaughlin 14' Attendance: 2,361
Referee: W Morrison
25 September 1993 First Division Morton 3–1 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Collins
Doak (pen)
McEwan 		McGarvey Attendance: 1,420
Referee: J Timmons
28 September 1993 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Airdrie Boghead Park
Smith Attendance: 1,276
Referee: L Thow
2 October 1993 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 Dumbarton East End Park
Smith 46'
McCathie 55'
O'Boyle 52'
Laing 		Melvin Attendance: 2,941
Referee: H Dallas
9 October 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Foster 32' Pew 38'
Lawrie 59'		 Attendance: 766
Referee: J Herald
2 October 1993 First Division Brechin City 0–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Mooney (pen)
MacDonald
Foster 		Attendance: 469
Referee: D McVicar
23 October 1993 First Division Dumbarton 3–3 St Mirren Boghead Park
McGarvey 76'
Gow 85'
MacDonald 90+2'		 Gallagher 38' Attendance: 1,723
Referee: D Syme
30 October 1993 First Division Clydebank 2–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Henry
Thomson 82' (pen)		 Walker Attendance: 1,297
Referee: J Smith
6 November 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Ayr United Boghead Park
Gibson 3' Bryce 68' Attendance: 918
Referee: L Mottram
10 November 1993 First Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Duffield 85' Attendance: 1,182
Referee: W Young
13 November 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Gibson French 20}' (36}), 40'
Laing 22'		 Attendance: 1,437
Referee: E Martindale
20 November 1993 First Division Airdrie 0–1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Marsland 80' Attendance: 1,741
Referee: J Herald
27 November 1993 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Morton Boghead Park
Gibson
McGarvey 		Attendance: 1,140
Referee: W Crombie
4 December 1993 First Division Falkirk 1–1 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Hughes 22' Mooney 63' Attendance: 3,306
Referee: M Clark
11 December 1993 First Division Clyde 2–1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Sludden 45'
Strain 74'		 Mooney 56' Attendance: 681
Referee: I Taylor
18 December 1993 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Melvin
Mooney 41', 58' (pen)		 Brand Attendance: 414
Referee: W Morrison
8 January 1994 First Division Ayr United 1–1 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Hood 43' Meechan 22' Attendance: 2,084
Referee: R Orr
11 January 1994 First Division Stirling Albion 0–0 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 758
Referee: J Rowbotham
15 January 1994 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Hamilton Boghead Park
Clark Attendance: 744
Referee: J O'Hare
18 January 1994 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Clydebank Boghead Park
Gibson 1'
Melvin 50'		 Flannigan 5'
Thomson 83'		 Attendance: 1,003
Referee: G Evans
22 January 1994 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Clyde Boghead Park
Gibson Strain 12' Attendance: 927
Referee: D Hope
5 February 1994 First Division St Mirren 0–3 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Gibson 18'
Meechan 54'
Boyd 82'		 Attendance: 2,504
Referee: L Thow
12 February 1994 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 Dumbarton East End Park
Petrie 5'
Tod 28', 49'		 Meechan
Gibson 		Attendance: 3,821
Referee: G Dunbar
1 March 1994 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Airdrie Boghead Park
Attendance: 950
Referee: D Syme
5 March 1994 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Falkirk Boghead Park
Cadette 13' Attendance: 1,815
Referee: R Tait
12 March 1994 First Division Morton 0-0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: J Herald
19 March 1994 First Division Brechin City 0-0 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Attendance: 425
Referee: J O'Hare
26 March 1994 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Attendance: 887
Referee: G Tran
29 March 1994 First Division Clyde 1-2 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Tennant 45' Ward 74'
MacLeod 88'		 Attendance: 789
Referee: J McCluskey
2 April 1994 First Division Dumbarton 2–3 St Mirren Boghead Park
Gibson 65'
Mooney 75'		 Bone 24'
Elliot 45'
Lavety 84'		 Attendance: 1,377
Referee: T McCurry
12 April 1994 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Robertson 9'
McWilliams 69'		 Attendance: 1,305
Referee: D Syme
16 April 1994 First Division Airdrie 1-1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Smith 56' Melvin 86' Attendance: 1,320
Referee: G Clyde
23 April 1994 First Division Falkirk 4-0 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Ristic 50'
Cadette 57'
May 76', 81'		 Attendance: 3,249
Referee: K Clark
26 April 1994 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Morton Boghead Park
Cunnington 15'
Gibson 53'		 Attendance: 650
Referee: W Innes
30 April 1994 First Division Clydebank 2-0 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Ferguson 53', 73' Attendance: 929
Referee: L Thow
7 May 1994 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Ayr United Boghead Park
Cunnington 45' Bilsland 42' Attendance: 670
Referee: T Brown
14 May 1994 First Division Hamilton 2-1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Duffield 50', 82' Cunnington 33' Attendance: 1,451
Referee: J Smith

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1993–94 Scottish League Cup
11 August 1993 League Cup round 2 Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Ferguson Attendance: 36,309
Referee: G Evans

B&Q Cup

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Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Challenge Cup
5 October 1993 Challenge Cup round 1 Dumbarton 1–2 Stranraer Boghead Park
Foster 44' Henderson 12'
Sloan 15'		 Attendance: 446
Referee: D Hope

Tennant's Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Cup
29 January 1994 Cup round 3 Rangers 4–1 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Durie 5'
Hately (pen)
Steven 39'
Robertson,D 		Mooney 78' (pen) Attendance: 36,671
Referee: K Clark

Stirlingshire Cup

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24 July 1993 Group stage Dumbarton 2–1 Falkirk Boghead Park
McQuade Rice 9' Referee: G Dunbar
27 July 1993 Group stage Dumbarton 1–3 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
McGarvey 30' Fisher
Dickov 50'
Irvine 		Referee: J McElhinney
31 July 1993 Group stage East Stirling 0–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
McQuade Attendance: I Hutchison
21 September 1993 Final Dumbarton 0–0
(5-3 p)		 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Referee: W Innes

Pre-season and other matches

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15 July 1993 Friendly Dumbarton 2–0 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
McQuade Attendance: CD
2 August 1993 Friendly Vale of Leven 1–1 Dumbarton Millburn Park
Morrison Attendance: CD

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 St Mirren 44 21 8 15 42 48 −6 50
7 Ayr United 44 14 14 16 42 52 −10 42
8 Dumbarton (R) 44 11 14 19 48 59 −11 36 Relegation to the Second Division
9 Stirling Albion (R) 44 13 9 22 41 68 −27 35
10 Clyde (R) 44 10 12 22 35 58 −23 32
Source: RSSSF 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 Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Ian MacFarlane 46 0 43+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Kenny Meechan 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Boyd 16 2 11+3 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Eddie Cunnington 13 3 13+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Roland Fabiani 41 0 36+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alan Foster 30 3 22+5 2 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Gow 17 1 12+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin Melvin 45 4 42+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tommy Wilson 20 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Robert Docherty 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gerry Farrell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Marsland 38 1 32+4 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Martin 20 0 17+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby McConville 23 1 19+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martin McGarvey 37 3 27+8 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Murdo MacLeod 44 1 42+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Meechan 38 4 31+5 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Nelson 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Calum Campbell 14 0 12+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Charlie Gibson 46 13 44+0 13 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Gilmour 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Mike McAnenay 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John MacDonald 7 2 3+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John McQuade 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Martin Mooney 45 10 41+2 9 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Walker 8 1 6+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Ward 10 1 7+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy Willock 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+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 B), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 24 games, finished 7th of 9.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to St Johnstone in the first round.

Trivia

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  • The League match against Clyde on 14 August marked Charlie Gibson's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 21st Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against Ayr United on 6 November marked Ian MacFarlane's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 107th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The crowd of 36,671 at Ibrox for the Scottish Cup tie against Rangers on 24 January was the largest to have ever witnessed a Dumbarton match. This beat the previous record set just 5 months earlier, in a League Cup tie against the same opponents at the same venue.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1993-1994 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
  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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