1981–82 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1981–82 was the 98th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 76th time, the Scottish Cup for the 87th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 35th time.

Dumbarton
1981–1982 season
ManagerBilly Lamont
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 111th
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupPrelims
Top goalscorerLeague: Raymond Blair (9)
All: Raymond Blair (12)

Overview

For the seventh year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and with another new manager in place - Billy Lamont - hopes were high to see if promotion could finally be won. Unfortunately, despite a few excellent results, including wins over Hearts, the campaign was a disappointment, and although relegation was never a real threat, an 11th place finish with 35 points was all that was achieved, 26 behind champions Motherwell.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton again began well by beating Premier Division opponents, this time Partick Thistle, in the third round but lost out to a powerful Rangers side in the next round.

The League Cup was a bit of a disaster. The format reverted to sectional games for qualification to the latter stages, and Dumbarton could only manage two home wins from six games, from what was 'on paper' an easy section.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton almost retained the cup , but lost out on penalties to Alloa in the final.

Results & fixtures

[1]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

29 August 1981 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 East Stirling Boghead Park
Howatt
Lamont
Renwick
Attendance: 400
Referee: F Kenzie
5 September 1981 First Division Queen of the South 0–4 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Coyle,J  16'
Montgomerie  38'
Blair
Brown
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: E Pringle
12 September 1981 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Clydebank Boghead Park
Montgomerie  23' McCabe
McGorm
Miller
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: B McGinley
16 September 1981 First Division Raith Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Starks Park
Ford Brown
Coyle,J
19 September 1981 First Division Dumbarton 0–6 Motherwell Boghead Park
Clelland
McLaughlan  (pen)
Clinging
Attendance: 1,000
26 September 1981 First Division Hearts 2–1 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
MacDonald  30'
O'Connor
Blair Attendance: 3,627
Referee: H Alexander
30 September 1981 First Division Ayr United 3–2 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Christie
Kean
Dunlop
Coyle,T
3 October 1981 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 St Johnstone Boghead Park
McGowan,P  43'
Rankin
McDonald  6' Attendance: 500
Referee: M Delaney
10 October 1981 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Hamilton Boghead Park
Brown Craig Attendance: 350
17 October 1981 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Dumbarton East End Park
McNaughton
Considine
Blair
Dunlop
Attendance: 1,994
24 October 1981 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Mauchlen
Clark,J
Attendance: 800
Referee: G Smith
31 October 1981 First Division Falkirk 1–1 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Brown Dunlop Attendance: 2,500
Referee: A McGunnigle
7 November 1981 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Queen of the South Boghead Park
McGowan,P Attendance: 400
Referee: H Young
14 November 1981 First Division East Stirling 1–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
McCulley Donnelly  15' (pen) Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Renton
21 November 1981 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Coyle,J  16' Gibson Attendance: 400
Referee: C Sinclair
28 November 1981 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Hearts Boghead Park
Blair  29'
McGowan,P
Dunlop
Marinello Attendance: 1,200
Referee: F Syme
5 December 1981 First Division St Johnstone 5–2 Dumbarton Muirton Park
Weir  10'
Morton  22'
Mackay
Brogan
Blair  20'
Kenny
Attendance: 1,776
30 January 1982 First Division Kilmarnock 0–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: R Cuthill
6 February 1982 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Falkirk Boghead Park
Montgomerie  19'
Coyle,J
Brown
Mackin Attendance: 450
Referee: D Syme
17 February 1982 First Division Clydebank 3–0 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Ronald
Given  (pen)
Miller
20 February 1982 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Montgomerie  49'
Donnelly
Attendance: 400
Referee: A Ferguson
27 February 1982 First Division East Stirling 2–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Lowe  21'
Grant
Blair  42'
McGowan,M
Referee: B Robertson
3 March 1982 First Division Motherwell 1–1 Dumbarton Fir Park
Carson Brown
6 March 1982 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Ayr United Boghead Park
Gallacher  36'
Blair  37'
Brown
Christie  40' Attendance: 500
Referee: A Hewitt
13 March 1982 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Clydebank Boghead Park
Miller  54'
McCabe  60'
Attendance: 700
Referee: D Ramsay
20 March 1982 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Dumbarton East End Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: R Valentine
27 March 1982 First Division Queen's Park 3–0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
McNiven
Gilmour
McGregor
Attendance: 732
Referee: J Renton
3 April 1982 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Ballantyne  36' Attendance: 300
Referee: K Stewart
7 April 1982 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Donnelly
Montgomerie
Attendance: 282
10 April 1982 First Division Motherwell 1–0 Dumbarton Firs Park
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: A Huett
14 April 1982 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Craig Attendance: 450
17 April 1982 First Division Queen of the South 1–3 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Craig  19'
Blair
cNeil
Attendance: 250
Referee: H Young
24 April 1982 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: T Muirhead
1 May 1982 First Division Hearts 2–5 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Byrne
Pettigrew
McGowan,P
Dunlop
Coyle,J
Attendance: 4,861
15 May 1982 First Division Hamilton 1–0 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Attendance: 700

Scottish League Cup

8 August 1981 Section 5 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Allison  27'
Mercer
Attendance: 368
Referee: A Ferguson
12 August 1981 Section 5 Dumbarton 1–0 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Blair Attendance: 386
15 August 1981 Section 5 Brechin City 2–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Graham
Campbell
Blair  (pen) Attendance: 500
Referee: D Ramsay
19 August 1981 Section 5 Queen of the South 3–2 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Alexander
McVittie
Mailer
Campbell
22 August 1981 Section 5 Dumbarton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Blair  33' (pen)
Mailer
Rankin
Attendance: 500
Referee: T Muirhead
26 August 1981 Section 5 Dumbarton 1–3 Brechin City Boghead Park
Gallacher Paterson
Campbell

Scottish Cup

24 January 1982 Scottish Cup Round 3 Partick Thistle 1–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Johnston  44' Coyle,J  4'
Donnelly  32'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: R Valentine
13 February 1982 Scottish Cup Round 3 Rangers 4–0 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
Jardine  58', 89'
McAdam  67'
Johnstone  74'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: T Muirhead

Stirlingshire Cup

27 October 1981 1st Round East Stirling 4–5 Dumbarton Firs Park
Blair
McGowan,P
Coyle,J
21 January 1981 Semi Final Dumbarton 2–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Montgomerie
10 May 1982 Final Alloa Athletic 1–1
(5-4 on penalties)
Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Donnelly

Pre-season matches

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
9 Falkirk 39 11 14 14 49 52 3 36
10 Dunfermline Athletic 39 11 14 14 46 56 10 36
11 Dumbarton 39 13 9 17 49 61 12 35
12 Raith Rovers 39 11 7 21 31 59 28 29
13 East Stirlingshire 39 7 10 22 38 77 39 24 Relegation to the 1982–83 Second Division
Source: RSSSF

Player statistics

Squad

[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Tom Carson 4703902060
DF Rob Campbell 22114+10105+11
DF Martin McGowan 30126+311000
DF Ray Montgomerie 21517+350+1000
MF Mark Clougherty 26021+10201+10
MF Tommy Coyle 4613812060
MF Albert Craig 1329+420000
MF Alistair Edmiston 10100000
MF John Gallacher 3923112061
MF Ally MacLeod 80200060
MF Donald McNeil 21118+11001+10
MF Graeme Sinclair 34024+202060
FW Steve Armstrong 402+10000+10
FW Raymond Blair 471236+392063
FW Ally Brown 37622+960060
FW John Cameron 10100000
FW Joe Coyle 43632+352160
FW John Donnelly 42631+35212+40
FW Mick Dunlop 3273072000
FW Dave Kenny 110+110000
FW John Mailer 520+20002+12
FW D McGeoch 20200000
FW Pat McGowan 2041641030
FW Ally McRoberts 904+401000
FW Mike Rankin 32211+1410+104+21
FW Ian Wotherspoon 10100000

International Caps

Graeme Sinclair played for Scotland in a 'semi-pro' international tournament involving teams from England, Holland and Italy. Scotland won the tournament by beating Holland Amateurs 2-1, drawing 2-2 against Italy Serie C and drawing 1-1 against England semi pro.

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[3]

Trivia

  • The League match against Hearts on 26 September marked Tommy Coyle's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 85th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

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. 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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