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1977–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1977–78 was the 94th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 72nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 83rd time, and the Scottish League Cup for the 31st time.

Dumbarton
1977–1978 season
ManagerDavie Wilson
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 14th
Scottish CupFifth round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Derek Whiteford / Jocky Whiteford (15)
All: Jocky Whiteford (17)

Overview edit

Dumbarton played league football in Division 1 for the third year running. Davie Wilson's first season as manager began well, and while always up with the leading pack, it was to be the case that too many draws rather than wins would prevent a serious challenge on the title. Nevertheless, a 4th-place finish was a creditable result.

In the Scottish Cup, Hearts were once again the opponents, but it was Dumbarton who were to progress this time after a drawn game. In the quarter-final, however Partick Thistle were to prove too good on the day.

In the League Cup, qualifying groups were dispensed with and replaced with straight knock-out ties on a home-and-away basis. It was however to prove a bit of an embarrassment when in the first round, a 4–1 home win against Hamilton was followed by a 6–0 away drubbing.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were defeated by local rivals Clydebank in the semi-final.

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division edit

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Football League
13 August 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-2 Hearts Boghead Park
Bourke   16', 72' Smith   43'
Gibson   85'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: A McGunnigle
20 August 1977 Scottish Division 1 Arbroath 2-2 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Yule   8'
Carson   70'		 Bourke   62'
Muir   86'		 Attendance: 1,200
27 August 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-0 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Whiteford,J   9'
Brown   17'		 Attendance: 2,000
10 September 1977 Scottish Division 1 Morton 0-0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J Paterson
14 September 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-1 Airdrie Boghead Park
McNeil   54'
Whiteford,J   83' (pen)		 McCann   86'
17 September 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dundee 2-1 Dumbarton Dens Park
Sinclair   47', 65' Whitedord,D  74' Attendance: 4,725
Referee: W Reid
24 September 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 4-0 Montrose Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   47', 78'
Whiteford,J   48' (pen)
Fyfe   61'
28 September 1977 Scottish Division 1 East Fife 3-1 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
McCluskey   25' (OG)
Young  
Hegarty   82'		 Whitedord,D  52' Attendance: 879
1 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 5-1 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Whiteford,J   3'
Brown   7'
Fyfe   15', 47'
Whiteford,D   49'		 O'Connor   50' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Renton
8 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Kilmarnock 2-2 Dumbarton Rugby Park
McCulloch   5'
Stein   50'		 Whitedord,J  57'
Whitedord,D  77'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: C White
15 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-0 Hamilton Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   76' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: K Stewart
19 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Stirling Albion 2-3 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
McPhee   12', 62' Whitedord,J  39', 70'
Brown  75'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: R Cuthill
2 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Hearts 2-1 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Gibson   28'
Tierney   61'		 Gallacher   65' Attendance: 9,200
Referee: A McFaul
29 October 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-0 Arbroath Boghead Park
Gallacher   89' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: T Muirhead
5 November 1977 Scottish Division 1 Queen of the South 1-0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Hood   48' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Mullen
12 November 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-1 Morton Boghead Park
Gallacher   81' Ritchie   8' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: H Alexander
19 November 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 0-0 Dundee Boghead Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: A McMunnigle
26 November 1977 Scottish Division 1 Montrose 2-2 Dumbarton Links Park
Markland   38'
Robb   48'		 Whiteford,J   30'
Muir   84'		 Attendance: 950
Referee: M Delaney
3 December 1977 Scottish Division 1 St Johnstone 0-2 Dumbarton Muirton Park
Whiteford,J   54'
Whiteford,D   77'		 Attendance: 1,600
Referee: J Renton
10 December 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-2 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Fyfe   35'
Whiteford,J   78' (pen)		 McDowell   40'
Maxwell   70'		 Attendance: 2,500
17 December 1977 Scottish Division 1 Hamilton 3-3 Dumbarton Douglas Park
McGrogan   40', 44'
McDowell   55'		 Whiteford,J   24', 63'
Whiteford,D   64'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: D Ramsay
24 December 1977 Scottish Division 1 Alloa Athletic 2-3 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Wilson   3'
Miller   13' (pen)		 Gallacher   8'
Whiteford,J   27'
Whiteford,D   77'		 Attendance: 2,000
31 December 1977 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-1 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Muir    
2 January 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-4 Morton Boghead Park
Whiteford,J   89' Goldthorpe   21'
Ritchie   64', 82'
Brown   80'		 Attendance: 5,000
7 January 1978 Scottish Division 1 Arbroath 1-1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Cargill   86' Whiteford,J   30' (pen) Attendance: 1,100
Referee: A Ferguson
4 February 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-1 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   6'
Whiteford,J   25' (pen)		 Pelosi   62' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: H Alexander
11 February 1978 Scottish Division 1 Kilmarnock 0-1 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Whiteford,D   23' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: T Kellock
25 February 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 1-1 Hamilton Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   81' McGrogan   63' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: A McFall
4 March 1978 Scottish Division 1 Hearts 1-1 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Fraser   74' Gallacher   61' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: K Hope
18 March 1978 Scottish Division 1 Stirling Albion 2-2 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Muir   41' (OG), 42' (OG) Brown   3', 62' Referee: J Renton
21 March 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 3-0 East Fife Boghead Park
McNeil   6'
Gallacher   20', 60'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: T Kellock
25 March 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Muir   81'
Steedman   83' (OG)		 Browning  1', 87' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J Gordon
4 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Airdrie 0-2 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Muir   35'
Gallacher   82'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: R Cuthill
8 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Alloa Athletic 3-0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Irvine   52' (pen)
Morrison   63'
Wallace   89'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: K Stewart
12 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-1 Dundee Boghead Park
MacLeod,M   35'
Gallacher   75'		 Redford  34' Referee: D Ramsay
15 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 East Fife 0-0 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Attendance: 651
Referee: A McGunnigle
19 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-2 Montrose Boghead Park
Brown   70'
McCluskey   77'		 Walker   72'
Brown   83'		 Attendance: 1,500
22 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-1 Airdrie Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   42'
Govan   47'		 McGuire   43' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Syme
29 April 1978 Scottish Division 1 Dumbarton 2-0 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   37'
Blair   89'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: M Delaney

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Cup
29 January 1978 Scottish Cup round 3 Alloa Athletic 2–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Carberry   30'
Morrison   40'		 Whitedord,J   39'
MacLeod,M   43'		 Attendance: 1,450
Referee: K Hope
6 February 1978 Scottish Cup round 3R Dumbarton 2–1 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
MacLeod,M   55'
Fyfe   77'		 McCann   86' Attendance: 1,750
Referee: K Hope
18 February 1978 Scottish Cup round 4 Dumbarton 1–1 Hearts Boghead Park
Whiteford,D   14' Bannon   60' Attendance: 6,677
Referee: B McGinlay
27 February 1978 Scottish Cup round 4R Hearts 0–1 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
Gallacher   38' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: B McGinlay
11 March 1978 Scottish Cup round 5 Partick Thistle 2–1 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
Somner   43', 79' Fyfe   62' (pen) Attendance: 4,500
Referee: I Foote

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish League Cup
31 August 1977 Scottish League Cup round 1(1) Dumbarton 4–1 Hamilton Boghead Park
McCluskey   68'
Muir   85'
Whiteford,J   86'
Bourke   89'		 Frew   62' Attendance: 1,000
3 September 1977 Scottish League Cup round 1(2) Hamilton 6–0
(7–4 agg.)		 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Fairley   14'
McCluskey   20' (OG)
Graham   49'
McGrogan   64'
McManus   76', 84'		 Frew   62' Attendance: 1,000

Stirlingshire Cup edit

5 October 1977 1st round Dumbarton 4–1 East Stirling Boghead Park
Whiteford,J   19'
Fyfe   29'
Muir   59'
Renwick   72' (OG)		 Campbell   13' Attendance: 800
20 April 1978 Semi-final Clydebank 4–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
     Whiteford,D  

Pre-season/Other Matches edit

5 August 1977 Friendly Lossiemouth 1–1 Dumbarton Grant Park, Lossiemouth
   
6 August 1977 Friendly Nairn County 0–3 Dumbarton Nairn
Gallacher   14'
MacLeod,A   70', 72'
6 September 1977 Friendly St Mirren 1–1 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
  Blair  

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
2 Heart of Midlothian (P) 39 24 10 5 77 42 +35 58 Promotion to the Premier Division
3 Dundee 39 25 7 7 91 44 +47 57
4 Dumbarton 39 16 17 6 65 48 +17 49
5 Stirling Albion 39 15 12 12 60 52 +8 42
6 Kilmarnock 39 14 12 13 52 46 +6 40
Source: RSSSF and statto[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Jim Cruickshank 6 0 3 0 1 0 2 0
GK   SCO Laurie Williams 40 0 36 0 4 0 0 0
DF   SCO Don Watt 15 0 9+3 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO Pat McCluskey 34 2 28 1 4 0 2 1
MF   SCO Columb McKinley 13 0 12+1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Ally MacLeod 20 0 11+7 0 1+1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Donald McNeil 38 2 30+1 2 5 0 2 0
MF   SCO Martin Mowat 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Jim Muir 37 6 29+1 5 5 0 2 1
MF   SCO Graeme Sinclair 40 0 36 0 4 0 0 0
MF   SCO Derek Whiteford 46 16 39 15 5 1 2 0
FW   SCO Raymond Blair 23 2 8+11 2 2+2 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Bourke 5 4 3 3 0 0 2 1
FW   SCO Ally Brown 46 6 38+1 6 5 0 2 0
FW   SCO Joe Coyle 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Graham Fyfe 34 7 29 5 5 2 0 0
FW   SCO Brian Gallacher 42 10 34+1 9 5 1 2 0
FW   SCO Dave Govan 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Drew Harvey 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Murdo MacLeod 46 3 39 1 5 2 2 0
FW   SCO Jocky Whiteford 32 17 27 15 3 1 2 1

[2]

International Caps edit

Murdo MacLeod and Graeme Sinclair were selected to play for the Scottish League in a match against an Italian League XI in Verona, which resulted in a 1–1 draw.

In addition Ally MacLeod was part of the Scottish Youth (under 19) side which competed in the UEFA Youth Championships. He played in all seven matches, against Denmark (1-0 and 2–0), West Germany (1-0), Portugal (1-0), Italy (0-0), Yugoslavia (2-2) and Poland (1-3) - Scotland finished in 4th place.

Transfers edit

[3]

Reserve team edit

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division and finished 8th of 11.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Ayr United in the first round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Rangers, on aggregate, in the first round.

Trivia edit

  • The League match against Arbroath on 20 August marked Jim Muir's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 74th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Airdrie on 14 September marked Ally Brown's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 75th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Hamilton on 25 February marked Laurie Williams's 300th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 5th Dumbarton player to achieve this accolade.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Division One 1977-1978 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  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.

External links edit

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