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1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1988–89 was the 105th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 83rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

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

Overview edit

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.

Finally, the friendly arranged with West Bromwich Albion was in celebration of the 'world championship' match between WBA and Renton in 1888, with Dumabrton winning the Renton Centenary Trophy after the 2–1 victory.

Results and fixtures edit

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division edit

Main article: 1988-89 Scottish Second Division
13 August 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Fife Boghead Park
Docherty   13', 43' 
McQuade,J  		 Pittman   46' Attendance: 400
Referee: W Morrison
20 August 1988 Second Division Stenhousemuir 3–1 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Beaton   46' (pen), 67'
Elliott  		 Duncan   35' Attendance: 477
Referee: J Herald
27 August 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–3 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Crooks   9', 34'
Armstrong   64'		 Attendance: 500
3 September 1988 Second Division Albion Rovers 2–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Cougan   11'
Graham   55'		 McQuade,J   26' Attendance: 300
Referee: J Mackinnon
10 September 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stranraer Boghead Park
Lloyd   15'
MacNiven   58'		 Attendance: 450
Referee: J Renton
17 September 1988 Second Division Brechin City 1–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Firth   54' Rooney   68' Attendance: 430
Referee: J Duncan
24 September 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Rooney   75' Rutherford   51' Attendance: 500
Referee: G Evans
1 October 1988 Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Douglas   30' Attendance: 320
Referee: B McGinlay
8 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–4 Arbroath Boghead Park
McGowan   19' Fotheringham   17', 74'
Anderson   22'
Cairney   (OG)		 Attendance: 350
Referee: A Waddell
15 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
MacIver   27' Brogan    72' Attendance: 700
Referee: J McCluskey
22 October 1988 Second Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McGovern   29'
Hoggan  		 Attendance: 350
Referee: K Hope
29 October 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Boghead Park
Docherty   28'  (pen)
Duncan  		 Attendance: 400
Referee: J Herald
5 November 1988 Second Division Montrose 1–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Murray   29' MacIver   70' Attendance: 350
Referee: J McGillvray
12 November 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Sexton    Attendance: 500
Referee: K Hope
19 November 1988 Second Division East Fife 1–1 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Mitchell   46' MacIver   39' Attendance: 558
Referee: L Thow
26 November 1988 Second Division Stranraer 2–2 Dumbarton Stair Park
Lloyd   41'
McMillan   48'		 MacIver   6'
McCahill   66'		 Attendance: 850
Referee: D Brooks
13 December 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Brechin City Boghead Park
Paterson    Attendance: 570
17 December 1988 Second Division Alloa Athletic 2–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Blackie  
Lytwyn   81'		 Attendance: 563
24 December 1988 Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Spence   40'
McQuade,J  
Doyle  		 McGlashan   25'
Maver  		 Attendance: 400
Referee: D Yeats
31 December 1988 Second Division East Stirling 0–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
McQuade,J   Attendance: 250
Referee: R Paterson
3 January 1989 Second Division Queen's Park 2–1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Caven  
Crooks  		 McQuade,J   Attendance: 832
21 January 1989 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–1 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Gibson   13' Cairney   62' Attendance: 620
Referee: A Roy
31 January 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
McQuade,A  
MacIver  
Docherty  		 Attendance: 470
4 February 1989 Second Division Arbroath 1–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Stewart   54' Docherty   88' (pen) Attendance: 404
Referee: G Evans
18 February 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 4–0 East Fife Boghead Park
MacIver   44', 81'
Docherty   pen'
McQuade,J   73'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: M McGinlay
25 February 1989 Second Division Stranraer 1–1 Dumbarton Stair Park
McIntyre   30' Quinn   85' Attendance: 850
Referee: J Herald
4 March 1989 Second Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McGonigal   10' MacIver   56' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McCluskey
7 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
MacIver    Hughes  
Tait 		 Attendance: 341
11 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Spence   10' Attendance: 600
Referee: L Thow
25 March 1989 Second Division East Stirling 1–0 Dumbarton Firs Park
Feeney   65' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McGillvray
28 March 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Montrose Boghead Park
Wharton  
MacIver  		 Attendance: 400
1 April 1989 Second Division Stirling Albion 3–1 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Gibson   2'
Moore   9'
Tennant   20'		 Spence   65' Attendance: 634
4 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Robertson   50' Attendance: 600
8 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 0–4 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Porteous   43' 
Callachan   46'
Hughes  		 Attendance: 550
Referee: J McCluskey
15 April 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Boghead Park
Quinn   25' Attendance: 500
Referee: P Miller
22 April 1989 Second Division Albion Rovers 2–0 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Graham   42'
Chapman  		 Attendance: 840
Referee: R Valentine
29 April 1989 Second Division Arbroath 1–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Stewart   71' MacIver   25'
Quinn   74', 78'		 Attendance: 347
Referee: B McGinlay
6 May 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
MacIver   9'
Douglas  		 Attendance: 600
Referee: W Morrison
6 May 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Gibson   75'
Lytwyn  		 Attendance: 800
Referee: J Herald

Skol Cup edit

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish League Cup
16 August 1988 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 1–3 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Boghead Park
McQuade,J   Hamilton  
McGarvey  
Chalmers  		 Attendance: 3,800

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup
3 December 1988 Cup round 1 Inverness Thistle 0–0 Dumbarton Kingsmills
Attendance: 900
Referee: D Yeats
10 December 1988 Cup round 1R Dumbarton 2–1 Inverness Thistle Boghead Park
Cairney   15'
MacIver  		 Christie   38' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Yeats
7 January 1989 Cup round 2 Elgin City 2–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McGinlay,D   1'
McGinlay,J   50'		 McQuafde,J   23'
McGowan   89'		 Attendance: 2,074
Referee: J McGillvray
14 January 1989 Cup round 2R Dumbarton 4–0 Elgin City Boghead Park
Cairney   23'
MacIver   
McQuade,J  		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J McGillvray
28 January 1989 Cup round 3 Celtic 2–0 Dumbarton Celtic Park
Walker   80'
Burns   84'		 Attendance: 24,844

Stirlingshire Cup edit

18 April 1989 First Round Dumbarton 0–2 East Stirlingshire Boghead Park
  

Renton Centenary Cup edit

6 August 1988 Dumbarton 2–1  West Bromwich Albion Boghead Park
Coyle,O   65'
Rooney   85'		   Attendance: 2,000

Pre-season and other matches edit

31 July 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 1–0 Largs Thistle Boghead Park
McCahill  
3 August 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 Rangers XI Boghead Park
     
10 August 1988 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Rangers XI Boghead Park
     
19 November 1988 Testimonial Vale of Leven 1–1[2] Dumbarton Millburn Park
Howie     90' Attendance: 300

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Arbroath 39 11 15 13 56 63 −7 37
11 Stranraer 39 12 12 15 58 63 −5 36
12 Dumbarton 39 12 10 17 45 55 −10 34
13 Berwick Rangers 39 10 13 16 50 59 −9 33
14 Stenhousemuir 39 9 11 19 44 59 −15 29
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Hugh Stevenson 18 0 16+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Boyd Strachan 27 0 23+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Willie Cairns 14 0 9+2 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
DF   SCO Dom Callan 6 0 4+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Cranmer 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Gerry Doyle 26 0 16+6 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Stevie Gow 24 0 16+4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF   ENG Peter Wharton 22 1 19+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Pat Cairney 33 3 28+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 2
MF   SCO Owen Coyle 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Gary Dickie 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Robert Docherty 37 7 31+0 7 1+0 0 2+3 0
MF   SCO Craig Douglas 11 1 0+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Gerry Doyle 17 1 11+3 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Derek English 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Dave Fulton 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Dave Martin 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Steve McCahill 27 1 21+0 1 1+0 0 5+0 0
MF   SCO Ian McDougall 6 0 4+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Iain McKinley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Andy McQuade 19 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Colin Spence 22 3 19+0 3 0+0 0 3+0 0
FW   SCO Billy Blackie 9 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Graham Duncan 21 2 14+4 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO George Elliot 15 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Stuart MacIver 32 16 27+0 13 0+0 0 5+0 3
FW   SCO Pat McGowan 39 2 34+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 1
FW   SCO John McQuade 40 8 26+8 5 0+1 1 5+0 2
FW   SCO Paul Quinn 15 4 15+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Stuart Robertson 30 2 24+3 2 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Benny Rooney 4 2 4+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0

Sources:[1][3]

Transfers edit

Source:[4]

Reserve team edit

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

Trivia edit

  • The League match against East Fife on 19 November marked Stuart MacIver's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions—the 97th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • Despite the previous season's relegation, manager Bertie Auld retained his position. However a poor start saw Auld replaced by Jim George seven games into the new season.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Scottish Football League Review 1989–90. The Scottish Football League. 1990.
  2. ^ Testimonial match for the benefit of Vale player Tom Robertson.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock: The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links edit

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