1974–75 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1974–1975 season

Manager

Alex Wright

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 1

14th

Scottish Cup

Fifth Round

Scottish League Cup

Prelims

Top goalscorer

League: Willie Wallace (12)
All: Tom McAdam (20)

Highest home attendance

16000

Lowest home attendance

2000

Average home league attendance

4235

← 1973–74

1975–76 →

Season 1974–75 was the 98th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 68th time, the Scottish Cup for the 80th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 28th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's third successive season in Division 1 was more important than usual, due to the re-construction of the league format for the following season. In 1975-76 there would be 3 divisions of 10-14-14, and so a repeat of the previous season's 10th place would put them in the 'Premier' league. However inconsistent results throughout meant that this objective was never really going to be achieved and in the end Dumbarton settled for 14th place.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton overcame Highland League and Division 2 opposition before coming up against Celtic and were unlucky to lose out by the odd goal in three.

In the League Cup, while an unbeaten away record was impressive, a single home win was never going to be enough to progress beyond the sectional games.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton regained the trophy last won two seasons ago by defeating Stenhousemuir in the final.

Once again at the beginning of the season, Dumbarton toured Spain and played two games - against Sitges UE and San Martin CF. Interestingly the first nearly didn't take place - as apparently the Sitges players had become aware of the 'roughness' of Scottish football teams. Nevertheless after negotiations conducted through John Cushley, the team captain (and fluent Spanish speaker) the game went ahead when Dumbarton agreed to wear trainers instead of the standard football boots. Stiges appeared in their boots, and proceeded for most of the game to 'boot' the Dumbarton players all over the pitch. Leading 3-1, with 10 minutes to go, Dumbarton scored a fourth goal. Displeased with the goal not being ruled out for offside, the Sitges players walked off - and so ended this 'friendly' match.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 August 1974	Clyde	H	2-0	Wallace;McAdam,T	4,000
7 September 1974	Morton	A	1-1	McAdam,T	4,000
14 September 1974	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-1	McAdam,T	4,000
21 September 1974	Rangers	A	2-3	McAdam,T;Cook	16,000
28 September 1974	Arbroath	A	3-0	Wallace(2);McAdam,T	2,176
5 October 1974	Celtic	H	1-3	Wallace	13,000
12 October 1974	Partick Thistle	A	1-2	McAdam,T	5,000
19 October 1974	Aberdeen	H	2-3	Wallace;Cook	4,000
26 October 1974	Dundee United	A	3-3	Ruddy;Wallace;McAdam,T	4,000
2 November 1974	Airdrie	H	2-0	Wallace(2)	3,100
9 November 1974	Hearts	A	1-2	Wallace	10,000
16 November 1974	Ayr United	H	1-2	Wallace	4,000
23 November 1974	Dundee	H	0-0		4,500
30 November 1974	St Johnstone	A	0-3		2,000
14 December 1974	Hibernian	A	0-2		8,566
21 December 1974	Motherwell	H	0-1		3,000
28 December 1974	Clyde	A	3-1	Bourke(2);Muir	3,000
1 January 1975	Morton	H	0-0		3,500
4 January 1975	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-3		4,000
11 January 1975	Rangers	H	1-5	Muir	16,000
8 February 1975	Partick Thistle	H	0-1		4,000
11 February 1975	Celtic	A	2-2	Bourke;McAdam,T	15,000
19 February 1975	Arbroath	H	5-1	McAdam,C(3);Graham;Wallace	1,500
22 February 1975	Aberdeen	A	1-1	Bourke	9,000
26 February 1975	Kilmarnock	H	1-1	McAdam,C	2,000
1 March 1975	Dundee United	H	1-2	Wallace	2,500
15 March 1975	Hearts	H	0-1		4,000
18 March 1975	Airdrie	A	1-1	Wallace	6,000
22 March 1975	Ayr United	A	3-1	McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I	4,000
29 March 1975	Dundee	A	1-2	Wallace,I	4,400
5 April 1975	St Johnstone	H	0-0		2,000
12 April 1975	Kilmarnock	A	2-1	McAdam,C;McAdam,T	6,000
19 April 1975	Hibernian	H	2-3	McAdam,C;Muir	4,000
26 April 1975	Motherwell	A	1-3	Bourke	6,072

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 1975	3	Clachnacuddin	H	2-1	McAdam,T(2)	4,000
15 February 1975	4	Hamilton	A	1-0	McAdam,T	7,082
8 March 1975	5	Celtic	H	1-2	McAdam,T	16,000

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1974	P	Clyde	H	2-3	McAdam,T;Wallace	3,000
14 August 1974	P	Arbroath	A	3-3	Bourke;Wallace;McAdam,C	1,229
17 August 1974	P	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	McAdam,T;Bourke	5,000
21 August 1974	P	Arbroath	H	0-2		2,000
24 August 1974	P	Partick Thistle	H	3-1	Bourke;McAdam,T(2)	5,000
28 August 1974	P	Clyde	A	1-1	McAdam,T	1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 April 1975	SF	Alloa Athletic	A	5-1	McAdam,C(2);McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I
28 April 1975	F	Stenhousemuir	H	4-1	Wallace,I;Graham;Bourke;McAdam,C

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
August 1975	Sitges UE	A	4-1	Bourke;Wallace;Ruddy;Brown
August 1975	San Martin CF	A	6-1	Wallace(2);Bourke(3);Coleman

Appearances

Dumbarton used 21 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Don Watt was the only player to feature in every one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Alan Bennett	MF	8(1)
John Bourke	FW	38(2)	8
Ally Brown	FW	10(3)
Drew Checkley	MF	9(2)
Peter Coleman	FW	22(11)
Jim Cook	FW	26(5)	3
John Cushley	MF	32(2)
Johnny Graham	MF	37	1
Ross Mathie	FW	2(1)
Colin McAdam	DF	24(2)	7
Tom McAdam	FW	41(1)	20
Roy McCormack	FW	4(2)
Ian McGregor	GK	20
Willie Menmuir	FW	7(3)
Jim Muir	MF	29(1)	3
Terry Mullen	DF	22(1)
Denis Ruddy	MF	37(2)	1
Ian Wallace	FW	10(1)	2
Willie Wallace	FW	35	14
Don Watt	DF	43
Laurie Williams	GK	17

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 11 wins and 6 draws from 34 matches, finished 14th of 18.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Hamilton in the first round.

In the Scottish Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton failed to qualifying from their section.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1974–75 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links