1977–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1977–1978 season

Manager

Davie Wilson

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 1

4th

Scottish Cup

Fifth Round

Scottish League Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Derek Whiteford/ Jocky Whiteford (15)
All: Jocky Whiteford (17)

← 1976–77

1978–79 →

Season 1977–78 was the 101st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 71st time, the Scottish Cup for the 83rd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 31st time.

Overview

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

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1977	Hearts	H	2-2	Bourke(2)	7,000
20 August 1977	Arbroath	A	2-2	Bourke;Muir	1,200
27 August 1977	Queen of the South	H	2-0	Whiteford,J;Brown	2,000
10 September 1977	Morton	A	0-0		3,000
14 September 1977	Airdrie	H	2-1	McNeil;Fyfe
17 September 1977	Dundee	A	1-2	Whiteford,D	4,725
24 September 1977	Montrose	H	4-0	Whiteford,D(2);Whiteford,J;Fyfe
28 September 1977	East Fife	A	1-3	Whiteford,D	879
1 October 1977	St Johnstone	H	5-1	Whiteford,J;Brown;Fyfe(2);Whiteford,D	1,500
8 October 1977	Kilmarnock	A	2-2	Whiteford,D;Whiteford,J	3,000
15 October 1977	Hamilton	H	1-0	Whiteford,D	2,500
19 October 1977	Stirling Albion	A	3-2	Whiteford,J(2);Brown	1,000
22 October 1977	Hearts	A	1-2	Gallacher	9,200
29 October 1977	Arbroath	H	1-0	Gallacher	1,500
5 November 1977	Queen of the South	A	0-1		1,500
12 November 1977	Morton	H	1-1	Gallacher	5,000
19 November 1977	Dundee	H	0-0		3,500
26 November 1977	Montrose	A	2-2	Whiteford,J;Muir	950
3 December 1977	St Johnstone	H	2-0	Whiteford,J;Whiteford,D	1,600
10 December 1977	Kilmarnock	H	2-2	Fyfe;Whiteford,J	2,500
17 December 1977	Hamilton	A	3-3	Whiteford,J(2);Whiteford,D	2,500
24 December 1977	Alloa Athletic	A	3-2	Gallacher;Whiteford,J;Whiteford,D	1,000
31 December 1977	Queen of the South	H	1-1	Muir
2 January 1978	Morton	H	1-4	Whiteford,J	5,000
7 January 1978	Arbroath	A	1-1	Whiteford,J	1,100
4 February 1978	St Johnstone	H	2-1	Whiteford,D;Whiteford,J	1,500
11 February 1978	Kilmarnock	A	1-0	Whiteford,D	5,000
25 February 1978	Hamilton	H	1-1	Whiteford,D	2,000
4 March 1978	Hearts	A	1-1	Gallacher	8,000
18 March 1978	Stirling Albion	A	2-2	Brown(2)
21 March 1978	East Fife	H	3-0	McNeil;Gallacher(2)	3,000
25 March 1978	Stirling Albion	H	2-2	Muir;OG	2,000
4 April 1978	Airdrie	A	2-0	Muir;Gallacher	2,000
8 April 1978	Alloa Athletic	A	0-3		1,000
12 April 1978	Dundee	H	2-1	MacLeod,M;Gallacher
15 April 1978	East Fife	A	0-0		651
19 April 1978	Montrose	H	2-2	MacLeod,A;McCluskey	1,500
22 April 1978	Airdrie	H	2-1	Whiteford,D;Govan	1,000
29 April 1978	Alloa Athletic	H	2-0	Whiteford,D;Blair	1,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 1977	3	Alloa Athletic	A	2-2	Whiteford,J;MacLeod,M	1,450
6 February 1978	3R	Alloa Athletic	H	2-1	MacLeod,M;Fyfe	1,750
18 February 1977	4	Hearts	H	1-1	Whiteford,D	6,677
27 February 1978	4R	Hearts	A	1-0	Gallacher	14,000
11 March 1978	5	Partick Thistle	A	1-2	Fyfe	4,500

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 August 1977	1(1)	Hamilton	H	4-1	McCluskey;Muir;Whiteford;J;Bourke	1,000
3 September 1978	1(2)	Hamilton	A	0-6		1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 October 1977	1	East Stirling	H	4-1	Whiteford;J;Fyfe;Muir;OG	800
20 April 1978	SF	Clydebank	A	1-4	Whiteford,D

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
5 August 1977	Lossiemouth	A	1-1	unknown
6 August 1977	Nairn County	A	3-0	Gallacher;MacLeod,A(2)
7 September 1977	St Mirren	A	1-1	Blair

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 21 players for the 46 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Murdo MacLeod and Derek Whiteford were best by being the only players to start in every one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Raymond Blair	FW	10(12)	1
John Bourke	FW	5	4
Ally Brown	FW	45(1)	6
Joe Coyle	FW	2(2)
Jim Cruickshank	GK	6
Graham Fyfe	FW	34	7
Brian Gallacher	FW	40(1)	10
Dave Govan	FW	1(1)	1
Drew Harvey	FW	0(4)
Pat McCluskey	MF	44	2
Columb McKinley	MF	12(1)
Ally MacLeod	MF	12(8)
Murdo MacLeod	FW	46	3
Donald McNeil	MF	37(1)	2
Martin Mowatt	MF	5
Jim Muir	MF	39(1)	6
Graeme Sinclair	MF	40
Don Watt	DF	10(3)
Derek Whiteford	MF	46	16
Jocky Whiteford	FW	32	17
Laurie Williams	GK	40

International

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.

Reserve Team

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.

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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1977–78 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Club

International

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links