1978–79 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1978–1979 season
Manager Davie Wilson
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 7th
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Raymond Blair (9)
All: Raymond Blair (10)
Highest home attendance 3,000
Lowest home attendance 300
Average home league attendance 1,405

Season 1978–79 was the 102nd 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 84th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 32nd time.

Overview

For the fourth year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after the previous season's performances, confidence was high. However, as it took 7 games to register the first league win early hopes were dashed and a disappointing 7th place finish was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, for a second year running it was Partick Thistle that were the fifth round opponents and as in the previous year Dumbarton were to lose out.

In the League Cup, in the straight knock-out format, Dumbarton were to draw Premier Division St Mirren in the first round, and were to fall to a two goal defeat at Love Street after a home no-scoring draw.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were once again defeated by local rivals Clydebank, this time in the final.

Finally, Laurie Williams was given a testimonial for his 10 years of service to the club, and he captained Dumbarton against a Scottish League Select - the result being a 1-1 draw with Williams himself scoring the equalising penalty for Dumbarton.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 August 1978ArbroathA1-1Blair1,156
19 August 1978Stirling AlbionH0-11,500
26 August 1978ClydebankA1-1Brown2,000
6 September 1978KilmarnockA0-02,500
9 September 1978AirdrieH1-1McNeil2,000
13 September 1978ClydeA0-11,200
16 September 1978Ayr UnitedA5-2Muir;Whiteford,D(2);MacLeod,M;MacLeod,A2,146
23 September 1978HamiltonH2-0Whiteford,D;Fyfe1,000
27 September 1978DundeeH0-01,700
30 September 1978MontroseH4-1Fyfe;McCluskey;Gallacher,B;McNeil2,000
7 October 1978Raith RoversA0-02,720
14 October 1978St JohnstoneH2-0McLean;Whiteford,D1,500
21 October 1978Queen of the SouthA2-0Blair;McCluskey1,000
28 October 1978Stirling AlbionA1-1Fyfe1,400
4 November 1978ClydebankH1-2McLean3,000
11 November 1978AirdrieA6-3Blair(3);McCluskey;Muir;Coyle,J1,500
18 November 1978Ayr UnitedH2-0Blair;Fyfe2,500
25 November 1978HamiltonA0-51,500
9 December 1978Raith RoversH1-3OG800
16 December 1978St JohnstoneH2-2Blair;Sharp1,537
3 March 1979ArbroathA1-1Blair863
13 March 1979KilmarnockH0-32,000
17 March 1979ClydeH3-0Blair;McNeil;MacLeod,A1,000
20 March 1979St JohnstoneH2-2Sinclair;Whiteford,J1,360
24 March 1978DundeeA0-25,547
28 March 1979Raith RoversH3-1Whiteford,J(3)500
31 March 1979ArbroathH0-1450
4 April 1979ClydeH0-0700
7 April 1979DundeeH3-2Brown;Gallacher,B(2)1,500
14 April 1979MontroseA1-2Gallacher,B800
16 April 1979HamiltonH3-0Fyfe(2);Brown1,700
18 April 1979Ayr UnitedA0-12,000
21 April 1979Queen of the SouthA3-1Whiteford,D;Gallacher,B;Fyfe400
25 April 1979ClydebankA1-3Sinclair2,000
28 April 1979KilmarnockH1-3Findlay3,000
2 May 1979AirdrieH0-1500
5 May 1979Queen of the SouthH4-1Coyle,J;Brown;Gallacher,J(2)300
7 May 1979Stirling AlbionH0-2400
9 May 1979MontroseA2-0Gallacher,B;Whiteford,D400

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
19 February 19793Alloa AthleticH1-0Gallacher,B1,000
24 February 19794ClydebankH3-1Sharp(2);Blair3,000
10 March 19795Partick ThistleH0-16,300

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 August 19781(1)St MirrenH0-04,000
23 August 19781(2)St MirrenA0-16,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 February 1979SFFalkirkA1-0Coyle,T
11 May 1979FClydebankA0-1

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 July 1978ClachnacuddinA3-0Gallacher,B;Fyfe;Govan500
31 July 1978Nairn CountyA3-1Blair(2);Gallacher,B
1 August 1978Ross CountyA7-2Whiteford,D(2);Brown(2);MacLeod,M;Fyfe;Gallacher,B
23 October 1978Scottish League XIH1-1Williams4,000
19 January 1979AirdrieA2-2Fyfe;Gallacher,JCD
23 January 1979ClydeH1-0Sharpe

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. John Gallacher was best by being the only player to start in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Iain Anderson MF 1
Scotland Raymond Blair FW 3110
Scotland Ally Brown FW 29(5)4
Scotland Rob Campbell DF 11(1)
Scotland Joe Coyle FW 29(5)2
Scotland Tommy Coyle MF 7(6)
Scotland Gerry Findlay FW 8(3)1
Scotland Graham Fyfe FW 29(7)7
Scotland Brian Gallacher FW 379
Scotland John Gallacher MF 44
Scotland Dave Govan FW 0(2)
Scotland Donald Hunter GK 18
Scotland Pat McCluskey MF 433
Scotland Hugh McLean MF 15(3)2
Scotland Ally MacLeod MF 27(4)2
Scotland Murdo MacLeod FW 171
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 273
Scotland Jim Muir MF 9(2)2
Scotland Joe Rowan MF 0(3)
Scotland Willie Russell DF 0(1)
Scotland Graeme Sharp FW 6(2)3
Scotland Graeme Sinclair MF 322
Scotland Derek Whiteford MF 25(7)6
Scotland Jocky Whiteford FW 13(3)4
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 27

International

Murdo MacLeod was selected to play for the Scottish Under 21 team in a friendly match against USA on 17 September 1978 played at Pittodrie Park (won by Scotland 3-1 and in which he scored one of the goals) and in a qualifying match for the European Under 21 Championships against Norway on October 24, 1978 played at Easter Road Stadium (won by Scotland 5-1).

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West).

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Morton in the first round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Partick Thistle, on aggregate, in the first round.

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. Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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