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

← 1977–78

1979–80 →

Season 1978–79 was the 95th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 73rd 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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1978	Arbroath	A	1-1	Blair	1,156
19 August 1978	Stirling Albion	H	0-1		1,500
26 August 1978	Clydebank	A	1-1	Brown	2,000
6 September 1978	Kilmarnock	A	0-0		2,500
9 September 1978	Airdrie	H	1-1	McNeil	2,000
13 September 1978	Clyde	A	0-1		1,200
16 September 1978	Ayr United	A	5-2	Muir;Whiteford,D(3);MacLeod,M	2,146
23 September 1978	Hamilton	H	2-0	Whiteford,D;Fyfe	1,000
27 September 1978	Dundee	H	0-0		1,700
30 September 1978	Montrose	H	4-1	Fyfe;McCluskey;Gallacher,B;McNeil	2,000
7 October 1978	Raith Rovers	A	0-0		2,720
14 October 1978	St Johnstone	H	2-0	McLean;Whiteford,D	1,500
21 October 1978	Queen of the South	A	2-0	Blair;McCluskey	1,000
28 October 1978	Stirling Albion	A	1-1	Fyfe	1,400
4 November 1978	Clydebank	H	1-2	McLean	3,000
11 November 1978	Airdrie	A	6-3	Blair(3);McCluskey;Muir;Coyle,J	1,500
18 November 1978	Ayr United	H	2-0	Blair;Fyfe	2,500
25 November 1978	Hamilton	A	0-5		1,500
9 December 1978	Raith Rovers	H	1-3	OG	800
16 December 1978	St Johnstone	H	2-2	Blair;Sharp	1,537
3 March 1979	Arbroath	A	1-1	Blair	863
13 March 1979	Kilmarnock	H	0-3		2,000
17 March 1979	Clyde	H	3-0	Blair;McNeil;MacLeod,A	1,000
20 March 1979	St Johnstone	H	2-2	Sinclair;Whiteford,J	1,360
24 March 1978	Dundee	A	0-2		5,547
28 March 1979	Raith Rovers	H	3-1	Whiteford,J(3)	500
31 March 1979	Arbroath	H	0-1		450
4 April 1979	Clyde	H	0-0		700
7 April 1979	Dundee	H	3-2	Brown;Gallacher,B(2)	1,500
14 April 1979	Montrose	A	1-2	Gallacher,B	800
16 April 1979	Hamilton	H	3-0	Fyfe(2);Brown	1,700
18 April 1979	Ayr United	A	0-1		2,000
21 April 1979	Queen of the South	A	3-1	Whiteford,D;Gallacher,B;Fyfe	400
25 April 1979	Clydebank	A	1-3	Sinclair	2,000
28 April 1979	Kilmarnock	H	1-3	Findlay	3,000
2 May 1979	Airdrie	H	0-1		500
5 May 1979	Queen of the South	H	4-1	Coyle,J;Brown;Gallacher,J(2)	300
7 May 1979	Stirling Albion	H	0-2		400
9 May 1979	Montrose	A	2-0	Gallacher,B;Whiteford,D	400

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 February 1979	3	Alloa Athletic	H	1-0	Gallacher,B	1,000
24 February 1979	4	Clydebank	H	3-1	Sharp(2);Blair	3,000
10 March 1979	5	Partick Thistle	H	0-1		6,300

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1978	1(1)	St Mirren	H	0-0		4,000
23 August 1978	1(2)	St Mirren	A	0-1		6,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 February 1979	SF	Falkirk	A	1-0	Coyle,T
11 May 1979	F	Clydebank	A	0-1

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 July 1978	Clachnacuddin	A	3-0	Gallacher,B;Fyfe;Govan	500
31 July 1978	Nairn County	A	3-1	Blair(2);Gallacher,B
1 August 1978	Ross County	A	7-2	Whiteford,D(2);Brown(2);MacLeod,M;Fyfe;Gallacher,B
23 October 1978	Scottish League XI	H	1-1	Williams	4,000
19 January 1979	Airdrie	A	2-2	Fyfe;Gallacher,J	CD
23 January 1979	Clyde	H	1-0	Sharpe

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Donald Hunter	18	0	15	0	3	0	0	0
	GK		Laurie Williams	26	0	24	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Rob Campbell	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Willie Russell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Iain Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tommy Coyle	13	0	7+6	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Pat McCluskey	43	3	38	3	3	0	2	0
	MF		John Gallacher	44	0	39	0	3	0	2	0
	MF		Hugh McLean	18	2	15+2	2	0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Ally MacLeod	33	1	28+4	1	0	0	1	0
	MF		Donald McNeil	27	3	22	3	3	0	2	0
	MF		Jim Muir	11	2	9+2	2	0	0	0	0
	MF		Joe Rowan	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Graeme Sinclair	32	2	27+1	2	3	0	1	0
	MF		Derek Whiteford	32	7	21+7	7	3	0	1	0
	FW		Raymond Blair	31	10	26	9	3	1	2	0
	FW		Ally Brown	35	4	25+5	4	3	0	2	0
	FW		Joe Coyle	33	2	25+4	2	2+1	0	1	0
	FW		Gerry Findlay	11	1	8+3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Graham Fyfe	36	7	26+7	7	1	0	2	0
	FW		Brian Gallacher	37	9	32	8	3	1	2	0
	FW		Dave Govan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Murdo MacLeod	17	1	14	1	1	0	2	0
	FW		Graeme Sharp	8	3	4+2	1	2	2	0	0
	FW		Jocky Whiteford	16	4	13+3	4	0	0	0	0

International Caps

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).

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
John Gallacher	Hearts	19 Jun 1978
Donald Hunter	St Mirren	26 Jun 1978
Graeme Sharp	Eastercraigs	26 Jun 1978
Tommy Coyle	Shettleston	28 Aug 1978
Rob Campbell	Ferguslie United	6 Nov 1978
Mike Rankin	Port Glasgow YC	7 Apr 1979

Players out

Player	To	Date
Columb McKinley	Vale of Leven	5 Aug 1978
Murdo MacLeod	Celtic	2 Nov 1978
Jim Muir	Adelaide City	2 Feb 1979

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.

Factfile

* The League match against Clyde on 13 September marked Murdo MacLeod's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 76th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Montrose on 30 September marked Donald McNeil's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 77th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Raith Rovers on 9 December marked Graeme Sinclair's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 78th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The fee of £100,000 received for Murdo MacLeod's transfer to Celtic at the end of October broke the record set by Ian Wallace's departure two seasons earlier.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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1978–79 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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1978–79 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[1]

International Caps

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Reserve Team

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[1]