1980–81 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1980–1981 season

Manager

Sean Fallon

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 1

8th

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Scottish League Cup

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Brian Gallacher (13)
All: Brian Gallacher (14)

← 1979–80

1981–82 →

Season 1980–81 was the 97th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 75th time, the Scottish Cup for the 86th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 34th time.

Overview

For the sixth year running, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and with Sean Fallon taking over the manager's post, there was some confidence that this season could see a top two finish. However, despite a promising start, results were mixed, and it was clear by the beginning of the year that any hopes of promotion had gone. Indeed, things may have been worse had there not been an unbeaten run in the final 6 games, and in the end Dumbarton finished in 8th place with 37 points, 20 behind champions Hibernian.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton beat Premier Division opponents St Mirren in the third round before losing a close encounter in the next round to fellow Division 1 team Motherwell.

It was the same old story however in the League Cup, where Dumbarton lost in the first round, this time to Raith Rovers.

Locally, however, in the Stirlingshire Cup, there was something to cheer, with the silverware returning to Boghead after a final win over Stirling Albion.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 1980	Falkirk	A	5-0	Brown;MacLeod;Rankin;Blair(2)
16 August 1980	St Johnstone	H	0-3		1,000
23 August 1980	Clydebank	A	4-1	Gallacher,B;Blair(2);Coyle,J	2,000
6 September 1980	Hamilton	A	1-1	Rankin	2,000
9 September 1980	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-1	Brown	2,400
13 September 1980	East Stirling	H	2-2	Gallacher,B;MacLeod
17 September 1980	Berwick Rangers	H	2-0	MacLeod;Coyle,J
20 September 1980	Raith Rovers	A	1-4	Coyle,J	1,600
27 September 1980	Motherwell	H	1-2	Gallacher,B	1,000
1 October 1980	Hibernian	H	2-0	Gallacher,B;Rankin	2,500
4 October 1980	Dundee	A	1-3	OG	3,553
11 October 1980	Stirling Albion	A	1-0	Donnelly	700
18 October 1980	Ayr United	H	0-1		1,000
25 October 1980	East Stirling	A	1-2	Gallacher,B	550
1 November 1980	Hamilton	H	2-1	Gallacher,B(2)	550
8 November 1980	Berwick Rangers	A	2-2	Donnelly;Brown	759
15 November 1980	Raith Rovers	H	2-2	Donnelly;McGowan,P	750
22 November 1980	Motherwell	A	2-4	Jackson;OG	2,223
29 November 1980	Dundee	H	1-2	Gallacher,B	800
6 December 1980	Stirling Albion	H	2-0	Clougherty;Gallacher,B	250
13 December 1980	Ayr United	A	0-0		1,875
20 December 1980	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-0	Gallacher,B	400
27 December 1980	St Johnstone	A	0-2
1 January 1981	Clydebank	H	1-1	Brown
3 January 1981	Hibernian	A	0-1		5,546
10 January 1981	Falkirk	H	0-1		400
31 January 1981	East Stirling	H	1-0	MacLeod
7 February 1981	Raith Rovers	A	0-1
21 February 1981	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	Donnelly	400
11 March 1981	Dundee	A	1-2	Gallacher,J	2,812
14 March 1981	Stirling Albion	A	0-0		500
21 March 1981	Hibernian	H	1-4	Rankin	913
28 March 1981	St Johnstone	A	1-2	Gallacher,B	2,476
4 April 1981	Hamilton	H	2-1	Gallacher,B;Brown	400
8 April 1981	Motherwell	H	0-0		1,000
11 April 1981	Falkirk	A	3-1	Brown;Blair(2)
18 April 1981	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2-1	Brown;Gallacher,B	450
25 April 1981	Ayr United	A	2-1	Blair(2)	998
2 May 1981	Clydebank	A	0-0		300

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 January 1981	3	St Mirren	A	2-0	Donnelly;Coyle,J	6,209
14 February 1981	4	Motherwell	A	1-2	Coyle,J

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 1980	1(1)	Raith Rovers	H	0-1		600
30 August 1980	1(2)	Raith Rovers	A	1-1	Gallacher,B	1,750

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
13 October 1980	1	Falkirk	A	2-1	Kennedy;McGowan,P
14 April 1981	SF	Stenhousemuir	H	3-0	Brown;unknown(2)
29 April 1981	F	Stirling Albion	H	3-0	unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 1980	Coventry City	H	0-6		800
6 March 1981	Celtic	H	0-2

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		Tom Carson	37	0	33	0	2	0	2	0
	GK		Donald Hunter	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Rob Campbell	16	0	11+5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Martin McGowan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Joe O'Donnell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		George Brannigan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Mark Clougherty	34	1	32	1	0	0	2	0
	MF		Tommy Coyle	33	0	29+1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF		John Gallacher	27	1	23	1	2	0	2	0
	MF		Billy Hutchinson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Dave Jackson	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Martin	15	0	5+9	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Ally MacLeod	43	4	39	4	2	0	2	0
	MF		Donald McNeil	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Graeme Sinclair	40	0	36	0	2	0	2	0
	FW		Steve Armstrong	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Raymond Blair	34	8	22+8	8	0+2	0	2	0
	FW		Ally Brown	25	7	23	7	0	0	2	0
	FW		Joe Coyle	29	5	25	3	2	2	2	0
	FW		John Donnelly	18	5	14+2	4	2	1	0	0
	FW		Brian Gallacher	37	14	33	13	2	0	2	1
	FW		Ian Gibson	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Joe Kennedy	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Mailer	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Gerry Marshall	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Pat McGowan	27	1	21+4	1	2	0	0	0
	FW		Tommy McGrain	28	0	23+2	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Mike Rankin	32	4	23+5	4	2	0	1+1	0
	FW		Sean Sweeney	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Martin McGowan	Campsie BW	22 Jul 1980
Mark Clougherty	Clyde	16 Aug 1980
John Donnelly	Motherwell	30 Sep 1980
Pat McGowan	Glenboig	7 Oct 1980

Players out

Player	To	Date
Donald Hunter	Alloa Athletic	27 Aug 1980
Pat McCluskey	Airdrie	8 Oct 1980
Laurie Williams	Motherwell	17 Oct 1980

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West), winning 6 and drawing 6 of 26 games - finishing 11th of 14.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton again lost to Dundee United in the fourth round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Partick Thistle in the first round.

Factfile

* The League match against Dunfermline on 9 September marked Joe Coyle's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 82nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Motherwell on 27 September marked Ally MacLeod's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 83rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The Scottish Cup match against Motherwell on 14 February marked John Gallacher's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 84th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Hamilton on 4 April marked Graeme Sinclair's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 15th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
* The signing fee of £13,500 paid to Clyde for Mark Clougherty was a new club record.
* During the season there was an amazing attempt to sign Johan Cruyff on a match-to-match basis. The £1,500 per match offer was eventually declined in favour of a £1.5 million contract from the USA.
* The disappointing season was in the end to result in Sean Fallon's resignation as manager.

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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1980–81 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 World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clydebank Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Hibernian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath East Fife Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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1980–81 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[1]

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Reserve Team

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[1]