1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1988–1989 season

Manager

Bertie Auld/ Jim George

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

12th

Scottish Cup

Third Round

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Stuart MacIver (13)
All: Stuart MacIver (16)

Highest home attendance

800

Lowest home attendance

341

Average home league attendance

490

← 1987–88

1989–90 →

Season 1988–89 was the 105th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 83rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

Overview

Dumbarton's descent into the lower reaches of league football continued with a 12th-place finish - just two away from the bottom - their worst performance for over 50 years. The loss of Owen Coyle was a huge blow and with a change in manager and a sizeable turnover in playing staff, conditions were never going to be the best.

In the Scottish Cup, for the first time in many years, Dumbarton would start their campaign in the first round, and it would be two struggles to see off Highland League opposition, before Celtic were to prove too much in the third round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division St Mirren were to be the victors in the second round.

Locally, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was fairly easily released with a disappointing first round defeat by East Stirlingshire.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1988	East Fife	H	3-1	Docherty(2);McQuade,J	400
20 September 1988	Stenhousemuir	A	1-3	Duncan	477
27 August 1988	Queen's Park	H	0-3		500
3 September 1988	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	McQuade,J	300
10 September 1988	Stranraer	H	0-2		450
17 September 1988	Brechin City	A	1-1	Rooney	430
24 September 1988	Alloa Athletic	H	1-1	Rooney	500
1 October 1988	Berwick Rangers	A	0-1		320
8 October 1988	Arbroath	H	1-4	McGowan	350
15 October 1988	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	MacIver	700
22 October 1988	Cowdenbeath	A	0-2		350
29 October 1988	East Stirling	H	3-0	Docherty(2);Duncan	400
5 November 1988	Montrose	A	1-1	MacIver	350
12 November 1988	Stenhousemuir	H	0-2		500
19 November 1988	East Fife	A	1-1	MacIver	558
26 November 1988	Stranraer	A	2-2	MacIver;McCahill	850
13 December 1988	Brechin City	H	0-2		570
17 December 1988	Alloa Athletic	A	0-2		563
24 December 1988	Montrose	H	3-2	Spence;McQuade,J;Doyle	400
31 December 1988	East Stirling	A	1-0	McQuade,J	250
3 January 1989	Queen's Park	A	1-2	Robertson	832
21 January 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-1	Cairney	620
31 January 1989	Cowdenbeath	H	3-0	McQuade,A;MacIver;Docherty	470
4 February 1989	Arbroath	A	1-1	Docherty	404
18 February 1989	East Fife	H	4-0	McQuade,J;MacIver(2);Docherty	400
25 February 1989	Stranraer	A	1-1	Quinn	850
4 March 1989	Cowdenbeath	A	1-1	MacIver	300
7 March 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	2-2	MacIver(2)	341
11 March 1989	Queen's Park	H	1-0	Spence	600
25 March 1989	East Stirling	A	0-1		300
28 March 1989	Montrose	H	2-0	Wharton;MacIver	400
1 April 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-3	Spence	634
4 April 1989	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Robertson	600
8 April 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	0-4		550
15 April 1989	Brechin City	H	1-0	Quinn	500
22 April 1989	Albion Rovers	A	0-2		840
29 April 1989	Arbroath	A	3-1	MacIver;Quinn(2)	347
6 May 1989	Stenhousemuir	H	2-0	MacIver;Douglas	600
13 May 1989	Alloa Athletic	H	0-2		800

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 December 1988	1	Inverness Thistle	A	0-0		900
10 December 1988	1R	Inverness Thistle	H	2-1	Cairney;MacIver	1,000
7 January 1989	2	Elgin City	A	2-2	McQuade,J;McGowan	2,074
14 January 1989	2R	Elgin City	H	4-2	Cairney;MacIver(2);McQuade,J	1,000
28 January 1989	3	Celtic	A	0-2		24,844

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1988	2	St Mirren	H	1-3	McQuade,J	3,800

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 April 1989	1	East Stirling	H	0-2

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 August 1988	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	unknown

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Hugh Stevenson	18	0	16+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		Boyd Strachan	27	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	DF		Willie Cairns	14	0	9+2	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	DF		Dom Callan	6	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Craig Cranmer	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Gerry Doyle	26	0	16+6	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Stevie Gow	24	0	16+4	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	DF		Peter Wharton	22	1	19+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Pat Cairney	33	3	28+0	1	0+0	0	5+0	2
	MF		Owen Coyle	4	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Gary Dickie	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Robert Docherty	37	7	31+0	7	1+0	0	2+3	0
	MF		Craig Douglas	11	1	0+11	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Jamie Doyle	17	1	11+3	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Derek English	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Dave Fulton	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Dave Martin	9	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Steve McCahill	27	1	21+0	1	1+0	0	5+0	0
	MF		Ian McDougall	6	0	4+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Iain McKinley	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Andy McQuade	19	1	18+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Colin Spence	22	3	19+0	3	0+0	0	3+0	0
	FW		Billy Blackie	9	0	5+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Graham Duncan	21	2	14+4	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		George Elliot	15	0	8+4	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
	FW		Stuart MacIver	32	16	27+0	13	0+0	0	5+0	3
	FW		Pat McGowan	39	2	34+0	1	0+0	0	5+0	1
	FW		John McQuade	40	8	26+8	5	0+1	1	5+0	2
	FW		Paul Quinn	15	4	15+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Stuart Robertson	30	2	24+3	2	0+0	0	2+1	0
	FW		Benny Rooney	4	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Derek English	Duntocher BC	18 Jun 1988
John McQuade	Duntocher BC	18 Jun 1988
Dom Callan	Kilbowie Union	2 Jul 1988
Graham Duncan	Eadie Star	2 Jul 1988
Ian McDougall	Dalry Thistle	2 Jul 1988
Dave Fulton	Clydebank	13 Aug 1988
Craig Douglas	Balloch Juv	12 Oct 1988
George Elliot		12 Oct 1988
Pat Cairney	Petershill	21 Oct 1988
Stuart Robertson	Queen of the South	29 Oct 1988
Jamie Doyle	Partick Thistle	3 Dec 1988
Boyd Strachan	Yoker Athletic	9 Dec 1988
Colin Spence	Petershill	24 Dec 1988
Peter Wharton	Pollok	6 Jan 1989
Andy McQuade	Pollok	4 Feb 1989
Paul Quinn	Clyde	12 Feb 1989
Gary Dickie	Petershill	25 Mar 1989

Players out

Player	To	Date
Gordon Arthur	Raith Rovers	17 May 1988
Peter Houston	Falkirk	13 Jun 1988
Gerry McCoy	Partick Thistle	2 Jul 1988
Jim Rooney	Clyde	6 Aug 1988
Ray Montgomerie	Kilmarnock	12 Aug 1988
Owen Coyle	Clydebank	17 Sep 1988
Dave Fulton		13 Oct 1988
Dave Martin	Queen of the South	29 Oct 1988
Billy Blackie	Alloa Athletic	25 Nov 1988
Steve McCahill	Celtic	1 Feb 1989
Ian McDougall	Pollok
Iain McKinley	Yoker Athletic
Donald McNeil	Renfrew
Benny Rooney	Pollok
Willie Cairns
Dom Callan
Mark Clougherty
Craig Cranmer
Gerry Doyle
George Elliot
Derek English

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), but withdrew after 18 games due to financial constraints.

Factfile

* The League match against East Fife on 19 November marked Stuart MacIver's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 97th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* Despite the previous season's relegation, manager Bertie Auld retained his position. However a poor start saw Auld replaced by Jim George seven games into the new season.

References

↑ Scottish Football League Review 1989-90. The Scottish Football League. 1990.
↑ 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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1988–89 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 Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) Rous Cup
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Player Statistics

Squad[1][2]

Transfers[3]

Players in

Players out

Reserve Team

Factfile

See also

References

External links

Squad^[1]^[2]

Transfers^[3]