1989–90 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1989–1990 season
Manager Jim George
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 6th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Charlie Gibson (20)
All: Charlie Gibson/ Stuart MacIver (21)
Highest home attendance 1,881
Lowest home attendance 300
Average home league attendance 600
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Season 1989–90 was the 106th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 84th time, the Scottish Cup for the 95th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 43rd time.

Overview

Dumbarton attempted to recover from the failures in the previous couple of seasons and splashed out on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson. There was an improvement in performances and by the beginning of December the club were 2nd in the league, but a combination of bad weather (which made the Boghead pitch unplayable for over 3 months) and bad discipline (resulting in suspensions of key players) meant that Dumbarton in the end had to settle for a 6th-place finish.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell in the second round to fellow Second Division opponents Cowdenbeath.

In the League Cup, again it would be a second round exit, but there was no disgrace in the loss to Premier Division Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton regained the Stirlingshire Cup with a final win over local rivals Clydebank.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
12 August 1989Queen of the SouthH2-1MacIver;Cairney650
19 August 1988Brechin CityA0-4500
26 August 1989East StirlingA2-1McQuade;MacIver200
2 September 1989Berwick RangersH1-5Spence550
9 September 1989StranraerH5-2Gibson;Cairney;MacIver(2);Doyle500
16 September 1989East FifeA2-2McQuade,A;Gibson624
23 September 1989Stirling AlbionH2-2Gibson;Reid800
30 September 1989CowdenbeathA5-1Gibson(3);MacIver;Spence250
7 October 1989ArbroathA1-2Gibson611
14 October 1989Queen's ParkH2-1Gibson;Spence700
21 October 1989StenhousemuirH1-0Gibson348
28 October 1989KilmarnockA0-32,867
4 November 1989MontroseH3-2Gibson(2);McQuade,A400
11 November 1989Berwick RangersA2-1Gibson;Quinn487
18 November 1989CowdenbeathH2-2MacIver(2)500
25 November 1989Stirling AlbionA1-4Hughes570
2 December 1989ArbroathH0-0450
16 December 1989Queen's ParkA2-2Gibson;MacIver587
23 December 1989Brechin CityH1-1Spence700
6 January 1990MontroseA2-2Hughes;MacIver300
10 January 1990Queen of the SouthA4-1OG;MacIver(2);Gibson923
13 January 1990StranraerA4-4Hughes;MacIver;McQuade;Spence400
27 January 1990StenhousemuirA3-4OG;Hughes;MacIver500
10 February 1990Queen of the SouthA1-1MacIver822
14 March 1990East FifeA1-3MacIver609
17 March 1990Brechin CityA0-3600
20 March 1990East StirlingH3-0Quinn;Hughes(2)500
27 March 1990MontroseA2-1Morrison;McQuade,J350
24 March 1990KilmarnockH0-21,881
31 March 1990Berwick RangersA2-3Gibson;Boyd436
3 April 1990KilmarnockH1-3Gibson1,000
7 April 1990StenhousemuirA3-1Hughes;Gibson;MacIver600
10 April 1990StranraerH1-1Morrison300
14 April 1990CowdenbeathH1-3Gibson400
17 April 1990East StirlingH2-1Gibson(2)300
21 April 1990East FifeH3-1MacIver;Morrison(2)500
24 April 1990ArbroathH2-0Boyd;MacIver450
28 April 1990Stirling AlbionH1-2MacIver600
5 May 1990Queen's ParkA0-1586

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 December 19891Queen's ParkA2-1McQuade,J;Quinn784
30 December 19892CowdenbeathH0-2700

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 August 19891StenhousemuirH3-0MacIver(2);Gibson569
15 August 19892CelticH0-38,500

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
17 October 19891Alloa AthleticA3-0Meechan;Wharton;Quinn
1 May 1990SFStenhousemuirA3-1unknown
7 May 1990FClydebankA4-2McGinley(3);unknown

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 July 1989Kilbirnie LadesideA1-2unknown
31 July 1989Celtic XIH2-1Trialist;Spence
3 August 1989RenfrewA3-0Wharton;MacIver;Docherty
6 August 1989Vale of LevenA1-4unknown

Player Statistics

Squad[1][2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Hugh Stevenson 13 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland Boyd Strachan 30 0 28+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland John Boyd 16 2 16+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Stevie Gow 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England Peter Wharton 28 0 19+5 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Pat Cairney 23 2 18+1 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jim Dempsey 31 0 29+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Gary Dickie 21 0 14+5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jamie Doyle 21 1 18+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Bernie Grant 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Jim Hughes 27 7 24+1 7 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jim McGinlay 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Andy McQuade 42 2 38+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Jim Meechan 15 0 12+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Steve Morrison 17 4 17+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Colin Spence 42 5 38+0 5 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Gregor Stevens 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland Charlie Gibson 40 21 36+0 20 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW Scotland Stuart MacIver 38 21 32+2 19 2+0 2 2+0 0
FW Scotland Paul McGrogan 7 0 3+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland John McQuade 19 4 8+8 3 2+0 0 1+0 1
FW Scotland Paul Quinn 31 3 17+11 2 0+1 0 1+1 1
FW Scotland Billy Reid 30 1 23+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland David Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers[3]

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland Charlie Gibson Scotland Stirling Albion 9 Jun 1989
Scotland Bernie Grant Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside 17 Jun 1989
Scotland Jim Meechan Scotland St Mirren 17 Jun 1989
Scotland Paul McGrogan Scotland Vale of Leven 8 Aug 1989
Scotland Billy Reid Scotland Shotts Bon Accord 13 Aug 1989
Scotland Jim Hughes Scotland Clydebank 3 Nov 1989
Scotland Gregor Stevens Scotland Brechin City 4 Nov 1989
Scotland Jim Dempsey Scotland Partick Thistle 10 Nov 1989
Scotland John Boyd Scotland Greenock 14 Nov 1989
Scotland Jim McGinlay Scotland Partick Thistle 25 Nov 1989
Scotland Steve Morrison Scotland Hamilton 26 Jan 1990
Scotland Steve Marshall Scotland Kilmarnock 19 Mar 1990
Scotland David Wilson 28 Apr 1990

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland Stuart Robertson Scotland Stirling Albion 9 Jun 1989
Scotland Graham Duncan Scotland Stranraer 30 Jun 1989
Scotland Robert Docherty Scotland Stirling Albion 9 Aug 1989
Scotland Pat Cairney Scotland Arthurlie
Scotland Craig Douglas Scotland Neilston
Scotland Andy McQuade Scotland Pollok
England Peter Wharton Scotland Bathgate Thistle
Scotland Gregor Stevens
Scotland Gary Dickie
Scotland Jamie Doyle
Scotland Pat McGowan
Scotland Jim Meechan
Scotland Billy Reid

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 11 wins and 3 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the first round.

Factfile

* The £50,000 fee paid by Dumbarton to Stirling Albion for Charlie Gibson was a record in fees paid.
* The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with 3 gamew to go in the league, he was sacked, to make way for Billy Lamont's second stint at the job.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
  2. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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