1994–95 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1994–95 was the 111th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 89th time, the Scottish Cup for the 100th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 48th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fifth time.

Overview

Dumbarton began the league season in the newly structured Division 2 (and the first season where 3 points would be awarded for a win) as one of the favourites to take the title, however things did not begin well with only one win being taken from the first 5 games. However by the end of the year, results had taken them back into the challenging pack, and by the beginning of March, had broken clear to take the lead. This Dumbarton would hold until the final 3 games. Then a poor draw against Queen of the South saw them replaced at the top by Morton. The next game against a strong Morton side was lost, as was the title, meaning that only a win in the final game away against Stirling Albion would secure promotion. This was done, not without a few nervous moments, and Division 1 football for next season was the prize.

In the national cup competitions, however, for the third year in a row, success was extinguished at the first attempt. In the Scottish Cup Stirling Albion would advance in Dumbarton's place in the first round, after a drawn match.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Hearts defeated Dumbarton easily in the second round.

Finally, it was a fifth straight first round defeat in the B&Q Cup - this time to St Johnstone.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the story was no better, with two qualifying defeats to Falkirk and Stirling Albion.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1994	Queen of the South	A	1-4	Mooney	1,389
20 August 1994	Stirling Albion	A	1-1	Mooney	715
27 August 1994	Morton	H	2-1	Mooney;Ward	1,168
3 September 1994	Meadowbank Thistle	H	0-1		644
10 September 1994	Berwick Rangers	H	0-1		533
24 September 1994	Clyde	H	2-1	Boyd(2)	776
1 October 1994	Brechin City	A	2-1	Martin McGarvey	427
8 October 1994	East Fife	A	3-2	Mooney;Gibson(2)	795
15 October 1994	Stenhousemuir	H	1-2	Mooney	601
22 October 1994	Queen of the South	H	0-0		725
29 October 1994	Morton	A	0-1		1,429
5 November 1994	Stirling Albion	H	1-0	McKinnon	778
12 November 1994	Berwick Rangers	H	3-2	Mooney;King;McGarvey	733
19 November 1994	Meadowbank Thistle	H	0-0		210
26 November 1994	Clyde	A	1-3	Mooney	1,102
3 December 1994	Brechin City	H	6-0	McGarvey(2);McKinnon;Mooney;King;Campbell	554
26 December 1994	East Fife	H	4-0	Mooney;Ward;McGarvey;Meechan	862
31 December 1994	Stenhousemuir	A	0-1		638
14 January 1995	Queen of the South	A	0-0		1,066
21 January 1995	Stirling Albion	H	2-2	Mooney;Ward	700
24 January 1995	Morton	H	2-1	Ward;Gibson	1,307
4 February 1995	Berwick Rangers	H	2-1	Gibson;Meechan	508
11 February 1995	Meadowbank Thistle	H	4-0	Mooney;Ward;Gibson;McGarvey	749
18 February 1995	Clyde	H	2-2	Martin;Mooney	1,183
25 February 1995	Brechin City	A	0-0		480
4 March 1995	East Fife	A	2-0	Ward(2)	662
14 March 1995	Stenhousemuir	H	5-1	Mooney;Ward(3);McKinnon	1,132
21 March 1995	Berwick Rangers	H	1-0	Ward	1,012
25 March 1995	Meadowbank Thistle	H	0-1		389
1 April 1995	Brechin City	H	4-1	Mooney(2);Meechan;Fabiani	1,103
8 April 1995	Clyde	A	0-1		1,189
15 April 1995	East Fife	H	2-0	Mooney;McKinnon	1,253
22 April 1995	Stenhousemuir	A	0-0		989
29 April 1995	Queen of the South	H	2-2	Meechan;Mooney	1,369
6 May 1995	Morton	A	0-2		6,242
13 May 1995	Stirling Albion	A	2-0	Ward;Gibson	3,003

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 December 1994	1	Stirling Albion	H	3-3	Ward(2);McKinnon	794
19 December 1994	1R	Stirling Albion	A	0-3		727

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1994	2	Hearts	H	0-4		1,412

B&Q Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 September 1994	1	St Johnstone	H	2-4	Campbell(2)	961

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 August 1994	P	Falkirk	A	1-2	Gibson
8 August 1994	P	Stirling Albion	H	2-4	Gibson;Ward

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Burridge	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Peter Dennison	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	GK		Ian MacFarlane	37	0	33+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		John Boyd	13	2	10+1	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Roland Fabiani	31	1	27+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Alan Foster	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Stevie Gow	33	0	30+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Jim Hamilton	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Martin Melvin	20	0	16+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Gerry Farrell	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Toby King	28	2	25+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Jim Marsland	32	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Paul Martin	29	2	28+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Bobby McConville	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Martin McGarvey	34	6	23+7	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Murdo MacLeod	27	0	24+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Jim Meechan	31	4	25+3	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Calum Campbell	18	3	4+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	2	1+1	0
	FW		Stephen Dallas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Charlie Gibson	29	6	21+5	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Mike Hendry	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Colin McKinnon	31	5	25+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW		Martin Mooney	40	17	33+3	17	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Steve Mooney	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Hugh Ward	37	14	24+9	12	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	2

Transfers^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Mike Hendry	Alloa Athletic	26 Sep 1994
Toby King	Arbroath	30 Sep 1994
Colin McKinnon	Arbroath	30 Sep 1994
John Burridge	Aberdeen	15 Nov 1994
Jim Hamilton	Stirling Albion	24 Feb 1995
Stephen Dallas	Hibernian	31 Mar 1995
Steve Mooney	Raith Rovers	31 Mar 1995
Peter Dennison	Vale of Leven

Players out

Player	To	Date
John Burridge	Falkirk	19 Nov 1994
John Boyd	St Mirren	7 Dec 1994
Bobby McConville	East Stirling	31 Mar 1995
Eddie Cunnington	Glentoran
John MacDonald	Inverness CT
Tommy Wilson

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

Factfile

* The League match against East Fife on 8 October marked Stevie Gow's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 22nd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
* The Scottish Cup match against Stirling Albion on 19 December marked Martin Mooney's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 108th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The previous season had seen the SFA permit a specialist goalkeeper to be named on the substitutes bench, and it was Peter Dennison who was Dumbarton's first ever goalkeeper substitution during the B&Q Cup match on 17 September against St Johnstone. Dennison was also the club's youngest ever player at 16 years and 79 days.
* The signing of John Burridge following an injury to Dumbarton's first choice keeper, Ian MacFarlane was to set a new record for the oldest player to make an appearance for the club - 42 years and 312 days.

References

↑ Scottish Football League Review 1995-96. The Scottish Football League. 1996.
↑ 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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1994–95 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1996 qualifying (Group 8)
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stranraer
Second Division	Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton East Fife Greenock Morton Meadowbank Thistle Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Caledonian Thistle Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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