1979–80 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1979–1980 season
Manager Davie Wilson
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 4th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Graeme Sharp (16)
All: Graeme Sharp (16)
Highest home attendance 4,500
Lowest home attendance 500
Average home league attendance 1,560
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Season 1979–80 was the 103rd 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 85th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 33rd time.

Overview

For the fifth year running, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after a promising start to the campaign, there was a real feeling that promotion could be achielved, particularly with the club topping the division at Christmas. However, a run of 7 games where only one win was registered, damped spirits, and following a 1-4 defeat to Arbroath, manager Davie Wilson was sacked. Nevertheless, with 3 wins in the last 3 matches, a managerless Dumbarton were to secure 4th place.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to fellow Division 1 opponents Ayr United.

Similarly in the League Cup, Dumbarton were to fall at the first hurdle to St Johnstone.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton had to give second-best to local rivals Clydebank in the semi-final in a penalty shoot out after a drawn match.

Note that at the start of the season, Dumbarton embarked on a tour of Eire which took in 3 matches, all of which were won.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
11 August 1979Ayr UnitedA2-1Sharp(2)2,647
18 August 1979HamiltonH3-2Blair;Gallacher,B;Sharp1,000
25 August 1979ClydebankA1-2Whiteford,D2,000
1 September 1979Berwick RangersH4-1Gallacher,B;Blair;Sharp(2)1,000
5 September 1979ClydeA2-0Gallacher,B;OG1,000
8 September 1979Stirling AlbionH1-2Gallacher,B1,200
15 September 1979AirdrieA0-12,000
19 September 1979Dunfermline AthleticA3-1Whiteford,D;Sharp(2)2,456
22 September 1979ArbroathH1-0Coyle,J900
29 September 1979MotherwellA0-33,501
6 October 1979HeartsH1-1McCluskey3,500
13 October 1979Raith RoversH4-2McCluskey(3);Blair2,000
20 October 1979St JohnstoneA4-2Gallacher,B;Sharp;Blair;Coyle,J2,056
27 October 1979HamiltonA0-13,000
3 November 1979ClydebankH1-0Sharp1,200
10 November 1979Stirling AlbionA3-2McCluskey(2);Sharpe1,000
17 November 1979AirdrieA0-03,500
24 November 1979Dunfermline AthleticH2-1Gallacher,B;Sharp1,200
1 December 1979MotherwellH1-1Gallacher,B2,000
8 December 1979HeartsH0-15,600
15 December 1979Raith RoversA1-0Sharp1,100
22 December 1979HamiltonH4-0McNeil;Blair;Sharp;Coyle,J2,500
5 January 1980Stirling AlbionH0-12,500
12 January 1980AirdrieH0-02,500
2 February 1980Berwick RangersA2-0Sharp(2)962
9 February 1980HeartsH1-1McGrain4,500
16 February 1980St JohnstoneH0-11,500
23 February 1980Raith RoversA0-41,899
1 March 1980Ayr UnitedH0-32,000
8 March 1980ClydeH3-1McNeil(2);Coyle,J1,000
12 March 1980Dunfermline AthleticA2-0Gallacher,B(2)2,319
15 March 1980Berwick RangersA0-3922
25 March 1980ArbroathH2-3McCluskey;Sharp500
29 March 1980Ayr UnitedA0-11,912
2 April 1980ClydebankA2-2McNeil;Blair1,170
5 April 1980ArbroathA1-4Gallacher,B750
12 April 1980MotherwellH1-0Rankin800
19 April 1980St JohnstoneH5-2McCluskey;McGrain;Martin;Brown;Gallacher,B500
26 April 1980ClydeA2-1Blair(2)1,500

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 January 19803Ayr UnitedH1-2Gallacher,B2,480

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
15 August 19791(1)St JohnstoneH1-1Brown1,200
22 August 19791(2)St JohnstoneA2-3Whiteford,D;Blair2,634

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 October 19791Alloa AthleticH2-0Gallacher,J;OG
26 November 1979SFClydebankH0-0*400

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
31 July 1979Northern IrelandColeraineA3-2Gallacher,B;Blair;Sinclair
2 August 1979Republic of IrelandFinn HarpsA1-0Sharp
7 August 1979Republic of IrelandSligo RoversA5-0Gallacher,B(3)Blair;Sharp

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 23 players for the 42 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Brian Gallacher and Graeme Sinclair were best by starting in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Raymond Blair FW 33(3)9
Scotland Ally Brown FW 35(3)2
Scotland Rob Campbell DF 8(1)
Scotland Tom Carson GK 3
Scotland Joe Coyle FW 40(1)4
Scotland Tommy Coyle MF 8(14)
Scotland Gerry Findlay FW 1(10)
Scotland Brian Gallacher FW 4212
Scotland John Gallacher MF 41
Scotland Donald Hunter GK 6
Scotland Joe Kennedy FW 0(1)
Scotland Jim Martin MF 1(4)1
Scotland Pat McCluskey MF 398
Scotland Tommy McGrain FW 20(4)2
Scotland Ally MacLeod MF 35(1)
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 25(1)4
Scotland Joe O'Donnell DF 0(2)
Scotland Mike Rankin FW 21
Scotland Joe Rowan MF 0(1)
Scotland Graeme Sharp FW 3616
Scotland Graeme Sinclair MF 42
Scotland Derek Whiteford MF 123
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 33

International

Graeme Sinclair was selected to play for the Scottish League team in a friendly match against the League of Ireland on 17 March 1980 played in Dublin (won by the Irish 2-1).

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West).

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Dundee United in the third round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Ayr United, on aggregate, in the first round.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.