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1983–84 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1983–1984 season
ManagerBilly Lamont/ Davie Wilson
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 12nd
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Coyle (14)
All: Joe Coyle (15)
Highest home attendance3,000
Lowest home attendance400
Average home league attendance1,200

Season 1983–84 was the 100th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 78th time, the Scottish Cup for the 89th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 37th time.

Overview

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At the ninth time of asking, and in what was the club's 100th year of competitive football, Dumbarton managed to achieve that elusive promotion and a place in next season's Premier Division, although it was not to prove to be all 'plain sailing'. Indeed, after 6 games, with 3 wins it was looking like another average 'middle of the table' campaign. However an unbeaten run of 12 games was to follow changing the club's fortunes and Dumbarton were suddenly right up there with the 'front runners' - and then disaster struck! Billy Lamont resigned his managerial post to take up the reins at fellow Division 1 club Falkirk. Credit to Dumbarton that they had a new manager in Davie Wilson in place within two weeks, and the club guaranteed promotion with 2 games to play, although they were unable to catch champions Morton, who finished 3 points ahead.

In the Scottish Cup, after a fine win over Raith Rovers, Dumbarton lost to Division 1 'champions in waiting', Morton in the fourth round.

The League Cup format was again reorganised, with a first round being played before sectional games were introduced. However the first tie against Premier Division Hibernian was to prove too much of a hurdle to get over.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton released their grip on the trophy with a loss in the first round to Alloa.

Results & fixtures

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[1]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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20 August 1983 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Clydebank Boghead Park
Coyle,T 35' Attendance: 1,789
Referee: A McMonigle
3 September 1983 First Division Ayr United 1–2 Dumbarton Somerset Park
McNaughton Bourke 1'
Coyle,J 33' (pen)
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: W McLeish
10 September 1983 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Doyle 44' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M Delaney
14 September 1983 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Brechin City Boghead Park
McGowan,P Fleming
Eadie
Attendance: 450
17 September 1983 First Division Meadowbank Thistle 0–2 Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium
Bourke
Coyle,J
Attendance: 450
24 September 1983 First Division Falkirk 4–1 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Grant 16'
Irvine 44'
Houston
Coyle,J Attendance: 1,200
Referee: B McGinlay
28 September 1983 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Hamilton Boghead Park
Coyle,J 46' (pen)
Ashwood 77'
Attendance: 400
1 October 1983 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
McNeil 11'
Ashwood 52'
Kerr 4' Attendance: 550
Referee: A McGunnigle
8 October 1983 First Division Morton 2–2 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Robertson 3'
Clinging 7'
Bourke 29', 33' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A Huett
15 October 1983 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Clyde Boghead Park
Ashwood 32' Attendance: 500
Referee: J Renton
22 October 1983 First Division Kilmarnock 2–2 Dumbarton Rugby Park
McDicken
Bryson
Ashwood
McNeil
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: H Williamson
29 October 1983 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Ashwood Purdie 44' Attendance: 700
Referee: W Crombie
5 November 1983 First Division Airdrie 1–1 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Sinclair Bourke 1' Attendance: 1,100
Referee: D Downie
12 November 1983 First Division Brechin City 2–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Elvin 14'
Hyslop
Coyle,J 26' (pen)
Coyle,T 33'
Attendance: 700
Referee: D Galloway
19 November 1983 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: B Robertson
26 November 1983 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Morton Boghead Park
Ashwood Robertson 5' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: H Young
3 December 1983 First Division Raith Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Starks Park
Smith Ashwood 32'
Bourke
Coyle,J
Attendance: 750
10 December 1983 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Falkirk Boghead Park
McGowan,M
Coyle,J
Attendance: 1,500
17 December 1983 First Division Hamilton 4–1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Forsyth
Hutchenson (pen)
McNaught
Kean
Ashwood Attendance: 940
26 December 1983 First Division Partick Thistle 1–0 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Buckley Attendance: 3,821
31 December 1983 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Ayr United Boghead Park
Bourke 40'
Montgomerie
Connor Attendance: 1,250
Referee: R Cathcart
2 January 1984 First Division Clydebank 0–2 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Coyle,J (pen)
Robertson
Attendance: 1,040
7 January 1984 First Division Dumbarton 4–3 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Coyle,T 21'
Ashwood 26'
Bourke 28'
Coyle,J
McClurg 32', 46'
McGivern
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Syme
4 February 1984 First Division Dumbarton 4–2 Airdrie Boghead Park
Robertson
Crawley
Coyle,J
(OG)
Flood 30'
Yule 33'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: W Crombie
11 February 1984 First Division Hamilton 3–3 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Phillips
Forsyth 40'
Bourke 2'
McNeil 47'
Robertson
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: T Muirhead
21 February 1984 First Division Alloa Athletic 1–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Paterson 18' Attendance: 459
25 February 1984 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Bourke 8'
Craig 42'
Marshall 15' Attendance: 750
Referee: G Smith
29 February 1984 First Division Clyde 0–0 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Attendance: 970
3 March 1984 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Falkirk Boghead Park
Ashwood 57'
Coyle,J 59'
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: B Robertson
10 March 1984 First Division Kilmarnock 0–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Attendance: 1,140
Referee: D Yeats
17 March 1984 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Bourke 16', 33'
Robertson 35'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: K Hope
24 March 1984 First Division Partick Thistle 0–0 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: H Alexander
31 March 1984 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Ashwood 13'
McCaig
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: A Ferguson
7 April 1984 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
McCaig 8'
Coyle,T
Given 40' (pen) Attendance: 978
Referee: T Muirhead
14 April 1984 First Division Morton 2–0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Rooney 25'
Doak
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: J Duncan
21 April 1984 First Division Brechin City 0–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Coyle,T 34'
Coyle,J
McCaig
Attendance: 700
Referee: A Waddell
28 April 1984 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Clyde Boghead Park
Craig
Coyle,T
Docherty 30'
Deans
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: L Thow
5 May 1984 First Division Airdrie 1–4 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Fairlie 10' Craig 15'
Walsh 17'
Ashwood
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: D Galloway
12 May 1984 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 Ayr United Boghead Park
Connor 39', 45'
McNally
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: D Downie

Scottish League Cup

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24 August 1983 League Cup R1(1) Hibernian 5–0 Dumbarton Easter Road
Irvine
Clougherty (OG)
Thomson
Attendance: 2,193
27 August 1983 League Cup R1(2) Dumbarton 1–2
(1–7 agg.)
Hibernian Boghead Park
McGrogan Irvine 9'
Conroy
Attendance: 760
Referee: B Robertson

Scottish Cup

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6 February 1984 Cup R3 Raith Rovers 1–4 Dumbarton Starks Park
Smith Ashwood
Bourke
Coyle,J
Attendance: 1,950
18 February 1984 Cup R4 Morton 2–1 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Pettigrew 43' Craig 41' Attendance: 3,383
Referee: L Thow
10 August 1983 First Round Alloa Athletic 3–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Paterson
Cole
Thompson
McCaig
McGrogan

Pre-season matches

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17 August 1983 Friendly Dumbarton 1–0 Celtic XI Boghead Park
McGowan,P

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Morton (C, P) 39 21 12 6 75 46 +29 54 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Dumbarton (P) 39 20 11 8 66 44 +22 51
3 Partick Thistle 39 19 8 12 67 50 +17 46
4 Clydebank 39 16 13 10 62 50 +12 45
5 Brechin City 39 14 14 11 56 58 −2 42
Source: RSSSF[dead link] and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Tom Carson 40 0 37 0 1 0 2 0
GK Scotland SCO Jim Stewart 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin McGowan 35 1 34 1 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ray Montgomerie 43 1 39 1 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Albert Burnett 14 0 8+4 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe Carson 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Clougherty 41 0 38 0 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Coyle 43 7 38+1 7 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Albert Craig 30 5 21+5 4 0+2 1 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Hughes 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave McCaig 32 3 10+19 3 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Donald McNeil 36 3 31+1 3 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Stuart Robertson 28 4 23+3 4 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Stevenson 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Ashwood 33 15 31 13 2 2 0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Bourke 38 14 34 13 2 1 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Coyle 41 15 39 14 2 1 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Crawley 29 1 19+6 1 2 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Pat McGowan 23 1 14+7 1 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe McGrogan 9 1 2+6 0 0 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Allan Moore 5 0 2+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Martin Walsh 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0

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Transfers

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Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[4]

Reserve team

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Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West), which was split into winter and spring series.

In the first series, of 12 fixtures, 6 were won and 3 drawn - and Dumbarton finished 5th of 13. In the second series, 4 games were won and 2 drawn of 10 ties - but the league was never completed.

Trivia

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  • Between the league game against Raith Rovers on 25 February and the league game against Clydebank on 7 April, Tom Carson did not concede a single goal - a record of 655 minutes.
  • The League match against Hamilton on 11 February marked Pat McGowan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 88th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Raith Rovers on 25 February marked Donald McNeil's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 17th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1983-1984 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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