1985–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1985–1986 season
Manager Davie Wilson/ Alex Wright (caretaker)
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 6th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Gerry McCoy (13)
All: Gerry McCoy (14)
Highest home attendance 1,960
Lowest home attendance 400
Average home league attendance 1,170
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Season 1985–86 was the 109th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 79th time, the Scottish Cup for the 91st time and the Scottish League Cup for the 39th time.

Overview

Dumbarton returned to the First Division as favourites for the title, and in mid October the team was sitting atop the league. However results took an inexplicable nosedive, accounting for Davie Wilson's resignation at the beginning of February. Alex Wright took over as caretaker manager until the end of the season, leading Dumbarton to a 6th place finish, 13 points behind champions Hamilton.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost embarassingly to Second Division Queen's Park in the third round.

The League Cup was no better with another disappointing exit in the second round to Second Division Stirling Albion.

Locally, however, in the Stirlingshire Cup, there was something to smile about with the trophy returning to Boghead after a final win over Clydebank.

It is important to reflect that early in the season there was a tragic death in the playing staff - that of popoular defender Eric Schaedler. Eric had been signed up in the close season and had become a firm favourite with the Dumbarton fans.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 August 1985AirdrieA2-0McCoy;Ashwood1,805
17 August 1985Partick ThistleH1-2McCoy1,960
24 August 1985Alloa AthleticH4-0Bourke(2);McCoy(2)900
31 August 1985MortonA2-1McCoy;MacIver1,106
7 September 1985HamiltonH2-2Moore;McCoy1,490
14 September 1985MontroseA3-0MacIver;McGowan,P;Moore700
21 September 1985FalkirkH2-0Craig;Bourke1,400
28 September 1985Ayr UnitedA1-0Moore1,502
5 October 1985East FifeH2-1McNeil;MacIver1,800
12 October 1985ClydeA0-01,334
19 October 1985KilmarnockH1-0McCoy1,500
26 October 1985Brechin CityA1-3McCoy800
2 November 1985Forfar AthleticH1-1Bourke1,200
9 November 1985HamiltonA1-6McCoy1,544
16 November 1985MontroseH2-2McCoy;MacIver1,150
23 November 1985FalkirkA0-02,300
7 December 1985East FifeA0-1724
14 December 1985ClydeH1-1MacIver1,000
21 December 1985KilmarnockA4-1Craig;Coyle,T;Bourke(2)2,042
1 January 1986MortonH1-2Docherty1,800
18 January 1986Brechin CityH4-1MacIver(2);Docherty;McCahill600
1 February 1986Forfar AthleticA0-4666
4 February 1986Alloa AthleticA4-2MacIver(2);Bourke(2)520
19 February 1986Ayr UnitedH1-1Coyle,O500
1 March 1986East FifeH2-3Moore;Craig800
5 March 1986Ayr UnitedH2-0McCoy;Coyle,T720
8 March 1986Partick ThistleA2-1Craig;Coyle,O1,848
12 March 1986AirdrieH3-0Coyle,T;Coyle,O(2)1,016
15 March 1986ClydeH0-0800
19 March 1986Partick ThistleA2-2Coyle,O;McGowan,P1,713
25 March 1986MortonA0-1800
29 March 1986FalkirkH2-1McCoy;Coyle,T1,410
5 April 1986Brechin CityA1-1McCoy523
9 April 1986Forfar AthleticH0-2690
12 April 1986AirdrieA1-2Craig1,000
15 April 1986Alloa AthleticA3-1Coyle,T(2);Craig400
19 April 1986KilmarnockA0-32,500
26 April 1986HamiltonH1-4MacIver1,500
3 May 1986MontroseA0-0500

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 January 19863Queen's ParkA0-11,733

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
21 August 19852Stirling AlbionA1-1daggerMcCoy980

dagger - lost on penalties

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 December 1985SFFalkirkH0-0*
9 March 1986FClydebankH2-1Kay;Coyle,O

* - won on penalties

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 August 1985ClydebankA0-3
6 August 1985St MirrenH1-1Ashwood

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Gordon Arthur was best by appearing in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Gordon Arthur GK 40
Scotland Kenny Ashwood FW 21
Scotland John Bourke FW 26(2)8
Scotland Mark Clougherty MF 38
Scotland Joe Coyle FW 2
Scotland Owen Coyle MF 11(5)5
Scotland Tommy Coyle MF 26(5)6
Scotland Albert Craig MF 31(3)6
Scotland Gerry Crawley FW 20(1)
Scotland Harry Curran MF 5(1)
Scotland Danny Docherty MF 16(3)2
Scotland Alan Kay MF 20(2)
Scotland Stuart MacIver FW 13(17)10
Scotland Steve McCahill MF 211
Scotland Gerry McCoy FW 30(3)14
Scotland Martin McGowan DF 20
Scotland Pat McGowan FW 27(4)2
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 171
Scotland Ray Montgomerie DF 24(2)
Scotland Allan Moore FW 27(7)4
Scotland Jackie Rafferty MF 6
Scotland Eric Schaedler DF 15
Scotland Mark Shanks DF 3(2)
Scotland Jim Simpson MF 3(4)
Scotland Hugh Stevenson GK 1
Scotland Paul Taylor FW 1(1)
Scotland Ken Thomson MF 4(1)
Scotland Mark Williams FW 1(1)

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), winning 10 and drawing 5 of 18 matches finishing runners up to Airdrie.

In the Reserve League Cup Dumbarton lost in the second round to Celtic.

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.

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