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 113th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 83rd 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 by splashing out £50,000 on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson - a club record fee. Indeed, 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. The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with a game to go in the league, he was sacked.

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

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Andy McQuade and Andy Spence were best by appearing in all but one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland John Boyd DF 162
Scotland Pat Cairney MF 22(1)2
Scotland Jim Dempsey MF 31
Scotland Gary Dickie MF 16(5)
Scotland Jamie Doyle MF 18(3)1
Scotland Charlie Gibson FW 4021
Scotland Stevie Gow DF 11(1)
Scotland Bernie Grant MF 8
Scotland Jim Hughes MF 26(1)7
Scotland Stuart MacIver FW 36(2)21
Scotland Jim McGinlay MF 1
Scotland Paul McGrogan FW 3(4)
Scotland Andy McQuade MF 422
Scotland John McQuade FW 11(8)4
Scotland Jim Meechan MF 14(1)1
Scotland Steve Morrison MF 174
Scotland Paul Quinn FW 18(13)4
Scotland Billy Reid FW 24(6)1
Scotland Colin Spence MF 425
Scotland Gregor Stevens MF 10
Scotland Hugh Stevenson GK 13
Scotland Boyd Strachan GK 30
England Peter Wharton DF 23(5)1
Scotland David Wilson FW 1

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.

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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