1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1988–89 was the 105th 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 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

Dumbarton
1988–1989 season
ManagerBertie Auld/ Jim George
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 212th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stuart MacIver (13)
All: Stuart MacIver (16)
Highest home attendance800
Lowest home attendance341
Average home league attendance490

Overview

Dumbarton's descent into the lower reaches of league football continued with a 12th-place finish - just two away from the bottom - their worst performance for over 50 years. The loss of Owen Coyle was a huge blow and with a change in manager and a sizeable turnover in playing staff, conditions were never going to be the best.

In the Scottish Cup, for the first time in many years, Dumbarton would start their campaign in the first round, and it would be two struggles to see off Highland League opposition, before Celtic were to prove too much in the third round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division St Mirren were to be the victors in the second round.

Locally, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was fairly easily released with a disappointing first round defeat by East Stirlingshire.

Finally, the friendly arranged with West Bromwich Albion was in celebration of the 'world chamionship' match between WBA and Renton in 1888. with Dumabrton winning the Renton Centenary Trophy after the 2-1 victory.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division
13 August 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton3–1East FifeBoghead Park
Docherty  13', 43'
McQuade,J 		Pittman  46' Attendance: 400
Referee: W Morrison
20 August 1988 Second DivisionStenhousemuir3–1DumbartonOchilview Park
Beaton  46' (pen), 67'
Elliott 		Duncan  35' Attendance: 477
Referee: J Herald
27 August 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton0–3Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Crooks  9', 34'
Armstrong  64'		 Attendance: 500
3 September 1988 Second DivisionAlbion Rovers2–1DumbartonCliftonhill Stadium
Cougan  11'
Graham  55'		 McQuade,J  26' Attendance: 300
Referee: J Mackinnon
10 September 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton0–2StranraerBoghead Park
Lloyd  15'
MacNiven  58'		 Attendance: 450
Referee: J Renton
17 September 1988 Second DivisionBrechin City1–1DumbartonGlebe Park, Brechin
Firth  54' Rooney  68' Attendance: 430
Referee: J Duncan
24 September 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton1–1Alloa AthleticBoghead Park
Rooney  75' Rutherford  51' Attendance: 500
Referee: G Evans
1 October 1988 Second DivisionBerwick Rangers1–0DumbartonShielfield Park
Douglas  30' Attendance: 320
Referee: B McGinlay
8 October 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton1–4ArbroathBoghead Park
McGowan  19' Fotheringham  17', 74'
Anderson  22'
Cairney  (OG)		 Attendance: 350
Referee: A Waddell
15 October 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton1–2Stirling AlbionBoghead Park
MacIver  27' Brogan  72' Attendance: 700
Referee: J McCluskey
22 October 1988 Second DivisionCowdenbeath2–0DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
McGovern  29'
Hoggan 		Attendance: 350
Referee: K Hope
29 October 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton3–0East StirlingBoghead Park
Docherty  28' (pen)
Duncan 		Attendance: 400
Referee: J Herald
5 November 1988 Second DivisionMontrose1–1DumbartonLinks Park
Murray  29' MacIver  70' Attendance: 350
Referee: J McGillvray
12 November 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton0–2StenhousemuirBoghead Park
Sexton Attendance: 500
Referee: K Hope
19 November 1988 Second DivisionEast Fife1–1DumbartonBayview Park, Methil
Mitchell  46' MacIver  39' Attendance: 558
Referee: L Thow
26 November 1988 Second DivisionStranraer2–2DumbartonStair Park
Lloyd  41'
McMillan  48'		 MacIver  6'
McCahill  66'		 Attendance: 850
Referee: D Brooks
13 December 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton0–2Brechin CityBoghead Park
Paterson Attendance: 570
17 December 1988 Second DivisionAlloa Athletic2–0DumbartonRecreation Park, Alloa
Blackie
Lytwyn  81'		 Attendance: 563
24 December 1988 Second DivisionDumbarton3–2Berwick RangersBoghead Park
Spence  40'
McQuade,J
Doyle 		McGlashan  25'
Maver 		Attendance: 400
Referee: D Yeats
31 December 1988 Second DivisionEast Stirling0–1DumbartonFirs Park
McQuade,J Attendance: 250
Referee: R Paterson
3 January 1989 Second DivisionQueen's Park2–1DumbartonHampden Park
Caven
Crooks 		McQuade,J Attendance: 832
21 January 1989 Second DivisionStirling Albion1–1DumbartonAnnfield Stadium
Gibson  13' Cairney  62' Attendance: 620
Referee: A Roy
31 January 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton3–0CowdenbeathBoghead Park
McQuade,A
MacIver
Docherty 		Attendance: 470
4 February 1989 Second DivisionArbroath1–1DumbartonGayfield Park
Stewart  54' Docherty  88' (pen) Attendance: 404
Referee: G Evans
18 February 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton4–0East FifeBoghead Park
MacIver  44', 81'
Docherty  pen'
McQuade,J  73'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: M McGinlay
25 February 1989 Second DivisionStranraer1–1DumbartonStair Park
McIntyre  30' Quinn  85' Attendance: 850
Referee: J Herald
4 March 1989 Second DivisionCowdenbeath1–1DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
McGonigal  10' MacIver  56' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McCluskey
7 March 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton2–2Berwick RangersBoghead Park
MacIver Hughes
Tait		 Attendance: 341
11 March 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton1–0Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Spence  10' Attendance: 600
Referee: L Thow
25 March 1989 Second DivisionEast Stirling1–0DumbartonFirs Park
Feeney  65' Attendance: 300
Referee: J McGillvray
28 March 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton2–0MontroseBoghead Park
Wharton
MacIver 		Attendance: 400
1 April 1989 Second DivisionStirling Albion3–1DumbartonAnnfield Stadium
Gibson  2'
Moore  9'
Tennant  20'		 Spence  65' Attendance: 634
4 April 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton1–0Albion RoversBoghead Park
Robertson  50' Attendance: 600
8 April 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton0–4Berwick RangersBoghead Park
Porteous  43'
Callachan  46'
Hughes 		Attendance: 550
Referee: J McCluskey
15 April 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton1–0Brechin CityBoghead Park
Quinn  25' Attendance: 500
Referee: P Miller
22 April 1989 Second DivisionAlbion Rovers2–0DumbartonCliftonhill Stadium
Graham  42'
Chapman 		Attendance: 840
Referee: R Valentine
29 April 1989 Second DivisionArbroath1–3DumbartonGayfield Park
Stewart  71' MacIver  25'
Quinn  74', 78'		 Attendance: 347
Referee: B McGinlay
6 May 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton2–0StenhousemuirBoghead Park
MacIver  9'
Douglas 		Attendance: 600
Referee: W Morrison
6 May 1989 Second DivisionDumbarton0–2Alloa AthleticBoghead Park
Gibson  75'
Lytwyn 		Attendance: 800
Referee: J Herald

Skol Cup
16 August 1988 League Cup Round 2Dumbarton1–3 (a.e.t.)St MirrenBoghead Park
McQuade,J Hamilton
McGarvey
Chalmers 		Attendance: 3,800

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup
3 December 1988 Cup Round 1Inverness Thistle0–0DumbartonKingsmills
Attendance: 900
Referee: D Yeats
10 December 1988 Cup Round 1RDumbarton2–1Inverness ThistleBoghead Park
Cairney  15'
MacIver 		Christie  38' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Yeats
7 January 1989 Cup Round 2Elgin City2–2DumbartonBorough Briggs
McGinlay,D  1'
McGinlay,J  50'		 McQuafde,J  23'
McGowan  89'		 Attendance: 2,074
Referee: J McGillvray
14 January 1989 Cup Round 2RDumbarton4–0Elgin CityBoghead Park
Cairney  23'
MacIver
McQuade,J 		Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J McGillvray
28 January 1989 Cup Round 3Celtic2–0DumbartonCeltic Park
Walker  80'
Burns  84'		 Attendance: 24,844

Stirlingshire Cup
18 April 1989 First RoundDumbarton0–2East StirlingshireBoghead Park

Renton Centenary Cup
6 August 1988 Dumbarton2–1West Bromwich AlbionBoghead Park
Coyle,O  65'
Rooney  85'		 Attendance: 2,000

Pre-season and other matches
31 July 1988 FriendlyDumbarton1–0Largs ThistleBoghead Park
McCahill
3 August 1988 FriendlyDumbarton0–3Rangers XIBoghead Park
10 August 1988 FriendlyDumbarton2–1Rangers XIBoghead Park
19 November 1988 TestimonialVale of Leven1–1[2]DumbartonMillburn Park
Howie  90' Attendance: 300

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Arbroath 39 11 15 13 56 63 −7 37
11 Stranraer 39 12 12 15 58 63 −5 36
12 Dumbarton 39 12 10 17 45 55 −10 34
13 Berwick Rangers 39 10 13 16 50 59 −9 33
14 Stenhousemuir 30 9 11 10 44 59 −15 29
Source:

Player statistics

Squad
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Hugh Stevenson 18016+001+001+00
GK Boyd Strachan 27023+000+004+00
DF Willie Cairns 1409+201+000+20
DF Dom Callan 604+101+000+00
DF Craig Cranmer 807+001+000+00
DF Gerry Doyle 26016+601+003+00
DF Stevie Gow 24016+400+004+00
DF Peter Wharton 22119+010+003+00
MF Pat Cairney 33328+010+005+02
MF Owen Coyle 403+001+000+00
MF Gary Dickie 11011+000+000+00
MF Robert Docherty 37731+071+002+30
MF Craig Douglas 1110+1110+000+00
MF Jamie Doyle 17111+310+003+00
MF Derek English 100+100+000+00
MF Dave Fulton 807+001+000+00
MF Dave Martin 908+001+000+00
MF Steve McCahill 27121+011+005+00
MF Ian McDougall 604+100+100+00
MF Iain McKinley 101+000+000+00
MF Andy McQuade 19118+010+001+00
MF Colin Spence 22319+030+003+00
FW Billy Blackie 905+400+000+00
FW Graham Duncan 21214+421+002+00
FW George Elliot 1508+400+002+10
FW Stuart MacIver 321627+0130+005+03
FW Pat McGowan 39234+010+005+01
FW John McQuade 40826+850+115+02
FW Paul Quinn 15415+040+000+00
FW Stuart Robertson 30224+320+002+10
FW Benny Rooney 424+020+000+00

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Transfers

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Reserve team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), but withdrew after 18 games due to financial constraints.

Trivia
  • The League match against East Fife on 19 November marked Stuart MacIver's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 97th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • Despite the previous season's relegation, manager Bertie Auld retained his position. However a poor start saw Auld replaced by Jim George seven games into the new season.
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See also

References
  1. Scottish Football League Review 1989-90. The Scottish Football League. 1990.
  2. Testimonial match for the benefit of Vale player Tom Robertson.
  3. Scottish Football League Review 1989-90. The Scottish Football League. 1990.
  4. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  5. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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