1992–93 Dumbarton F.C. season
Season 1992–93 was the 109th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 87th time, the Scottish Cup for the 98th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 46th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the third time.
1992–1993 season | |
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Manager | Billy Lamont |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 1 | 9th |
Scottish Cup | Third Round |
Scottish League Cup | Second Round |
B&Q Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: John McQuade (15) All: John McQuade (15) |
Highest home attendance | 2,346 |
Lowest home attendance | 550 |
Average home league attendance | 1,142 |
Overview
Following the success of the previous season, Dumbarton went into the new league campaign with some confidence, particularly as the squad of players at the start remained virtually unchanged. Within the first few months however the club were to lose the services of their top scorer (Jimmy Gilmour) and their captain (Jim Dempsey). Nevertheless, by the end of October Dumbarton were up with the leaders but thereafter the results were to become more mixed and Dumbarton fell down the table, although were never in any real danger of relegation, and finished in 9th place
In the national cup competitions, it was a case of yet another season of early exits - but not only that, there were to be no goals either. In the Scottish Cup it would be Premier Division Dundee who would end Dumbarton's ambitions in the third round.
In the League Cup, Rangers - the eventual winners of the cup - were the opponents and saw off Dumbarton easily in the second round.
Finally, it was a first round exit in the B&Q Cup - however the defeat to Hamilton would prove to be the first of that club's run to winning the cup itself.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup it would be Premier Division Falkirk who would end Dumbarton's interest in the semi final.
Results and fixtures
[1] Win Draw Loss
Scottish First Division
1 August 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 4–3 | Stirling Albion | Boghead Park |
Nelson Gilmour McQuade |
Reilly McInnes |
Attendance: 803 Referee: M Clark |
4 August 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 1–3 | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
McQuade |
Paterson Jack Tait |
Attendance: 2,109 |
8 August 1992 First Division | St Mirren | 4–0 | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Baillie lavety McGill |
Attendance: 2,363 Referee: L Thow |
15 August 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Morton | Boghead Park |
Mathie |
Attendance: 1,257 Referee: R Tait |
22 August 1992 First Division | Clydebank | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Kilbowie Park |
McQuade |
Attendance: 990 Referee: A Huett |
29 August 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
Gibson |
Dalziel |
Attendance: 1,105 Referee: J Herald |
5 September 1992 First Division | Cowdenbeath | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Gibson |
Attendance: 418 Referee: D McVicar |
12 September 1992 First Division | Hamilton | 3–2 | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Miller Ward Cramb |
Boyd Gibson |
Attendance: 1,283 Referee: K Clark |
19 September 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Graham Traynor McTurk |
Attendance: 882 |
26 September 1992 First Division | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–2 | Dumbarton | East End Park |
Grant French Cooper |
Docherty Mooney |
Attendance: 2,832 Referee: M Pocock |
3 October 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 3–2 | Meadowbank Thistle | Boghead Park |
McQuade McAneney Foster |
Coughlin McLeod |
Attendance: 550 Referee: H Dallas |
10 October 1992 First Division | Stirling Albion | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Annfield Stadium |
Lawrie |
Mooney Gibson |
Attendance: 475 |
17 October 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 4–2 | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Gibson McAneney McQuade |
McDowall Charnley |
Attendance: 2,022 Referee: D Syme |
24 October 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
McQuade |
Attendance: 716 |
31 October 1992 First Division | Raith Rovers | 4–1 | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
Dalziel McStay Nicholl |
Martin |
Attendance: 1,990 Referee: M Clark |
7 November 1992 First Division | Morton | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Johnstone |
McQuade Mooney |
Attendance: 1,867 Referee: J McCluskey |
14 November 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Mooney Martin McQuade |
Wilson |
Attendance: 1,362 |
21 November 1992 First Division | Ayr United | 5–3 | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Traynor Robertson Mair |
Gibson Mooney |
Attendance: 1,317 Referee: J McGinlay |
28 November 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Mooney McQuade |
Clark McDonald |
Attendance: 843 Referee: W Crombie |
1 December 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Meadowbank Thistle | Boghead Park |
Wilson |
Attendance: 624 Referee: E Martindale |
8 December 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Boghead Park |
McCathie |
Attendance: 1,154 Referee: J Fulton |
12 December 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Stirling Albion | Boghead Park |
Mitchell Lawrie |
Attendance: 716 |
18 December 1992 First Division | Kilmarnock | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Rugby Park |
Campbell |
Attendance: 3,591 |
26 December 1992 First Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Morton | Boghead Park |
Meechan McQuade Boyd |
Mathie |
Attendance: 1,456 Referee: W Young |
2 January 1993 First Division | Clydebank | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Kilbowie Park |
Henry Flannigan |
Boyd |
Attendance: 1,368 |
27 January 1993 First Division | Meadowbank Thistle | 3–3 | Dumbarton | Meadowbank Stadium |
Rae Rutherford |
Boag Mooney Gow |
Attendance: 244 Referee: J Fulton |
30 January 1993 First Division | St Mirren | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Baillie Hewitt |
Gibson |
Attendance: 2,453 Referee: D McVicar |
6 February 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Raith Rovers | Boghead Park |
Mooney |
Brewster Dalziel |
Attendance: 1,201 Referee: W Young |
13 February 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
Mooney |
Attendance: 2,346 Referee: W Crombie |
20 February 1993 First Division | Dunfermline Athletic | 2–2 | Dumbarton | East End Park |
Grant Chambers |
Foster McAneney |
Attendance: 2,542 Referee: W Innes |
23 February 1993 First Division | Cowdenbeath | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
McAneney McQuade |
Attendance: 222 Referee: J Herald |
27 February 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Ayr United | Boghead Park |
Boyd Mooney |
Attendance: 988 Referee: R Tait |
6 March 1993 First Division | Hamilton | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Douglas Park |
Clark |
McQuade |
Attendance: 1,261 Referee: L Mottram |
9 March 1993 First Division | Stirling Albion | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
McCallum |
Attendance: 418 Referee: W Morrison |
13 March 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | St Mirren | Boghead Park |
Boyd McQuade |
Baillie |
Attendance: 1,558 Referee: D Hope |
20 March 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Flannigan Hay |
Attendance: 1,035 Referee: J Kelly |
27 March 1993 First Division | Morton | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Cappielow Park |
Gahagan Alexander |
McAneney |
Attendance: 953 Referee: D McVicar |
3 April 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 552 Referee: J O'Hare |
10 April 1993 First Division | Raith Rovers | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
Brewster |
Attendance: 4,893 |
17 April 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
McQuade Meechan |
Attendance: 660 Referee: J McGillvray |
24 April 1993 First Division | Ayr United | 0–0 | Dumbarton | Somerset Park |
Attendance: 1,525 Referee: D Syme |
1 May 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Kilmarnock | Boghead Park |
McCluskey |
Attendance: 3,793 Referee: R Orr |
8 May 1993 First Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 1,078 Referee: C Ross |
15 May 1993 First Division | Meadowbank Thistle | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Meadowbank Stadium |
Roseburgh Duthie |
Mooney |
Attendance: 234 Referee: J Timmons |
Skol Cup
11 August 1992 League Cup Round 2 | Dumbarton | 0–5 | Rangers | Hampden Park |
Durrant Gordon Hateley McCoist Mikhailitchenko |
Attendance: 11,090 Referee: W Morrison Man of the Match: 79 |
B&Q Cup
29 September 1992 Challenge Cup R1 | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Hamilton | Boghead Park |
Clark McDonald Reid |
Attendance: 634 Referee: D Hope |
Tennant's Scottish Cup
10 January 1993 Cup Round 3 | Dundee | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Dens Park |
Wieghorst Dodds |
Attendance: 4,290 Referee: C Ross |
Stirlingshire Cup
25 July 1992 First Round | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
Gibson Cowell Gilmour |
Crawford |
Referee: W Innes |
3 May 1993 Semi Final | Falkirk | 4–2 | Dumbarton | Brockville Park |
Simpson Traynor Taggart |
McQuade |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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7 | Ayr United | 44 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 46 | |
8 | Clydebank | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 45 | |
9 | Dumbarton | 44 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 37 | |
10 | Stirling Albion | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 35 | |
11 | Meadowbank Thistle (R) | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 32 | Second Division |
Player statistics
Squad
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | First Division | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | Ian MacFarlane | 43 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Mike Monaghan | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | John Boyd | 39 | 5 | 35+2 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Alan Foster | 21 | 2 | 15+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Stevie Gow | 40 | 1 | 38+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Martin Melvin | 45 | 0 | 42+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Fraser Wishart | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | John Boag (footballer, born 1965) | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jim Cowell | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jim Dempsey | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Robert Docherty | 33 | 1 | 26+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Willie Furphy | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jim Marsland | 41 | 0 | 37+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Paul Martin | 43 | 2 | 40+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Bobby McConville | 25 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
MF | D McDonald | 4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Martin McGarvey | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jim Meechan | 37 | 2 | 27+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Mark Nelson | 21 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Tony Speirs | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | John Young | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Charlie Gibson | 44 | 7 | 36+6 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Jimmy Gilmour | 5 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Mike McAnenay | 39 | 6 | 27+11 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
FW | John McQuade | 43 | 15 | 38+2 | 15 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Martin Mooney | 35 | 12 | 27+7 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Andy Willock | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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Reserve team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 8 wins and 5 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.
In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Hamilton in the first round.
Trivia
- The League match against Clydebank on 22 August marked Martin Melvin's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 102nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Cowdenbeath on 5 September marked John Boyd's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 103rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Raith Rovers on 6 February marked Jim Meechan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 104th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Raith Rovers on 10 April marked Jim Marsland's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 105th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Kilmarnock on 1 May marked Paul Martin's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 106th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- In an effort to draw a bigger crowd, Dumbarton decided to play their 'home' Scottish Cup tie against Rangers at Hampden Park.
- At the end of the season Billy Lamont decided to give up the manager's post in favour of the same at Alloa - and would be replaced by Murdo MacLeod.
See also
References
- Scottish Football League Review 1993-94. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
- "Scottish Division One 1992-1993 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- Scottish Football League Review 1993-94. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
- McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.