1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1995–96 was the 112th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 90th time, the Scottish Cup for the 101st time, the Scottish League Cup for the 49th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the sixth time.

Dumbarton
1995–1996 season
ManagerMurdo MacLeod/Jim Fallon
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 110th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Mooney (5)
All: Martin Mooney (6)
Highest home attendance2,733
Lowest home attendance654
Average home league attendance1,352

Overview

After the success of the previous season, no one could foresee the disaster that was to befall Dumbarton. The league season had begun brightly, with the club sitting atop Division 1 with 2 wins from 2. However manager Murdo MacLeod then departed for Premier Division Partick Thistle, and it all began to fall apart. A reluctant Jim Fallon stepped up from his assistant managerial post to take on the reins but it was clear from the start that he was ill-prepared for what was to be faced. Indeed, the only other win to be registered throughout the remainder of the league campaign was an impressive victory over champions elect Dundee United. From December, a string of 19 consecutive defeats in the league were suffered, Dumbarton's worst losing streak in their long history. Relegation back to Division 2 was a certainty long before the season had ended.

In the national cup competitions, it was now four seasons without a single win. In the Scottish Cup Airdrie defeated Dumbarton in the second round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Kilmarnock were victors over Dumbarton, but only after extra time.

Finally, the long wait for a win in the Challenge Cup continued - a first round defeat to Brechin City was the sixth in a row.

Locally, there was something to cheer as the Stirlingshire Cup returned to Boghead, with a final win over East Stirlingshire.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division
Main article: 1995–96 Scottish First Division
12 August 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–0HamiltonBoghead Park
Burns  65' Attendance: 1,191
Referee: J Smith
26 August 1995 First DivisionMorton1–2DumbartonCappielow Park
Lilley  56' Mooney  7' (pen)
Charnley  34'		 Attendance: 2,612
Referee: G Allison
2 September 1995 First DivisionDumbarton0–4Dunfermline AthleticBoghead Park
McNamara  29'
Shaw
Gow  77' (OG)
Petrie 		Attendance: 1,952
Referee: A Waddell
9 September 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–2AirdrieBoghead Park
Martin  70' Boyle
McIntyre,T 		Attendance: 1,320
Referee: J McGillvray
16 September 1995 First DivisionSt Johnstone4–1DumbartonMcDiarmid Park
O'Boyle  7'
Twaddle  20'
Farquhar
Martin  73' (OG)		 McKinnon  89' Attendance: 2,273
Referee: J Herald
23 September 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–5DundeeBoghead Park
McGarvey Shaw  1', 54'
Martin  (OG)
Bain  51'
Hamilton  86'		 Attendance: 1,207
Referee: R Tait
30 September 1995 First DivisionClydebank2–1DumbartonKilbowie Park
Grady  22'
Sutherland  83'		 Gibson  56' Attendance: 913
7 October 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–0Dundee UnitedBoghead Park
Mooney  81' Attendance: 2,013
Referee: W Young
14 October 1995 First DivisionSt Mirren3–2DumbartonLove Street (stadium)
Dick  14'
Archdeacon  23'
Yardley 		Mooney  12' (pen)
McGarvey 		Attendance: 2,377
Referee: T Brown
21 October 1995 First DivisionDunfermline Athletic3–1DumbartonEast End Park
Petrie  12'
Shaw 		Gibson  13' Attendance: 3,842
Referee: S Dougal
28 October 1995 First DivisionDumbarton0–2MortonBoghead Park
Hawke  6', 36' Attendance: 2,378
Referee: J Fleming
4 November 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–3St JohnstoneBoghead Park
Mooney  26' Twaddle  47', 58'
O'Boyle 		Attendance: 1,050
11 November 1995 First DivisionAirdrie2–1DumbartonBroadwood Stadium
Davies  14'
Black  81'		 Boyle  85' (OG) Attendance: 1,205
Referee: G Clyde
18 November 1995 First DivisionDumbarton1–2ClydebankBoghead Park
Mooney  61' (pen) Grady  7'
Eadie  52'		 Attendance: 1,043
2 December 1995 First DivisionDundee United8–0DumbartonTannadice Park
Brewster
Johnston
McSwegan
Coyle
 (OG)		 Attendance: 5,285
5 December 1995 First DivisionDundee1–1DumbartonDens Park
Tosh  65' Dallas Attendance: 2,804
9 December 1995 First DivisionDumbarton0–0St MirrenBoghead Park
Attendance: 1,461
16 December 1995 First DivisionHamilton3–0DumbartonDouglas Park
Hartley
Clark
McStay 		Attendance: 762
Referee: M Pocock
6 January 1996 First DivisionSt Johnstone3–0DumbartonMcDiarmid Park
O'Boyle  64', 77'
Burns  81' (OG)		 Attendance: 2,448
Referee: I Taylor
13 January 1996 First DivisionDumbarton1–2AirdrieBoghead Park
Granger  89' Duffield  40'
McIntyre,J  43'		 Attendance: 1,045
Referee: J McGillvray
20 January 1996 First DivisionDumbarton1–3Dundee UnitedBoghead Park
Ward  33' Brewster  12'
Shannon  30'
McSwegan  74'		 Attendance: 1,354
Referee: J Underhill
23 January 1996 First DivisionDumbarton1–2DundeeBoghead Park
Ward  25' Hamilton  56', 73' Attendance: 761
Referee: L Thow
5 February 1996 First DivisionSt Mirren5–0DumbartonLove Street (stadium)
Lavety  21', 57'
Fenwick  60'
Watson  69'
Iwelumo  88'		 Attendance: 1,838
Referee: L Mottram
13 February 1996 First DivisionDumbarton1–2HamiltonBoghead Park
Granger Hartley Attendance: 654
17 February 1996 First DivisionClydebank1–0DumbartonKilbowie Park
Eadie  71' Attendance: 612
Referee: G Clyde
24 February 1965 First DivisionMorton2–0DumbartonCappielow Park
Lilley
Mahood 		Attendance: 2,833
Referee: R Tait
6 March 1996 First DivisionDundee3–0DumbartonDens Park
Hamilton  13', 51'
Tosh  82'		 Attendance: 1,712
9 March 1996 First DivisionDumbarton0–3Dunfermline AthleticBoghead Park
Shaw
Smith 		Attendance: 1,477
Referee: J Herald
16 March 1996 First DivisionDumbarton0–1ClydebankBoghead Park
Flannigan  84' Attendance: 654
Referee: S Dougal
23 March 1996 First DivisionDumbarton0–3St JohnstoneBoghead Park
Jenkinson  8'
O'Boyle  20'
Grant  70'		 Attendance: 903
30 March 1996 First DivisionAirdrie5–1DumbartonBroadwood Stadium
Smith
McIntyre,T  49'
Connolly  56', 66'
Hetherston 		Foster  33' Attendance: 1,062
6 April 1996 First DivisionDundee United6–1DumbartonTannadice Park
McSwegan  4', 8' (41), 42'
Perry  59'
Brewster  84'		 Sharp  2' Attendance: 7,142
Referee: W Crombie
13 April 1996 First DivisionDumbarton0–1St MirrenBoghead Park
Archdeacon  43' (pen) Attendance: 1,139
Referee: A Roy
20 April 1996 First DivisionDunfermline Athletic4–1DumbartonEast End Park
French  46'
Moore
Smith
Shaw 		Dallas  21' Attendance: 5,971
27 April 1996 First DivisionDumbarton0–1MortonBoghead Park
Anderson  41' Attendance: 2,733
Referee: L Thow
4 May 1996 First DivisionHamilton2–1DumbartonDouglas Park
Hartley
Geraghty 		Granger  (pen) Attendance: 657

Coca-Cola League Cup
Main article: 1995–96 Scottish League Cup
19 August 1995 League Cup Round 2Kilmarnock1–0 (a.e.t.)DumbartonRugby Park
Roberts  118' Attendance: 5,011
Referee: W Crombie

Scottish League Challenge Cup
Main article: 1995–96 Scottish Challenge Cup
22 August 1995 Challenge Cup Round 1Dumbarton0–1Brechin CityBoghead Park
Mearns  17' Attendance: 524

Tennant's Scottish Cup
Main article: 1995–96 Scottish Cup
30 January 1996 Cup Round 3Dumbarton1–3AirdrieBoghead Park
Mooney Duffield
Smith 		Attendance: 1,076

Stirlingshire Cup
29 July 1995 First RoundAlloa Athletic0–2DumbartonRecreation Park, Alloa
Meechan  61'
McGarvey  82'
15 April 1996 Semi FinalDumbarton3–3
(5-4 p)		Stirling AlbionBoghead Park
6 May 1996 FinalDumbarton2–1East StirlingBoghead Park
Ward  21'
Meechan  61'		 Neill  40'

Pre-season/Other Matches
26 July 1995 FriendlyRangers XI3–2DumbartonUniversity Grounds, Anniesland
2 August 1995 FriendlyDumbarton1–2Bradford CityBoghead Park
Ward  2' Wright  41' (pen)
Tolson  89'
5 August 1995 FriendlyDumbarton1–2Wigan AthleticBoghead Park
Gow
6 August 1995 FriendlyDumbarton4–2Vale of LevenBoghead Park
Gow  15'
Grainger  45', 70'
McCuiag  89'		 McGinlay  21', 30'

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 13 8 15 46 51 −5 47
7 Clydebank 36 10 10 16 39 58 −19 40
8 Airdrieonians 36 9 11 16 43 54 −11 38
9 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 10 6 20 40 57 −17 36 Second Division
10 Dumbarton (R) 36 3 2 31 23 94 −71 11
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Player statistics

Squad
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Peter Dennison 202+000+000+000+00
GK Ian MacFarlane 25022+001+001+001+00
GK Kenny Meechan 13012+100+000+000+00
DF Roland Fabiani 23019+101+001+001+00
DF Alan Foster 12110+210+000+000+00
DF Stevie Gow 23020+100+001+001+00
DF Jim Hamilton 303+000+000+000+00
DF Martin Melvin 34032+100+000+001+00
MF Hugh Burns 14110+111+001+001+00
MF Chic Charnley 20116+211+001+000+00
MF Joe Goldie 201+100+000+000+00
MF Toby King 31027+101+001+001+00
MF Jim Marsland 20018+001+001+000+00
MF Paul Martin 14112+011+001+000+00
MF Martin McGarvey 27214+1021+000+100+10
MF Sam McGivern 1309+201+000+100+00
MF Jim Meechan 34031+101+000+001+00
FW Stephen Dallas 2328+1420+000+000+10
FW Charlie Gibson 32223+620+101+001+00
FW Martin Glancy 101+000+000+000+00
FW Alan Granger 34320+1130+101+000+10
FW Colin McKinnon 35131+210+000+101+00
FW Martin Mooney 39631+551+001+001+01
FW Lee Sharp 15114+110+000+000+00
FW Hugh Ward 15210+420+000+001+00

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Transfers

[4]

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 4 wins and 3 draws from 22 games, finished 12th and last.

Trivia
  • The League match against Clydebank on 30 September marked Martin Melvin's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 23rd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against Hamilton on 16 December marked Jim Meechan's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 24rd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against St Mirren on 9 December marked Martin McGarvey's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 109th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The season ended with a two unwanted records being broken. In addition to the longest losing streak in the league - which extended to a 20-game drought once the Scottish Cup defeat is taken into account - the number of games without a win was also broken. From 14 October, there were 28 consecutive winless games in the league - and 29 consecutive competitive games during the season.
  • The two home wins recorded in the league during the season matched the record fewest league home wins last seen during the 1896-97 season. In addition, the 15 home defeats in the league was a new record, easily beating the previous worst of 11 during the 1920-21 season.
  • The 10 goals scored at Boghead in league matches beat the previous fewest home league goals (16) set in the 1918-19 season.
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See also

References
  1. Scottish Football League Review 1996-97. The Scottish Football League. 1997.
  2. Scottish Football League Review 1996-97. The Scottish Football League. 1997.
  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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