1982–83 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1982–83 was the 99th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 77th time, the Scottish Cup for the 88th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 36th time.

Dumbarton

1982–1983 season
Manager	Billy Lamont
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1	7th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Raymond Blair (10) All: John Donnelly (13)
Highest home attendance	4,000
Lowest home attendance	400
Average home league attendance	960

Overview

For the eighth year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after last season's disappointment, it was hoped that this season might bring the long hoped for promotion. Indeed with only one defeat in the first eight games, confidence was high. However, results became mixed thereafter, and it was to be a mid-table 7th place finish with 36 points, 22 behind champions St Johnstone.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to fellow Division 1 opponents, Airdrie.

The League Cup was always going to be a challenge, with three Premier Division teams in the qualifying section - and this is how it was to prove, with all six matches ending in defeat - though it should be said that in none of the games were Dumbarton humiliated.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton reached the final for the third year in a row, and regained the trophy with a win over Stenhousemuir.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1982-83 Scottish First Division

Airdrie v Dumbarton

4 September 1982 First Division	Airdrie	1–2	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Coyle (OG)		Stevenson 32' Blair	Attendance: 1,200

Dumbarton v Falkirk

11 September 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	5–1	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Craig 1', 9', 45' Donnelly Stevenson		Ward	Attendance: 550 Referee: E Pringle

Clydebank v Dumbarton

15 September 1982 First Division	Clydebank	5–1	Dumbarton	Kilbowie Park
	Coyne Ronald Williamson Given		Dunlop	Attendance: 656

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

18 September 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Donnelly (pen)		Jenkins	Attendance: 450 Referee: L Thow

Dumbarton v St Johnstone

25 September 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	4–1	St Johnstone	Boghead Park
	Dunlop 10' Stevenson 13' Blair 46'		Brogan	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: D Syme

Dumbarton v Ayr United

29 September 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Donnelly 70'			Attendance: 600

Clyde v Dumbarton

2 October 1982 First Division	Clyde	0–4	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
			Donnelly 6', 41' Blair	Attendance: 607 Referee: A Ferguson

Hearts v Dumbarton

6 October 1982 First Division	Hearts	1–1	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	O'Connor 66'		Donnelly 73'	Attendance: 4,300 Referee: H Young

Dumbarton v Hamilton

9 October 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–5	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Donnelly 14' McNaught Craig Fairlie Murphy		Brown	Attendance: 800 Referee: H Alexander

Raith Rovers v Dumbarton

16 October 1982 First Division	Raith Rovers	3–0	Dumbarton	Starks Park
	Russell 15' Spence Harris			Attendance: 500 Referee: I Cathcart

Dumbarton v Partick Thistle

23 October 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Stevenson		Watson (pen)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: M Delaney

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

30 October 1982 First Division	Alloa Athletic	2–0	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Purdie 16' Holt			Attendance: 557 Referee: C Sinclair

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

6 November 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Stevenson 31'		Grant 35'	Attendance: 600 Referee: A Williamson

Ayr United v Dumbarton

13 November 1982 First Division	Ayr United	0–1	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
			Stevenson	Attendance: 938 Referee: E Pringle

Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton

20 November 1982 First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Dumbarton	East End Park
			Blair 16' Stevenson 41'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: A Huett

Dumbarton v Hearts

27 November 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Blair		O'Connor	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J Renton

Dumbarton v Clyde

4 December 1982 First Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Craig		Masterton 27', 36' Reilly	Attendance: 500 Referee: B McGinlay

St Johnstone v Dumbarton

11 December 1982 First Division	St Johnstone	1–0	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Brogan 40'			Attendance: 2,042 Referee: H Alexander

Falkirk v Dumbarton

27 December 1982 First Division	Falkirk	2–1	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Mackin Jobson		Dunlop	Attendance: 1,789

Dumbarton v Clydebank

1 January 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	0–4	Clydebank	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 1,000

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

3 January 1983 First Division	Queen's Park	2–1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Crawley		Montgomerie	Attendance: 740

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers

8 January 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Raith Rovers	Boghead Park
	Stevenson 43' Close		Russell 39'	Attendance: 500 Referee: A Waddell

Hamilton v Dumbarton

15 January 1983 First Division	Hamilton	0–3	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
			Donnelly Blair	Attendance: 724 Referee: M Delaney

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

22 January 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
	Craig 24'		Houston Campbell	Attendance: 450 Referee: C White

Partick Thistle v Dumbarton

5 February 1983 First Division	Partick Thistle	3–2	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	McDonald 15' Park		Craig McGowan,P	Attendance: 1,789 Referee: H Young

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

12 February 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Coyle 36' Blair		McNiven	Attendance: 600 Referee: B McGinlay

Dumbarton v Airdrie

19 February 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Airdrie	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 1,020

Clydebank v Dumbarton

26 February 1983 First Division	Clydebank	3–1	Dumbarton	Kilbowie Park
	McLeish 2'		McGowan,M 14'	Attendance: 656 Referee: A McLeish

Clyde v Dumbarton

5 March 1983 First Division	Clyde	1–0	Dumbarton	Shawfield Stadium
	Dempsey			Attendance: 450 Referee: J Renton

Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic

12 March 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Close		Cathie 38' Forrest Hamill	Attendance: 500

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

19 March 1983 First Division	Alloa Athletic	0–0	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
				Attendance: 647 Referee: A McGunnigle

Airdrie v Dumbarton

26 March 1983 First Division	Airdrie	1–1	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Flood 38'		Rodger 14' (OG)	Attendance: 450 Referee: E Brolis

Ayr United v Dumbarton

2 April 1983 First Division	Ayr United	1–2	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Ward		Stevenson 22' McGowan,P	Attendance: 900 Referee: B Robertson

Raith Rovers v Dumbarton

9 April 1983 First Division	Raith Rovers	0–0	Dumbarton	Starks Park
				Attendance: 600 Referee: D Ramsay

Dumbarton v Hamilton

16 April 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Hamilton	Boghead Park
	Montgomerie 22'		Hamill	Attendance: 400 Referee: I Cathcart

St Johnstone v Dumbarton

23 April 1983 First Division	St Johnstone	1–0	Dumbarton	Muirton Park
	Gibson			Attendance: 2,317 Referee: W Knowles

Dumbarton v Partick Thistle

30 April 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	McCaig 40' McGowan,P		Johnston	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: W McLeish

Dumbarton v Hearts

7 May 1983 First Division	Dumbarton	0–4	Hearts	Boghead Park
			Robertson 13', 19' O'Connor Mackay	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: A Ferguson

Falkirk v Dumbarton

14 May 1983 First Division	Falkirk	1–2	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	McCulley		Craig 29' McGrogan	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: L Thow

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1982–83 Scottish League Cup

Dumbarton v Morton

14 August 1982 Section 2	Dumbarton	1–3	Morton	Boghead Park
	Rankin		Ritchie 71' Hutcheson McNeill	Attendance: 850 Referee: W McLeish

Dundee v Dumbarton

18 August 1982 Section 2	Dundee	3–2	Dumbarton	Dens Park
	Ferguson Mackie		Donnelly (pen) (pen)	Attendance: 3,174

Aberdeen v Dumbarton

21 August 1982 Section 2	Aberdeen	3–0	Dumbarton	Pittodrie Park
	McGhee 5' Strachan 13', 71'			Attendance: 8,000 Referee: D Downie

Dumbarton v Dundee

25 August 1982 Section 2	Dumbarton	2–3	Dundee	Boghead Park
	Donnelly (pen) (pen)		Ferguson (pen) Fraser Stephen	Attendance: 433

Morton v Dumbarton

28 August 1982 Section 2	Morton	4–1	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Rooney Docherty 24' McNab		Stevenson	Attendance: 1,250 Referee: C White

Dumbarton v Aberdeen

9 September 1982 Section 2	Dumbarton	1–2	Aberdeen	Boghead Park
	Donnelly (pen)		Bell 76' Hewitt 85'	Attendance: 3,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1982–83 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton v Airdrie

29 January 1983 Scottish Cup round 3	Dumbarton	0–1	Airdrie	Boghead Park
			Flood 10'	Attendance: 957 Referee: L Thow

Stirlingshire Cup

Clydebank v Dumbarton

4 August 1982 1st Round	Clydebank	2–5	Dumbarton	Kilbowie Park
	Williamson McCabe		Donnelly Blair Dunlop Rankin

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

7 August 1982 Semi Final	Alloa Athletic	3–0	Dumbarton	Boghead Park
	McGowan,P McGrogan Dunlop			Attendance: 200

Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton

8 August 1982 Final	Stenhousemuir	1–3	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
			Blair Donnelly

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Airdrieonians	39	16	7	16	62	46	+16	39
6	Alloa Athletic	39	14	11	14	52	52	0	39
7	Dumbarton	39	13	10	16	50	59	−9	36
8	Falkirk	39	15	6	18	45	55	−10	36
9	Raith Rovers	39	13	8	18	64	63	+1	34

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Murray Bowman	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Tom Carson	44	0	37	0	1	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Martin McGowan	31	1	22+4	1	0	0	4+1	0
	DF	SCO	Ray Montgomerie	28	2	25	2	1	0	1+1	0
	MF	SCO	Albert Burnett	37	0	28+3	0	1	0	4+1	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Close	22	2	15+2	2	1	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Clougherty	40	0	36	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Coyle	45	1	38	1	1	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Albert Craig	38	7	23+9	7	1	0	3+2	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Hughes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Dave McCaig	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Colin McKenzie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Donald McNeil	31	0	27+1	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	David Stevenson	43	10	29+9	9	0+1	0	3+1	1
	MF	SCO	Tom Walker	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Raymond Blair	36	10	28+1	10	1	0	5+1	0
	FW	SCO	John Bourke	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ally Brown	24	1	12+5	1	1	0	5+1	0
	FW	SCO	John Donnelly	35	13	28	8	1	0	6	5
	FW	SCO	Mick Dunlop	31	3	18+6	3	1	0	5+1	0
	FW	SCO	Alf Holton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom McAteer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bob McCulley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Pat McGowan	37	1	31+3	1	0+1	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Joe McGrogan	17	1	7+7	1	0	0	2+1	0
	FW	SCO	Mike Rankin	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:

Players in

Player	From	Date
Joe McGrogan	Hamilton	4 Aug 1982
Albert Burnett	Airdrie	6 Aug 1982
David Stevenson	Lesmahagow	21 Aug 1982
Dave McCaig	East Stirling	14 Mar 1983
John Bourke	Kilmarnock	18 Mar 1983
Jim Hughes	Ferguslie BC	31 Mar 1983

Players out

Player	To	Date
Rob Campbell	Cowdenbeath	1 Jul 1982
Joe Coyle	Airdrie	30 Jul 1982
Ally McRoberts	Stirling Albion	2 Aug 1982
Graeme Sinclair	Celtic	12 Aug 1982
John Donnelly	Leeds Utd	5 Mar 1983
Raymond Blair	St Johnstone	11 Mar 1983

Reserve team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West) - Second Series, winning 1 and drawing 5 of 12 games - finishing 13th of 13.

Trivia

• The League match against Clyde on 2 October marked Tom Carson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 86th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
• The League match against Raith Rovers on 16 October marked Raymond Blair's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 16th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
• The final League match against Falkirk on 14 May marked Mark Clougherty's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 87th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

• 1982–83 in Scottish football

External links

• Murray Bowman (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Colin McKenzie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Alf Holton (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Tom McAteer (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Scottish Football Historical Archive