1989–90 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1989–90 was the 106th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 84th time, the Scottish Cup for the 95th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 43rd time.

Dumbarton
1989–1990 season
ManagerJim George
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 26th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Charlie Gibson (20)
All: Charlie Gibson/ Stuart MacIver (21)
Highest home attendance1,881
Lowest home attendance300
Average home league attendance600

Overview

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Dumbarton attempted to recover from the failures in the previous couple of seasons and splashed out on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson. There was an improvement in performances and 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.

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 & fixtures

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

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12 August 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Queen of the South Boghead Park
MacIver  
Cairney  
Andrews   Attendance: 650
19 August 1989 Second Division Brechin City 4–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Brash   7'
Sexton  Hill  
Pride  
Attendance: 500
Referee: R Morrison
26 August 1989 Second Division East Stirling 1–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Grant   29' McQuade   24' (pen)
MacIver   39'
Attendance: 200
Referee: I Mottram
2 September 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–5 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Spence   37' Porteous   4', 22'
Thorpe   25', 29', 42'
Attendance: 550
Referee: D Yeats
9 September 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 5–2 Stranraer Boghead Park
Gibson   25'
Cairney   26'
MacIver   30', 33'
Doyle  
Duncan   51' Attendance: 500
Referee: B McGinlay
16 September 1989 Second Division East Fife 2–2 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Lennox  
Brown  
McQuade  
Gibson  
Attendance: 624
Referee: J McGillvray
23 September 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Gibson  
Reid  
Reid   11'
Conway  
Attendance: 800
30 September 1989 Second Division Cowdenbeath 1–5 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
MacKenzie   Gibson    
MacIver  
Spence  
Attendance: 250
7 October 1989 Second Division Arbroath 2–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brand   39'  Gibson   56' Attendance: 611
Referee: J Duncan
14 October 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Gibson   65'
Spence   81'
Caven   47' Attendance: 700
Referee: J Herald
21 October 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Gibson   89' Attendance: 348
Referee: G Evans
28 October 1989 Second Division Kilmarnock 3–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Watters   60', 65'
Tait   89'
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: W Crombie
4 November 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Montrose Boghead Park
Gibson   32', 75'
McQuade,A   80'
Paterson   4'
McGlashan   6'
Attendance: 400
Referee: J McKinnon
11 November 1989 Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Hughes   1' Quinn   32'
Gibson   58'
Attendance: 487
Referee: G Smith
18 November 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
MacIver   70', 86' MacKenzie   23'
Spence  
Attendance: 500
25 November 1989 Second Division Stirling Albion 4–1 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Reid   53'
Lloyd   66'
Lawrie   70'
Walker  
Hughes   45' Attendance: 570
Referee: L Thow
2 December 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 0–0 Arbroath Boghead Park
Attendance: 450
16 December 1989 Second Division Queen's Park 2–2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
O'Brien   24'
Rodden   48'
Gibson  
MacIver   70'
Attendance: 587
23 December 1989 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Spence   44' Sexton   80' Attendance: 700
6 January 1990 Second Division Montrose 2–2 Dumbarton Links Park
Powell   58'
McGlashan   71'
Hughes   52'
MacIver   78'
Attendance: 300
Referee: G Smith
10 January 1990 Second Division Queen of the South 1–4 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Gordon   MacIver   
Andrews   (OG)
Gibson  
Attendance: 923
13 January 1990 Second Division Stranraer 4–4 Dumbarton Stair Park
Henderson   49' 
McNiven   47'
Ewing   86'
Hughes   2' (pen)
MacIver  
McQuade  
Spence  
Attendance: 400
Referee: R Paterson
27 January 1990 Second Division Stenhousemuir 4–3 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Nelson   15'
McCormick   18'
Speirs  
Kemp   65'
Milligan   33' (OG)
Hughes   41' (pen)
MacIver   89'
Attendance: 500
Referee: J McKinnell
10 February 1990 Second Division Queen of the South 1–1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Sloan   61' MacIver   59' Attendance: 822
Referee: R Morrison
14 March 1990 Second Division East Fife 3–1 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Wilson   33', 76'
Crolla   60'
MacIver   88' Attendance: 609
17 March 1990 Second Division Brechin City 3–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Lees   20'
Paterson   22' 
Attendance: 600
Referee: J Renton
20 March 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Boghead Park
Quinn   25'
Hughes   71', 79'
Attendance: 500
24 March 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Sludden   62'
Tait   84'
Attendance: 1,881
Referee: D Brooks
27 March 1990 Second Division Montrose 1–2 Dumbarton Links Park
McGlashan   67' Morrison   55'
McQuade   75'
Attendance: 350
31 March 1990 Second Division Berwick Rangers 3–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Sloan   23'
Bickmore   32'
Tait   72'
Gibson   41'
Boyd   76'
Attendance: 436
Referee: J Duncan
3 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 1–3 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Gibson   5' Sludden   9'
Watters   28', 56'
Attendance: 1,000
7 April 1990 Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–3 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Nelson   7' Hughes   41'
Gibson   48'
MacIver   87'
Attendance: 600
Referee: D Syme
10 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Stranraer Boghead Park
Morrison   62' (pen) Harkness   40' Attendance: 300
14 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 1–3 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Gibson   88' Ross   8', 65'
Buckley   90'
Attendance: 400
17 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 East Stirling Boghead Park
Gibson   16', 17' Byrne   85' Attendance: 300
21 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Fife Boghead Park
MacIver   18'
Morrison   25' (pen), 85' (pen)
Bell   55' Attendance: 500
24 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Arbroath Boghead Park
Boyd   6'
MacIver   26'
Attendance: 450
28 April 1990 Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
MacIver   87' Moore   29'
George   85'
Attendance: 600
Referee: W Crombie
5 May 1990 Second Division Queen's Park 1–0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Mackenzie   75' Attendance: 586
Referee: I Mottram

Skol Cup

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8 August 1989 League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 3–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
MacIver   
Gibson  
Attendance: 569
15 August 1989 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–3 Celtic Boghead Park
Burns  
McStay  
Dziekanowski  
Attendance: 8,500

Tennant's Scottish Cup

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9 December 1989 Cup round 1 Queen's Park 1–2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Rodden   47' McQuade   29'
Quinn   84'
Attendance: 784
Referee: L Thow
30 December 1989 Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–2 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Ross   45', 53' Attendance: 700
17 October 1989 First Round Alloa Athletic 0–3 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Meechan  
Wharton  
Quinn  
1 May 1990 Semi Final Stenhousemuir 1–3 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
     
7 May 1990 Final Clydebank 2–4 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Davies   8'
Ferguson   15'
McQuade,J   36'
McGinlay   43', 61', 73'

Pre-season matches

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31 July 1989 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Celtic XI Boghead Park
Trialist   29'
Spence   37'
Crainey  
3 August 1989 Friendly Renfrew 0–3 Dumbarton Renfrew
Wharton  
MacIver  
Docherty  
6 August 1989 Friendly Vale of Leven 4–1 Dumbarton Millburn Park
McGorm  
Meechan  
Jones  
Gibson  

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Stenhousemuir 39 18 9 12 62 53 +9 45
5 Berwick Rangers 39 18 5 16 66 57 +9 41
6 Dumbarton 39 15 10 14 70 73 −3 40
7 Cowdenbeath 39 13 13 13 58 54 +4 39
8 Stranraer 39 15 8 16 57 59 −2 38
Source: "1989-1990 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Hugh Stevenson 13 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK   SCO Boyd Strachan 30 0 28+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO John Boyd 16 2 16+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Stevie Gow 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Peter Wharton 28 0 19+5 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Pat Cairney 23 2 18+1 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Dempsey 31 0 29+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Gary Dickie 21 0 14+5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jamie Doyle 21 1 18+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Bernie Grant 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Hughes 27 7 24+1 7 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jim McGinlay 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Andy McQuade 42 2 38+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Meechan 15 0 12+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Steve Morrison 17 4 17+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Colin Spence 42 5 38+0 5 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Gregor Stevens 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Charlie Gibson 40 21 36+0 20 2+0 1 2+0 0
FW   SCO Stuart MacIver 38 21 32+2 19 2+0 2 2+0 0
FW   SCO Paul McGrogan 7 0 3+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO John McQuade 19 4 8+8 3 2+0 0 1+0 1
FW   SCO Paul Quinn 31 3 17+11 2 0+1 0 1+1 1
FW   SCO Billy Reid 30 1 23+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO David Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers

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Reserve team

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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.

Trivia

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  • The £50,000 fee paid by Dumbarton to Stirling Albion for Charlie Gibson was a record in fees paid.
  • The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with 3 games to go in the league, he was sacked, to make way for Billy Lamont's second stint at the job.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
  2. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
  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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