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.

Dumbarton
1992–1993 season
ManagerBilly Lamont
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 19th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
B&Q CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: John McQuade (15)
All: John McQuade (15)
Highest home attendance2,346
Lowest home attendance550
Average home league attendance1,142

Overview

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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

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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1 August 1992 First Division Dumbarton 4–3 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Nelson   10'
Gilmour   39'
McQuade   51' (52)
Reilly   26' 
McInnes   80'
Attendance: 803
Referee: M Clark
4 August 1992 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
McQuade   61' Paterson   4'
Jack   13'
Tait   75'
Attendance: 2,109
8 August 1992 First Division St Mirren 4–0 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Baillie   21'
lavety   65'
McGill   80', 89'
Attendance: 2,363
Referee: L Thow
15 August 1992 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Morton Boghead Park
Mathie   69' Attendance: 1,257
Referee: R Tait
22 August 1992 First Division Clydebank 0–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
McQuade   37' Attendance: 990
Referee: A Huett
29 August 1992 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Gibson   72' Dalziel   46', 57' Attendance: 1,105
Referee: J Herald
5 September 1992 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Gibson   26' Attendance: 418
Referee: D McVicar
12 September 1992 First Division Hamilton 3–2 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Miller   12'
Ward   30'
Cramb   80'
Boyd   40'
Gibson   85'
Attendance: 1,283
Referee: K Clark
19 September 1992 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 Ayr United Boghead Park
Graham   20'
Traynor   42'
McTurk   90'
Attendance: 882
26 September 1992 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 3–2 Dumbarton East End Park
Grant   13'
French   26'
Cooper   37'
Docherty   10'
Mooney   72'
Attendance: 2,832
Referee: M Pocock
3 October 1992 First Division Dumbarton 3–2 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
McQuade   30'
McAneney   68'
Foster   69'
Coughlin   39'
McLeod   72'
Attendance: 550
Referee: H Dallas
10 October 1992 First Division Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Lawrie   50' Mooney   64' (pen)
Gibson   85'
Attendance: 475
17 October 1992 First Division Dumbarton 4–2 St Mirren Boghead Park
Gibson   4'
McAneney   42', 43'
McQuade   88'
McDowall   32'
Charnley   53'
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: D Syme
24 October 1992 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
McQuade   10' Attendance: 716
31 October 1992 First Division Raith Rovers 4–1 Dumbarton Starks Park
Dalziel   1', 89'
McStay   15'
Nicholl   21'
Martin   9' Attendance: 1,990
Referee: M Clark
7 November 1992 First Division Morton 1–2 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Johnstone   50' McQuade   41'
Mooney   43'
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: J McCluskey
14 November 1992 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Mooney   34'
Martin   46'
McQuade   83'
Wilson   76' Attendance: 1,362
21 November 1992 First Division Ayr United 5–3 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Traynor   6'
Robertson   10'
Mair   48' (pen), 67', 89'
Gibson   44'
Mooney   50', 73' (pen)
Attendance: 1,317
Referee: J McGinlay
28 November 1992 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Hamilton Boghead Park
Mooney   21'
McQuade  
Clark   11'
McDonald   50' (pen)
Attendance: 843
Referee: W Crombie
1 December 1992 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Wilson   18' Attendance: 624
Referee: E Martindale
8 December 1992 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
McCathie   63' Attendance: 1,154
Referee: J Fulton
12 December 1992 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Mitchell   42', 75'
Lawrie   83'
Attendance: 716
18 December 1992 First Division Kilmarnock 1–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Campbell   55' Attendance: 3,591
26 December 1992 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Morton Boghead Park
Meechan   46'
McQuade   47'
Boyd  
Mathie   85' (pen) Attendance: 1,456
Referee: W Young
2 January 1993 First Division Clydebank 3–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Henry   46', 90'
Flannigan   72'
Boyd   52' Attendance: 1,368
27 January 1993 First Division Meadowbank Thistle 3–3 Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium
Rae   13'
Rutherford   66', 67'
Boag   21'
Mooney  
Gow   86'
Attendance: 244
Referee: J Fulton
30 January 1993 First Division St Mirren 2–1 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Baillie   53'
Hewitt   56'
Gibson   55' Attendance: 2,453
Referee: D McVicar
6 February 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Raith Rovers Boghead Park
Mooney   Brewster   9'
Dalziel   88' (pen)
Attendance: 1,201
Referee: W Young
13 February 1993 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Mooney   80' Attendance: 2,346
Referee: W Crombie
20 February 1993 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Dumbarton East End Park
Grant   45'
Chambers   47'
Foster   44'
McAneney   69'
Attendance: 2,542
Referee: W Innes
23 February 1993 First Division Cowdenbeath 0–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McAneney   42'
McQuade   86'
Attendance: 222
Referee: J Herald
27 February 1993 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Ayr United Boghead Park
Boyd   28'
Mooney  
Attendance: 988
Referee: R Tait
6 March 1993 First Division Hamilton 1–1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Clark   86' McQuade   67' Attendance: 1,261
Referee: L Mottram
9 March 1993 First Division Stirling Albion 1–0 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McCallum   80' Attendance: 418
Referee: W Morrison
13 March 1993 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 St Mirren Boghead Park
Boyd   70'
McQuade  
Baillie   22' Attendance: 1,558
Referee: D Hope
20 March 1993 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Clydebank Boghead Park
Flannigan   75'
Hay   78'
Attendance: 1,035
Referee: J Kelly
27 March 1993 First Division Morton 2–1 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Gahagan   35'
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   23', 48' Attendance: 4,893
17 April 1993 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Hamilton Boghead Park
McQuade   41'
Meechan   75'
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   8' 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   65'
Duthie  
Mooney   Attendance: 234
Referee: J Timmons

Skol Cup

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11 August 1992 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–5 Rangers Hampden Park
Durrant   40'
Gordon   44'
Hateley   47'
McCoist   54'
Mikhailitchenko  
Attendance: 11,090
Referee: W Morrison
Man of the Match: 79

B&Q Cup

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29 September 1992 Challenge Cup R1 Dumbarton 0–3 Hamilton Boghead Park
Clark   9'
McDonald   65'
Reid   77'
Attendance: 634
Referee: D Hope

Tennant's Scottish Cup

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10 January 1993 Cup round 3 Dundee 2–0 Dumbarton Dens Park
Wieghorst  
Dodds   (pen)
Attendance: 4,290
Referee: C Ross
25 July 1992 First Round Dumbarton 3–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Gibson   29'
Cowell   48'
Gilmour   52'
Crawford   84' Referee: W Innes
3 May 1993 Semi-final Falkirk 4–2 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Simpson   
Traynor  
Taggart  
McQuade   

Pre-season/Other Matches

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22 July 1992 Friendly Dumbarton 0–1 Wolves Boghead Park
Roberts   2' Referee: E Martindale
27 July 1992 Friendly Dumbarton 0–0 Chester Boghead Park
Referee: D Black

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: RSSSF and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Ian MacFarlane 43 0 40+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Mike Monaghan 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO John Boyd 39 5 35+2 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Alan Foster 21 2 15+5 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Stevie Gow 40 1 38+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Martin Melvin 45 0 42+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Fraser Wishart 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO John Boag (footballer, born 1965) 8 1 6+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Cowell 9 0 0+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Dempsey 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Robert Docherty 33 1 26+6 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Willie Furphy 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Marsland 41 0 37+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Martin 43 2 40+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Bobby McConville 25 0 17+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO D McDonald 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Martin McGarvey 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Meechan 37 2 27+7 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Mark Nelson 21 1 9+9 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Tony Speirs 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO John Young 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Charlie Gibson 44 7 36+6 7 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Gilmour 5 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Mike McAnenay 39 6 27+11 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO John McQuade 43 15 38+2 15 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Martin Mooney 35 12 27+7 12 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Andy Willock 10 0 1+7 0 0+1 0 0+1 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 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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1993-94. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1992-1993 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1993-94. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
  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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