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1994–95 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1994–95 was the 111th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 89th time, the Scottish Cup for the 100th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 48th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fifth time.

Dumbarton
1994–1995 season
ManagerMurdo MacLeod
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 22nd
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
B&Q CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Mooney (17)
All: Martin Mooney (17)
Highest home attendance1,369
Lowest home attendance554
Average home league attendance925

Overview

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Dumbarton began the league season in the newly structured Division 2 (and the first season where 3 points would be awarded for a win) as one of the favourites to take the title, however things did not begin well with only one win being taken from the first 5 games. However, by the end of the year, results had taken them back into the challenging pack, and by the beginning of March, had broken clear to take the lead. This Dumbarton would hold until the final 3 games. Then a poor draw against Queen of the South saw them replaced at the top by Morton. The next game against a strong Morton side was lost, as was the title, meaning that only a win in the final game away against Stirling Albion would secure promotion. This was done, not without a few nervous moments, and Division 1 football for next season was the prize.

In the national cup competitions, however, for the third year in a row, success was extinguished at the first attempt. In the Scottish Cup Stirling Albion would advance in Dumbarton's place in the first round, after a drawn match.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Hearts defeated Dumbarton easily in the second round.

And it was a fifth straight first round defeat in the B&Q Cup - this time to St Johnstone.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the story was no better, with two qualifying defeats to Falkirk and Stirling Albion.

Finally there was success in the Stirling Sixes tournament played in September at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling. After sectional wins over Falkirk (4-0) and Alloa Athletic (1-0) and a draw against Clydebank (1-1), Dumbarton defeated Stenhousemuir 2-0 in the final.

Results & fixtures

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

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Main article: 1994–95 Scottish Second Division
13 August 1994 Second Division Queen of the South 4–1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Bryce  39'  (pen)
McGuire  
McLaren  		 Mooney  Attendance: 1,389
Referee: T Brown
20 August 1994 Second Division Stirling Albion 1–1 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
McLeod   58' Mooney   78' (pen) Attendance: 715
Referee: J McCluskey
27 August 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Morton Boghead Park
Mooney   70'
Ward   88'		 Lilley   7' Attendance: 1,168
Referee: J Smith
3 September 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Wilson   35' Attendance: 644
Referee: J Young
10 September 1994 Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Banks   52' Attendance: 533
Referee: G Forrest
24 September 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Clyde Boghead Park
Boyd   15', 90' McGill   3' Attendance: 776
1 October 1994 Second Division Brechin City 1–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Brand   Martin  
McGarvey   78'		 Attendance: 427
8 October 1994 Second Division East Fife 2–3 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Scott  
Beaton  		 Mooney   44' (pen)
Gibson   		 Attendance: 795
15 October 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Mooney   77' (pen) Steel  
Fisher  		 Attendance: 601
22 October 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 0–0 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Attendance: 725
29 October 1994 Second Division Morton 1–0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Alexander   Attendance: 1,429
5 November 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
McKinnon   18' Attendance: 778
12 November 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Mooney   75'
King   81'
McGarvey   90'		 Irvine  
Hawke  		 Attendance: 733
19 November 1994 Second Division Meadowbank Thistle 0–0 Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 210
26 November 1994 Second Division Clyde 3–1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
McAulay   
McCluskey  		 Mooney   Attendance: 1,102
3 December 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 6–0 Brechin City Boghead Park
McGarvey   
McKinnon  
Mooney  
King  
Campbell  		 Attendance: 554
26 December 1994 Second Division Dumbarton 4–0 East Fife Boghead Park
Mooney  
Ward  
McGarvey  
Meechan  		 Attendance: 862
31 December 1994 Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–0 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Steel   Attendance: 638
14 January 1995 Second Division Queen of the South 0–0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,066
21 January 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Mooney  
Ward  		 Tait   63'
Drinkell   77'		 Attendance: 700
24 January 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Morton Boghead Park
Ward  
Gibson  		 Rajamaki   Attendance: 1,307
4 February 1995 Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Neill   25' Gibson   60'
Meechan   90'		 Attendance: 508
11 February 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 4–0 Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park
Mooney   8'
Ward   16'
Gibson   33'
McGarvey   57'		 Attendance: 749
18 February 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Clyde Boghead Park
Martin   17'
Mooney  		 Angus   24' (pen)
Parks  		 Attendance: 1,183
25 February 1995 Second Division Brechin City 0–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Attendance: 480
4 March 1995 Second Division East Fife 0–2 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Ward   45', 89' Attendance: 662
14 March 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 5–1 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Mooney  
Ward    
McKinnon  		 Donaldson   Attendance: 1,132
21 March 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Ward   Attendance: 1,012
25 March 1995 Second Division Meadowbank Thistle 1–0 Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium
Young   22' Attendance: 389
1 April 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 4–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Mooney   8', 23'
Meechan   44'
Fabiani   48'		 McKellar   82' Attendance: 1,103
8 April 1995 Second Division Clyde 1–0 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
McCluskey   42' Attendance: 1,189
Referee: G Evans
15 April 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Fife Boghead Park
Mooney   3' (pen)
McKinnon   90'		 Attendance: 1,253
Referee: A Roy
22 April 1995 Second Division Stenhousemuir 0–0 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Attendance: 989
Referee: Mr Taylor
29 April 1995 Second Division Dumbarton 2–2 Queen of the South Boghead Park
Meechan   26'
Mooney  		 Marsland   (OG)
McKeown  		 Attendance: 1,369
6 May 1995 Second Division Morton 2–0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Lilley   64' (pen)
Rajamaki   88'		 Attendance: 6,242
Referee: M Clark
13 May 1995 Second Division Stirling Albion 0–2 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Ward   54'
Gibson  		 Attendance: 3,003
Referee: W Crombie

Coca-Cola League Cup

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Main article: 1994–95 Scottish League Cup
16 August 1994 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–4 Heart of Midlothian Boghead Park
Millar   20'
Robertson   30'
Johnston   46', 69'		 Attendance: 1,412
Referee: E Martindale

B&Q Cup

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Main article: 1994–95 Scottish Challenge Cup
17 September 1994 Challenge Cup round 1 Dumbarton 2–4 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Campbell    90' Ramsay   24'
O'Boyle   44' 
Davenport  		 Attendance: 961

Tennant's Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1994–95 Scottish Cup
17 December 1994 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 3–3 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Ward   
McKinnon  		 Watters  
Mitchell  
Tait  		 Attendance: 794
Man of the Match: H Ward
19 December 1994 Cup round 1 Stirling Albion 3–0 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Taggart   
McInnes  		 Attendance: 727

Stirlingshire Cup

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1 August 1994 Group stage Falkirk 2–1 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Henderson  
Shaw  		 Gibson   Referee: D Somers
8 August 1994 Group stage Dumbarton 2–4 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Gibson  
Ward   90'		 McLeod   24', 44', 72'
McInnes   39'

Pre-season/Other Matches

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31 July 1994 Friendly Queen's Park 4–1 Dumbarton Lesser Hampden
McCormick   39'
Graham   78' 
Rodden  		 Martin   Referee: I Hutchison
6 August 1994 Friendly Vale of Leven 1–0 Dumbarton Millburn Park
Morrison   4' (pen)

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C, P) 36 18 10 8 55 33 +22 64 Promotion to the First Division
2 Dumbarton (P) 36 17 9 10 57 35 +22 60
3 Stirling Albion 36 17 7 12 54 43 +11 58
4 Stenhousemuir 36 14 14 8 46 39 +7 56
5 Berwick Rangers 36 15 10 11 52 46 +6 55
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Burridge 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Peter Dennison 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
GK   SCO Ian MacFarlane 37 0 33+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO John Boyd 13 2 10+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Roland Fabiani 31 1 27+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Alan Foster 6 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Stevie Gow 33 0 30+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Jim Hamilton 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Martin Melvin 20 0 16+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Gerry Farrell 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Toby King 28 2 25+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Marsland 32 0 29+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Paul Martin 29 2 28+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Bobby McConville 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Martin McGarvey 34 6 23+7 6 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Murdo MacLeod 27 0 24+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Jim Meechan 31 4 25+3 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Calum Campbell 18 3 4+10 1 0+1 0 0+1 2 1+1 0
FW   SCO Stephen Dallas 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Charlie Gibson 29 6 21+5 6 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Mike Hendry 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Colin McKinnon 31 5 25+4 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Martin Mooney 40 17 33+3 17 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Steve Mooney 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Hugh Ward 37 14 24+9 12 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 2

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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 9 wins and 4 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

Trivia

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  • The League match against East Fife on 8 October marked Stevie Gow's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 22nd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The Scottish Cup match against Stirling Albion on 19 December marked Martin Mooney's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 108th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The previous season had seen the SFA permit a specialist goalkeeper to be named on the substitutes bench, and it was Peter Dennison who was Dumbarton's first ever goalkeeper substitution during the B&Q Cup match on 17 September against St Johnstone. Dennison was also the club's youngest ever player at 16 years and 79 days.
  • The signing of John Burridge following an injury to Dumbarton's first choice keeper, Ian MacFarlane was to set a new record for the oldest player to make an appearance for the club - 42 years and 312 days.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1996-97. The Scottish Football League. 1997.
  2. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1995-96. The Scottish Football League. 1996.
  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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