1981–82 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1981–1982 season
Manager Billy Lamont
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 11th
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Raymond Blair (8)
All: Raymond Blair (11)

Season 1981–82 was the 105th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 75th time, the Scottish Cup for the 87th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 35th time.

Overview

For the seventh year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and with another new manager in place - Billy Lamont - hopes were high to see if promotion could finally be won. Unfortunately, despite a few excellent results, including wins over Hearts, the campaign was a disappointment, and although relegation was never a real threat, an 11th place finish with 35 points was all that was achieved, 26 behind champions Motherwell.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton again began well by beating Premier Division opponents, this time Partick Thistle, in the third round but lost out to a powerful Rangers side in the next round.

The League Cup was a bit of a disaster. The format reverted to sectional games for qualification to the latter stages, and Dumbarton could only manage two home wins from six games, from what was 'on paper' an easy section.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton almost retained the cup , but lost out on penalties to Alloa in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 August 1981East StirlingH0-3400
5 September 1981Queen of the SouthA4-0Coyle,J;Montgomerie;Blair;Brown1,000
12 September 1981ClydebankH1-3Montgomerie1,000
16 September 1981Raith RoversA3-1Brown;Coyle,J(2)
19 September 1981MotherwellH0-61,000
23 September 1981Queen's ParkA0-3
26 September 1981HeartsA1-2Donnelly3,627
30 September 1981Ayr UnitedA2-3Dunlop;Coyle,T
3 October 1981St JohnstoneH2-1McGowan,P;Rankin500
10 October 1981HamiltonH1-2Brown350
17 October 1981Dunfermline AthleticA2-2Blair;Dunlop1,994
24 October 1981KilmarnockH0-2800
31 October 1981FalkirkA1-1Dunlop2,500
7 November 1981Queen of the SouthH1-0McGowan,P400
14 November 1981East StirlingA1-1Donnelly1,500
21 November 1981Raith RoversH1-1Coyle,J
28 November 1981HeartsH3-1Blair;McGowan,P;Dunlop1,200
5 December 1981St JohnstoneA2-5Blair;Kenny1,776
30 January 1982KilmarnockA0-01,350
6 February 1982FalkirkH3-1Montgomerie;Coyle,J;Brown450
17 February 1982ClydebankA0-3
20 February 1982St JohnstoneH2-0Donnelly;Montgomerie400
23 February 1982Dunfermline AthleticH0-1
27 February 1982East StirlingA2-2Blair, McGowan,M300
3 March 1982MotherwellA1-1Brown2,022
6 March 1982Ayr UnitedH3-1Gallacher;Blair;Brown500
13 March 1982ClydebankH0-2700
20 March 1982Dunfermline AthleticA0-01,500
27 March 1982Queen's ParkA0-3732
3 April 1982Raith RoversH0-2300
7 April 1982Ayr UnitedH3-1Donnelly(2);Montgomerie282
10 April 1982MotherwellA0-12,742
14 April 1982Queen's ParkH1-0Craig450
17 April 1982Queen of the SouthA3-1Craig;Blair;McNeil250
21 April 1982HamiltonA0-0
24 April 1982KilmarnockH0-2800
1 May 1982HeartsA5-2McGowan,P;Dunlop(3);Coyle,J4,861
8 May 1982FalkirkH1-0Donnelly
15 May 1982HamiltonA0-1700

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
24 January 19823Partick ThistleA2-1Coyle,J;Donnelly4,000
13 February 19824RangersA0-415,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 August 1981PCowdenbeathA0-2368
12 August 1981PQueen of the SouthH1-0Blair386
15 August 1981PBrechin CityA1-2Blair500
19 August 1981PQueen of the SouthA2-3Mailer;Campbell
22 August 1981PCowdenbeathH3-0Blair;Mailer;Rankin500
26 August 1981PBrechin CityH1-3Gallacher

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
27 October 19811East StirlingA5-4Blair(3);McGowan,P;Coyle,J
21 January 1982SFClydebankH2-1Montgomerie(2)123
10 May 1982FAlloa AthleticA1-1*Donnelly

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 August 1981Cumbernauld UnitedH3-0Blair(3)

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Raymond Blair and Tom Carson were best by appearing in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Steve Armstrong FW 0(2)
Scotland Raymond Blair FW 44(3)11
Scotland Ally Brown FW 28(8)6
Scotland John Cameron FW 1
Scotland Rob Campbell DF 20(2)1
Scotland Tom Carson GK 47
Scotland Mark Clougherty MF 24(2)
Scotland Joe Coyle FW 40(3)6
Scotland Tommy Coyle MF 461
Scotland Albert Craig MF 9(4)2
Scotland John Donnelly FW 35(6)7
Scotland Mick Dunlop FW 327
Scotland Alistair Edmiston MF 1
Scotland John Gallacher MF 402
Scotland Dave Kenny FW 0(1)1
Scotland John Mailer FW 2(3)2
Scotland D McGeoch FW 2
Scotland Martin McGowan DF 27(3)1
Scotland Pat McGowan FW 204
Scotland Ally MacLeod MF 8
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 19(3)1
Scotland Ally McRoberts FW 5(4)
Scotland Ray Montgomerie DF 17(4)5
Scotland Mike Rankin FW 15(17)2
Scotland Graeme Sinclair MF 32(2)
Scotland Ian Wotherspoon FW 1

International

Graeme Sinclair was selected to play for Scotland in a 'semi-pro' international tournament involving teams from England, Holland and Italy.

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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