1981–82 Dumbarton F.C. season
1981–1982 season | |||
Manager | Billy Lamont | ||
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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) | ||
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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
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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29 August 1981 | East Stirling | H | 0-3 | 400 | |
5 September 1981 | Queen of the South | A | 4-0 | Coyle,J;Montgomerie;Blair;Brown | 1,000 |
12 September 1981 | Clydebank | H | 1-3 | Montgomerie | 1,000 |
16 September 1981 | Raith Rovers | A | 3-1 | Brown;Coyle,J(2) | |
19 September 1981 | Motherwell | H | 0-6 | 1,000 | |
23 September 1981 | Queen's Park | A | 0-3 | ||
26 September 1981 | Hearts | A | 1-2 | Donnelly | 3,627 |
30 September 1981 | Ayr United | A | 2-3 | Dunlop;Coyle,T | |
3 October 1981 | St Johnstone | H | 2-1 | McGowan,P;Rankin | 500 |
10 October 1981 | Hamilton | H | 1-2 | Brown | 350 |
17 October 1981 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2-2 | Blair;Dunlop | 1,994 |
24 October 1981 | Kilmarnock | H | 0-2 | 800 | |
31 October 1981 | Falkirk | A | 1-1 | Dunlop | 2,500 |
7 November 1981 | Queen of the South | H | 1-0 | McGowan,P | 400 |
14 November 1981 | East Stirling | A | 1-1 | Donnelly | 1,500 |
21 November 1981 | Raith Rovers | H | 1-1 | Coyle,J | |
28 November 1981 | Hearts | H | 3-1 | Blair;McGowan,P;Dunlop | 1,200 |
5 December 1981 | St Johnstone | A | 2-5 | Blair;Kenny | 1,776 |
30 January 1982 | Kilmarnock | A | 0-0 | 1,350 | |
6 February 1982 | Falkirk | H | 3-1 | Montgomerie;Coyle,J;Brown | 450 |
17 February 1982 | Clydebank | A | 0-3 | ||
20 February 1982 | St Johnstone | H | 2-0 | Donnelly;Montgomerie | 400 |
23 February 1982 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0-1 | ||
27 February 1982 | East Stirling | A | 2-2 | Blair, McGowan,M | 300 |
3 March 1982 | Motherwell | A | 1-1 | Brown | 2,022 |
6 March 1982 | Ayr United | H | 3-1 | Gallacher;Blair;Brown | 500 |
13 March 1982 | Clydebank | H | 0-2 | 700 | |
20 March 1982 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0-0 | 1,500 | |
27 March 1982 | Queen's Park | A | 0-3 | 732 | |
3 April 1982 | Raith Rovers | H | 0-2 | 300 | |
7 April 1982 | Ayr United | H | 3-1 | Donnelly(2);Montgomerie | 282 |
10 April 1982 | Motherwell | A | 0-1 | 2,742 | |
14 April 1982 | Queen's Park | H | 1-0 | Craig | 450 |
17 April 1982 | Queen of the South | A | 3-1 | Craig;Blair;McNeil | 250 |
21 April 1982 | Hamilton | A | 0-0 | ||
24 April 1982 | Kilmarnock | H | 0-2 | 800 | |
1 May 1982 | Hearts | A | 5-2 | McGowan,P;Dunlop(3);Coyle,J | 4,861 |
8 May 1982 | Falkirk | H | 1-0 | Donnelly | |
15 May 1982 | Hamilton | A | 0-1 | 700 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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24 January 1982 | 3 | Partick Thistle | A | 2-1 | Coyle,J;Donnelly | 4,000 |
13 February 1982 | 4 | Rangers | A | 0-4 | 15,000 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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8 August 1981 | P | Cowdenbeath | A | 0-2 | 368 | |
12 August 1981 | P | Queen of the South | H | 1-0 | Blair | 386 |
15 August 1981 | P | Brechin City | A | 1-2 | Blair | 500 |
19 August 1981 | P | Queen of the South | A | 2-3 | Mailer;Campbell | |
22 August 1981 | P | Cowdenbeath | H | 3-0 | Blair;Mailer;Rankin | 500 |
26 August 1981 | P | Brechin City | H | 1-3 | Gallacher |
Stirlingshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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27 October 1981 | 1 | East Stirling | A | 5-4 | Blair(3);McGowan,P;Coyle,J | |
21 January 1982 | SF | Clydebank | H | 2-1 | Montgomerie(2) | 123 |
10 May 1982 | F | Alloa Athletic | A | 1-1* | Donnelly |
* - lost on penalties
Other Matches
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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1 August 1981 | Cumbernauld United | H | 3-0 | Blair(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 |
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Steve Armstrong | FW | 0(2) | |
Raymond Blair | FW | 44(3) | 11 |
Ally Brown | FW | 28(8) | 6 |
John Cameron | FW | 1 | |
Rob Campbell | DF | 20(2) | 1 |
Tom Carson | GK | 47 | |
Mark Clougherty | MF | 24(2) | |
Joe Coyle | FW | 40(3) | 6 |
Tommy Coyle | MF | 46 | 1 |
Albert Craig | MF | 9(4) | 2 |
John Donnelly | FW | 35(6) | 7 |
Mick Dunlop | FW | 32 | 7 |
Alistair Edmiston | MF | 1 | |
John Gallacher | MF | 40 | 2 |
Dave Kenny | FW | 0(1) | 1 |
John Mailer | FW | 2(3) | 2 |
D McGeoch | FW | 2 | |
Martin McGowan | DF | 27(3) | 1 |
Pat McGowan | FW | 20 | 4 |
Ally MacLeod | MF | 8 | |
Donald McNeil | MF | 19(3) | 1 |
Ally McRoberts | FW | 5(4) | |
Ray Montgomerie | DF | 17(4) | 5 |
Mike Rankin | FW | 15(17) | 2 |
Graeme Sinclair | MF | 32(2) | |
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.