1984–85 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1984–1985 season

Manager

Davie Wilson

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish Premier League

9th

Scottish Cup

Third Round

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Joe Coyle (7)
All: Joe Coyle (9)

← 1983–84

1985–86 →

Season 1984–85 was the 108th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 78th time, the Scottish Cup for the 90th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 38th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's return to the top tier of Scottish league football for the first time in a decade was to be shortlived. At the end of the year, it was looking likely that survival might be achieved, being 6 points clear of the relegation zone, however with only a win and a draw being taken from the last 15 matches, Dumbarton finished in 9th place and relegated to the First Division for next season.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to First Division Motherwell in the third round - the team who would replace them in the Premier Division at the end of the season.

The League Cup format reverted to straight knock-out, and after a first round win over Queen of the South, Dumbarton lost to fellow Premier Division opponents Dundee United.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, after a win on penalties over Falkirk in the first round, a reversal of rolls was the case in the semi final in a disappointing 'penalties' semi final defeat to East Stirling.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1984	Morton	A	1-2	Robertson	2,500
18 August 1984	Rangers	H	1-2	Craig	10,000
25 August 1984	Dundee	H	2-1	Coyle,J(2)
1 September 1984	Hearts	A	0-1		6,914
8 September 1984	Celtic	H	1-1	Coyle,J	8,416
15 September 1984	Hibernian	A	3-2	Coyle,T;Coyle,J(2)	3,642
22 September 1984	Aberdeen	H	0-2		4,000
29 September 1984	St Mirren	H	0-1		2,520
6 October 1984	Dundee United	A	0-1		5,852
13 October 1984	Morton	H	3-1	Kay;Craig;Coyle,J	2,000
20 October 1984	Rangers	A	0-0		16,521
27 October 1984	Dundee	A	1-1	Ashwood
3 November 1984	Hearts	H	0-1		2,706
10 November 1984	Celtic	A	0-2		13,701
17 November 1984	Hibernian	H	2-2	Craig;McGowan,P	2,003
24 November 1984	Aberdeen	A	0-1		13,200
1 December 1984	St Mirren	A	0-0		2,450
8 December 1984	Dundee United	H	2-2	Bourke;Crawley	1,524
15 December 1984	Morton	A	4-2	Coyle,T;Bourke(2);Simpson	2,000
29 December 1984	Rangers	H	2-4	Coyle,J;Simpson	7,800
1 January 1985	Dundee	H	1-0	Craig
5 January 1985	Hearts	A	1-5	McNeil	7,571
19 January 1985	Hibernian	A	1-3	Kay	7,421
2 February 1985	Aberdeen	H	0-2		3,500
9 February 1985	St Mirren	H	1-1	Kay	1,684
23 February 1985	Dundee United	A	0-4		5,693
2 March 1985	Rangers	A	1-3	Coyle,T	8,424
16 March 1985	Morton	H	1-0	Simpson	900
23 March 1985	Hearts	H	1-3	Bourke	2,207
3 April 1985	Celtic	H	0-2		7,000
6 April 1985	Hibernian	H	0-2		5,064
13 April 1985	Dundee	A	0-1		3,386
20 April 1985	Aberdeen	A	0-4		12,500
27 April 1985	Dundee United	H	0-2		818
4 May 1985	St Mirren	A	0-1		2,646
11 May 1985	Celtic	A	0-2		6,514

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 January 1985	3	Motherwell	A	0-4		2,852

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 1984	1	Queen of the South	A	2-1	Coyle,J(2)
29 August 1984	2	Dundee United	H	0-4		2,500

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 October 1984	1	Falkirk	A	1-1*	Craig
5 May 1985	SF	East Stirling	A	0-0

* - won on penalties
- lost on penalties

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 February 1985	Kilmarnock	A	5-3	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 23 players for the 39 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Tom Coyle and Alan Kay were best by appearing in all of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Gordon Arthur	GK	38
Kenny Ashwood	FW	21(7)	1
John Bourke	FW	27(2)	4
Rob Campbell	DF	0(1)
Mark Clougherty	MF	31
Joe Coyle	FW	31(7)	9
Tommy Coyle	MF	37(2)	3
Albert Craig	MF	38	5
Gerry Crawley	FW	17(5)	1
Harry Curran	MF	0(2)
Alan Kay	MF	39	3
Stuart MacIver	FW	1(2)
Steve McCahill	MF	27(1)
Dave McCaig	MF	0(3)
Martin McGowan	DF	30
Pat McGowan	FW	13(2)	1
Dougie McNab	GK	1
Donald McNeil	MF	27(3)	1
Ray Montgomerie	DF	6
Allan Moore	FW	1(3)
Stuart Robertson	MF	23(2)	1
Jim Simpson	MF	16(12)	3
Graeme Sinclair	MF	5

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Premier Reserve League, winning 4 and drawing 5 of 36 matches finishing 10th of 10.

In the Reserve League Cup Dumbarton lost in the second round to Aberdeen and in the Second XI Cup lost out to Motherwell in the first round.

References

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

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1984–85 Dumbarton F.C. season

Overview

Results

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Stirlingshire Cup

Other Matches

Appearances

Reserve Team

See also

References

External links