1988–89 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1988–1989 season

Manager

Bertie Auld/ Jim George

Stadium

Boghead Park, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division 2

12th

Scottish Cup

Third Round

Scottish League Cup

Second Round

Top goalscorer

League: Stuart MacIver (13)
All: Stuart MacIver (16)

Highest home attendance

800

Lowest home attendance

341

Average home league attendance

490

← 1987–88

1989–90 →

Season 1988–89 was the 112th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 82nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 94th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 42nd time.

Overview

Dumbarton's descent into the lower reaches of league football continued with a 12th-place finish - just two away from the bottom - their worst performance for over 50 years. The loss of Owen Coyle was a huge blow and with a change in manager and a sizeable turnover in playing staff, conditions were never going to be the best.

In the Scottish Cup, for the first time in many years, Dumbarton would start their campaign in the first round, and it would be two struggles to see off Highland League opposition, before Celtic were to prove too much in the third round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division St Mirren were to be the victors in the second round.

Locally, Dumbarton's grip on the Stirlingshire Cup was fairly easily released with a disappointing first round defeat by East Stirlingshire.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1988	East Fife	H	3-1	Docherty(2);McQuade,J	400
20 September 1988	Stenhousemuir	A	1-3	Duncan	477
27 August 1988	Queen's Park	H	0-3		500
3 September 1988	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	McQuade,J	300
10 September 1988	Stranraer	H	0-2		450
17 September 1988	Brechin City	A	1-1	Rooney	430
24 September 1988	Alloa Athletic	H	1-1	Rooney	500
1 October 1988	Berwick Rangers	A	0-1		320
8 October 1988	Arbroath	H	1-4	McGowan	350
15 October 1988	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	MacIver	700
22 October 1988	Cowdenbeath	A	0-2		350
29 October 1988	East Stirling	H	3-0	Docherty(2);Duncan	400
5 November 1988	Montrose	A	1-1	MacIver	350
12 November 1988	Stenhousemuir	H	0-2		500
19 November 1988	East Fife	A	1-1	MacIver	558
26 November 1988	Stranraer	A	2-2	MacIver;McCahill	850
13 December 1988	Brechin City	H	0-2		570
17 December 1988	Alloa Athletic	A	0-2		563
24 December 1988	Montrose	H	3-2	Spence;McQuade,J;Doyle	400
31 December 1988	East Stirling	A	1-0	McQuade,J	250
3 January 1989	Queen's Park	A	1-2	Robertson	832
21 January 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-1	Cairney	620
31 January 1989	Cowdenbeath	H	3-0	McQuade,A;MacIver;Docherty	470
4 February 1989	Arbroath	A	1-1	Docherty	404
18 February 1989	East Fife	H	4-0	McQuade,J;MacIver(2);Docherty	400
25 February 1989	Stranraer	A	1-1	Quinn	850
4 March 1989	Cowdenbeath	A	1-1	MacIver	300
7 March 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	2-2	MacIver(2)	341
11 March 1989	Queen's Park	H	1-0	Spence	600
25 March 1989	East Stirling	A	0-1		300
28 March 1989	Montrose	H	2-0	Wharton;MacIver	400
1 April 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-3	Spence	634
4 April 1989	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Robertson	600
8 April 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	0-4		550
15 April 1989	Brechin City	H	1-0	Quinn	500
22 April 1989	Albion Rovers	A	0-2		840
29 April 1989	Arbroath	A	3-1	MacIver;Quinn(2)	347
6 May 1989	Stenhousemuir	H	2-0	MacIver;Douglas	600
13 May 1989	Alloa Athletic	H	0-2		800

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 December 1988	1	Inverness Thistle	A	0-0		900
10 December 1988	1R	Inverness Thistle	H	2-1	Cairney;MacIver	1,000
7 January 1989	2	Elgin City	A	2-2	McQuade,J;McGowan	2,074
14 January 1989	2R	Elgin City	H	4-2	Cairney;MacIver(2);McQuade,J	1,000
28 January 1989	3	Celtic	A	0-2		24,844

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 August 1988	2	St Mirren	H	1-3	McQuade,J	3,800

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 April 1989	1	East Stirling	H	0-2

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 August 1988	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 31 players for the 45 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Pat McGowan was best by appearing in 39 of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Billy Blackie	FW	5(4)
Pat Cairney	MF	33	3
Willie Cairns	DF	10(4)
Dom Callan	DF	5(1)
Owen Coyle	MF	4
Craig Cranmer	DF	8
Gary Dickie	MF	11
Robert Docherty	MF	34(4)	7
Craig Douglas	MF	0(10)	1
Gerry Doyle	DF	22(6)
Jamie Doyle	MF	14(3)	1
Graham Duncan	FW	17(5)	2
George Elliot	FW	10(5)
Derek English	MF	0(1)
Dave Fulton	MF	8
Stevie Gow	DF	18(4)
Stuart MacIver	FW	32	16
Dave Martin	MF	9
Steve McCahill	MF	27	1
Ian McDougall	MF	4(2)
Pat McGowan	FW	39	2
Iain McKinlay	MF	1
Andy McQuade	MF	21	1
John McQuade	FW	29(9)	8
Paul Quinn	FW	15	4
Stuart Robertson	FW	26(4)	2
Benny Rooney	FW	4	2
Colin Spence	MF	22	3
Hugh Stevenson	GK	18
Boyd Strachan	GK	27
Peter Wharton	DF	22	1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), but withdrew after 18 games due to financial constraints.

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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1988–89 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