1994–95 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1994–1995 Murdo MacLeod Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 2nd Scottish Cup First Round Scottish League Cup Second Round B&Q Cup First Round Martin Mooney (17) Martin Mooney (17) 1,369 554 925 1993–94 1995–96 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. Overview 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 Scottish Football League Review 1996-97 The Scottish Football League 1997#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 1994–95 Scottish Second Division L 1 13 August 1994 Second Division 4–1 Queen of the South Dumbarton Bryce39penMcGuire McLaren Mooney Palmerston Park 1,389 T Brown D 1 20 August 1994 Second Division 1–1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton McLeod 58 Mooney 78 pen Forthbank Stadium 715 J McCluskey W 1 27 August 1994 Second Division 2–1 Dumbarton Morton Mooney 70Ward 88 Lilley 7 Boghead Park 1,168 J Smith L 1 3 September 1994 Second Division 0–1 Dumbarton Meadowbank Thistle Wilson 35 Boghead Park 644 J Young L 1 10 September 1994 Second Division 1–0 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Banks 52 Shielfield Park 533 G Forrest W 1 24 September 1994 Second Division 2–1 Dumbarton Clyde Boyd 15 90 McGill 3 Boghead Park 776 W 1 1 October 1994 Second Division 1–2 Brechin City Dumbarton Brand Martin McGarvey 78 Glebe Park, Brechin 427 W 1 8 October 1994 Second Division 2–3 East Fife Dumbarton Scott Beaton Mooney 44 penGibson Bayview Stadium 795 L 1 15 October 1994 Second Division 1–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Mooney 77 pen Steel Fisher Boghead Park 601 D 1 22 October 1994 Second Division 0–0 Dumbarton Queen of the South Boghead Park 725 L 1 29 October 1994 Second Division 1–0 Morton Dumbarton Alexander Cappielow Park 1,429 W 1 5 November 1994 Second Division 1–0 Dumbarton Stirling Albion McKinnon 18 Boghead Park 778 W 1 12 November 1994 Second Division 3–2 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Mooney 75King 81McGarvey 90 Irvine Hawke Boghead Park 733 D 1 19 November 1994 Second Division 0–0 Meadowbank Thistle Dumbarton Meadowbank Stadium 210 L 1 26 November 1994 Second Division 3–1 Clyde Dumbarton McAulay McCluskey Mooney Broadwood Stadium 1,102 W 1 3 December 1994 Second Division 6–0 Dumbarton Brechin City McGarvey McKinnon Mooney King Campbell Boghead Park 554 W 1 26 December 1994 Second Division 4–0 Dumbarton East Fife Mooney Ward McGarvey Meechan Boghead Park 862 L 1 31 December 1994 Second Division 1–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Steel Ochilview Park 638 D 1 14 January 1995 Second Division 0–0 Queen of the South Dumbarton Palmerston Park 1,066 D 1 21 January 1995 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Mooney Ward Tait 63Drinkell 77 Boghead Park 700 W 1 24 January 1995 Second Division 2–1 Dumbarton Morton Ward Gibson Rajamaki Boghead Park 1,307 W 1 4 February 1995 Second Division 1–2 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Neill 25 Gibson 60Meechan 90 Shielfield Park 508 W 1 11 February 1995 Second Division 4–0 Dumbarton Meadowbank Thistle Mooney 8Ward 16Gibson 33McGarvey 57 Boghead Park 749 D 1 18 February 1995 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Clyde Martin 17Mooney Angus 24 penParks Boghead Park 1,183 D 1 25 February 1995 Second Division 0–0 Brechin City Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin 480 W 1 4 March 1995 Second Division 0–2 East Fife Dumbarton Ward 45 89 Bayview Stadium 662 W 1 14 March 1995 Second Division 5–1 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Mooney Ward McKinnon Donaldson Boghead Park 1,132 W 1 21 March 1995 Second Division 1–0 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Ward Boghead Park 1,012 L 1 25 March 1995 Second Division 1–0 Meadowbank Thistle Dumbarton Young 22 Meadowbank Stadium 389 W 1 1 April 1995 Second Division 4–1 Dumbarton Brechin City Mooney 8 23Meechan 44Fabiani 48 McKellar 82 Boghead Park 1,103 L 1 8 April 1995 Second Division 1–0 Clyde Dumbarton McCluskey 42 Broadwood Stadium 1,189 G Evans W 1 15 April 1995 Second Division 2–0 Dumbarton East Fife Mooney 3 penMcKinnon 90 Boghead Park 1,253 A Roy D 1 22 April 1995 Second Division 0–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Ochilview Park 989 Mr Taylor D 1 29 April 1995 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Queen of the South Meechan 26Mooney Marsland OGMcKeown Boghead Park 1,369 L 1 6 May 1995 Second Division 2–0 Morton Dumbarton Lilley 64 penRajamaki 88 Cappielow Park 6,242 M Clark W 1 13 May 1995 Second Division 0–2 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Ward 54Gibson Forthbank Stadium 3,003 W Crombie Coca-Cola League Cup 1994–95 Scottish League Cup L 1 16 August 1994 League Cup round 2 0–4 Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian Millar 20Robertson 30Johnston 46 69 Boghead Park 1,412 E Martindale B&Q Cup 1994–95 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 17 September 1994 Challenge Cup round 1 2–4 Dumbarton St Johnstone Campbell 90 Ramsay 24O'Boyle 44Davenport Boghead Park 961 Tennant's Scottish Cup 1994–95 Scottish Cup D 1 17 December 1994 Cup round 1 3–3 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Ward McKinnon Watters Mitchell Tait Boghead Park 794 H Ward L 1 19 December 1994 Cup round 1 3–0 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Taggart McInnes Forthbank Stadium 727 Stirlingshire Cup L 1 1 August 1994 Group stage 2–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Henderson 70Shaw 88 Gibson 50 Brockville Park 800 D Somers L 1 8 August 1994 Group stage 2–4 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Gibson 78Ward 90 McLeod 24 44 72McInnes 39 Boghead Park Pre-season/Other Matches L 1 31 July 1994 4–1 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton McCormick 39Graham 78Rodden Martin Lesser Hampden I Hutchison L 1 6 August 1994 1–0 Friendly Vale of Leven Dumbarton Morrison 4 pen Millburn Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup John Burridge GK ENG 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Peter Dennison GK SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Ian MacFarlane GK SCO 33+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 John Boyd DF SCO 10+1 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Roland Fabiani DF SCO 27+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Alan Foster DF SCO 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Stevie Gow DF SCO 30+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Jim Hamilton DF SCO 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 16+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Gerry Farrell MF SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Toby King MF SCO 25+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Jim Marsland MF SCO 29+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Paul Martin MF SCO 28+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Bobby McConville MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin McGarvey MF SCO 23+7 6 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Murdo MacLeod MF SCO 24+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Jim Meechan MF SCO 25+3 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Calum Campbell FW SCO 4+10 1 0+1 0 0+1 2 1+1 0 Stephen Dallas FW SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Charlie Gibson FW SCO 21+5 6 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Mike Hendry FW SCO 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Colin McKinnon FW SCO 25+4 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 Martin Mooney FW SCO 33+3 17 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Steve Mooney FW SCO 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Hugh Ward FW SCO 24+9 12 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 2 |} Scottish Football League Review 1995-96 The Scottish Football League 1996 McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Transfers Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Mike Hendry SCO Alloa Athletic 26 Sep 1994 SCO Toby King SCO Arbroath 30 Sep 1994 SCO Colin McKinnon SCO Arbroath 30 Sep 1994 ENG John Burridge SCO Aberdeen 15 Nov 1994 SCO Jim Hamilton SCO Stirling Albion 24 Feb 1995 SCO Stephen Dallas SCO Hibernian 31 Mar 1995 SCO Steve Mooney SCO Raith Rovers 31 Mar 1995 SCO Peter Dennison SCO Vale of Leven Players out PlayerToDateENG John BurridgeSCO Falkirk 19 Nov 1994SCO John BoydSCO St Mirren 7 Dec 1994SCO Bobby McConvilleSCO East Stirling 31 Mar 1995SCO Eddie CunningtonNIR Glentoran SCO John MacDonaldSCO Inverness CT SCO Tommy Wilson Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15. Trivia 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 1994–95 in Scottish football References External links Peter Dennison (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401041221/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=238 1 April 2017 Stephen Dallas (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060146/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=276 1 April 2017 Steve Mooney (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1994–95 season