1983–84 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1983–1984 Billy Lamont/ Davie Wilson Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 1 2nd Scottish Cup Fourth Round Scottish League Cup First Round Joe Coyle (14) Joe Coyle (15) 3,000 400 1,200 1982–83 1984–85 Season 1983–84 was the 100th 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 89th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 37th time. Overview At the ninth time of asking, and in what was the club's 100th year of competitive football, Dumbarton managed to achieve that elusive promotion and a place in next season's Premier Division, although it was not to prove to be all 'plain sailing'. Indeed, after 6 games, with 3 wins, it was turning out as another average 'middle of the table' campaign. However an unbeaten run of 12 games was to follow, changing the club's fortunes and Dumbarton were suddenly up there with the 'front runners' - and then disaster struck. Billy Lamont resigned his managerial post to take up the reins at fellow Division 1 club Falkirk F.C. Dumbarton had a new manager in Davie Wilson in place within two weeks, and the club guaranteed promotion with 2 games to play, although they were unable to catch champions Greenock Morton F.C., who finished 3 points ahead. In the Scottish Cup, after a fine win over Raith Rovers, Dumbarton lost to Division 1 'champions in waiting', Morton in the fourth round. The League Cup format was again reorganised, with a first round being played before sectional games were introduced. However the first tie against Premier Division Hibernian was to prove too much of a hurdle to get over. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton released their grip on the trophy with a loss in the first round to Alloa. Results & fixtures McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish First Division 1983-84 Scottish First Division W 1 20 August 1983 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Clydebank Coyle,T 35 88 Boghead Park 1,789 A McMonigle W 1 3 September 1983 First Division 1–2 Ayr United Dumbarton McNaughton 65 Bourke 1Coyle,J 33 pen Somerset Park 1,015 W McLeish L 1 10 September 1983 First Division 0–1 Dumbarton Partick Thistle Doyle 44 Boghead Park 2,000 M Delaney L 1 14 September 1983 First Division 1–2 Dumbarton Brechin City McGowan,P 25 Fleming 56Eadie 70 Boghead Park 450 E Brolls W 1 17 September 1983 First Division 0–2 Meadowbank Thistle Dumbarton Coyle,J 24Bourke 62 Meadowbank Stadium 450 A Roy L 1 24 September 1983 First Division 4–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Grant 16Irvine 44Houston 52 80 Coyle,J 57 pen Brockville Park 1,200 B McGinlay W 1 28 September 1983 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Hamilton Coyle,J 46 penAshwood 77 Boghead Park 400 J Timmons W 1 1 October 1983 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Raith Rovers McNeil 11Ashwood 52 Kerr 4 Boghead Park 550 A McGunnigle D 1 8 October 1983 First Division 2–2 Morton Dumbarton Robertson 3Clinging 7 Bourke 29 33 Cappielow Park 1,500 A Huett W 1 15 October 1983 First Division 1–0 Dumbarton Clyde Ashwood 32 Boghead Park 500 J Renton D 1 22 October 1983 First Division 2–2 Kilmarnock Dumbarton McDicken 57Bryson 68 Ashwood 53McNeil 71 Rugby Park 1,500 H Williamson D 1 29 October 1983 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Ashwood 89 pen Purdie 44 Boghead Park 700 W Crombie D 1 5 November 1983 First Division 1–1 Airdrie Dumbarton Sinclair 43 Bourke 1 Broomfield Park 1,100 D Downie W 1 12 November 1983 First Division 2–3 Brechin City Dumbarton Elvin 14Hyslop 87 Coyle,J 26penCoyle,T 33 Glebe Park, Brechin 700 D Galloway D 1 19 November 1983 First Division 0–0 Dumbarton Meadowbank Thistle Boghead Park 600 B Robertson D 1 26 November 1983 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Morton Ashwood 81 Robertson 5 Boghead Park 1,500 H Young W 1 3 December 1983 First Division 1–3 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Smith 67 Ashwood 32Bourke 51Coyle,J 54 Starks Park 750 G Smith W 1 10 December 1983 First Division 3–0 Dumbarton Falkirk Coyle,J 38 pen 75McGowan,M 88 Boghead Park 1,500 L Thow L 1 17 December 1983 First Division 4–1 Hamilton Dumbarton Forsyth 30Hutchenson 34 penMcNaught 41Kean 63 Ashwood 86 Douglas Park 940 W Knowles L 1 26 December 1983 First Division 1–0 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Buckley 79 Firhill Park 3,821 E Brolls W 1 31 December 1983 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Ayr United Bourke 40Montgomerie Connor Boghead Park 1,250 R Cathcart W 1 2 January 1984 First Division 0–2 Clydebank Dumbarton Coyle,J 34 penRobertson 77 Kilbowie Park 1,040 C Sinclair W 1 7 January 1984 First Division 4–3 Dumbarton Kilmarnock Coyle,T 21Ashwood 26Bourke 28Coyle,J 73 McClurg 32 46McGivern 82 Boghead Park 1,000 D Syme W 1 4 February 1984 First Division 4–2 Dumbarton Airdrie Coyle,J 52Crawley 63Anderson 75 OGRobertson 87 Flood 30Yule 33 Boghead Park 1,000 W Crombie D 1 11 February 1984 First Division 3–3 Hamilton Dumbarton Phillips 8 55Forsyth 40 Bourke 2McNeil 47Robertson 58 Douglas Park 1,015 T Muirhead L 1 21 February 1984 First Division 1–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Paterson 18 Recreation Park, Alloa 459 G Smith W 1 25 February 1984 First Division 3–1 Dumbarton Raith Rovers Bourke 8 71Craig 42 Marshall 15 Boghead Park 750 G Smith D 1 29 February 1984 First Division 0–0 Clyde Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium 970 M Delaney W 1 3 March 1984 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Falkirk Ashwood 57Coyle,J 59 Boghead Park 1,050 B Robertson D 1 10 March 1984 First Division 0–0 Kilmarnock Dumbarton Rugby Park 1,140 D Yeats W 1 17 March 1984 First Division 3–0 Dumbarton Meadowbank Thistle Bourke 16 33Robertson 35 Boghead Park 1,200 K Hope D 1 24 March 1984 First Division 0–0 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Firhill Park 4,156 H Alexander W 1 31 March 1984 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Ashwood 13McCaig 50 Boghead Park 1,000 A Ferguson W 1 7 April 1984 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Clydebank McCaig 8Coyle,T 79 Given 40 pen Boghead Park 978 T Muirhead L 1 14 April 1984 First Division 2–0 Morton Dumbarton Rooney 25Doak 57 Cappielow Park 3,850 J Duncan W 1 21 April 1984 First Division 0–3 Brechin City Dumbarton Coyle,T 34Coyle,J 48 penMcCaig 79 Glebe Park, Brechin 700 A Waddell D 1 28 April 1984 First Division 2–2 Dumbarton Clyde Craig 68Coyle,T 78 Docherty 30Deans 57 Boghead Park 2,900 L Thow W 1 5 May 1984 First Division 1–4 Airdrie Dumbarton Fairlie 10 Craig 24 47Walsh 27Ashwood 45 Broomfield Park 2,000 D Galloway L 1 12 May 1984 First Division 0–3 Dumbarton Ayr United Connor 39 45McNally 81 Boghead Park 3,000 D Downie Scottish League Cup 1983–84 Scottish League Cup L 1 24 August 1983 League Cup R1(1) 5–0 Hibernian Dumbarton Irvine 17 51 85Clougherty 28 OGThomson 53 Easter Road 2,193 K Hope L 1 27 August 1983 League Cup R1(2) 1–2 1–7 Dumbarton Hibernian McGrogan 46 Irvine 9Conroy 56 Boghead Park 760 B Robertson Scottish Cup 1983–84 Scottish Cup W 1 6 February 1984 Cup R3 1–4 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Smith 70 Coyle,J 10Bourke 57Ashwood 72 89 Starks Park 1,950 D McVicar L 1 18 February 1984 Cup R4 2–1 Morton Dumbarton Pettigrew 43 71 Craig 41 Cappielow Park 3,383 L Thow Stirlingshire Cup L 1 10 August 1983 First Round 3–2 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Paterson Cole Thompson McCaig McGrogan Recreation Park, Alloa Pre-season matches L 1 8 August 1983 1–3 Friendly Dumbarton ENGHartlepool United McGowan,M 16 Waddell 5 Johnston 49Buckley 81 Boghead Park W 1 17 August 1983 1–0 Friendly Dumbarton Celtic XI McGowan,P Boghead Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Tom Carson GK SCO 37 0 1 0 2 0 Jim Stewart GK SCO 2 0 1 0 0 0 Martin McGowan DF SCO 34 1 1 0 0 0 Ray Montgomerie DF SCO 39 1 2 0 2 0 Albert Burnett MF SCO 8+4 0 1 0 1 0 Joe Carson MF SCO 5 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Clougherty MF SCO 38 0 2 0 1 0 Tommy Coyle MF SCO 38+1 7 2 0 2 0 Albert Craig MF SCO 21+5 4 0+2 1 2 0 Jim Hughes MF SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 Dave McCaig MF SCO 10+19 3 0+1 0 1+1 0 Donald McNeil MF SCO 31+1 3 2 0 2 0 Stuart Robertson MF SCO 23+3 4 2 0 0 0 David Stevenson MF SCO 1+2 0 0 0 2 0 Kenny Ashwood FW SCO 31 13 2 2 0 0 John Bourke FW SCO 34 13 2 1 1+1 0 Joe Coyle FW SCO 39 14 2 1 0 0 Gerry Crawley FW SCO 19+6 1 2 0 2 0 Pat McGowan FW SCO 14+7 1 0 0 2 0 Joe McGrogan FW SCO 2+6 0 0 0 1 1 Allan Moore FW SCO 2+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 Martin Walsh FW SCO 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 |} Transfers Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following: Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Gerry Crawley SCO Queen's Park 26 Jul 1983 SCO Allan Moore SCO Possilpark YMCA 6 Aug 1983 SCO Joe Coyle SCO Airdrie 17 Aug 1983 SCO Stuart Robertson ENG Doncaster Rovers 16 Sep 1983 SCO Kenny Ashwood SCO Falkirk 27 Sep 1983 SCO Joe Carson SCO Motherwell 24 Mar 1984 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Ally Brown SCO Stirling Albion 23 Jul 1983 SCO Mick Dunlop SCO Queen of the South 9 Aug 1983 SCO David Stevenson SCO Falkirk 8 Oct 1983 SCO Mike Rankin SCO Amateur 2 Dec 1983 Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West), which was split into winter and spring series. In the first series, of 12 fixtures, 6 were won and 3 drawn - and Dumbarton finished 5th of 13. In the second series, 4 games were won and 2 drawn of 10 ties - but the league was never completed. Trivia Between the league game against Raith Rovers on 25 February and the league game against Clydebank on 7 April, Tom Carson did not concede a single goal - a record of 655 minutes. The League match against Hamilton on 11 February marked Pat McGowan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 88th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Raith Rovers on 25 February marked Donald McNeil's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 17th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. See also 1983–84 in Scottish football References External links Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1983–84 season