1982–83 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1982–1983 Billy Lamont Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 1 7th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup Prelims Raymond Blair (10) John Donnelly (13) 4,000 400 960 1981–82 1983–84 Season 1982–83 was the 99th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 77th time, the Scottish Cup for the 88th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 36th time. Overview For the eighth year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after last season's disappointment, it was hoped that this season might bring the long hoped for promotion. Indeed, with only one defeat in the first eight games, confidence was high. However, results became mixed thereafter, and it was to be a mid-table 7th-place finish with 36 points, 22 behind champions St Johnstone. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell at the first hurdle to fellow Division 1 opponents, Airdrie. The League Cup was always going to be a challenge, with three Premier Division teams in the qualifying section - and this is how it was to prove, with all six matches ending in defeat - though it should be said that in none of the games were Dumbarton humiliated. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton reached the final for the third year in a row, and regained the trophy with a win over Stenhousemuir. 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 1982-83 Scottish First Division W 1 4 September 1982 First Division 1–2 Airdrie Dumbarton Coyle 47 OG Stevenson 32Blair 61 Broomfield Park 1,200 A Duncan W 1 11 September 1982 First Division 5–1 Dumbarton Falkirk Craig 1 9 45Donnelly 23Stevenson 76 Ward 73 Boghead Park 550 E Pringle W 1 15 September 1982 First Division 5–1 Clydebank Dumbarton Coyne 21 69Ronald 52Williamson 54Given 73 Dunlop 29 Kilbowie Park 656 D 1 18 September 1982 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Donnelly 76 pen Jenkins 84 Boghead Park 450 L Thow W 1 25 September 1982 First Division 4–1 Dumbarton St Johnstone Dunlop 10Stevenson 28Blair 46 82 Brogan 65 Boghead Park 1,000 D Syme W 1 29 September 1982 First Division 1–0 Dumbarton Ayr United Donnelly 70 Boghead Park 600 T Muirhead W 1 2 October 1982 First Division 0–4 Clyde Dumbarton Donnelly 6 27 41Blair 78 Shawfield Stadium 607 A Ferguson D 1 6 October 1982 First Division 1–1 Hearts Dumbarton O'Connor 66 Donnelly 73 Tynecastle Stadium 4,300 H Young L 1 9 October 1982 First Division 1–5 Dumbarton Hamilton Brown 73 Donnelly 13McNaught 62Craig 69Fairlie 80Murphy 86 Boghead Park 800 H Alexander L 1 16 October 1982 First Division 3–0 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Russell 15Spence 52Harris 65 Starks Park 500 I Cathcart D 1 23 October 1982 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Partick Thistle Stevenson 74 Watson 49 pen Boghead Park 1,500 M Delaney L 1 30 October 1982 First Division 2–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Purdie 16Holt 52 Recreation Park, Alloa 557 C Sinclair D 1 6 November 1982 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Stevenson 31 Grant 35 Boghead Park 600 A Williamson W 1 13 November 1982 First Division 0–1 Ayr United Dumbarton Stevenson 80 Somerset Park 938 E Pringle W 1 20 November 1982 First Division 0–3 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Blair 16 90Stevenson 41 East End Park 1,200 A Huett D 1 27 November 1982 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Hearts Blair 61 O'Connor 89 Boghead Park 3,000 J Renton L 1 4 December 1982 First Division 1–3 Dumbarton Clyde Craig 74 Masterton 27 36Reilly 70 Boghead Park 500 B McGinlay L 1 11 December 1982 First Division 1–0 St Johnstone Dumbarton Brogan 40 Muirton Park 2,042 H Alexander L 1 27 December 1982 First Division 2–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Mackin 52Jobson 76 Dunlop 58 Brockville Park 1,789 L 1 1 January 1983 First Division 0–4 Dumbarton Clydebank Hughes 1Williamson 60 71Coyne89 Boghead Park 1,000 E Brolis L 1 3 January 1983 First Division 2–1 Queen's Park Dumbarton Crawley 77 83 Montgomerie 9 Hampden Park 740 W McLeish W 1 8 January 1983 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Raith Rovers Stevenson 43Close 48 Russell 39 Boghead Park 500 A Waddell W 1 15 January 1983 First Division 0–3 Hamilton Dumbarton Blair 74 83Donnelly 89 Douglas Park 724 M Delaney L 1 22 January 1983 First Division 1–2 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Craig 24 Houston 69Campbell 81 Boghead Park 450 C White L 1 5 February 1983 First Division 3–2 Partick Thistle Dumbarton McDonald 15Park 67 85 Craig 26McGowan,P 60 Firhill Park 1,789 H Young W 1 12 February 1983 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Coyle 36Blair 88 McNiven 89 Boghead Park 600 B McGinlay D 1 23 February 1983 First Division 0–0 Dumbarton Airdrie Boghead Park 1,020 L 1 26 February 1983 First Division 3–1 Clydebank Dumbarton McLeish 2Given 58Coyne 61 McGowan,M 14 Kilbowie Park 656 A McLeish L 1 5 March 1983 First Division 1–0 Clyde Dumbarton Dempsey 49 Shawfield Stadium 450 J Renton L 1 12 March 1983 First Division 1–3 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Close 68 Cathie 38Forrest 65Hamill 80 Boghead Park 500 D Syme D 1 19 March 1983 First Division 0–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa 647 A McGunnigle D 1 26 March 1983 First Division 1–1 Airdrie Dumbarton Flood 38 Rodger 14 OG Broomfield Park 450 E Brolis W 1 2 April 1983 First Division 1–2 Ayr United Dumbarton Ward 57 Stevenson 22McGowan,P 63 Somerset Park 900 B Robertson D 1 9 April 1983 First Division 0–0 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Starks Park 600 D Ramsay D 1 16 April 1983 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Hamilton Montgomerie 22 Hamill 79 Boghead Park 400 I Cathcart L 1 23 April 1983 First Division 1–0 St Johnstone Dumbarton Gibson 90 Muirton Park 2,317 W Knowles W 1 30 April 1983 First Division 2–1 Dumbarton Partick Thistle McCaig 40McGowan,P 56 Johnston 68 Boghead Park 1,200 W McLeish L 1 7 May 1983 First Division 0–4 Dumbarton Hearts Robertson 13 19O'Connor 63Mackay 89 Boghead Park 4,000 A Ferguson W 1 14 May 1983 First Division 1–2 Falkirk Dumbarton McCulley 49 pen Craig 29McGrogan 89 Brockville Park 1,800 L Thow Scottish League Cup 1982–83 Scottish League Cup L 1 14 August 1982 Section 2 1–3 Dumbarton Morton Rankin 12 Ritchie 71Hutcheson 88McNeill 89 Boghead Park 850 W McLeish L 1 18 August 1982 Section 2 3–2 Dundee Dumbarton Ferguson 11 66Mackie 49 Donnelly 46 pen 82 pen Dens Park 3,174 J Renton L 1 21 August 1982 Section 2 3–0 Aberdeen Dumbarton McGhee 5Strachan 13 71 Pittodrie Park 8,000 D Downie L 1 25 August 1982 Section 2 2–3 Dumbarton Dundee Donnelly 46 pen 87 pen Ferguson 15 penFraser 51Stephen 86 Boghead Park 433 A McGunnigle L 1 28 August 1982 Section 2 4–1 Morton Dumbarton Rooney 5 90Docherty 24McNab 87 Stevenson 58 Cappielow Park 1,250 C White L 1 9 September 1982 Section 2 1–2 Dumbarton Aberdeen Donnelly pen Bell 76Hewitt 85 Boghead Park 3,000 Scottish Cup 1982–83 Scottish Cup L 1 29 January 1983 Scottish Cup round 3 0–1 Dumbarton Airdrie Flood 10 Boghead Park 957 L Thow Stirlingshire Cup W 1 4 August 1982 1st Round 2–5 Clydebank Dumbarton Williamson 53McCabe 68 Donnelly 43 50 penBlair 57Dunlop 78Rankin 85 Kilbowie Park W 1 7 August 1982 Semi Final 3–0 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic McGowan,P 23McGrogan 35Dunlop 41 Boghead Park 200 W 1 8 August 1982 Final 1–3 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Blair 4 85Donnelly 50 pen Ochilview Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Murray Bowman GK SCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Carson GK SCO 37 0 1 0 6 0 Martin McGowan DF SCO 22+4 1 0 0 4+1 0 Ray Montgomerie DF SCO 25 2 1 0 1+1 0 Albert Burnett MF SCO 28+3 0 1 0 4+1 0 Frank Close MF SCO 15+2 2 1 0 4 0 Mark Clougherty MF SCO 36 0 0 0 4 0 Tommy Coyle MF SCO 38 1 1 0 6 0 Albert Craig MF SCO 23+9 7 1 0 3+2 0 Jim Hughes MF SCO 3 0 0 0 0 0 Dave McCaig MF SCO 7+1 1 0 0 0 0 Colin McKenzie MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Donald McNeil MF SCO 27+1 0 1 0 2 0 David Stevenson MF SCO 29+9 9 0+1 0 3+1 1 Tom Walker MF SCO 0 0 0 0 3 0 Raymond Blair FW SCO 28+1 10 1 0 5+1 0 John Bourke FW SCO 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 Ally Brown FW SCO 12+5 1 1 0 5+1 0 John Donnelly FW SCO 28 8 1 0 6 5 Mick Dunlop FW SCO 18+6 3 1 0 5+1 0 Alf Holton FW SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom McAteer FW SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob McCulley FW SCO 3 0 0 0 0 0 Pat McGowan FW SCO 31+3 1 0+1 0 2 0 Joe McGrogan FW SCO 7+7 1 0 0 2+1 0 Mike Rankin FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 1 |} 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 Joe McGrogan SCO Hamilton 4 Aug 1982 SCO Albert Burnett SCO Airdrie 6 Aug 1982 SCO David Stevenson SCO Lesmahagow 21 Aug 1982 SCO Dave McCaig SCO East Stirling 14 Mar 1983 SCO John Bourke SCO Kilmarnock 18 Mar 1983 SCO Jim Hughes SCO Ferguslie BC 31 Mar 1983 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Rob Campbell SCO Cowdenbeath 1 Jul 1982 SCO Joe Coyle SCO Airdrie 30 Jul 1982 SCO Ally McRoberts SCO Stirling Albion 2 Aug 1982 SCO Graeme Sinclair SCO Celtic 12 Aug 1982 SCO John Donnelly ENG Leeds Utd 5 Mar 1983 SCO Raymond Blair SCO St Johnstone 11 Mar 1983 Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West) - Second Series, winning 1 and drawing 5 of 12 games - finishing 13th of 13. Trivia The League match against Clyde on 2 October marked Tom Carson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 86th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Raith Rovers on 16 October marked Raymond Blair's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 16th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The final League match against Falkirk on 14 May marked Mark Clougherty's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 87th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 1982–83 in Scottish football References External links Murray Bowman (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Colin McKenzie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Alf Holton (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Tom McAteer (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1982–83 season