1993–94 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1993–1994 Murdo MacLeod Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 1 8th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup Second Round B&Q Cup First Round Charlie Gibson (13) Charlie Gibson (13) 2,361 414 1,116 1992–93 1994–95 Season 1993–94 was the 110th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 88th time, the Scottish Cup for the 99th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 47th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fourth time. Overview The new league campaign would have added importance as the league structure was once again being revised for 1994-95, with four divisions being created, and the addition of two new clubs, Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. As it was, results were up and down from the start, but while Dumbarton finished one place short of First Division football, they never really threatened that all important 7th place, finishing 6 points behind Ayr United in 8th. In the national cup competitions, it was a case of a second successive season of falling at the first hurdle. In the Scottish Cup, Premier Division champions elect, Rangers would defeat Dumbarton in the third round. In the League Cup, it was Rangers again who defeated Dumbarton by just a single goal in the second round - and it would be Rangers that would lift the trophy at the end of the season. Finally, it was a fourth time first round exit in the B&Q Cup - a disappointing defeat to Second Division Stranraer. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the competition was split into two qualifying sections, and having topped their section of Falkirk, Stenhousemuir and East Stirling, Dumbarton went on to win the trophy in the final against Alloa Athletic, on penalties, after a scoreless draw. Results & fixtures Scottish Football League Review 1994-95 The Scottish Football League 1994#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish First Division 1993–94 Scottish Second Division L 1 7 August 1993 First Division 2–0 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Watters Reilly Forthbank Stadium 879 A Waddell W 1 14 August 1993 First Division 3–0 Dumbarton Clyde Boyd 30Gibson 72 Boghead Park 1,001 D Hope L 1 21 August 1993 First Division 2–4 Dumbarton Clydebank Gibson 11Meechan McIntosh Boyd OGJack Eadie Boghead Park 1,597 R Tait W 1 28 August 1993 First Division 0–1 Ayr United Dumbarton Mooney 46 Somerset Park 1,675 M Clark D 1 4 September 1993 First Division 0–0 Dumbarton Hamilton Boghead Park 1,044 D McVicar W 1 11 September 1993 First Division 0–3 St Mirren Dumbarton Mooney 45 76Gibson Love Street (stadium) 2,607 J McCluskey W 1 14 September 1993 First Division 1–0 Dumbarton Brechin City McConville Boghead Park 562 G Clyde L 1 18 September 1993 First Division 0–1 Dumbarton Falkirk McLaughlin 14 Boghead Park 2,361 W Morrison L 1 25 September 1993 First Division 3–1 Morton Dumbarton Collins Doak penMcEwan McGarvey Cappielow Park 1,420 J Timmons L 1 28 September 1993 First Division 0–1 Dumbarton Airdrie Smith Boghead Park 1,276 L Thow L 1 2 October 1993 First Division 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Smith 46McCathie 55O'Boyle 52Laing Melvin East End Park 2,941 H Dallas L 1 9 October 1993 First Division 1–2 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Foster 32 Pew 38Lawrie 59 Boghead Park 766 J Herald W 1 2 October 1993 First Division 0–3 Brechin City Dumbarton Mooney penMacDonald Foster Glebe Park, Brechin 469 D McVicar D 1 23 October 1993 First Division 3–3 Dumbarton St Mirren McGarvey 76Gow 85MacDonald 90+2 Gallagher 38 Boghead Park 1,723 D Syme L 1 30 October 1993 First Division 2–1 Clydebank Dumbarton Henry Thomson 82 pen Walker Kilbowie Park 1,297 J Smith D 1 6 November 1993 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Ayr United Gibson 3 Bryce 68 Boghead Park 918 L Mottram L 1 10 November 1993 First Division 2–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Duffield 85 Douglas Park 1,182 W Young L 1 13 November 1993 First Division 1–5 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Gibson French 20} 36} 40Laing 22 Boghead Park 1,437 E Martindale W 1 20 November 1993 First Division 0–1 Airdrie Dumbarton Marsland 80 Broadwood Stadium 1,741 J Herald W 1 27 November 1993 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Morton Gibson McGarvey Boghead Park 1,140 W Crombie D 1 4 December 1993 First Division 1–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Hughes 22 Mooney 63 Brockville Park 3,306 M Clark L 1 11 December 1993 First Division 2–1 Clyde Dumbarton Sludden 45Strain 74 Mooney 56 Broadwood Stadium 681 I Taylor W 1 18 December 1993 First Division 3–1 Dumbarton Brechin City Melvin Mooney 41 58 pen Brand Boghead Park 414 W Morrison D 1 8 January 1994 First Division 1–1 Ayr United Dumbarton Hood 43 Meechan 22 Somerset Park 2,084 R Orr D 1 11 January 1994 First Division 0–0 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium 758 J Rowbotham L 1 15 January 1994 First Division 0–1 Dumbarton Hamilton Clark Boghead Park 744 J O'Hare D 1 18 January 1994 First Division 2–2 Dumbarton Clydebank Gibson 1Melvin 50 Flannigan 5Thomson 83 Boghead Park 1,003 G Evans D 1 22 January 1994 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Clyde Gibson Strain 12 Boghead Park 927 D Hope W 1 5 February 1994 First Division 0–3 St Mirren Dumbarton Gibson 18Meechan 54Boyd 82 Love Street (stadium) 2,504 L Thow L 1 12 February 1994 First Division 3-2 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Petrie 5Tod 28 49 Meechan Gibson East End Park 3,821 G Dunbar D 1 1 March 1994 First Division 0–0 Dumbarton Airdrie Boghead Park 950 D Syme L 1 5 March 1994 First Division 0–1 Dumbarton Falkirk Cadette 13 Boghead Park 1,815 R Tait D 1 12 March 1994 First Division 0-0 Morton Dumbarton Cappielow Park 1,046 J Herald D 1 19 March 1994 First Division 0-0 Brechin City Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin 425 J O'Hare D 1 26 March 1994 First Division 0–0 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Boghead Park 887 G Tran W 1 29 March 1994 First Division 1-2 Clyde Dumbarton Tennant 45 Ward 74MacLeod 88 Broadwood Stadium 789 J McCluskey L 1 2 April 1994 First Division 2–3 Dumbarton St Mirren Gibson 65Mooney 75 Bone 24Elliot 45Lavety 84 Boghead Park 1,377 T McCurry L 1 12 April 1994 First Division 0–2 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Robertson 9McWilliams 69 Boghead Park 1,305 D Syme D 1 16 April 1994 First Division 1-1 Airdrie Dumbarton Smith 56 Melvin 86 Broadwood Stadium 1,320 G Clyde L 1 23 April 1994 First Division 4-0 Falkirk Dumbarton Ristic 50Cadette 57May 76 81 Brockville Park 3,249 K Clark W 1 26 April 1994 First Division 2–0 Dumbarton Morton Cunnington 15Gibson 53 Boghead Park 650 W Innes L 1 30 April 1994 First Division 2-0 Clydebank Dumbarton Ferguson 53 73 Kilbowie Park 929 L Thow D 1 7 May 1994 First Division 1–1 Dumbarton Ayr United Cunnington 45 Bilsland 42 Boghead Park 670 T Brown L 1 14 May 1994 First Division 2-1 Hamilton Dumbarton Duffield 50 82 Cunnington 33 Douglas Park 1,451 J Smith Scottish League Cup 1993–94 Scottish League Cup L 1 11 August 1993 League Cup round 2 1–0 Rangers Dumbarton Ferguson Ibrox Park 36,309 G Evans B&Q Cup 1993–94 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 5 October 1993 Challenge Cup round 1 1–2 Dumbarton Stranraer Foster 44 Henderson 12Sloan 15 Boghead Park 446 D Hope Tennant's Scottish Cup 1993–94 Scottish Cup L 1 29 January 1994 Cup round 3 4–1 Rangers Dumbarton Durie 5Hately penSteven 39Robertson, D Mooney 78 pen Ibrox Park 36,671 K Clark Stirlingshire Cup W 1 24 July 1993 Group stage 2–1 Dumbarton Falkirk McQuade 6473 Rice 9 Boghead Park G Dunbar L 1 27 July 1993 Group stage 1–3 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir McGarvey 30 Fisher Dickov 50Irvine 67 Boghead Park J McElhinney W 1 31 July 1993 Group stage 0–1 East Stirling Dumbarton McQuade 70 Firs Park I Hutchison W 1 21 September 1993 Final 0–0 5-3 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Boghead Park W Innes Pre-season and other matches W 1 15 July 1993 2–0 Friendly Dumbarton Kilmarnock McQuade Boghead Park CD D 1 2 August 1993 1–1 Friendly Vale of Leven Dumbarton Morrison Millburn Park CD League table DUM Player statistics Squad First Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Ian MacFarlane GK SCO 43+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kenny Meechan GK SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Boyd DF SCO 11+3 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Eddie Cunnington DF SCO 13+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Roland Fabiani DF SCO 36+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Alan Foster DF SCO 22+5 2 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0 Stevie Gow DF SCO 12+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 42+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Tommy Wilson DF SCO 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Robert Docherty MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Gerry Farrell MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jim Marsland MF SCO 32+4 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Paul Martin MF SCO 17+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Bobby McConville MF SCO 19+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Martin McGarvey MF SCO 27+8 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Murdo MacLeod MF SCO 42+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Jim Meechan MF SCO 31+5 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Mark Nelson MF SCO 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Calum Campbell FW SCO 12+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Charlie Gibson FW SCO 44+0 13 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Jimmy Gilmour FW SCO 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mike McAnenay FW SCO 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 John MacDonald FW SCO 3+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 John McQuade FW SCO 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Mooney FW SCO 41+2 9 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1 Tommy Walker FW SCO 6+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Hugh Ward FW SCO 7+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Willock FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 |} Scottish Football League Review 1994-95 The Scottish Football League 1994 McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Transfers Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Murdo MacLeod SCO Hibernian 7 Jul 1993 SCO Roland Fabiani SCO St Mirren 20 Aug 1993 SCO John MacDonald SCO Airdrie 24 Sep 1993 SCO Tommy Walker SCO Ayr United 9 Oct 1993 SCO Hugh Ward SCO Greenock 5 Nov 1993 SCO Tommy Wilson SCO Kilmarnock 19 Nov 1993 SCO Gerry Farrell SCO Possil YM 17 Dec 1993 SCO Calum Campbell SCO Kilmarnock 11 Feb 1994 SCO Eddie Cunnington SCO Dunfermline Athletic 5 Mar 1994 SCO Kenny Meechan SCO Greenock 31 Mar 1994 Players out PlayerToDateSCO John McQuadeSCO Hamilton 31 Aug 1993SCO Tony SpeirsSCO East Stirling 4 Sep 1993SCO Mike McAnenaySCO Alloa Athletic 8 Oct 1993SCO Andy WillockSCO Alloa Athletic 9 Oct 1993SCO Mike MonaghanSCO Stirling Albion 22 Feb 1994SCO Tommy WalkerSCO Stranraer 26 Feb 1994SCO Mark NelsonSCO Alloa Athletic 1 Mar 1994SCO John Boag (footballer, born 1965)SCO Fort WilliamSCO Jim CowellSCO Elgin CitySCO John YoungSCO Vale of LevenSCO D McDonaldSCO Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West B), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 24 games, finished 7th of 9. In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to St Johnstone in the first round. Trivia The League match against Clyde on 14 August marked Charlie Gibson's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 21st Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The League match against Ayr United on 6 November marked Ian MacFarlane's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 107th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The crowd of 36,671 at Ibrox for the Scottish Cup tie against Rangers on 24 January was the largest to have ever witnessed a Dumbarton match. This beat the previous record set just 5 months earlier, in a League Cup tie against the same opponents at the same venue. See also 1993–94 in Scottish football References External links Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1993–94 season