1978–79 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2018 January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1978–1979 Davie Wilson Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 1 7th Scottish Cup Fifth Round Scottish League Cup First Round Raymond Blair (9) Raymond Blair (10) 3,000 300 1,405 1977–78 1979–80 Season 1978–79 was the 95th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 73rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 84th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 32nd time. Overview For the fourth year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after the previous season's performances, confidence was high. However, as it took 7 games to register the first league win early hopes were dashed and a disappointing 7th-place finish was achieved. In the Scottish Cup, for a second year running it was Partick Thistle that were the fifth round opponents and as in the previous year Dumbarton were to lose out. In the League Cup, in the straight knock-out format, Dumbarton were to draw Premier Division St Mirren in the first round, and were to fall to a two-goal defeat at Love Street after a home no-scoring draw. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were once again defeated by local rivals Clydebank, this time in the final. Finally, Laurie Williams was given a testimonial for his 10 years of service to the club, and he captained Dumbarton against a Scottish League Select - the result being a 1–1 draw with Williams himself scoring the equalising penalty for Dumbarton. Results & fixtures #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish First Division 1978–79 Scottish Football League D 1 12 August 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Mylles 46 Blair 23 Gayfield Park 1,156 A Waddell L 1 19 August 1978 Scottish Division 1 0–1 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Armstrong 89 Boghead Park 1,500 A Ferguson D 1 26 August 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–1 Clydebank Dumbarton Miller 50 Brown 14 Kilbowie Park 2,000 P Robinson D 1 6 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 0–0 Kilmarnock Dumbarton Rugby Park 2,500 D Syme D 1 9 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–1 Dumbarton Airdrie McNeil 48 McCann 68 Boghead Park 2,000 K Stewart L 1 13 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–0 Clyde Dumbarton Ahern 32 pen Shawfield Stadium 1,200 D Ramsay W 1 16 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 2–5 Ayr United Dumbarton McLelland 44Phillips 48 MacLeod, M 50Whiteford, D 51 65 76Muir 71 Somerset Park 2,146 J Walsh W 1 23 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 2–0 Dumbarton Hamilton Whiteford, D 43Fyfe 75 Boghead Park 1,000 J Renton D 1 27 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 0–0 Dumbarton Dundee Boghead Park 1,700 T Kyle W 1 30 September 1978 Scottish Division 1 4–1 Dumbarton Montrose Fyfe 3McCluskey 7 penGallacher 11McNeil 24 Georgeson 35 Boghead Park 2,000 H Alexander D 1 7 October 1978 Scottish Division 1 0–0 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Starks Park 2,720 E Pringle W 1 14 October 1978 Scottish Division 1 2–0 Dumbarton St Johnstone Whiteford, D 61McLean 69 Boghead Park 1,500 A Waddell W 1 21 October 1978 Scottish Division 1 0–2 St Johnstone Dumbarton McCluskey penBlair Palmerston Park 1,000 K Hope D 1 28 October 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Browning 79 pen Fyfe 9 Annfield Stadium 1,400 T Kellock L 1 4 November 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–2 Dumbarton Clydebank McLean 78 Given 15Miller 28 Boghead Park 5,000 D Murdoch W 1 11 November 1978 Scottish Division 1 3–6 Airdrie Dumbarton Goldthorp 44Clark 64 pen 72 Muir 4McCluskey 12 penCoyle, J 39Blair 65 71 85 Broomfield Park 1,500 K Stewart W 1 18 November 1978 Scottish Division 1 2–0 Dumbarton Ayr United Fyfe 67B;air 79 Boghead Park 2,500 C White L 1 25 November 1978 Scottish Division 1 5–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Graham 27Clark 29 49Wright 57Glavin 73 Douglas Park 1,500 A Harris L 1 9 December 1978 Scottish Division 1 1–3 Dumbarton Raith Rovers Houston 71 OG Harrow 19Pettie 33McDonagh 58 Boghead Park 800 T Muirhead D 1 16 December 1978 Scottish Division 1 2–2 St Johnstone Dumbarton Brannagan 51Thomas 69 Sharp 10Blair 50 Muirton Park 1,537 M Delaney D 1 3 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Yule 64 Blair 74 Gayfield Park 663 W Knowles L 1 13 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–3 Dumbarton Kilmarnock Cairney 23Bourke 29Maxwell 49 pen Boghead Park 2,000 A McFaull W 1 17 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 3–0 Dumbarton Clyde McNeil 21MacLeod, A 34Blair 83 Boghead Park 1,000 T Kellock D 1 20 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 2–2 St Johnstone Dumbarton Ward Lawson Whiteford, J penSinclair Muirton Park 1,360 K Hope L 1 24 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 2–0 Dundee Dumbarton Shirra 37Pirie 82 pen Dens Park 5,547 R Cuthill W 1 28 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 3–0 Dumbarton Raith Rovers Whiteford, J 2 56 81 Boghead Park 500 E Pringle L 1 31 March 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–1 Dumbarton Arbroath Mylles 27 Boghead Park 450 D Syme D 1 4 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–0 Dumbarton Clyde Boghead Park 700 W 1 7 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 3–2 Dumbarton Dundee Gallacher, B 6 61Brown 44 Pirie 1Redford 77 Boghead Park 1,500 D Downie L 1 4 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 2–1 Montrose Dumbarton Robb 55 72 Gallacher, B 2 Links Park 800 A Waddell W 1 16 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 3–0 Dumbarton Hamilton Fyfe 15 88Brown 15 Boghead Park 1,700 L 1 18 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 1–0 Ayr United Dumbarton McLaughlin 9 pen Somerset Park 2,000 D Syme W 1 21 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 1–3 Queen of the South Dumbarton Coughlin 65 Whiteford, D 26Fyfe 27Gallacher, B 48 Palmerston Park 400 M Delaney L 1 25 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 3–1 Clydebank Dumbarton McDougall 9McCormick 26 pen 36 Sinclair 5 Kilbowie Park 2,000 I Foote L 1 28 April 1979 Scottish Division 1 1–3 Dumbarton Kilmarnock Findlay 80 Cairney 14Gibson 51Bourke 78 Boghead Park 3,000 A Ferguson L 1 2 May 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–1 Dumbarton Airdrie McKeown 70 Boghead Park 500 W 1 5 May 1979 Scottish Division 1 4–1 Dumbarton Queen of the South Gallacher, B 21 83Brown 26Coyle, J 70 Coughlin 49 Boghead Park 300 A Harris L 1 7 May 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–2 Dumbarton Stirling Albion McPhie Armstrong Boghead Park 400 W 1 9 May 1979 Scottish Division 1 0–2 Montrose Dumbarton Gallacher, B 19Whiteford, D 83 Links Park 400 E Pringle Scottish Cup 1978–79 Scottish Cup W 1 19 February 1979 Scottish Cup round 3 1–0 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Gallacher, B 89 Boghead Park 1,000 D Murdoch W 1 24 February 1979 Scottish Cup round 3 3–1 Dumbarton Clydebank Sharp 2 78Blair 81 McDougall 32 Boghead Park 3,000 J Renton L 1 10 March 1979 Scottish Cup round 3 0–1 Dumbarton Partick Thistle Anderson 83 Boghead Park 6,300 G Smith Scottish League Cup 1978–79 Scottish League Cup D 1 16 August 1978 Scottish League Cup round 1(1) 0–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Boghead Park 4,000 K Hope L 1 16 August 1978 Scottish League Cup round 1(2) 2–0 2–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Bone 8 43 Love Street (stadium) 5,000 K Hope Stirlingshire Cup W 1 11 February 1979 Semi Final 0–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Coyle, T 25 Brockville Park L 1 11 May 1979 Final 1–0 Clydebank Dumbarton McCormack 74 Kilbowie Park Pre-season/Other Matches W 1 29 July 1978 Friendly 0–3 Clachnacuddin Dumbarton Gallacher, B 48Fyfe 64Govan 84 Grant Street Park 500 W 1 31 July 1978 Friendly 1–3 Nairn County Dumbarton McIntosh 86 Blair 22 40Gallacher, B 27 Nairn W 1 1 August 1978 Friendly 2–7 Ross County Dumbarton Creaney Macdonald Whiteford, D Brown MacLeod, M Fyfe Gallacher, B Victoria Park, Dingwall L 1 23 October 1978 Testimonial 1–1Testimonial for Laurie Williams. 3–5 Dumbarton Scottish League XI Williams pen Glavin pen Boghead Park 4,000 D 1 19 January 1979 Friendly 2–2 Airdrie Dumbarton Fyfe Gallacher, B Inverclyde CD W 1 23 January 1979 Friendly 1–0 Dumbarton Clyde Sharp Boghead Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Donald Hunter GK SCO 15 0 3 0 0 0 Laurie Williams GK SCO 24 0 0 0 2 0 Rob Campbell DF SCO 11+1 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Russell DF SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 Iain Anderson MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Coyle MF SCO 7+6 0 0 0 0 0 Pat McCluskey MF SCO 38 3 3 0 2 0 John Gallacher MF SCO 39 0 3 0 2 0 Hugh McLean MF SCO 15+2 2 0 0 0+1 0 Ally MacLeod MF SCO 28+4 1 0 0 1 0 Donald McNeil MF SCO 22 3 3 0 2 0 Jim Muir MF SCO 9+2 2 0 0 0 0 Joe Rowan MF SCO 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 Graeme Sinclair MF SCO 27+1 2 3 0 1 0 Derek Whiteford MF SCO 21+7 7 3 0 1 0 Raymond Blair FW SCO 26 9 3 1 2 0 Ally Brown FW SCO 25+5 4 3 0 2 0 Joe Coyle FW SCO 25+4 2 2+1 0 1 0 Gerry Findlay FW SCO 8+3 1 0 0 0 0 Graham Fyfe FW SCO 26+7 7 1 0 2 0 Brian Gallacher FW SCO 32 8 3 1 2 0 Dave Govan FW SCO 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 Murdo MacLeod FW SCO 14 1 1 0 2 0 Graeme Sharp FW SCO 4+2 1 2 2 0 0 Jocky Whiteford FW SCO 13+3 4 0 0 0 0 |} McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton International Caps Murdo MacLeod was selected to play for the Scottish Under 21 team in a friendly match against USA on 17 September 1978 played at Pittodrie Park (won by Scotland 3-1 and in which he scored one of the goals) and in a qualifying match for the European Under 21 Championships against Norway on 24 October 1978 played at Easter Road Stadium (won by Scotland 5–1). Transfers Players in PlayerFromDate SCO John Gallacher SCO Hearts 19 Jun 1978 SCO Donald Hunter SCO St Mirren 26 Jun 1978 SCO Graeme Sharp SCO Eastercraigs 26 Jun 1978 SCO Iain Anderson SCO Fairhill 28 Aug 1978 SCO Tommy Coyle SCO Shettleston 28 Aug 1978 SCO Rob Campbell SCO Ferguslie United 6 Nov 1978 SCO Gerry Findlay SCO Port Glasgow 27 Nov 1978 SCO Joe Rowan ENG Leicester City 22 Mar 1979 SCO Dave JAckson SCO Dumbarton Academy 23 Mar 1979 SCO Mike Rankin SCO Port Glasgow YC 7 Apr 1979 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Drew Harvey SCO Stranraer 25 May 1978 SCO Martin Mowatt SCO Broxburn Athletic 8 Jul 1978 SCO Columb McKinley SCO Vale of Leven 5 Aug 1978 SCO Bobby McCallum SCO Lanark United 21 Oct 1978 SCO Murdo MacLeod SCO Celtic 2 Nov 1978 SCO Jim Muir AUS Adelaide City 2 Feb 1979 Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West). In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Morton in the first round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Partick Thistle, on aggregate, in the first round. Trivia The League match against Clyde on 13 September marked Murdo MacLeod's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 76th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Montrose on 30 September marked Donald McNeil's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 77th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Raith Rovers on 9 December marked Graeme Sinclair's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 78th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The fee of £100,000 received for Murdo MacLeod's transfer to Celtic at the end of October broke the record set by Ian Wallace's departure two seasons earlier. See also 1978–79 in Scottish football References External links Willie Russell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Iain Anderson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Joe Rowan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Gerry Findlay (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Dave Govan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1978–79 season