1984–85 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2020 January 2015 Dumbarton 1984–1985 Davie Wilson Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish Premier League 9th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Joe Coyle (7) Joe Coyle (9) 1983–84 1985–86 Season 1984–85 was the 101st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 79th time, the Scottish Cup for the 90th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 38th time. Overview Dumbarton's return to the top tier of Scottish league football for the first time in a decade was to be short-lived. At the end of the year, it was looking likely that survival might be achieved, being 6 points clear of the relegation zone, however with only a win and a draw being taken from the last 15 matches, Dumbarton finished in 9th place and relegated to the First Division for next season. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to First Division Motherwell in the third round - the team who would replace them in the Premier Division at the end of the season. The League Cup format reverted to straight knock-out, and after a first round win over Queen of the South, Dumbarton lost to fellow Premier Division opponents Dundee United. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, after a win on penalties over Falkirk in the first round, a reversal of rolls was the case in the semi-final in a disappointing 'penalties' semi final defeat to East Stirling. Finally, Premier Division status brought with it an added bonus - being a participant in the annual televised indoor Tennent's Sixes tournament. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the group stages. Results & fixtures #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Premier Division 1984–85 Scottish Football League L 1 11 August 1984 Scottish Premier 2–1 Morton Dumbarton McNeill 35 pen 44 Robertson 83 Cappielow Park 2,500 A Ferguson L 1 18 August 1984 Scottish Premier 1–2 Dumbarton Rangers Craig 16 McCoist 81Redford 83 Boghead Park 10,000 R Cuthill W 1 25 August 1984 Scottish Premier 2–1 Dumbarton Dundee Coyle, J 2 35 Stephen 42 Boghead Park 2,000 C Sinclair L 1 1 September 1984 Scottish Premier 1–0 Hearts Dumbarton Park 39 Tynecastle Stadium 6,914 A Roy D 1 8 September 1984 Scottish Premier 1–1 Dumbarton Celtic Coyle, J 77 pen McGarvey 33 Boghead Park 8,416 I Cathcart W 1 15 September 1984 Scottish Premier 2–3 Hibernian Dumbarton Thomson 15Kane 88 Coyle, J 28 pen 32Coyle, T 39 Easter Road 3,642 D McVicar L 1 22 September 1984 Scottish Premier 0–2 Dumbarton Aberdeen Miller 77Falconer 85 Boghead Park 4,000 T Muirhead L 1 29 September 1984 Scottish Premier 0–1 Dumbarton St Mirren McAvennie 21 Boghead Park 2,520 D Galloway L 1 6 October 1984 Scottish Premier 1–0 Dundee United Dumbarton Coyne 74 Tannadice Park 5,852 W Crombie W 1 13 October 1984 Scottish Premier 3–1 Dumbarton Morton Dunlop 25 OGCoyle, J 26 penKay 55 Dunlop 53 Boghead Park 2,000 B Robertson D 1 20 October 1984 Scottish Premier 0–0 Rangers Dumbarton Ibrox Park 16,521 J Renton D 1 27 October 1984 Scottish Premier 1–1 Dundee Dumbarton Smith 93 Ashwood 9 Dens Park 4,375 L Thow T McKinlay L 1 3 November 1984 Scottish Premier 0–1 Dumbarton Hearts Bone 85 Boghead Park 2,706 E Brolis L 1 10 November 1984 Scottish Premier 2–0 Celtic Dumbarton McGarvey 36Johnston 55 Celtic Park 13,701 A Hewitt D 1 17 November 1984 Scottish Premier 2–2 Dumbarton Hibernian Craig 2McGowan 14 Durie 46 47 Boghead Park 2,003 C Sinclair L 1 24 November 1984 Scottish Premier 1–0 Aberdeen Dumbarton McDougall 1 Pittodrie Park 13,200 D Galloway D 1 1 December 1984 Scottish Premier 0–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Love Street (stadium) 2,450 H Young D 1 8 December 1984 Scottish Premier 2–2 Dumbarton Dundee United Bourke 41Crawley 44 Dodds 14Bannon 75 pen Boghead Park 1,524 W Crombie W 1 15 December 1984 Scottish Premier 2–4 Morton Dumbarton Sullivan 4 53 Bourke 5 78Coyle, T 58Simpson 74 Cappielow Park 2,000 W Crombie L 1 29 December 1984 Scottish Premier 2–4 Dumbarton Rangers Simpson 62Coyle, J 88 pen Ferguson, I 33McMinn 38Mitchell 66Cooper 74 Boghead Park 7.800 G Smith W 1 1 January 1985 Scottish Premier 1–0 Dumbarton Dundee Craig 19 Boghead Park 2,500 W McLean L 1 5 January 1985 Scottish Premier 5–1 Hearts Dumbarton Black 10 pen 60 71Clark 84Bone 87 McNeill 77 Tynecastle Stadium 7,571 J Cathcart K Black L 1 19 January 1985 Scottish Premier 3–1 Hibernian Dumbarton Sneddon 27Rice 55 penDurie 59 Kay 32 Easter Road 7,421 A Roy M Weir L 1 2 February 1985 Scottish Premier 0–2 Dumbarton Aberdeen Stark 36Black 65 Boghead Park 3,500 A Huett E Black D 1 9 February 1985 Scottish Premier 1–1 Dumbarton St Mirren Kay 51 McAvennie 29 Boghead Park 1,684 D Syme A Kay L 1 23 February 1985 Scottish Premier 4–0 Dundee United Dumbarton Milne 17Reilly 25Gough 76Sturrock 77 Tannadice Park 5,693 W Knowles R Gough L 1 2 March 1985 Scottish Premier 3–1 Rangers Dumbarton Ferguson 16McCoist 27 46 Coyle, T 67 Ibrox Park 8,424 D Downie W 1 16 March 1985 Scottish Premier 1–0 Dumbarton Morton Simpson 62 Boghead Park 900 J Duncan H Simpson L 1 23 March 1985 Scottish Premier 1–3 Dumbarton Hearts Bourke 78 Kidd 24Clark 39 82 Boghead Park 2,207 T Muirhead L 1 3 April 1985 Scottish Premier 0–2 Dumbarton Celtic Johnston 34McClair 44 Boghead Park 7,000 D Hope L 1 6 April 1985 Scottish Premier 0–2 Dumbarton Hibernian Irvine 25Rice 32 Boghead Park 5,064 B Robertson L 1 13 April 1985 Scottish Premier 1–0 Dundee Dumbarton Rafferty 62 Dens Park 3,386 B Crombie L 1 20 April 1985 Scottish Premier 4–0 Aberdeen Dumbarton McLeish 24Angus 35Kay 49 OGStark 65 Pittodrie Park 12,500 J Renton L 1 27 April 1985 Scottish Premier 0–2 Dumbarton Dundee United Coyne 3Sturrock 84 Boghead Park 818 K Hope G Arthur L 1 4 May 1985 Scottish Premier 1–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Godfrey 8 Love Street (stadium) 2,646 W McLeish L 1 11 May 1985 Scottish Premier 2–0 Celtic Dumbarton McClair 74McStay 84 Celtic Park 6,514 L Thow Scottish Cup 1984–85 Scottish Cup L 1 30 January 1985 Scottish Cup round 3 4–0 Motherwell Dumbarton Blair 22Stewart 65 7775 Fir Park 2,852 D Downie Scottish League Cup 1984–85 Scottish League Cup L 1 29 August 1984 Scottish League Cup round 2 0–4 Dumbarton Dundee United Dodds 28 64Milne 75 79 Boghead Park 2,500 H Young Stirlingshire Cup W 1 23 October 1984 First Round 1–1(4-5 on penalties) Falkirk Dumbarton Craig Houston 83 Brockville Park L 1 8 May 1985 Semi-final 0–0(3-2 on penalties) East Stirling Dumbarton Firs Park Pre-season and other matches W 1 31 July984 1–2 Friendly Queens Park Dumbarton Bourke Ashwood Hampden Park W 1 4 August 1984 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton ENGWatford Craig 16Bourke 55 Johnston 30 Boghead Park 4,000 D Hope W 1 16 February 1985 3–5 Friendly Kilmarnock Dumbarton Rugby Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Scottish Football League Review 1985-86 The Scottish Football League 1986 Premier Division League Cup Scottish Cup Gordon Arthur GK SCO 35+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 Dougie McNab GK SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Rob Campbell DF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin McGowan DF SCO 28+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 Ray Montgomerie DF SCO 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Clougherty MF SCO 28+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 Tommy Coyle MF SCO 34+2 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 Albert Craig MF SCO 35+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 Harry Curran MF SCO 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Alan Kay MF SCO 36+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 Steve McCahill MF SCO 26+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Dave McCaig MF SCO 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Donald McNeil MF SCO 24+3 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 Stuart Robertson MF SCO 21+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 Jim Simpson MF SCO 15+10 3 0+2 0 1+0 0 Graeme Sinclair MF SCO 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Kenny Ashwood FW SCO 19+6 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 John Bourke FW SCO 24+2 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 Joe Coyle FW SCO 28+7 7 2+0 0 1+0 2 Gerry Crawley FW SCO 16+5 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 Stuart MacIver FW SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Pat McGowan FW SCO 13+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 Allan Moore FW SCO 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Transfers Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Steve McCahill SCO Glennifer Thistle 14 Jun 1984 SCO Jim Simpson SCO Kilmarnock 1 Jul 1984 SCO Harry Curran SCO Eastercraigs 20 Jul 1984 SCO Rob Campbell SCO Cowdenbeath 21 Jul 1984 SCO Stuart MacIver SCO Duntocher BC 4 Aug 1984 SCO Alan Kay SCO Partick Thistle 11 Aug 1984 SCO Gordon Arthur SCO Stirling Albion 25 Aug 1984 SCO Dougie McNab SCO Hamilton (loan) 1 Sep 1984 SCO Graeme Sinclair SCO Celtic (loan) 22 Feb 1985 Players out PlayerToDateSCO Albert BurnettSCO Falkirk 3 Aug 1984SCO Tom CarsonSCO Dundee 8 Aug 1984SCO Joe CarsonSCO Partick Thistle11 Aug 1984SCO Dougie McNabSCO Meadowbank Thistle1 Sep 1984SCO Jim HughesSCO Ardrossan Winton Rovers3 Apr 1985SCO Joe McGroganSCO Vale of LevenSCO Martin WalshSCO Campsie Black WatchSCO Rob Campbell SCO Colin McKenzie Reserve team Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Premier Reserve League, winning 4 and drawing 5 of 36 matches finishing 10th of 10. In the Reserve League Cup Dumbarton lost in the second round to Aberdeen and in the Second XI Cup lost out to Motherwell in the first round. Trivia The League Cup match against Queen of the South on 22 August marked Martin McGowan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 89th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League Cup match against Queen of the South on 22 August also marked John Bourke's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 18th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The League match against Aberdeen on 22 September marked Joe Coyle's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 19th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The League match against Rangers on 20 October marked Albert Craig's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 90th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 1984–85 in Scottish football References External links Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1984–85 season