1981–82 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1981–1982 season
Manager	Billy Lamont
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1	11th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Raymond Blair (8) All: Raymond Blair (11)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

Season 1981–82 was the 105th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 75th time, the Scottish Cup for the 87th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 35th time.

Overview

For the seventh year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and with another new manager in place - Billy Lamont - hopes were high to see if promotion could finally be won. Unfortunately, despite a few excellent results, including wins over Hearts, the campaign was a disappointment, and although relegation was never a real threat, an 11th place finish with 35 points was all that was achieved, 26 behind champions Motherwell.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton again began well by beating Premier Division opponents, this time Partick Thistle, in the third round but lost out to a powerful Rangers side in the next round.

The League Cup was a bit of a disaster. The format reverted to sectional games for qualification to the latter stages, and Dumbarton could only manage two home wins from six games, from what was 'on paper' an easy section.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton almost retained the cup , but lost out on penalties to Alloa in the final.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 1981	East Stirling	H	0-3		400
5 September 1981	Queen of the South	A	4-0	Coyle,J;Montgomerie;Blair;Brown	1,000
12 September 1981	Clydebank	H	1-3	Montgomerie	1,000
16 September 1981	Raith Rovers	A	3-1	Brown;Coyle,J(2)
19 September 1981	Motherwell	H	0-6		1,000
23 September 1981	Queen's Park	A	0-3
26 September 1981	Hearts	A	1-2	Donnelly	3,627
30 September 1981	Ayr United	A	2-3	Dunlop;Coyle,T
3 October 1981	St Johnstone	H	2-1	McGowan,P;Rankin	500
10 October 1981	Hamilton	H	1-2	Brown	350
17 October 1981	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Blair;Dunlop	1,994
24 October 1981	Kilmarnock	H	0-2		800
31 October 1981	Falkirk	A	1-1	Dunlop	2,500
7 November 1981	Queen of the South	H	1-0	McGowan,P	400
14 November 1981	East Stirling	A	1-1	Donnelly	1,500
21 November 1981	Raith Rovers	H	1-1	Coyle,J
28 November 1981	Hearts	H	3-1	Blair;McGowan,P;Dunlop	1,200
5 December 1981	St Johnstone	A	2-5	Blair;Kenny	1,776
30 January 1982	Kilmarnock	A	0-0		1,350
6 February 1982	Falkirk	H	3-1	Montgomerie;Coyle,J;Brown	450
17 February 1982	Clydebank	A	0-3
20 February 1982	St Johnstone	H	2-0	Donnelly;Montgomerie	400
23 February 1982	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-1
27 February 1982	East Stirling	A	2-2	Blair, McGowan,M	300
3 March 1982	Motherwell	A	1-1	Brown	2,022
6 March 1982	Ayr United	H	3-1	Gallacher;Blair;Brown	500
13 March 1982	Clydebank	H	0-2		700
20 March 1982	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0-0		1,500
27 March 1982	Queen's Park	A	0-3		732
3 April 1982	Raith Rovers	H	0-2		300
7 April 1982	Ayr United	H	3-1	Donnelly(2);Montgomerie	282
10 April 1982	Motherwell	A	0-1		2,742
14 April 1982	Queen's Park	H	1-0	Craig	450
17 April 1982	Queen of the South	A	3-1	Craig;Blair;McNeil	250
21 April 1982	Hamilton	A	0-0
24 April 1982	Kilmarnock	H	0-2		800
1 May 1982	Hearts	A	5-2	McGowan,P;Dunlop(3);Coyle,J	4,861
8 May 1982	Falkirk	H	1-0	Donnelly
15 May 1982	Hamilton	A	0-1		700

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 January 1982	3	Partick Thistle	A	2-1	Coyle,J;Donnelly	4,000
13 February 1982	4	Rangers	A	0-4		15,000

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1981	P	Cowdenbeath	A	0-2		368
12 August 1981	P	Queen of the South	H	1-0	Blair	386
15 August 1981	P	Brechin City	A	1-2	Blair	500
19 August 1981	P	Queen of the South	A	2-3	Mailer;Campbell
22 August 1981	P	Cowdenbeath	H	3-0	Blair;Mailer;Rankin	500
26 August 1981	P	Brechin City	H	1-3	Gallacher

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 October 1981	1	East Stirling	A	5-4	Blair(3);McGowan,P;Coyle,J
21 January 1982	SF	Clydebank	H	2-1	Montgomerie(2)	123
10 May 1982	F	Alloa Athletic	A	1-1*	Donnelly

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 August 1981	Cumbernauld United	H	3-0	Blair(3)

Appearances

Club

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Raymond Blair and Tom Carson were best by appearing in every one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances[2]	Goals
Steve Armstrong	FW	0(2)
Raymond Blair	FW	44(3)	11
Ally Brown	FW	28(8)	6
John Cameron	FW	1
Rob Campbell	DF	20(2)	1
Tom Carson	GK	47
Mark Clougherty	MF	24(2)
Joe Coyle	FW	40(3)	6
Tommy Coyle	MF	46	1
Albert Craig	MF	9(4)	2
John Donnelly	FW	35(6)	7
Mick Dunlop	FW	32	7
Alistair Edmiston	MF	1
John Gallacher	MF	40	2
Dave Kenny	FW	0(1)	1
John Mailer	FW	2(3)	2
D McGeoch	FW	2
Martin McGowan	DF	27(3)	1
Pat McGowan	FW	20	4
Ally MacLeod	MF	8
Donald McNeil	MF	19(3)	1
Ally McRoberts	FW	5(4)
Ray Montgomerie	DF	17(4)	5
Mike Rankin	FW	15(17)	2
Graeme Sinclair	MF	32(2)
Ian Wotherspoon	FW	1

International

Graeme Sinclair was selected to play for Scotland in a 'semi-pro' international tournament involving teams from England, Holland and Italy.

See also

• 1981–82 in Scottish football

References

1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive