1989–90 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1989–1990 season
Manager	Jim George
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	6th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Gibson (20) All: Charlie Gibson/ Stuart MacIver (21)
Highest home attendance	1,881
Lowest home attendance	300
Average home league attendance	600
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Season 1989–90 was the 113th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 83rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 95th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 43rd time.

Overview

Dumbarton attempted to recover from the failures in the previous couple of seasons by splashing out £50,000 on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson - a club record fee. Indeed, by the beginning of December the club were 2nd in the league, but a combination of bad weather (which made the Boghead pitch unplayable for over 3 months) and bad discipline (resulting in suspensions of key players) meant that Dumbarton in the end had to settle for a 6th-place finish. The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with a game to go in the league, he was sacked.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton fell in the second round to fellow Second Division opponents Cowdenbeath.

In the League Cup, again it would be a second round exit, but there was no disgrace in the loss to Premier Division Celtic.

Locally, Dumbarton regained the Stirlingshire Cup with a final win over local rivals Clydebank.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1989	Queen of the South	H	2-1	MacIver;Cairney	650
19 August 1988	Brechin City	A	0-4		500
26 August 1989	East Stirling	A	2-1	McQuade;MacIver	200
2 September 1989	Berwick Rangers	H	1-5	Spence	550
9 September 1989	Stranraer	H	5-2	Gibson;Cairney;MacIver(2);Doyle	500
16 September 1989	East Fife	A	2-2	McQuade,A;Gibson	624
23 September 1989	Stirling Albion	H	2-2	Gibson;Reid	800
30 September 1989	Cowdenbeath	A	5-1	Gibson(3);MacIver;Spence	250
7 October 1989	Arbroath	A	1-2	Gibson	611
14 October 1989	Queen's Park	H	2-1	Gibson;Spence	700
21 October 1989	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Gibson	348
28 October 1989	Kilmarnock	A	0-3		2,867
4 November 1989	Montrose	H	3-2	Gibson(2);McQuade,A	400
11 November 1989	Berwick Rangers	A	2-1	Gibson;Quinn	487
18 November 1989	Cowdenbeath	H	2-2	MacIver(2)	500
25 November 1989	Stirling Albion	A	1-4	Hughes	570
2 December 1989	Arbroath	H	0-0		450
16 December 1989	Queen's Park	A	2-2	Gibson;MacIver	587
23 December 1989	Brechin City	H	1-1	Spence	700
6 January 1990	Montrose	A	2-2	Hughes;MacIver	300
10 January 1990	Queen of the South	A	4-1	OG;MacIver(2);Gibson	923
13 January 1990	Stranraer	A	4-4	Hughes;MacIver;McQuade;Spence	400
27 January 1990	Stenhousemuir	A	3-4	OG;Hughes;MacIver	500
10 February 1990	Queen of the South	A	1-1	MacIver	822
14 March 1990	East Fife	A	1-3	MacIver	609
17 March 1990	Brechin City	A	0-3		600
20 March 1990	East Stirling	H	3-0	Quinn;Hughes(2)	500
27 March 1990	Montrose	A	2-1	Morrison;McQuade,J	350
24 March 1990	Kilmarnock	H	0-2		1,881
31 March 1990	Berwick Rangers	A	2-3	Gibson;Boyd	436
3 April 1990	Kilmarnock	H	1-3	Gibson	1,000
7 April 1990	Stenhousemuir	A	3-1	Hughes;Gibson;MacIver	600
10 April 1990	Stranraer	H	1-1	Morrison	300
14 April 1990	Cowdenbeath	H	1-3	Gibson	400
17 April 1990	East Stirling	H	2-1	Gibson(2)	300
21 April 1990	East Fife	H	3-1	MacIver;Morrison(2)	500
24 April 1990	Arbroath	H	2-0	Boyd;MacIver	450
28 April 1990	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	MacIver	600
5 May 1990	Queen's Park	A	0-1		586

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 December 1989	1	Queen's Park	A	2-1	McQuade,J;Quinn	784
30 December 1989	2	Cowdenbeath	H	0-2		700

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1989	1	Stenhousemuir	H	3-0	MacIver(2);Gibson	569
15 August 1989	2	Celtic	H	0-3		8,500

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 October 1989	1	Alloa Athletic	A	3-0	Meechan;Wharton;Quinn
1 May 1990	SF	Stenhousemuir	A	3-1	unknown
7 May 1990	F	Clydebank	A	4-2	McGinley(3);unknown

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 July 1989	Kilbirnie Ladeside	A	1-2	unknown
31 July 1989	Celtic XI	H	2-1	Trialist;Spence
3 August 1989	Renfrew	A	3-0	Wharton;MacIver;Docherty
6 August 1989	Vale of Leven	A	1-4	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Andy McQuade and Andy Spence were best by appearing in all but one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances[2]	Goals
John Boyd	DF	16	2
Pat Cairney	MF	22(1)	2
Jim Dempsey	MF	31
Gary Dickie	MF	16(5)
Jamie Doyle	MF	18(3)	1
Charlie Gibson	FW	40	21
Stevie Gow	DF	11(1)
Bernie Grant	MF	8
Jim Hughes	MF	26(1)	7
Stuart MacIver	FW	36(2)	21
Jim McGinlay	MF	1
Paul McGrogan	FW	3(4)
Andy McQuade	MF	42	2
John McQuade	FW	11(8)	4
Jim Meechan	MF	14(1)	1
Steve Morrison	MF	17	4
Paul Quinn	FW	18(13)	4
Billy Reid	FW	24(6)	1
Colin Spence	MF	42	5
Gregor Stevens	MF	10
Hugh Stevenson	GK	13
Boyd Strachan	GK	30
Peter Wharton	DF	23(5)	1
David Wilson	FW	1

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 11 wins and 3 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Partick Thistle in the first round.

See also

• 1989–90 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