Dumbarton
1995–1996 season
ManagerMurdo MacLeod/Jim Fallon
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 110th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Mooney (5)
All: Martin Mooney (6)
Highest home attendance2,733
Lowest home attendance654
Average home league attendance1,352

Season 1995–96 was the 112th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 90th time, the Scottish Cup for the 101st time, the Scottish League Cup for the 49th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the sixth time.

Overview

After the success of the previous season, no one could foresee the disaster that was to befall Dumbarton. The league season had begun brightly, with the club sitting atop Division 1 with 2 wins from 2. However manager Murdo MacLeod then departed for Premier Division Partick Thistle, and it all began to fall apart. A reluctant Jim Fallon stepped up from his assistant managerial post to take on the reins but it was clear from the start that he was ill-prepared for what was to be faced. Indeed, the only other win to be registered throughout the remainder of the league campaign was an impressive victory over champions elect Dundee United. From December, a string of 19 consecutive defeats in the league were suffered, Dumbarton's worst losing streak in their long history. Relegation back to Division 2 was a certainty long before the season had ended.

In the national cup competitions, it was now four seasons without a single win. In the Scottish Cup Airdrie defeated Dumbarton in the second round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Kilmarnock were victors over Dumbarton, but only after extra time.

Finally, the long wait for a win in the Challenge Cup continued - a first round defeat to Brechin City was the sixth in a row.

Locally, there was something to cheer as the Stirlingshire Cup returned to Boghead, with a final win over East Stirlingshire.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

12 August 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Hamilton Boghead Park
Burns 65' Attendance: 1,191
Referee: J Smith
26 August 1995 First Division Morton 1–2 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Lilley 56' Mooney 7' (pen)
Charnley 34'		 Attendance: 2,612
Referee: G Allison
2 September 1995 First Division Dumbarton 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
McNamara 29'
Shaw
Gow 77' (OG)
Petrie 		Attendance: 1,952
Referee: A Waddell
9 September 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Airdrie Boghead Park
Martin 70' Boyle
McIntyre,T 		Attendance: 1,320
Referee: J McGillvray
16 September 1995 First Division St Johnstone 4–1 Dumbarton McDiarmid Park
O'Boyle 7'
Twaddle 20'
Farquhar
Martin 73' (OG)		 McKinnon 89' Attendance: 2,273
Referee: J Herald
23 September 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–5 Dundee Boghead Park
McGarvey Shaw 1', 54'
Martin (OG)
Bain 51'
Hamilton 86'		 Attendance: 1,207
Referee: R Tait
30 September 1995 First Division Clydebank 2–1 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Grady 22'
Sutherland 83'		 Gibson 56' Attendance: 913
7 October 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Dundee United Boghead Park
Mooney 81' Attendance: 2,013
Referee: W Young
14 October 1995 First Division St Mirren 3–2 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Dick 14'
Archdeacon 23'
Yardley 		Mooney 12' (pen)
McGarvey 		Attendance: 2,377
Referee: T Brown
21 October 1995 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton East End Park
Petrie 12'
Shaw 		Gibson 13' Attendance: 3,842
Referee: S Dougal
28 October 1995 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Morton Boghead Park
Hawke 6', 36' Attendance: 2,378
Referee: J Fleming
4 November 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Mooney 26' Twaddle 47', 58'
O'Boyle 		Attendance: 1,050
11 November 1995 First Division Airdrie 2–1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Davies 14'
Black 81'		 Boyle 85' (OG) Attendance: 1,205
Referee: G Clyde
18 November 1995 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Clydebank Boghead Park
Mooney 61' (pen) Grady 7'
Eadie 52'		 Attendance: 1,043
2 December 1995 First Division Dundee United 8–0 Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Brewster
Johnston
McSwegan
Coyle
(OG)		 Attendance: 5,285
5 December 1995 First Division Dundee 1–1 Dumbarton Dens Park
Tosh 65' Dallas Attendance: 2,804
9 December 1995 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 St Mirren Boghead Park
Attendance: 1,461
16 December 1995 First Division Hamilton 3–0 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Hartley
Clark
McStay 		Attendance: 762
Referee: M Pocock
6 January 1996 First Division St Johnstone 3–0 Dumbarton McDiarmid Park
O'Boyle 64', 77'
Burns 81' (OG)		 Attendance: 2,448
Referee: I Taylor
13 January 1996 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Airdrie Boghead Park
Granger 89' Duffield 40'
McIntyre,J 43'		 Attendance: 1,045
Referee: J McGillvray
20 January 1996 First Division Dumbarton 1–3 Dundee United Boghead Park
Ward 33' Brewster 12'
Shannon 30'
McSwegan 74'		 Attendance: 1,354
Referee: J Underhill
23 January 1996 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Dundee Boghead Park
Ward 25' Hamilton 56', 73' Attendance: 761
Referee: L Thow
5 February 1996 First Division St Mirren 5–0 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Lavety 21', 57'
Fenwick 60'
Watson 69'
Iwelumo 88'		 Attendance: 1,838
Referee: L Mottram
13 February 1996 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Hamilton Boghead Park
Granger Hartley Attendance: 654
17 February 1996 First Division Clydebank 1–0 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Eadie 71' Attendance: 612
Referee: G Clyde
24 February 1965 First Division Morton 2–0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Lilley
Mahood 		Attendance: 2,833
Referee: R Tait
6 March 1996 First Division Dundee 3–0 Dumbarton Dens Park
Hamilton 13', 51'
Tosh 82'		 Attendance: 1,712
9 March 1996 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Shaw
Smith 		Attendance: 1,477
Referee: J Herald
16 March 1996 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Clydebank Boghead Park
Flannigan 84' Attendance: 654
Referee: S Dougal
23 March 1996 First Division Dumbarton 0–3 St Johnstone Boghead Park
Jenkinson 8'
O'Boyle 20'
Grant 70'		 Attendance: 903
30 March 1996 First Division Airdrie 5–1 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Smith
McIntyre,T 49'
Connolly 56', 66'
Hetherston 		Foster 33' Attendance: 1,062
6 April 1996 First Division Dundee United 6–1 Dumbarton Tannadice Park
McSwegan 4', 8' (41), 42'
Perry 59'
Brewster 84'		 Sharp 2' Attendance: 7,142
Referee: W Crombie
13 April 1996 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 St Mirren Boghead Park
Archdeacon 43' (pen) Attendance: 1,139
Referee: A Roy
20 April 1996 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 Dumbarton East End Park
French 46'
Moore
Smith
Shaw 		Dallas 21' Attendance: 5,971
27 April 1996 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Morton Boghead Park
Anderson 41' Attendance: 2,733
Referee: L Thow
4 May 1996 First Division Hamilton 2–1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Hartley
Geraghty 		Granger (pen) Attendance: 657

Coca-Cola League Cup

19 August 1995 League Cup round 2 Kilmarnock 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton Rugby Park
Roberts 118' Attendance: 5,011
Referee: W Crombie

Scottish League Challenge Cup

22 August 1995 Challenge Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Mearns 17' Attendance: 524

Tennant's Scottish Cup

30 January 1996 Cup round 3 Dumbarton 1–3 Airdrie Boghead Park
Mooney Duffield
Smith 		Attendance: 1,076

Stirlingshire Cup

29 July 1995 First Round Alloa Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Meechan 61'
McGarvey 82'
15 April 1996 Semi Final Dumbarton 3–3
(5-4 p)		 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
6 May 1996 Final Dumbarton 2–1 East Stirling Boghead Park
Ward 21'
Meechan 61'		 Neill 40'

Pre-season/Other Matches

26 July 1995 Friendly Rangers XI 3–2 Dumbarton University Grounds, Anniesland
2 August 1995 Friendly Dumbarton 1–2 Bradford City Boghead Park
Ward 2' Wright 41' (pen)
Tolson 89'
5 August 1995 Friendly Dumbarton 1–2 Wigan Athletic Boghead Park
Gow
6 August 1995 Friendly Dumbarton 4–2 Vale of Leven Boghead Park
Gow 15'
Grainger 45', 70'
McCuiag 89'		 McGinlay 21', 30'

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 13 8 15 46 51 −5 47
7 Clydebank 36 10 10 16 39 58 −19 40
8 Airdrieonians 36 9 11 16 43 54 −11 38
9 Hamilton Academical (R) 36 10 6 20 40 57 −17 36 Second Division
10 Dumbarton (R) 36 3 2 31 23 94 −71 11
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Peter Dennison 202+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Ian MacFarlane 25022+001+001+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Kenny Meechan 13012+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Roland Fabiani 23019+101+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Alan Foster 12110+210+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Stevie Gow 23020+100+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 303+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Martin Melvin 34032+100+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Hugh Burns 14110+111+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Chic Charnley 20116+211+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Joe Goldie 201+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Toby King 31027+101+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Jim Marsland 20018+001+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Paul Martin 14112+011+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Martin McGarvey 27214+1021+000+100+10
MF Scotland SCO Sam McGivern 1309+201+000+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Jim Meechan 34031+101+000+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Stephen Dallas 2328+1420+000+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Charlie Gibson 32223+620+101+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Martin Glancy 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Alan Granger 34320+1130+101+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Colin McKinnon 35131+210+000+101+00
FW Scotland SCO Martin Mooney 39631+551+001+001+01
FW Scotland SCO Lee Sharp 15114+110+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Ward 15210+420+000+001+00

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Transfers

[4]

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 4 wins and 3 draws from 22 games, finished 12th and last.

Trivia

  • The League match against Clydebank on 30 September marked Martin Melvin's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 23rd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against Hamilton on 16 December marked Jim Meechan's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 24rd Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • The League match against St Mirren on 9 December marked Martin McGarvey's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 109th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The season ended with a two unwanted records being broken. In addition to the longest losing streak in the league - which extended to a 20-game drought once the Scottish Cup defeat is taken into account - the number of games without a win was also broken. From 14 October, there were 28 consecutive winless games in the league - and 29 consecutive competitive games during the season.
  • The two home wins recorded in the league during the season matched the record fewest league home wins last seen during the 1896-97 season. In addition, the 15 home defeats in the league was a new record, easily beating the previous worst of 11 during the 1920-21 season.
  • The 10 goals scored at Boghead in league matches beat the previous fewest home league goals (16) set in the 1918-19 season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scottish Football League Review 1996-97. The Scottish Football League. 1997.
  2. ↑ Scottish Football League Review 1996-97. The Scottish Football League. 1997.
  3. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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