1993–94 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1993–1994 season
Manager	Murdo MacLeod
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1	8th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
B&Q Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Gibson (13); All: Charlie Gibson (13)
Highest home attendance	2,361
Lowest home attendance	414
Average home league attendance	1,116
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Season 1993–94 was the 110th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 88th time, the Scottish Cup for the 99th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 47th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

The new league campaign would have added importance as the league structure was once again being revised for 1994-95, with four divisions being created, and the addition of two new clubs, Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. As it was, results were up and down from the start, but while Dumbarton finished one place short of First Division football, they never really threatened that all important 7th place, finishing 6 points behind Ayr United in 8th.

In the national cup competitions, it was a case of a second successive season of falling at the first hurdle. In the Scottish Cup, Premier Division champions elect, Rangers would defeat Dumbarton in the third round.

In the League Cup, it was Rangers again who defeated Dumbarton by just a single goal in the second round - and it would be Rangers that would lift the trophy at the end of the season.

Finally, it was a fourth time first round exit in the B&Q Cup - a disappointing defeat to Second Division Stranraer.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the competition was split into two qualifying sections, and having topped their section of Falkirk, Stenhousemuir and East Stirling, Dumbarton went on to win the trophy in the final against Alloa Athletic, on penalties, after a scoreless draw.

Results & fixtures

^[1] Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

7 August 1993 First Division	Stirling Albion	2–0	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
	Watters Reilly			Attendance: 879 Referee: A Waddell

14 August 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	3–0	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Boyd 30' Gibson 72'			Attendance: 1,001 Referee: D Hope

21 August 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	2–4	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Gibson 11' Meechan		McIntosh Boyd (OG) Jack Eadie	Attendance: 1,597 Referee: R Tait

28 August 1993 First Division	Ayr United	0–1	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
			Mooney 46'	Attendance: 1,675 Referee: M Clark

4 September 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Hamilton	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 1,044 Referee: D McVicar

11 September 1993 First Division	St Mirren	0–3	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
			Mooney 45', 76' Gibson	Attendance: 2,607 Referee: J McCluskey

14 September 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	McConville			Attendance: 562 Referee: G Clyde

18 September 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Falkirk	Boghead Park
			McLaughlin 14'	Attendance: 2,361 Referee: W Morrison

25 September 1993 First Division	Morton	3–1	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Collins Doak (pen.) McEwan		McGarvey	Attendance: 1,420 Referee: J Timmons

28 September 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Airdrie	Boghead Park
			Smith	Attendance: 1,276 Referee: L Thow

2 October 1993 First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	4–1	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Smith 46' McCathie 55' O'Boyle 52' Laing		Melvin	Attendance: 2,941 Referee: H Dallas

9 October 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Stirling Albion	Boghead Park
	Foster 32'		Pew 38' Lawrie 59'	Attendance: 766 Referee: J Herald

2 October 1993 First Division	Brechin City	0–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
			Mooney (pen.) MacDonald Foster	Attendance: 469 Referee: D McVicar

23 October 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	3–3	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	McGarvey 76' Gow 85' MacDonald 90+2'		Gallagher 38'	Attendance: 1,723 Referee: D Syme

30 October 1993 First Division	Clydebank	2–1	Dumbarton	Kilbowie Park
	Henry Thomson 82' (pen.)		Walker	Attendance: 1,297 Referee: J Smith

6 November 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Gibson 3'		Bryce 68'	Attendance: 918 Referee: L Mottram

10 November 1993 First Division	Hamilton	2–0	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Duffield 85'			Attendance: 1,182 Referee: W Young

13 November 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	1–5	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
	Gibson		French 20}' (36}), 40' Laing 22'	Attendance: 1,437 Referee: E Martindale

20 November 1993 First Division	Airdrie	0–1	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
			Marsland 80'	Attendance: 1,741 Referee: J Herald

27 November 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Morton	Boghead Park
	Gibson McGarvey			Attendance: 1,140 Referee: W Crombie

4 December 1993 First Division	Falkirk	1–1	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Hughes 22'		Mooney 63'	Attendance: 3,306 Referee: M Clark

11 December 1993 First Division	Clyde	2–1	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
	Sludden 45' Strain 74'		Mooney 56'	Attendance: 681 Referee: I Taylor

18 December 1993 First Division	Dumbarton	3–1	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Melvin Mooney 41', 58' (pen.)		Brand	Attendance: 414 Referee: W Morrison

8 January 1994 First Division	Ayr United	1–1	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Hood 43'		Meechan 22'	Attendance: 2,084 Referee: R Orr

11 January 1994 First Division	Stirling Albion	0–0	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
				Attendance: 758 Referee: J Rowbotham

15 January 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Hamilton	Boghead Park
			Clark	Attendance: 744 Referee: J O'Hare

18 January 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	2–2	Clydebank	Boghead Park
	Gibson 1' Melvin 50'		Flannigan 5' Thomson 83'	Attendance: 1,003 Referee: G Evans

22 January 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Gibson		Strain 12'	Attendance: 927 Referee: D Hope

5 February 1994 First Division	St Mirren	0–3	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
			Gibson 18' Meechan 54' Boyd 82'	Attendance: 2,504 Referee: L Thow

12 February 1994 First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	3-2	Dumbarton	East End Park
	Petrie 5' Tod 28', 49'		Meechan Gibson	Attendance: 3,821 Referee: G Dunbar

1 March 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Airdrie	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 950 Referee: D Syme

5 March 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Falkirk	Boghead Park
			Cadette 13'	Attendance: 1,815 Referee: R Tait

12 March 1994 First Division	Morton	0-0	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
				Attendance: 1,046 Referee: J Herald

19 March 1994 First Division	Brechin City	0-0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
				Attendance: 425 Referee: J O'Hare

26 March 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Stirling Albion	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 887 Referee: G Tran

29 March 1994 First Division	Clyde	1-2	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
	Tennant 45'		Ward 74' MacLeod 88'	Attendance: 789 Referee: J McCluskey

2 April 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	2–3	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Gibson 65' Mooney 75'		Bone 24' Elliot 45' Lavety 84'	Attendance: 1,377 Referee: T McCurry

12 April 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Boghead Park
			Robertson 9' McWilliams 69'	Attendance: 1,305 Referee: D Syme

16 April 1994 First Division	Airdrie	1-1	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
	Smith 56'		Melvin 86'	Attendance: 1,320 Referee: G Clyde

23 April 1994 First Division	Falkirk	4-0	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Ristic 50' Cadette 57' May 76', 81'			Attendance: 3,249 Referee: K Clark

26 April 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Morton	Boghead Park
	Cunnington 15' Gibson 53'			Attendance: 650 Referee: W Innes

30 April 1994 First Division	Clydebank	2-0	Dumbarton	Kilbowie Park
	Ferguson 53', 73'			Attendance: 929 Referee: L Thow

7 May 1994 First Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Ayr United	Boghead Park
	Cunnington 45'		Bilsland 42'	Attendance: 670 Referee: T Brown

14 May 1994 First Division	Hamilton	2-1	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Duffield 50', 82'		Cunnington 33'	Attendance: 1,451 Referee: J Smith

Scottish League Cup

11 August 1993 League Cup round 2	Rangers	1–0	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Ferguson			Attendance: 36,309 Referee: G Evans

B&Q Cup

5 October 1993 Challenge Cup round 1	Dumbarton	1–2	Stranraer	Boghead Park
	Foster 44'		Henderson 12' Sloan 15'	Attendance: 446 Referee: D Hope

Tennant's Scottish Cup

29 January 1994 Cup round 3	Rangers	4–1	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Durie 5' Hately (pen.) Steven 39' Robertson,D		Mooney 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 36,671 Referee: K Clark

Stirlingshire Cup

24 July 1993 Group stage	Dumbarton	2–1	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	McQuade		Rice 9'	Referee: G Dunbar

27 July 1993 Group stage	Dumbarton	1–3	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	McGarvey 30'		Fisher Dickov 50' Irvine	Referee: J McElhinney

31 July 1993 Group stage	East Stirling	0–1	Dumbarton	Firs Park
			McQuade	Attendance: I Hutchison

21 September 1993 Final	Dumbarton	0–0 (5-3 p)	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
				Referee: W Innes

Pre-season and other matches

15 July 1993 Friendly	Dumbarton	2–0	Kilmarnock	Boghead Park
	McQuade			Attendance: CD

2 August 1993 Friendly	Vale of Leven	1–1	Dumbarton	Millburn Park
	Morrison			Attendance: CD

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
6	St Mirren	44	21	8	15	42	48	−6	50
7	Ayr United	44	14	14	16	42	52	−10	42
8	Dumbarton (R)	44	11	14	19	48	59	−11	36	Relegation to the Second Division
9	Stirling Albion (R)	44	13	9	22	41	68	−27	35
10	Clyde (R)	44	10	12	22	35	58	−23	32

Source: RSSSF and statto^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Ian MacFarlane	46	0	43+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	SCO	Kenny Meechan	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	John Boyd	16	2	11+3	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie Cunnington	13	3	13+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Roland Fabiani	41	0	36+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Alan Foster	30	3	22+5	2	1+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stevie Gow	17	1	12+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Martin Melvin	45	4	42+0	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Wilson	20	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Docherty	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Gerry Farrell	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Marsland	38	1	32+4	1	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Paul Martin	20	0	17+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby McConville	23	1	19+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin McGarvey	37	3	27+8	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Murdo MacLeod	44	1	42+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Meechan	38	4	31+5	4	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Nelson	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Calum Campbell	14	0	12+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Gibson	46	13	44+0	13	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Gilmour	6	0	1+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Mike McAnenay	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	John MacDonald	7	2	3+3	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	John McQuade	4	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Martin Mooney	45	10	41+2	9	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
	FW	SCO	Tommy Walker	8	1	6+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Ward	10	1	7+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Willock	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

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Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Date
Murdo MacLeod	Hibernian	7 Jul 1993
Roland Fabiani	St Mirren	20 Aug 1993
John MacDonald	Airdrie	24 Sep 1993
Tommy Walker	Ayr United	9 Oct 1993
Hugh Ward	Greenock	5 Nov 1993
Tommy Wilson	Kilmarnock	19 Nov 1993
Gerry Farrell	Possil YM	17 Dec 1993
Calum Campbell	Kilmarnock	11 Feb 1994
Eddie Cunnington	Dunfermline Athletic	5 Mar 1994
Kenny Meechan	Greenock	31 Mar 1994

Players out

Player	To	Date
John McQuade	Hamilton	31 Aug 1993
Tony Speirs	East Stirling	4 Sep 1993
Mike McAnenay	Alloa Athletic	8 Oct 1993
Andy Willock	Alloa Athletic	9 Oct 1993
Mike Monaghan	Stirling Albion	22 Feb 1994
Tommy Walker	Stranraer	26 Feb 1994
Mark Nelson	Alloa Athletic	1 Mar 1994
John Boag (footballer, born 1965)	Fort William
Jim Cowell	Elgin City
John Young	Vale of Leven
D McDonald

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Reserve team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West B), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 24 games, finished 7th of 9.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to St Johnstone in the first round.

Trivia

The League match against Clyde on 14 August marked Charlie Gibson's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 21st Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
The League match against Ayr United on 6 November marked Ian MacFarlane's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 107th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
The crowd of 36,671 at Ibrox for the Scottish Cup tie against Rangers on 24 January was the largest to have ever witnessed a Dumbarton match. This beat the previous record set just 5 months earlier, in a League Cup tie against the same opponents at the same venue.

References

^ Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
^ "Scottish Division One 1993-1994 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.
^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[review-1] Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.

[2] "Scottish Division One 1993-1994 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[3] Scottish Football League Review 1994-95. The Scottish Football League. 1994.

[4] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

[5] Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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