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 (9); All: Raymond Blair (12)

Season 1981–82 was the 98th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 76th 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	Blair	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)

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Tom Carson	47	0	39	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Rob Campbell	22	1	14+1	0	1	0	5+1	1
	DF		Martin McGowan	30	1	26+3	1	1	0	0	0
	DF		Ray Montgomerie	21	5	17+3	5	0+1	0	0	0
	MF		Mark Clougherty	26	0	21+1	0	2	0	1+1	0
	MF		Tommy Coyle	46	1	38	1	2	0	6	0
	MF		Albert Craig	13	2	9+4	2	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alistair Edmiston	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Gallacher	39	2	31	1	2	0	6	1
	MF		Ally MacLeod	8	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	MF		Donald McNeil	21	1	18+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Graeme Sinclair	34	0	24+2	0	2	0	6	0
	FW		Steve Armstrong	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Raymond Blair	47	12	36+3	9	2	0	6	3
	FW		Ally Brown	37	6	22+9	6	0	0	6	0
	FW		John Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Joe Coyle	43	6	32+3	5	2	1	6	0
	FW		John Donnelly	42	6	31+3	5	2	1	2+4	0
	FW		Mick Dunlop	32	7	30	7	2	0	0	0
	FW		Dave Kenny	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Mailer	5	2	0+2	0	0	0	2+1	2
	FW		D McGeoch	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Pat McGowan	20	4	16	4	1	0	3	0
	FW		Ally McRoberts	9	0	4+4	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Mike Rankin	32	2	11+14	1	0+1	0	4+2	1
	FW		Ian Wotherspoon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

International Caps

Graeme Sinclair played for Scotland in a 'semi-pro' international tournament involving teams from England, Holland and Italy. Scotland won the tournament by beating Holland Amateurs 2-1, drawing 2-2 against Italy Serie C and drawing 1-1 against England semi pro.

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
Ray Montgomerie	Newcastle Utd	26 Aug 1981
Mick Dunlop	Benburb	24 Oct 1981
Albert Craig	Yoker Ath	30 Dec 1981
Ally McRoberts	Falkirk	27 Jan 1982

Players out

Player	To	Date
Brian Gallacher	Kilmarnock	20 May 1981
Ally MacLeod	Kilmarnock	10 Sep 1981
Tommy McGrain	Pollok	30 Nov 1981
John Gallacher	Retired

Factfile

* The League match against Hearts on 26 September marked Tommy Coyle's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 85th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

References

↑ 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.

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

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

1981–82 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship 1982 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath East Fife Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer