1986–87 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton 1986–1987 football season
Dumbarton
1986–1987 season
ManagerAlex Totten
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 13rd
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gerry McCoy (21)
All: Gerry McCoy (22)
Highest home attendance2,500
Lowest home attendance440
Average home league attendance1,180

Season 1986–87 was the 103rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 81st time, the Scottish Cup for the 92nd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 40th time.

Overview

Dumbarton began another First Division campaign with a new manager at the helm - Alex Totten - who had been released from his duties with Rangers following the arrival of Graeme Souness. Following another league reconstruction, the First Division clubs would play each other 4 times - a big ask particularly for the part-time clubs - but as things turned out it was to be a close thing for promotion with Dumbarton always up with the front runners. In the end, it was to be a 3rd-place finish - just 4 points behind champions Morton.

In the Scottish Cup, it would be another early exit for Dumbarton, this time to Brechin City after a draw, in the third round.

In the League Cup, Stirling Albion were dispatched in the second round before a fighting display against Celtic, saw Dumbarton's interest in the competition come to an end for another year.

Locally, Dumbarton failed to keep a grip on the Stirlingshire Cup, with Stirling Albion gaining some revenge for their League Cup exit, with a semi final win.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

Partick Thistle v Dumbarton
9 August 1986 First Division Partick Thistle 1–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Herd 27' McCahill 82'
McGowan 88'		 Attendance: 2,272
Referee: L Thow
Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic
13 August 1986 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Montgomerie 67' (OG) Attendance: 1,780
Airdrie v Dumbarton
16 August 1986 First Division Airdrie 1–0 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Black 41' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: K Hope
Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic
23 August 1986 First Division Dumbarton 3–2 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Coyle,O 8' (pen)
Bourke 78'		 MacDonald 34'
Clarke 		Attendance: 550
Morton v Dumbarton
30 August 1986 First Division Morton 0–3 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Moore 13'
Coyle,O 27'
Houston 		Attendance: 2,300
Referee: D Miller
Dumbarton v Brechin City
6 September 1986 First Division Dumbarton 3–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Coyle,O 10'
Coyle,T 62'
Bourke 		Gallacher Attendance: 480
Referee: M Delaney
Dumbarton v Montrose
13 September 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Montrose Boghead Park
Coyle,T Attendance: 440
Referee: J Smith
Kilmarnock v Dumbarton
16 September 1986 First Division Kilmarnock 2–1 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Bryson
Clougherty (OG)		 Coyle,O Attendance: 1,200
Clyde v Dumbarton
20 September 1986 First Division Clyde 2–1 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Millar 15'
Watters 35'		 Coyle,O Attendance: 800
Dumbarton v East Fife
27 September 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 East Fife Boghead Park
McCoy 2'
Moore 24'		 Burgess 77' Attendance: 630
Referee: P Hanley
Queen of the South v Dumbarton
30 September 1986 First Division Queen of the South 1–3 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Cloy Moore
Coyle,O
McCoy 		Attendance: 1,620
Dumbarton v Partick Thistle
4 October 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
Coyle,O 1' 56' (pen) Montgomerie (OG)
Cairns 68'		 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: H Gould
Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton
11 October 1986 First Division Forfar Athletic 3–5 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Scott 12'
MacDonald 89'		 Coyle,O 43' (pen), 84' (pen)
McCoy 52', 57'
Clarke 50' (OG)		 Attendance: 815
Dumbarton v Airdrie
18 October 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie Boghead Park
McNeil 41'
Coyle,O 55'		 Lindsay 7' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: H Williamson
Montrose v Dumbarton
25 October 1986 First Division Montrose 1–0 Dumbarton Links Park
Brown 24' Attendance: 350
Dumbarton v Kilmarnock
29 October 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
McCoy 60' Attendance: 1,050
Brechin City v Dumbarton
1 November 1986 First Division Brechin City 3–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Powell 10' 90'
Adam 		McCoy 88' (pen) Attendance: 450
Referee: J McGillvray
Dumbarton v Morton
8 November 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Morton Boghead Park
Coyle,T 45'
McCahill 		O'Hara 86' Attendance: 1,600
Dumbarton v Clyde
15 November 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Clyde Boghead Park
Houston 15' Tait 45' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: A Waddell
East Fife v Dumbarton
22 November 1986 First Division East Fife 0–0 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Attendance: 1,494
Referee: R Valentine
Dumbarton v Queen of the South
29 November 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Queen of the South Boghead Park
McCoy 25' Armstrong 29' (pen) Attendance: 900
Referee: G Evans
Partick Thistle v Dumbarton
6 December 1986 First Division Partick Thistle 0–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Houston 37'
McCoy 39'		 Attendance: 2,284
Referee: A Ferguson
Dumbarton v Dunfermline Athletic
13 December 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic Boghead Park
Houston 41' McCall 9'
McCathie 89'		 Attendance: 2,431
Referee: K O'Donnell
Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic
20 December 1986 First Division Dumbarton 0–1 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
McDonald 58' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D Yeats
Airdrie v Dumbarton
27 December 1986 First Division Airdrie 1–0 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Frye Attendance: 1,362
Referee: T Muirhead
Morton v Dumbarton
1 January 1987 First Division Morton 4–1 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Robertson
McNeil
Alexander 		Coyle,O Attendance: 1,400
Clyde v Dumbarton
24 January 1987 First Division Clyde 1–2 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Murphy 90+2' Rooney 46'
Coyle,O 65'		 Attendance: 800
Referee: A Roy
Kilmarnock v Dumbarton
27 January 1987 First Division Kilmarnock 1–2 Dumbarton Rugby Park
McVeigh MacIver Attendance: 1,000
Dumbarton v East Fife
7 February 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Fife Boghead Park
McCoy 89' Kirkwood 24' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: W Crombie
Queen of the South v Dumbarton
14 February 1987 First Division Queen of the South 0–1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
MacIver 15' Attendance: 1,400
Dumbarton v Montrose
21 February 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Montrose Boghead Park
Houston 41'
MacIver 		Allan Attendance: 1,000
Dumbarton v Partick Thistle
28 February 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
McGowan 78' Attendance: 1,600
Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton
7 March 1987 First Division Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Dumbarton East End Park
Morrison 10' Attendance: 4,366
Referee: P Hanley
Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton
17 March 1987 First Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
McCoy
Rooney 		Attendance: 720
Dumbarton v Airdrie
21 March 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Airdrie Boghead Park
Coyle,O (pen)
Coyle,T 		Flood
Lawrie 		Attendance: 1,200
Dumbarton v Morton
28 March 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–3 Morton Boghead Park
McCoy 27'
Coyle,O 58'		 Alexander 3'
Turner 52'
Boag 88'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: R Paterson
Dumbarton v Brechin City
31 March 1987 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
MacIver Lytwyn Attendance: 1,050
Brechin City v Dumbarton
4 April 1987 First Division Brechin City 1–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Adam McCoy Attendance: 382
Referee: H Williamson
Dumbarton v Kilmarnock
11 April 1987 First Division Dumbarton 3–2 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
Coyle,O
McCoy 74'
MacIver 78'		 Reid 11' 16' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: D McVicar
Montrose v Dumbarton
18 April 1987 First Division Montrose 2–0 Dumbarton Links Park
Paterson 50' Attendance: 300
Referee: H Gould
Dumbarton v Clyde
25 April 1987 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Clyde Boghead Park
McCoy 50' (pen), 51' McGlashan 57' Attendance: 1,250
Referee: R Valentine
East Fife v Dumbarton
2 May 1987 First Division East Fife 2–1 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
McNaughton (pen) McCoy (pen) Attendance: 449
Dumbarton v Queen of the South
9 May 1987 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Queen of the South Boghead Park
MacIver 23'
McCoy
Coyle,T 85'		 Attendance: 1,000

Skol Cup

Dumbarton v Stirling Albion
20 August 1986 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 1–0 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Coyle,T 78' Attendance: 746
Celtic v Dumbarton
27 August 1986 League Cup round 3 Celtic 3–0 Dumbarton Celtic Park
Johnston 44'
McStay 75'		 Attendance: 11,390

SHEG Scottish Cup

Brechin City v Dumbarton
31 January 1987 Cup round 3 Brechin City 2–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Lees 32'
Adam 47'		 MacIver 21'
McCoy 25'		 Attendance: 506
Referee: J McGillvray
Dumbarton v Brechin City
4 February 1987 Cup round 3R Dumbarton 2–3 Brechin City Boghead Park
MacIver 32'
Coyle,T 82'		 Adam 6'
Powell 10'
Lees 28'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: J McGillvray

Stirlingshire Cup

Falkirk v Dumbarton
4 August 1986 First Round Falkirk 1–2 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Nichol Moore
McCoy
Dumbarton v Stirling Albion
21 April 1987 Semi Final Dumbarton 1–2 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Martin Spence
Ormond

Pre-season matches

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic
2 August 1986 Friendly Dumbarton 4–1 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
McCoy
MacIver
Coyle,T

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Morton (C, P) 44 24 9 11 88 56 +32 57 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Dunfermline Athletic (P) 44 23 10 11 61 41 +20 56
3 Dumbarton 44 23 7 14 67 52 +15 53
4 East Fife 44 15 21 8 68 55 +13 51
5 Airdrieonians 44 20 11 13 58 46 +12 51
Source: RSSSF[dead link] and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Gordon Arthur 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Hugh Stevenson 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ray Montgomerie 38 0 35+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Billy Traynor 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Clougherty 30 0 26+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Owen Coyle 46 17 33+10 17 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Coyle 46 7 43+0 5 2+0 1 1+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Harry Curran 11 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Docherty 24 0 18+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Kay 21 0 18+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dave Martin 34 0 32+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steve McCahill 42 2 37+2 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe McLeod 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Donald McNeil 14 1 12+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McNeil 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Rafferty 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Rooney 25 2 23+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Bourke 13 1 8+3 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Arthur Grant 26 0 10+15 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Peter Houston 42 5 34+4 5 2+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart MacIver 34 9 18+13 7 1+0 0 2+0 2
FW Scotland SCO Gerry McCoy 43 22 35+4 21 0+2 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Pat McGowan 35 2 17+15 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Allan Moore 20 3 18+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0

[3][4]

International caps

Owen Coyle was selected to play for the Republic of Ireland Under 21 team in matches against Scotland on 17 February played at Easter Road and against Belgium on 28 April.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland Arthur Grant Scotland Stenhousemuir 9 Aug 1986
Scotland Peter Houston Scotland Falkirk 16 Aug 1986
Scotland Dave Martin Scotland Alloa Athletic 20 Sep 1986
Scotland Billy Traynor Scotland Belhaven Athletic 6 Nov 1986
Scotland Jim Rooney Scotland St Mirren 8 Nov 1986
Scotland Joe McLeod Scotland Dundee Utd (loan) 16 Feb 1987
Scotland Jim McNeil Scotland Vale of Clyde 28 Mar 1987

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland Martin McGowan Scotland Stranraer 24 May 1986
Scotland Gerry Crawley Scotland Brechin City 5 Jul 1986
Scotland Mark Shanks Scotland Queen of the South 12 Jul 1986
Scotland Paul Taylor Scotland Berwick Rangers 26 Jul 1986
Scotland Albert Craig Scotland Hamilton 16 Aug 1986
Scotland John Bourke Scotland Brechin City 1 Nov 1986
Scotland Allan Moore Scotland Hearts 15 Nov 1986
Scotland Harry Curran Scotland Dundee United 28 Feb 1987
Scotland Ken Thomson Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside

[5]

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West).

Trivia

  • The League match against Clyde on 15 November marked Gordon Arthur's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 92nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • Dumbarton ended the season managerless - Alex Totten having been appointed at St Johnstone, and with the death of chairman and benefactor Sir Hugh Fraser, the club would face severe financial challenges in the coming season.

See also

References

  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1987-88. The Scottish Football League. 1988.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1986-1987 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1987-88. The Scottish Football League. 1988.
  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.

External links

  • Billy Traynor (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Jim McNeil (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Scottish Football Historical Archive
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