1989–90 Dumbarton F.C. season (original) (raw)

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Dumbarton 1989–1990 football season

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 106th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 84th time, the Scottish Cup for the 95th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 43rd time.

Dumbarton attempted to recover from the failures in the previous couple of seasons and splashed out on the signing of striker Charlie Gibson. There was an improvement in performances and 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.

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.

[1] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Second Division

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Tennant's Scottish Cup

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Pos	Teamv t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Stenhousemuir	39	18	9	12	62	53	+9	45
5	Berwick Rangers	39	18	5	16	66	57	+9	41
6	Dumbarton	39	15	10	14	70	73	−3	40
7	Cowdenbeath	39	13	13	13	58	54	+4	39
8	Stranraer	39	15	8	16	57	59	−2	38

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Second Division	League Cup	Scottish Cup
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Hugh Stevenson	13	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	2+0
	GK	SCO	Boyd Strachan	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	0+0
	DF	SCO	John Boyd	16	2	16+0	2	0+0	0	0+0
	DF	SCO	Stevie Gow	12	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	0+0
	DF	ENG	Peter Wharton	28	0	19+5	0	2+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Pat Cairney	23	2	18+1	2	2+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Jim Dempsey	31	0	29+0	0	0+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Gary Dickie	21	0	14+5	0	2+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Jamie Doyle	21	1	18+3	1	0+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Bernie Grant	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Jim Hughes	27	7	24+1	7	0+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Jim McGinlay	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Andy McQuade	42	2	38+0	2	2+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Jim Meechan	15	0	12+1	0	2+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Steve Morrison	17	4	17+0	4	0+0	0	0+0
	MF	SCO	Colin Spence	42	5	38+0	5	2+0	0	2+0
	MF	SCO	Gregor Stevens	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Gibson	40	21	36+0	20	2+0	1	2+0
	FW	SCO	Stuart MacIver	38	21	32+2	19	2+0	2	2+0
	FW	SCO	Paul McGrogan	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	0+0
	FW	SCO	John McQuade	19	4	8+8	3	2+0	0	1+0
	FW	SCO	Paul Quinn	31	3	17+11	2	0+1	0	1+1
	FW	SCO	Billy Reid	30	1	23+6	1	1+0	0	0+0
	FW	SCO	David Wilson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0

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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.

The £50,000 fee paid by Dumbarton to Stirling Albion for Charlie Gibson was a record in fees paid.
The slight improvement in fortunes would not, however, be enough to save manager Jim George's position and with 3 games to go in the league, he was sacked, to make way for Billy Lamont's second stint at the job.
1989–90 in Scottish football

^ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
^ Scottish Football League Review 1990-91. The Scottish Football League. 1991.
^ 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.