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1985–86 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1985–1986 season
ManagerDavie Wilson/ Alex Wright (caretaker)
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 16th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gerry McCoy (13)
All: Gerry McCoy (14)
Highest home attendance1,960
Lowest home attendance400
Average home league attendance1,170

Season 1985–86 was the 102nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 80th time, the Scottish Cup for the 91st time and the Scottish League Cup for the 39th time.

Overview

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Dumbarton returned to the First Division as favourites for the title, and in mid October the team was sitting atop the league. However results took an inexplicable nosedive with 2 wins in 11 games, accounting for Davie Wilson's resignation at the beginning of February. Alex Wright took over as caretaker manager until the end of the season, and an initial run of only 2 defeats in 11 matches placed the club well clear in 2nd place with only 6 games remaining. However, 4 nervy defeats in those closing fixtures dropped Dumbarton to 6th place, 13 points behind champions Hamilton but only 2 points shy of 2nd placed Falkirk, and one of four clubs just missing out on a promotion spot.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost embarrassingly to Second Division Queen's Park in the third round.

The League Cup was no better with another disappointing exit in the second round to Second Division Stirling Albion.

Locally, however, in the Stirlingshire Cup, there was something to smile about with the trophy returning to Boghead after a final win over Clydebank.

Finally, despite losing Premier Division status, Dumbarton were invited to participate in the annual televised indoor Tennent's Sixes tournament, as both Rangers and Celtic had declined to enter. After winning three of four qualifying matches, 1-0 vs St Mirren, 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) vs Dundee and 4-0 vs Manchester City and a 0-3 defeat to Hearts, Dumbarton suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat in the semi-final to the eventual tournament winners Aberdeen.

Results & fixtures

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[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish First Division

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10 August 1985 First Division Airdrie 0–2 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
McCoy 8'
Ashwood
Attendance: 1,805
Referee: A Ferguson
17 August 1985 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Partick Thistle Boghead Park
McCoy 64' Logan 12'
Law
Attendance: 1,906
Referee: J McCluskey
24 August 1985 First Division Dumbarton 4–0 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Bourke
McCoy
Attendance: 900
Referee: R O'Donnell
31 August 1985 First Division Morton 1–2 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Doak McCoy
MacIver
Attendance: 1,106
7 September 1985 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Hamilton Boghead Park
Moore 4'
McCoy
Clarke 17'
Brogan 65'
Attendance: 1,490
Referee: H Alexander
14 September 1985 First Division Montrose 0–3 Dumbarton Links Park
MacIver 26'
McGowan
Moore
Attendance: 700
Referee: W Crombie
21 September 1985 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Falkirk Boghead Park
Craig
Bourke
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: D Syme
28 September 1985 First Division Ayr United 0–1 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Moore 1' Attendance: 1,502
Referee: G Evans
5 October 1985 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 East Fife Boghead Park
McNeil
MacIver
Porter 34' Attendance: 1,800
Referee: G Cumming
12 October 1985 First Division Clyde 0–0 Dumbarton Shawfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,334
Referee: D Hope
19 October 1985 First Division Dumbarton 1–0 Kilmarnock Boghead Park
McCoy Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J Duncan
26 October 1985 First Division Brechin City 3–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Perry 35' (pen)
Powell
McCoy Attendance: 800
Referee: J Renton
2 November 1985 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Bourke Scott Attendance: 1,200
Referee: R McLeish
9 November 1985 First Division Hamilton 6–1 Dumbarton Douglas Park
Clarke 3'
Mitchell 28'
Watters 38'
McCoy 26' Attendance: 1,544
Referee: A Waddell
16 November 1985 First Division Dumbarton 2–2 Montrose Boghead Park
McCoy
MacIver
Wright 23'
Allan 35'
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: J McGillvray
23 November 1985 First Division Falkirk 0–0 Dumbarton Brockville Park
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: C Sinclair
7 December 1985 First Division East Fife 1–0 Dumbarton Bayview Park, Methil
Murray 16' Attendance: 724
Referee: T Muirhead
14 December 1985 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Clyde Boghead Park
MacIver 43' Ahern Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D McVicar
21 December 1985 First Division Kilmarnock 1–4 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Bryson 15' Bourke 6'
Coyle,T 9'
Craig 83'
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: M Delaney
1 January 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–2 Morton Boghead Park
Docherty (pen) Turner
O'Hara
Attendance: 1,800
18 January 1986 First Division Dumbarton 4–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
MacIver 23', 47'
Docherty 61' (pen)
McCahill
Eadie 60' Attendance: 600
Referee: D Yeats
1 February 1986 First Division Forfar Athletic 4–0 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Clarke 24'
Brewster
Scott
Attendance: 666
Referee: K Hope
4 February 1986 First Division Alloa Athletic 2–4 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Murray 25'
Thomson 73'
MacIver 9', 64'
Bourke 19', 24'
Attendance: 520
19 February 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–1 Ayr United Boghead Park
Coyle,O 82' (pen) Sludden 35' Attendance: 500
Referee: D Syme
1 March 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–3 East Fife Boghead Park
Moore 17'
Craig 89'
McCafferty 1'
Kirk 9'
Murray 85'
Attendance: 800
Referee: A Ferguson
5 March 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–0 Ayr United Boghead Park
McCoy
Coyle,T 89'
Attendance: 720
8 March 1986 First Division Partick Thistle 1–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Smith 6' Craig 27'
Coyle,O 64'
Attendance: 1,848
12 March 1986 First Division Dumbarton 3–0 Airdrie Boghead Park
Coyle,T 12'
Coyle,O (pen)
Attendance: 1,016
15 March 1986 First Division Dumbarton 0–0 Clyde Boghead Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: G Sinclair
19 March 1986 First Division Partick Thistle 2–2 Dumbarton Firhill Park
Watson 65', 74' Colye,O 18'
McGowan,P 26'
Attendance: 1,713
25 March 1986 First Division Morton 1–0 Dumbarton Cappielow Park
Robertson 22' Attendance: 800
29 March 1986 First Division Dumbarton 2–1 Falkirk Boghead Park
McCoy 38'
Coyle,T 65'
Martin 12' Attendance: 1,410
Referee: D McVicar
5 April 1986 First Division Brechin City 1–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Perry McCoy 28' Attendance: 523
Referee: J Duncan
9 April 1986 First Division Dumbarton 0–2 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
McKillop 17'
Farningham 62'
Attendance: 690
12 April 1986 First Division Airdrie 2–1 Dumbarton Broomfield Park
Flood 44'
Fairlie 85'
Craig 43' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: I Cathcart
15 April 1986 First Division Alloa Athletic 1–3 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Smith Coyle,T
Craig
Attendance: 400
19 April 1986 First Division Kilmarnock 3–0 Dumbarton Rugby Park
Bryson 20'
Clarke
McGuire
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: D Hope
26 April 1986 First Division Dumbarton 1–4 Hamilton Boghead Park
MacIver 23' Phillips 13'
Brogan 33', 40'
Clarke 89'
Attendance: 1,500
3 May 1986 First Division Montrose 0–0 Dumbarton Links Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: R Valentine

Skol Cup

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21 August 1985 League Cup round 2 Stirling Albion 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4-2 p)
Dumbarton Annfield Stadium
Hoggan McCoy Attendance: 980

Scottish Cup

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25 January 1986 Cup round 3 Queen's Park 1–0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Caven 65' Attendance: 1,733
Referee: I Cathcart
4 December 1985 Semi-final Dumbarton 0–0
(5-4 p)
Falkirk Boghead Park
9 March 1986 Final Dumbarton 2–1 Stirling Albion Boghead Park
Kay
Coyle,O
Moore

Pre-season matches

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1 August 1985 Friendly Clydebank 3–0 Dumbarton Kilbowie Park
Larnach
Moore
McGhie
6 August 1985 Friendly Dumbarton 1–1 St Mirren Boghead Park
Ashwood Clark

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Forfar Athletic 39 17 10 12 51 43 +8 44
5 East Fife 39 14 15 10 54 46 +8 43
6 Dumbarton 39 16 11 12 59 52 +7 43
7 Morton 39 14 11 14 57 63 −6 39
8 Partick Thistle 39 10 16 13 53 64 −11 36
Source: RSSSF and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Gordon Arthur 40 0 38+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Hugh Stevenson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin McGowan 20 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ray Montgomerie 26 0 22+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Eric Schaedler 15 0 14+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Shanks 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Clougherty 38 0 37+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Owen Coyle 16 5 11+5 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tommy Coyle 31 6 24+5 6 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Albert Craig 34 6 29+3 6 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Harry Curran 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Docherty 19 2 15+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Kay 22 0 19+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steve McCahill 21 1 19+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Donald McNeil 17 1 16+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jackie Rafferty 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim Simpson 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ken Thomson 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Ashwood 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Bourke 28 8 25+2 8 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Coyle 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Crawley 21 0 20+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stuart MacIver 31 10 13+16 10 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry McCoy 34 14 29+3 13 1+0 1 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Pat McGowan 31 2 25+4 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Allan Moore 34 4 26+7 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul Taylor 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Mark Williams 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers

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Reserve team

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Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), winning 10 and drawing 5 of 18 matches finishing runners up to Airdrie.

In the Reserve League Cup Dumbarton lost in the second round to Celtic.

Trivia

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  • The League match against Partick Thistle on 17 August marked Ray Montgomerie's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 91st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Clyde on 15 March marked Mark Clougherty's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 19th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
  • Early in the season there was a tragic death in the playing staff - that of popular defender Eric Schaedler. Eric had been signed up in the close season and had become a firm favourite with the Dumbarton fans.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1986-87. The Scottish Football League. 1987.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1985-1986 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scottish Football League Review 1986-87. The Scottish Football League. 1987.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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