1994–95 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1994–1995 season
Manager Murdo MacLeod
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 2nd
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup Second Round
B&Q Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Martin Mooney (17)
All: Martin Mooney (17)
Highest home attendance 1,369
Lowest home attendance 554
Average home league attendance 925

Season 1994–95 was the 118th 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 100th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 48th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fifth time.

Overview

Dumbarton began the league season in the newly structured Division 2 (and the first season where 3 points would be awarded for a win) as one of the favourites to take the title, however things did not begin well with only one win being taken from the first 5 games. However by the end of the year, results had taken them back into the challenging pack, and by the beginning of March, had broken clear to take the lead. This Dumbarton would hold until the final 3 games. Then a poor draw against Queen of the South saw them replaced at the top by Morton. The next game against a strong Morton side was lost, as was the title, meaning that only a win in the final game away against Stirling Albion would secure promotion. This was done, not without a few nervous moments, and Division 1 football for next season was the prize.

In the national cup competitions, however, for the third year in a row, success was extinguished at the first attempt. In the Scottish Cup Stirling Albion would advance in Dumbarton's place in the first round, after a drawn match.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Hearts defeated Dumbarton easily in the second round.

Finally, it was a fifth straight first round defeat in the B&Q Cup - this time to St Johnstone.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the story was no better, with two qualifying defeats to Falkirk and Stirling Albion.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1994Queen of the SouthA1-4Mooney1,389
20 August 1994Stirling AlbionA1-1Mooney715
27 August 1994MortonH2-1Mooney;Ward1,168
3 September 1994Meadowbank ThistleH0-1644
10 September 1994Berwick RangersH0-1533
24 September 1994ClydeH2-1Boyd(2)776
1 October 1994Brechin CityA2-1Martin McGarvey427
8 October 1994East FifeA3-2Mooney;Gibson(2)795
15 October 1994StenhousemuirH1-2Mooney601
22 October 1994Queen of the SouthH0-0725
29 October 1994MortonA0-11,429
5 November 1994Stirling AlbionH1-0McKinnon778
12 November 1994Berwick RangersH3-2Mooney;King;McGarvey733
19 November 1994Meadowbank ThistleH0-0210
26 November 1994ClydeA1-3Mooney1,102
3 December 1994Brechin CityH6-0McGarvey(2);McKinnon;Mooney;King;Campbell554
26 December 1994East FifeH4-0Mooney;Ward;McGarvey;Meechan862
31 December 1994StenhousemuirA0-1638
14 January 1995Queen of the SouthA0-01,066
21 January 1995Stirling AlbionH2-2Mooney;Ward700
24 January 1995MortonH2-1Ward;Gibson1,307
4 February 1995Berwick RangersH2-1Gibson;Meechan508
11 February 1995Meadowbank ThistleH4-0Mooney;Ward;Gibson;McGarvey749
18 February 1995ClydeH2-2Martin;Mooney1,183
25 February 1995Brechin CityA0-0480
4 March 1995East FifeA2-0Ward(2)662
14 March 1995StenhousemuirH5-1Mooney;Ward(3);McKinnon1,132
21 March 1995Berwick RangersH1-0Ward1,012
25 March 1995Meadowbank ThistleH0-1389
1 April 1995Brechin CityH4-1Mooney(2);Meechan;Fabiani1,103
8 April 1995ClydeA0-11,189
15 April 1995East FifeH2-0Mooney;McKinnon1,253
22 April 1995StenhousemuirA0-0989
29 April 1995Queen of the SouthH2-2Meechan;Mooney1,369
6 May 1995MortonA0-26,242
13 May 1995Stirling AlbionA2-0Ward;Gibson3,003

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
17 December 19941Stirling AlbionH3-3Ward(2);McKinnon794
19 December 19941RStirling AlbionA0-3727

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 August 19942HeartsH0-41,412

B&Q Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
17 September 19941St JohnstoneH2-4Campbell(2)961

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 August 1994PFalkirkA1-2Gibson
8 August 1994PStirling AlbionH2-4Gibson;Ward

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 40 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and B&Q Cup matches, as detailed below. Martin Mooney was best by appearing in all of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland John Boyd DF 12(1)2
Scotland John Burridge GK 3
Scotland Calum Campbell FW 5(13)3
Scotland Stephen Dallas FW 0(1)
Scotland Peter Dennison GK 0(1)
Scotland Roland Fabiani DF 30(1)1
Scotland Gerry Farrell MF 1(1)
Scotland Alan Foster DF 6
Scotland Charlie Gibson FW 23(6)8
Scotland Stevie Gow DF 33(2)
Scotland Jim Hamilton DF 9
Scotland Mike Hendry FW 1(3)
Scotland Toby King MF 27(1)2
Scotland Ian MacFarlane GK 37
Scotland Jim Marsland MF 31
Scotland Paul Martin MF 29(2)
Scotland Bobby McConville MF 0(1)
Scotland Martin McGarvey MF 27(7)6
Scotland Colin McKinnon MF 27(4)5
Scotland Murdo MacLeod MF 27
Scotland Jim Meechan MF 27(4)4
Scotland Martin Melvin DF 20
Scotland Martin Mooney FW 37(3)17
Scotland Steve Mooney FW 0(2)
Scotland Hugh Ward FW 28(9)15

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

See also

References

  1. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

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