1974–75 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1974–1975 season
Manager Alex Wright
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 14th
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: Willie Wallace (12)
All: Tom McAdam (20)
Highest home attendance 16000
Lowest home attendance 2000
Average home league attendance 4235
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Season 1974–75 was the 98th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 68th time, the Scottish Cup for the 80th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 28th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's third successive season in Division 1 was more important than usual, due to the re-construction of the league format for the following season. In 1975-76 there would be 3 divisions of 10-14-14, and so a repeat of the previous season's 10th place would put them in the 'Premier' league. However inconsistent results throughout meant that this objective was never really going to be achieved and in the end Dumbarton settled for 14th place.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton overcame Highland League and Division 2 opposition before coming up against Celtic and were unlucky to lose out by the odd goal in three.

In the League Cup, while an unbeaten away record was impressive, a single home win was never going to be enough to progress beyond the sectional games.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton regained the trophy last won two seasons ago by defeating Stenhousemuir in the final.

Once again at the beginning of the season, Dumbarton toured Spain and played two games - against Sitges UE and San Martin CF. Interestingly the first nearly didn't take place - as apparently the Sitges players had become aware of the 'roughness' of Scottish football teams. Nevertheless after negotiations conducted through John Cushley, the team captain (and fluent Spanish speaker) the game went ahead when Dumbarton agreed to wear trainers instead of the standard football boots. Stiges appeared in their boots, and proceeded for most of the game to 'boot' the Dumbarton players all over the pitch. Leading 3-1, with 10 minutes to go, Dumbarton scored a fourth goal. Displeased with the goal not being ruled out for offside, the Sitges players walked off - and so ended this 'friendly' match.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
31 August 1974ClydeH2-0Wallace;McAdam,T4,000
7 September 1974MortonA1-1McAdam,T4,000
14 September 1974Dunfermline AthleticH1-1McAdam,T4,000
21 September 1974RangersA2-3McAdam,T;Cook16,000
28 September 1974ArbroathA3-0Wallace(2);McAdam,T2,176
5 October 1974CelticH1-3Wallace13,000
12 October 1974Partick ThistleA1-2McAdam,T5,000
19 October 1974AberdeenH2-3Wallace;Cook4,000
26 October 1974Dundee UnitedA3-3Ruddy;Wallace;McAdam,T4,000
2 November 1974AirdrieH2-0Wallace(2)3,100
9 November 1974HeartsA1-2Wallace10,000
16 November 1974Ayr UnitedH1-2Wallace4,000
23 November 1974DundeeH0-04,500
30 November 1974St JohnstoneA0-32,000
14 December 1974HibernianA0-28,566
21 December 1974MotherwellH0-13,000
28 December 1974ClydeA3-1Bourke(2);Muir3,000
1 January 1975MortonH0-03,500
4 January 1975Dunfermline AthleticA0-34,000
11 January 1975RangersH1-5Muir16,000
8 February 1975Partick ThistleH0-14,000
11 February 1975CelticA2-2Bourke;McAdam,T15,000
19 February 1975ArbroathH5-1McAdam,C(3);Graham;Wallace1,500
22 February 1975AberdeenA1-1Bourke9,000
26 February 1975KilmarnockH1-1McAdam,C2,000
1 March 1975Dundee UnitedH1-2Wallace2,500
15 March 1975HeartsH0-14,000
18 March 1975AirdrieA1-1Wallace6,000
22 March 1975Ayr UnitedA3-1McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I4,000
29 March 1975DundeeA1-2Wallace,I4,400
5 April 1975St JohnstoneH0-02,000
12 April 1975KilmarnockA2-1McAdam,C;McAdam,T6,000
19 April 1975HibernianH2-3McAdam,C;Muir4,000
26 April 1975MotherwellA1-3Bourke6,072

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 January 19753ClachnacuddinH2-1McAdam,T(2)4,000
15 February 19754HamiltonA1-0McAdam,T7,082
8 March 19755CelticH1-2McAdam,T16,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 August 1974PClydeH2-3McAdam,T;Wallace3,000
14 August 1974PArbroathA3-3Bourke;Wallace;McAdam,C1,229
17 August 1974PPartick ThistleA2-1McAdam,T;Bourke5,000
21 August 1974PArbroathH0-22,000
24 August 1974PPartick ThistleH3-1Bourke;McAdam,T(2)5,000
28 August 1974PClydeA1-1McAdam,T1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 April 1975SFAlloa AthleticA5-1McAdam,C(2);McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I
28 April 1975FStenhousemuirH4-1Wallace,I;Graham;Bourke;McAdam,C

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
August 1975SpainSitges UEA4-1Bourke;Wallace;Ruddy;Brown
August 1975SpainSan Martin CFA6-1Wallace(2);Bourke(3);Coleman

Appearances

Dumbarton used 21 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. Don Watt was the only player to feature in every one of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Alan Bennett MF 8(1)
Scotland John Bourke FW 38(2)8
Scotland Ally Brown FW 10(3)
Scotland Drew Checkley MF 9(2)
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 22(11)
Scotland Jim Cook FW 26(5)3
Scotland John Cushley MF 32(2)
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 371
Scotland Ross Mathie FW 2(1)
Scotland Colin McAdam DF 24(2)7
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 41(1)20
Scotland Roy McCormack FW 4(2)
Scotland Ian McGregor GK 20
Scotland Willie Menmuir FW 7(3)
Scotland Jim Muir MF 29(1)3
Scotland Terry Mullen DF 22(1)
Scotland Denis Ruddy MF 37(2)1
Scotland Ian Wallace FW 10(1)2
Scotland Willie Wallace FW 3514
Scotland Don Watt DF 43
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 17

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League, and with 11 wins and 6 draws from 34 matches, finished 14th of 18.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Hamilton in the first round.

In the Scottish Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton failed to qualifying from their section.

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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