1992–93 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

1992–1993 season
Manager	Billy Lamont
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1	9th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
B&Q Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: John McQuade (15) All: John McQuade (15)
Highest home attendance	2,346
Lowest home attendance	550
Average home league attendance	1,142
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Season 1992–93 was the 116th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 86th time, the Scottish Cup for the 98th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 46th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the third time.

Overview

Following the success of the previous season, Dumbarton went into the new league campaign with some confidence, particularly as the squad of players at the start remained virtually unchanged. Within the first few months however the club were to lose the services of their top scorer (Jimmy Gilmour) and their captain (Jim Dempsey). Nevertheless by the end of October Dumbarton were up with the leaders but thereafter the results were to become more mixed and Dumbarton fell down the table, although were never in any real danger of relegation, and finished in 11th place

In the national cup competitions, it was a case of yet another season of early exits - but not only that, there were to be no goals either. In the Scottish Cup it would be Premier Division Dundee who would end Dumbarton's ambitions in the third round.

In the League Cup, Rangers - the eventual winners of the cup - were the opponents and saw off Dumbarton easily in the second round. Note that in an effort to draw a bigger crowd, Dumbarton decided to play the 'home' tie at Hampden.

Finally, it was a first round exit in the B&Q Cup - however the defeat to Hamilton would prove to be the first of that club's run to winning the cup itself.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup it would be Premier Division Falkirk who would end Dumbarton's interest in the semi final.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 August 1992	Stirling Albion	H	4-3	Nelson;Gilmour;McQuade(2)	903
4 August 1992	Kilmarnock	H	1-3	McQuade	2,109
8 August 1992	St Mirren	A	0-4		2,363
15 August 1992	Morton	H	0-1		1,257
22 August 1992	Clydebank	A	1-0	McQuade	990
29 August 1992	Raith Rovers	H	1-2	Gibson	1,105
5 September 1992	Cowdenbeath	A	1-0	Gibson	418
12 September 1992	Hamilton	A	2-3	Boyd;Gibson	1,283
19 September 1992	Ayr United	H	0-3		882
26 September 1992	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-3	Docherty;Mooney	2,832
3 October 1992	Meadowbank Thistle	H	3-2	McQuade;McAneney;Foster	550
10 October 1992	Stirling Albion	A	2-1	Mooney;Gibson	475
17 October 1992	St Mirren	H	4-2	Gibson;McAneney(2);McQuade	2,022
24 October 1992	Cowdenbeath	H	1-0	McQuade	716
31 October 1992	Raith Rovers	A	1-4	Martin	1,990
7 November 1992	Morton	A	2-1	McQuade;Mooney	1,867
14 November 1992	Clydebank	H	3-1	Mooney;Martin;McQuade	1,382
21 November 1992	Ayr United	A	3-5	Gibson;Mooney(2)	1,317
28 November 1992	Hamilton	H	2-2	Mooney;McQuade	843
1 December 1992	Meadowbank Thistle	H	0-1		624
5 December 1992	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-1		1,154
12 December 1992	Stirling Albion	H	0-3		716
19 December 1992	Kilmarnock	H	0-1		3,591
26 December 1992	Morton	H	3-1	Meechan;McQuade;Boyd	1,456
2 January 1993	Clydebank	A	1-3	Boyd	1,368
27 January 1993	Meadowbank Thistle	A	3-3	Boag;Mooney;Gow	244
30 January 1993	St Mirren	A	1-2	Gibson	2,453
6 February 1993	Raith Rovers	H	1-2	Mooney	1,201
13 February 1993	Kilmarnock	H	1-0	Mooney	2,346
20 February 1993	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Foster;McAneney	2,542
23 February 1993	Cowdenbeath	A	2-0	McAneney;McQuade	222
27 February 1993	Ayr United	H	2-0	Boyd;Mooney	988
6 March 1993	Hamilton	A	1-1	McQuade	1,261
9 March 1993	Stirling Albion	A	0-1		418
13 March 1993	St Mirren	H	2-1	Boyd;McQuade	1,558
20 March 1993	Clydebank	H	0-2		1,035
27 March 1993	Morton	A	1-2	McAneney	953
3 April 1993	Cowdenbeath	H	0-0		552
10 April 1993	Raith Rovers	A	0-2		4,893
17 April 1993	Hamilton	H	2-0	McQuade;Meechan	660
24 April 1993	Ayr United	A	0-0		1,525
1 May 1992	Kilmarnock	H	0-1		3,793
8 May 1993	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-0		1,078
15 May 1993	Meadowbank Thistle	A	1-2	Mooney	234

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 January 1993	3	Dundee	A	0-2		4,290

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1992	2	Rangers	H	0-5		11,090

B&Q Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 September 1992	1	Hamilton	H	0-3		634

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 July 1992	1	Clydebank	H	3-1	unknown
3 May 1993	SF	Falkirk	A	2-4	unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and B&Q Cup matches, as detailed below. For the second season running, Martin Melvin was best by appearing in all but one of these matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
John Boag	MF	7(1)	1
John Boyd	DF	37(2)	5
Jim Cowell	MF	1(8)
Jim Dempsey	MF	3
Robert Docherty	MF	27(6)	1
Alan Foster	DF	16(5)	2
Willie Furphy	MF	1
Charlie Gibson	FW	38(6)	7
Jimmy Gilmour	FW	5	1
Stevie Gow	DF	40	1
Ian MacFarlane	GK	43
Jim Marsland	MF	40(1)
Paul Martin	MF	43	2
Mike McAnenay	FW	28(11)	6
Bobby McConville	MF	18(7)
D McDonald	MF	4
Martin McGarvey	MF	1(3)
John McQuade	FW	41(2)	15
Jim Meechan	MF	28(9)	2
Martin Melvin	DF	45
Mike Monaghan	GK	4
Martin Mooney	FW	28(7)	12
Mark Nelson	MF	12(9)	1
Tony Speirs	MF	1
Andy Willock	FW	1(9)
Fraser Wishart	DF	2
John Young	MF	3

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 8 wins and 5 draws from 28 games, finished 12th of 15.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Hamilton in the first round.

See also

• 1992–93 in Scottish football

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive