1975–76 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1975–1976 season
Manager Alex Wright
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 1 4th
Scottish Cup Semi Final
Scottish League Cup Prelims
Top goalscorer League: John Bourke (18)
All: John Bourke (26)
Highest home attendance 4000
Lowest home attendance 1500
Average home league attendance 2415
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Season 1975–76 was the 99th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 69th time, the Scottish Cup for the 81st time and the Scottish League Cup for the 29th time.

Overview

Following league reconstruction, Dumbarton started off in the new Division 1 (second tier) of Scottish league football with a real expectation that promotion to the Premier League could be achieved. However a poor start which saw only one win taken from the first 6 games was to handicap Dumbarton's ambitions, and it was only an unbeaten run of 6 games at the end of the season which saw a climb up to a respectable 4th place.

It was however in the Scottish Cup were Dumbarton were to shine and after a third round win over Highland League opposition, Dumbarton were to dispose of both the clubs who were to finish in the promotion places in Division 1 on their way to their first semi final in almost 80 years. Hearts were the opposition and after a hard fought draw, they were to find the Premier League side too good in the replay.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton were handed the toughest of qualifying groups, being up against 3 of the top Premier League sides, and it was no real surprise that there would be no further interest in this competition although a home win over Hearts was well received.

Due to the reduction in the number of league games, a new competition was instituted for Division 1 and 2 clubs, named the Spring Cup. Dumbarton qualified from their group with 4 wins from 6 games, and saw off Raith Rovers and Falkirk on their way to another cup semi final. It was however to be their local rivals Clydebank who would go on to the final following a 3-1 defeat.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton beat Clydebank on penalties in the first round before surprisingly losing out to Stenhousemuir in the semi final.

Finally, Dumbarton broke both the goals for and goals against 'centuries' during the season. By scoring 106 goals in all games, this was the 14th time that the 'century - for' had been broken, and by conceding 103, this was the 20th time that the 'century - against' had been broken.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

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Main article: 1975–76 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
30 August 1975 Clyde A 2-1 McLean(2) 1,500
6 September 1975 Falkirk H 1-4 Bourke 3,000
13 September 1975 Montrose A 2-3 McLean(2) 1,100
20 September 1975 Partick Thistle H 2-3 Wallace;Bourke 4,000
27 September 1975 East Fife H 5-5 Graham;Cook;McLean;Wallace;Bourke 1,500
4 October 1975 Airdrie A 0-3 2,500
11 October 1975 Morton H 4-0 McAdam(2);Wallace;Bourke 3,000
18 October 1975 St Mirren A 2-3 Bourke(2) 3,500
25 October 1975 Queen of the South H 2-1 McAdam(2) 1,500
1 November 1975 Arbroath A 5-1 Cook;McLean(2);Wallace;Bourke 1,682
8 November 1975 Dunfermline Athletic H 2-0 Wallace;Bourke 2,000
15 November 1975 Hamilton H 5-1 Brown,A;Muir(2);McLean;Bourke 2,000
22 November 1975 Kilmarnock A 0-1 5,000
29 November 1975 East Fife A 1-2 Brown,A 1,493
6 December 1975 Airdrie H 0-0 1,500
13 December 1975 Morton A 1-1 Cook 2,500
20 December 1975 St Mirren H 2-0 Wallace;Bourke 3,000
27 December 1975 Queen of the South A 2-4 McLean;Bourke 2,000
1 January 1976 Falkirk A 2-3 Cook;Bourke 3,000
3 January 1976 Montrose H 0-6 2,000
17 January 1976 Kilmarnock H 3-0 Muir;Bourke(2) 3,500
31 January 1976 Partick Thistle A 0-0 6,000
7 February 1976 Clyde H 1-0 Bourke 2,000
21 February 1976 Arbroath H 3-2 Muir;McLean;Wallace 2,500
28 February 1976 Dunfermline Athletic A 3-0 Wallace;Bourke(2) 2,500
15 March 1976 Hamilton A 3-2 Cook;Kane;Wallace 1,500

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1975–76 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
24 January 1976 3 Keith H 2-0 Wallace;Muir 2,500
14 February 1976 4 Partick Thistle A 0-0 8,300
25 February 1976 4R Partick Thistle H 1-0 Wallace 8,000
6 March 1976 5 Kilmarnock H 2-1 Muir;OG 7,796
3 April 1976 SF Hearts A 0-0 16,087
14 April 1976 SFR Hearts A 0-3 11,273

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1975–76 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 August 1975 P Hearts H 2-1 McLean;Bourke 4,000
13 August 1975 P Aberdeen A 0-2 6,000
16 August 1975 P Celtic A 1-3 McAdam 23,000
18 August 1975 P Aberdeen H 0-1 3,000
23 August 1975 P Celtic H 0-8 14,000
27 August 1975 P Hearts A 2-6 Cook;Brown,J 6,000

Spring Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 March 1976 P Albion Rovers H 4-1 Cook;Bourke(2);Muir
13 March 1976 P Arbroath A 1-0 Wallace 1,187
20 March 1976 P Stenhousemuir A 1-2 McKinley 489
27 March 1976 P Arbroath H 1-2 Wallace 1,500
7 April 1976 P Albion Rovers A 2-1 Wallace(2)
10 April 1976 P Stenhousemuir H 3-1 McLeod;Bourke(2) 1,500
17 April 1976 2(1) Raith Rovers A 2-2 Graham;Wallace 3,201
19 April 1976 2(2) Raith Rovers H 4-0 Wallace(2);Graham;Bourke 2,500
21 April 1976 3(1) Falkirk H 4-2 Harvey(2);Bourke;Graham 2,000
24 April 1976 3(2) Falkirk A 2-1 Bourke;Brown,A 2,000
28 April 1976 SF Clydebank A 1-3 Wallace 3,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
3 November 1975 1 Clydebank H 1-1* McAdam
11 November 1975 SF Stenhousemuir H 1-3 McCormack

* - won on penalties

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
26 July 1975 Vale of Leven H 2-0 Mathie(2)
28 July 1975 Queen's Park A 0-2
30 July 1975 EnglandPreston NE H 2-2 Wallace;McAdam
2 August 1975 EnglandChester City A 1-1 Bourke
4 August 1975 EnglandTranmere Rovers A 3-2 Bourke(2);Wallace
1 October 1975 Morton H 5-3 Mullen;McCormack;Harvey;Bennett;OG
16 March 1976 Rangers XI H 1-3 Kane

Appearances

Dumbarton used 26 players for the 49 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Spring Cup matches, as detailed below. Don Watt was best by being the only player to start in every one of these matches, but one.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Alan Bennett MF 4(2)
Scotland John Bourke FW 45 26
Scotland Ally Brown FW 35(1) 3
Scotland Brian Brown MF 0(4)
Scotland Jim Brown DF 4(3) 1
Scotland Peter Coleman FW 7(4)
Scotland Jim Cook FW 44(4) 6
Scotland John Cushley MF 8
Scotland Johnny Graham MF 45(3) 4
Scotland Drew Harvey FW 2(1) 2
Scotland George Kane FW 1(1) 1
Scotland Ross Mathie FW 1
Scotland Tom McAdam FW 11(1) 5
Scotland Ian McGregor GK 3
Scotland Columb McKinley MF 41(1) 1
Scotland Hugh McLean MF 37(5) 11
Scotland Murdo MacLeod FW 6(7) 1
Scotland Donald McNeil MF 17(5)
Scotland Jim Muir MF 33 6
Scotland Terry Mullen DF 19(5)
Scotland Denis Ruddy MF 4(2)
Scotland Graeme Sinclair MF 4
Scotland Walter Smith MF 36
Scotland Ian Wallace FW 44(1) 20
Scotland Don Watt DF 48
Scotland Laurie Williams GK 46

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Combined Reserve League and in the Combined Reserve League Cup. Reports of these games are sparse although it is known that Partick Thistle were league champions.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Partick Thistle in the third round.

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

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

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