1994–95 Dumbarton F.C. season
1994–1995 season | |||
Manager | Murdo MacLeod | ||
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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 | ||
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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
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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13 August 1994 | Queen of the South | A | 1-4 | Mooney | 1,389 |
20 August 1994 | Stirling Albion | A | 1-1 | Mooney | 715 |
27 August 1994 | Morton | H | 2-1 | Mooney;Ward | 1,168 |
3 September 1994 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 0-1 | 644 | |
10 September 1994 | Berwick Rangers | H | 0-1 | 533 | |
24 September 1994 | Clyde | H | 2-1 | Boyd(2) | 776 |
1 October 1994 | Brechin City | A | 2-1 | Martin McGarvey | 427 |
8 October 1994 | East Fife | A | 3-2 | Mooney;Gibson(2) | 795 |
15 October 1994 | Stenhousemuir | H | 1-2 | Mooney | 601 |
22 October 1994 | Queen of the South | H | 0-0 | 725 | |
29 October 1994 | Morton | A | 0-1 | 1,429 | |
5 November 1994 | Stirling Albion | H | 1-0 | McKinnon | 778 |
12 November 1994 | Berwick Rangers | H | 3-2 | Mooney;King;McGarvey | 733 |
19 November 1994 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 0-0 | 210 | |
26 November 1994 | Clyde | A | 1-3 | Mooney | 1,102 |
3 December 1994 | Brechin City | H | 6-0 | McGarvey(2);McKinnon;Mooney;King;Campbell | 554 |
26 December 1994 | East Fife | H | 4-0 | Mooney;Ward;McGarvey;Meechan | 862 |
31 December 1994 | Stenhousemuir | A | 0-1 | 638 | |
14 January 1995 | Queen of the South | A | 0-0 | 1,066 | |
21 January 1995 | Stirling Albion | H | 2-2 | Mooney;Ward | 700 |
24 January 1995 | Morton | H | 2-1 | Ward;Gibson | 1,307 |
4 February 1995 | Berwick Rangers | H | 2-1 | Gibson;Meechan | 508 |
11 February 1995 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 4-0 | Mooney;Ward;Gibson;McGarvey | 749 |
18 February 1995 | Clyde | H | 2-2 | Martin;Mooney | 1,183 |
25 February 1995 | Brechin City | A | 0-0 | 480 | |
4 March 1995 | East Fife | A | 2-0 | Ward(2) | 662 |
14 March 1995 | Stenhousemuir | H | 5-1 | Mooney;Ward(3);McKinnon | 1,132 |
21 March 1995 | Berwick Rangers | H | 1-0 | Ward | 1,012 |
25 March 1995 | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 0-1 | 389 | |
1 April 1995 | Brechin City | H | 4-1 | Mooney(2);Meechan;Fabiani | 1,103 |
8 April 1995 | Clyde | A | 0-1 | 1,189 | |
15 April 1995 | East Fife | H | 2-0 | Mooney;McKinnon | 1,253 |
22 April 1995 | Stenhousemuir | A | 0-0 | 989 | |
29 April 1995 | Queen of the South | H | 2-2 | Meechan;Mooney | 1,369 |
6 May 1995 | Morton | A | 0-2 | 6,242 | |
13 May 1995 | Stirling Albion | A | 2-0 | Ward;Gibson | 3,003 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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17 December 1994 | 1 | Stirling Albion | H | 3-3 | Ward(2);McKinnon | 794 |
19 December 1994 | 1R | Stirling Albion | A | 0-3 | 727 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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16 August 1994 | 2 | Hearts | H | 0-4 | 1,412 |
B&Q Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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17 September 1994 | 1 | St Johnstone | H | 2-4 | Campbell(2) | 961 |
Stirlingshire Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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1 August 1994 | P | Falkirk | A | 1-2 | Gibson | |
8 August 1994 | P | Stirling Albion | H | 2-4 | Gibson;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 |
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John Boyd | DF | 12(1) | 2 |
John Burridge | GK | 3 | |
Calum Campbell | FW | 5(13) | 3 |
Stephen Dallas | FW | 0(1) | |
Peter Dennison | GK | 0(1) | |
Roland Fabiani | DF | 30(1) | 1 |
Gerry Farrell | MF | 1(1) | |
Alan Foster | DF | 6 | |
Charlie Gibson | FW | 23(6) | 8 |
Stevie Gow | DF | 33(2) | |
Jim Hamilton | DF | 9 | |
Mike Hendry | FW | 1(3) | |
Toby King | MF | 27(1) | 2 |
Ian MacFarlane | GK | 37 | |
Jim Marsland | MF | 31 | |
Paul Martin | MF | 29(2) | |
Bobby McConville | MF | 0(1) | |
Martin McGarvey | MF | 27(7) | 6 |
Colin McKinnon | MF | 27(4) | 5 |
Murdo MacLeod | MF | 27 | |
Jim Meechan | MF | 27(4) | 4 |
Martin Melvin | DF | 20 | |
Martin Mooney | FW | 37(3) | 17 |
Steve Mooney | FW | 0(2) | |
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.