1995–96 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1995–96 was the 119th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 89th time, the Scottish Cup for the 101st time, the Scottish League Cup for the 49th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the sixth time.

Overview

After the success of the previous season, no one could foresee the disaster that was to befall Dumbarton. The league season had begun brightly, with the club sitting atop Division 1 with 2 wins from 2. However manager Murdo MacLeod then departed for Premier Division Partick Thistle, and it all began to fall apart. A reluctant Jim Fallon stepped up from his assistant managerial post to take on the reins but it was clear from the start that he was ill prepared for what was to be faced. Indeed, the only other win to be registered throughout the remainder of the league campaign was an impressive victory over champions elect Dundee United. From December, a string of 19 consecutive defeats in the league were suffered, Dumbarton's worst losing streak in their long history. Relegation back to Division 2 was a certainty long before the season had ended.

In the national cup competitions, it was now four seasons without a single win. In the Scottish Cup Airdrie defeated Dumbarton in the second round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Kilmarnock were victors over Dumbarton, but only after extra time.

Finally, the long wait for a win in the Challenge Cup continued - a first round defeat to Brechin City was the sixth in a row.

Locally, there was something to cheer as the Stirlingshire Cup returned to Boghead, with a final win over East Stirlingshire.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1995–96 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1995	Hamilton	H	1-0		1,191
26 August 1995	Morton	A	2-1	Mooney;Charnley	2,612
2 September 1995	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-4		1,952
9 September 1995	Airdrie	H	1-2	Martin	1,320
16 September 1995	St Johnstone	A	1-4	McKinnon	2,273
23 September 1995	Dundee	H	1-5	McGarvey	1,207
30 September 1995	Clydebank	A	1-2	Gibson	913
7 October 1995	Dundee United	H	1-0	Mooney	2,013
14 October 1995	St Mirren	A	2-3	Mooney;McGarvey	2,377
21 October 1995	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-3	Gibson	3,842
28 October 1995	Morton	H	0-1		2,378
4 November 1995	St Johnstone	H	1-3	Mooney	1,050
11 November 1995	Airdrie	A	1-2	OG	1,205
18 November 1995	Clydebank	H	1-2	Mooney	1,043
2 December 1995	Dundee United	A	0-8		5,285
5 December 1995	Dundee	A	1-1	Dallas	2,804
9 December 1995	St Mirren	H	0-0		1,461
16 December 1995	Hamilton	A	0-3		762
6 January 1996	St Johnstone	A	0-3		2,448
13 January 1996	Airdrie	H	1-2	Granger	1,045
20 January 1996	Dundee United	H	1-3	Ward	1,354
23 January 1996	Dundee	H	1-2	Ward	761
3 February 1996	St Mirren	A	0-5		1,838
13 February 1996	Hamilton	H	1-2	Granger	654
17 February 1996	Clydebank	A	0-1		612
24 February 1996	Morton	A	0-2		2,833
2 March 1996	Dundee	A	0-3		1,712
9 March 1996	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-3		1,477
16 March 1996	Clydebank	H	0-1		654
23 March 1996	St Johnstone	H	0-3		903
30 March 1996	Airdrie	A	1-5	Foster	1,062
6 April 1996	Dundee United	A	1-6	Sharp	7,142
13 April 1996	St Mirren	H	0-1		1,139
20 April 1996	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-4	Dallas	5,971
27 April 1996	Morton	H	0-1		2,733
4 May 1996	Hamilton	A	1-2	Granger	657

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
30 January 1996	2	Airdrie	H	1-3	Mooney	1,076

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 August 1995	2	Kilmarnock	A	0-1		5,011

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 1995	1	Brechin City	H	0-1		524

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
29 July 1995	1	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Meechan;McGarvey
15 April 1996	SF	Stirling Albion	H	3-3*	unknown
6 May 1996	F	East Stirling	H	2-1	unknown

* - won on penalties

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 39 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below. Martin Mooney was once again best by appearing in all of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Hugh Burns	MF	13(1)	1
Chic Charnley	MF	18(2)	1
Stephen Dallas	FW	8(15)	2
Peter Dennison	GK	2
Roland Fabiani	DF	22(1)
Alan Foster	DF	10(2)	1
Charlie Gibson	FW	25(7)	2
Martin Glancy	FW	1
Joe Goldie	MF	1(1)
Stevie Gow	DF	22(1)
Alan Granger	FW	21(13)	3
Jim Hamilton	DF	3
Toby King	MF	30(1)
Ian MacFarlane	GK	25
Jim Marsland	MF	20
Paul Martin	MF	14	1
Martin McGarvey	MF	15(12)	2
Sam McGivern	MF	10(3)
Colin McKinnon	MF	32(3)	1
Jim Meechan	MF	34(1)	1
Kenny Meechan	GK	12(1)
Martin Melvin	DF	33(1)
Martin Mooney	FW	34(5)	6
Lee Sharp	FW	14(1)	1
Hugh Ward	FW	11(4)	2

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 4 wins and 3 draws from 22 games, finished 12th and last.

References

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

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1995–96 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1996 qualifying (Group 8) Euro 1996

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Caledonian Thistle Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Livingston Queen's Park Ross County

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