1974–75 Dumbarton F.C. season

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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

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Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
31 August 1974 Clyde H 2-0 Wallace;McAdam,T 4,000
7 September 1974 Morton A 1-1 McAdam,T 4,000
14 September 1974 Dunfermline Athletic H 1-1 McAdam,T 4,000
21 September 1974 Rangers A 2-3 McAdam,T;Cook 16,000
28 September 1974 Arbroath A 3-0 Wallace(2);McAdam,T 2,176
5 October 1974 Celtic H 1-3 Wallace 13,000
12 October 1974 Partick Thistle A 1-2 McAdam,T 5,000
19 October 1974 Aberdeen H 2-3 Wallace;Cook 4,000
26 October 1974 Dundee United A 3-3 Ruddy;Wallace;McAdam,T 4,000
2 November 1974 Airdrie H 2-0 Wallace(2) 3,100
9 November 1974 Hearts A 1-2 Wallace 10,000
16 November 1974 Ayr United H 1-2 Wallace 4,000
23 November 1974 Dundee H 0-0 4,500
30 November 1974 St Johnstone A 0-3 2,000
14 December 1974 Hibernian A 0-2 8,566
21 December 1974 Motherwell H 0-1 3,000
28 December 1974 Clyde A 3-1 Bourke(2);Muir 3,000
1 January 1975 Morton H 0-0 3,500
4 January 1975 Dunfermline Athletic A 0-3 4,000
11 January 1975 Rangers H 1-5 Muir 16,000
8 February 1975 Partick Thistle H 0-1 4,000
11 February 1975 Celtic A 2-2 Bourke;McAdam,T 15,000
19 February 1975 Arbroath H 5-1 McAdam,C(3);Graham;Wallace 1,500
22 February 1975 Aberdeen A 1-1 Bourke 9,000
26 February 1975 Kilmarnock H 1-1 McAdam,C 2,000
1 March 1975 Dundee United H 1-2 Wallace 2,500
15 March 1975 Hearts H 0-1 4,000
18 March 1975 Airdrie A 1-1 Wallace 6,000
22 March 1975 Ayr United A 3-1 McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I 4,000
29 March 1975 Dundee A 1-2 Wallace,I 4,400
5 April 1975 St Johnstone H 0-0 2,000
12 April 1975 Kilmarnock A 2-1 McAdam,C;McAdam,T 6,000
19 April 1975 Hibernian H 2-3 McAdam,C;Muir 4,000
26 April 1975 Motherwell A 1-3 Bourke 6,072

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
29 January 1975 3 Clachnacuddin H 2-1 McAdam,T(2) 4,000
15 February 1975 4 Hamilton A 1-0 McAdam,T 7,082
8 March 1975 5 Celtic H 1-2 McAdam,T 16,000

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1974–75 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 August 1974 P Clyde H 2-3 McAdam,T;Wallace 3,000
14 August 1974 P Arbroath A 3-3 Bourke;Wallace;McAdam,C 1,229
17 August 1974 P Partick Thistle A 2-1 McAdam,T;Bourke 5,000
21 August 1974 P Arbroath H 0-2 2,000
24 August 1974 P Partick Thistle H 3-1 Bourke;McAdam,T(2) 5,000
28 August 1974 P Clyde A 1-1 McAdam,T 1,000

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
9 April 1975 SF Alloa Athletic A 5-1 McAdam,C(2);McAdam,T(2);Wallace,I
28 April 1975 F Stenhousemuir H 4-1 Wallace,I;Graham;Bourke;McAdam,C

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
August 1975 SpainSitges UE A 4-1 Bourke;Wallace;Ruddy;Brown
August 1975 SpainSan Martin CF A 6-1 Wallace(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 37 1
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 35 14
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

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  2. ↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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