1991–92 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1991–92 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 85th time, the Scottish Cup for the 97th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 45th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the second time.

Overview

It was almost fated that Dumbarton would win the Second Division championship, 100 years after their last reign as Scottish League champions. However the season was not without its ups and downs. Early cup exits seemed to stengthen the club's will, with the B&Q cup defeat to Montrose at the beginning of October being followed by a run of 12 matches which produced 9 victories and just one loss - giving Dumbarton a four-point lead at the top of the table at Christmas. For some reason the wins dried up with only one victory being taken from the next 10 games. However this time Dumbarton were not finished and a final unbeaten run of 7 games was enough to secure the title and Division 1 football for the following season.

In the Scottish Cup, after early wins over East Stirling and Alloa, Dumbarton fell to defeat to Highland League opponents Huntly in the third round.

In the League Cup, it would be the second round where Airdrie would defeat Dumbarton but only after extra time. A great effort bearing in mind that Dumbarton played with just 8 players from early in the second half.

Finally, due to the success of the previous season's centenary cup, the competition was continued to be known as the B&Q Cup. Dumbarton however once again tasted first round defeat, this time at the hands of Montrose.

Locally, Dumbarton's defence of the Stirlingshire Cup was short-lived with a first round loss to Premier Division Falkirk.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1991	Queen's Park	A	3-0	Gibson;Gilmour;Meechan	657
17 August 1991	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	McQuade	524
24 August 1991	Stranraer	A	1-2	Martin	630
31 August 1991	Albion Rovers	H	4-3	Meechan;Gilmour(2);MacIver	586
7 September 1991	Clyde	H	0-0		1,029
14 September 1991	Brechin City	A	4-0	McConville;Gibson;Gilmour;McQuade	491
17 September 1991	Arbroath	H	2-1	Gilmour;McQuade	777
21 September 1991	East Stirling	A	2-1	Meechan(2)	355
28 September 1991	East Fife	H	1-2	Gilmour	753
5 October 1991	Alloa Athletic	A	2-1	Willock;McQuade	667
12 October 1991	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Willock	607
19 October 1991	Queen of the South	A	4-2	McQuade;Gilmour;Meechan;McConville	893
26 October 1991	Cowdenbeath	A	1-2	McQuade	309
2 November 1991	Queen's Park	H	3-1	Gilmour(2);Gilmour	557
9 November 1991	Berwick Rangers	A	2-2	Gilmour;Meechan	305
16 November 1991	Stranraer	H	1-0	Gibson	631
23 November 1991	Clyde	A	1-0	Gibson	834
30 November 1991	Brechin City	H	3-0	McQuade;Gibson;Gilmour	670
14 December 1991	Cowdenbeath	H	0-0		964
26 December 1991	Albion Rovers	A	3-0	Melvin;Willock(2)	650
28 December 1991	Arbroath	A	0-1		667
11 January 1992	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Gilmour;Willock	914
14 January 1992	East Stirling	H	1-1	Gilmour	787
18 January 1992	East Fife	A	2-2	Gibson;Gilmour	1,220
1 February 1992	Queen of the South	H	3-1	Meechan(2);Gilmour	627
4 February 1992	Stenhousemuir	A	0-1		426
8 February 1992	Stranraer	H	0-0		621
15 February 1992	Albion Rovers	A	1-1	Willock	335
25 February 1992	Brechin City	H	1-3	Gilmour	390
29 February 1992	Queen's Park	A	0-0		589
14 March 1992	Queen of the South	A	2-1	Gibson;Willock	583
17 March 1992	East Stirling	H	0-1		584
21 March 1992	Alloa Athletic	H	1-1	McConville	656
28 March 1992	Berwick Rangers	A	5-1	Marsland;McQuade(3);Meechan	174
4 April 1992	East Fife	A	2-0	McQuade;Gibson	1,166
11 April 1992	Clyde	H	2-1	Meechan;Gilmour	1,001
18 April 1992	Cowdenbeath	H	2-1	McQuade(2)	1,807
25 April 1992	Stenhousemuir	A	1-0	Martin	1,022
2 May 1992	Arbroath	H	1-1	Gilmour	2,104

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 December 1991	1	East Stirling	A	2-0	McQuade;Boyd	339
4 January 1992	2	Alloa Athletic	A	2-0	Gilmour;Dempsey	1,134
25 January 1992	3	Huntly	H	0-2		1,755

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1991	1	Berwick Rangers	A	1-0	Gibson	501
20 August 1991	2	Airdrie	H	1-2	Gibson	3,000

B&Q Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 October 1991	1	Montrose	A	1-2	Gibson	456

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1991	1	Falkirk	H	0-5

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 45 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and B&Q Cup matches, as detailed below. Martin Melvin was best by appearing in all but one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
John Boyd	DF	40(2)	2
Tom Carson	GK	6
Jim Cowell	MF	2(7)
Jim Dempsey	MF	34(2)	1
David Edgar	FW	0(4)
Alan Foster	DF	1(4)
Charlie Gibson	FW	43	12
Jimmy Gilmour	FW	41(1)	20
Stevie Gow	DF	39(1)
Jim Hughes	MF	4(4)
Ian MacFarlane	GK	39
Stuart MacIver	FW	0(3)	1
Jim Marsland	MF	34(4)	1
Paul Martin	MF	43	2
Bobby McConville	MF	24(3)	3
Dougie McCracken	FW	4(3)
Martin McGarvey	MF	4(6)
Colin McNair	MF	1(1)
John McQuade	FW	35(1)	14
Jim Meechan	MF	37(3)	9
Martin Melvin	DF	44	1
Stuart Millar	MF	1(1)
Steve Morrison	MF	36(5)	10
Mark Nelson	MF	6(2)
Andy Willock	FW	13(20)	7

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West), and with 4 wins and 6 draws from 34 games, finished 18th of 18.

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

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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1991–92 in Scottish football

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

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1992 qualifying (Group 2) Euro 1992

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Ayr United Clydebank Dundee Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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