1993–94 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1993–94 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 87th time, the Scottish Cup for the 99th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 47th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the fourth time.

Overview

During the close season Dumbarton lost their manager Billy Lamont to Alloa Athletic, but were fortunate that at the same time former player Murdo MacLeod became available and was quickly snapped up as replacement. The new league campaign would have added importance as the league structure was once again being revised for 1994-95, with four divisions being created, and the addition of two new clubs, Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. As it was, results were up and down from the start, but while Dumbarton finished one place short of First Division football, they never really threatened that all important 7th place, finishing 6 points behind Ayr United in 8th.

In the national cup competitions, it was a case of a second successive season of falling at the first hurdle. In the Scottish Cup it would be Premier Division champions elect, Rangers, that would defeat Dumbarton in the third round. Note that the crowd at Ibrox that day would be the largest to have ever witnessed a Dumbarton match.

In the League Cup, it was Rangers again who defeated Dumbarton by just a single goal in the second round - and it would be Rangers that would lift the trophy at the end of the season.

Finally, it was a fourth time first round exit in the B&Q Cup - a disappointing defeat to Second Division Stranraer.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, competition was split into two qualifying sections, and having topped their section of Falkirk, Stenhousemuir and East Stirling, Dumbarton went on to win the trophy in the final against Alloa Athletic, on penalties, after a scoreless draw.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1993	Stirling Albion	A	0-2		879
14 August 1993	Clyde	H	3-0	Boyd;Gibson(2)	1,001
21 August 1993	Clydebank	H	2-4	Gibson;Meechan	1,597
28 August 1993	Ayr United	A	1-0	Mooney	1,675
4 September 1993	Hamilton	H	0-0		1,044
11 September 1993	St Mirren	A	3-0	Mooney(2);Gibson	2,607
14 September 1993	Brechin City	H	1-0	McConville	562
18 September 1993	Falkirk	H	0-1		2,361
25 September 1993	Morton	A	1-3	McGarvey	1,420
28 September 1993	Airdrie	H	0-1		1,276
2 October 1993	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1-4	Melvin	2,941
9 October 1993	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	Foster	766
16 October 1993	Brechin City	A	3-0	Mooney;MacDonald;Foster	469
23 October 1993	St Mirren	H	3-3	McGarvey;Gow;MacDonald	1,723
30 October 1993	Clydebank	A	1-2	Walker	1,297
6 November 1993	Ayr United	H	1-1	Gibson	918
10 November 1993	Hamilton	A	0-2		1,182
13 November 1993	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-5	Gibson	1,437
20 November 1993	Airdrie	A	1-0	Marsland	1,741
27 November 1993	Morton	H	2-0	McGarvey;Gibson	1,140
4 December 1993	Falkirk	A	1-1	Mooney	3,306
11 December 1993	Clyde	A	1-2	Mooney	681
18 December 1993	Brechin City	H	3-1	Melvin;Mooney(2)	414
8 January 1994	Ayr United	A	1-1	Meechan	2,084
11 January 1994	Stirling Albion	A	0-0		758
15 January 1994	Hamilton	H	0-1		744
18 January 1994	Clydebank	H	2-2	Gibson;Melvin	1,003
22 January 1994	Clyde	H	1-1	Gibson	927
5 February 1994	St Mirren	A	3-0	Gibson;Meechan;Boyd	2,504
12 February 1994	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-3	Gibson;Meechan	3,821
1 March 1994	Airdrie	H	0-0		950
5 March 1994	Falkirk	H	0-1		1,815
12 March 1994	Morton	A	0-0		1,046
19 March 1994	Brechin City	A	0-0		425
26 March 1994	Stirling Albion	H	0-0		887
29 March 1994	Clyde	A	2-1	Ward;MacLeod	789
2 April 1994	St Mirren	H	2-3	Gibson;Mooney	1,377
12 April 1994	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0-2		1,305
16 April 1994	Airdrie	A	1-1	Melvin	1,320
23 April 1994	Falkirk	A	0-4		3,249
26 April 1994	Morton	H	2-0	Cunnington;Gibson	650
30 April 1994	Clydebank	A	0-2		929
7 May 1994	Ayr United	H	1-1	Cunnington	670
14 May 1994	Hamilton	A	1-2	Cunnington	1,451

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 1994	3	Rangers	A	1-4	Mooney	36,671

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1993	2	Rangers	A	0-1		36,309

B&Q Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 October 1993	1	Stranraer	H	1-2	Foster	446

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
24 July 1993	P	Falkirk	H	2-1	unknown
27 July 1993	P	Stenhousemuir	H	1-3	unknown
31 July 1993	P	East Stirling	A	1-0	unknown
21 September 1993	F	Alloa Athletic	H	0-0*

* - won on penalties

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 47 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and B&Q Cup matches, as detailed below. Charlie Gibson, Ian MacFarlane and Martin Mooney were best by appearing in all but one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
John Boyd	DF	12(4)	2
Calum Campbell	FW	12(2)
Eddie Cunnington	DF	13	3
Robert Docherty	MF	0(1)
Roland Fabiani	DF	38(3)
Gerry Farrell	MF	0(1)
Alan Foster	DF	25(5)	3
Charlie Gibson	FW	46	13
Jimmy Gilmour	FW	1(5)
Stevie Gow	DF	15(2)	1
Ian MacFarlane	GK	46
Jim Marsland	MF	33(5)	1
Paul Martin	MF	14(2)
Mike McAnenay	FW	1(2)
Bobby McConville	MF	21(2)	1
John MacDonald	FW	4(3)	2
Martin McGarvey	MF	27(8)	3
Murdo MacLeod	MF	45	1
John McQuade	FW	4
Jim Meechan	MF	33(5)	4
Kenny Meechan	GK	1
Martin Melvin	DF	45	4
Martin Mooney	FW	44(2)	10
Mark Nelson	MF	0(3)
Tommy Walker	FW	6(2)	1
Hugh Ward	FW	7(3)	1
Andy Willock	FW	0(1)
Tommy Wilson	DF	24

Reserve Team

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League (West B), and with 9 wins and 4 draws from 24 games, finished 7th of 9.

In the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost out to St Johnstone 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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1993–94 in Scottish football

« 1992–93 1994–95 »

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

European competitions	Champions League European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1994 World Cup qualifying (Group 1)

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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