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Season 1978–79 was the 102nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 72nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 84th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 32nd time.
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Overview
For the fourth year in a row, Dumbarton played league football in Division 1, and after the previous season's performances, confidence was high. However, as it took 7 games to register the first league win early hopes were dashed and a disappointing 7th place finish was achieved.
In the Scottish Cup, for a second year running it was Partick Thistle that were the fifth round opponents and as in the previous year Dumbarton were to lose out.
In the League Cup, in the straight knock-out format, Dumbarton were to draw Premier Division St Mirren in the first round, and were to fall to a two goal defeat at Love Street after a home no-scoring draw.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were once again defeated by local rivals Clydebank, this time in the final.
Finally, Laurie Williams was given a testimonial for his 10 years of service to the club, and he captained Dumbarton against a Scottish League Select - the result being a 1-1 draw with Williams himself scoring the equalising penalty for Dumbarton.
Results
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Club
Dumbarton used 25 players for the 44 League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches, as detailed below. John Gallacher was best by being the only player to start in every one of these matches.
International
Murdo MacLeod was selected to play for the Scottish Under 21 team in a friendly match against USA on 17 September 1978 played at Pittodrie Park (won by Scotland 3-1 and in which he scored one of the goals) and in a qualifying match for the European Under 21 Championships against Norway on October 24, 1978 played at Easter Road Stadium (won by Scotland 5-1).
Reserve Team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League First Division (West).
In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Morton in the first round, and in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton lost to Partick Thistle, on aggregate, in the first round.