2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton 2008-09 football season
Dumbarton
2008-09 season
ManagerJim Chapman
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 31st
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
League Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross Clark (14)
All: Ross Clark (15)
Highest home attendance1396
Lowest home attendance462
Average home league attendance712

Season 2008–09 was the 125th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 103rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 114th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 62nd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 18th time.

Overview

Jim Chapman's first full season in charge began with a large intake of new playing staff. A slow start however was to be replaced by an unbeaten run of 8 games which saw Dumbarton rise to 2nd place by the beginning of November. Mixed results in December through February meant that Dumbarton fell to 4th place, but still in with a playoff chance. However it was to be a final surge which saw 7 wins taken from the last 8 games which pushed Dumbarton to the Third Division title. Indeed that run brought about Dumbarton's record number of consecutive 'shut-outs' - 7 in all.

In the Scottish Cup, a second round victory over Highland League opponents Fraserburgh was followed by a close encounter with First Division Ross County, which was only decided by the odd goal in three and that after a draw.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton defeated Annan Athletic on penalties, but were to be overwhelmed by Premier Division St Mirren in the second round.

Finally, it was yet another League Challenge Cup first round exit, to Airdrie United.

Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was not competed for.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

Dumbarton v Montrose
2 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Clark 83' (pen) Stewart 26' Attendance: 580
Referee: S Nicholls
Elgin City v Dumbarton
9 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McKay 24' Logan 75' Attendance: 462
Referee: C Boyle
Berwick Rangers v Dumbarton
16 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Gribben 40' Lennon 55'
Tiernan 61'		 Attendance: 516
Referee: G Hilland
Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir
23 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Keegan 71' Motion 23'
Shirra 90'		 Attendance: 660
Referee: B Colvin
Albion Rovers v Dumbarton
13 September 2008 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Walker,P 61' (pen) Clark 8'
McLeod 18'
Gordon 60' (pen)		 Attendance: 327
Referee: B Winter
Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath
20 September 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary 36'
Gordon 90'		 McQuade 90' Attendance: 801
Referee: S O'Reilly
Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton
27 September 2008 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 2–2 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Russell 57'
Gibson,G 79'		 Tulloch 7' (OG)
McLeod 52'		 Attendance: 431
Referee: F McDermott
Dumbarton v Annan Athletic
4 October 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 4–1 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Watson 6' (OG)
Keegan 30'
Clark 34' (pen)
Hill 45' (OG)		 Inglis 59' Attendance: 539
Referee: S Finnie
Montrose v Dumbarton
18 October 2008 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Black 90' Clark 32'
McLeod 51'		 Attendance: 673
Referee: A Law
Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers
1 November 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 5–2 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
McLeod 9'
Clark 19', 62'
Murray 34'
Cusack 75'		 Anderson Craig 32'
Ewart 83'		 Attendance: 673
Referee: C Brown
Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton
8 November 2008 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Brand 61' Murray 62' Attendance: 723
Referee: A Law
East Stirlingshire v Dumbarton
15 November 2008 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 5–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Graham 22', 60'
Rodgers 44' (pen)
Donaldson 46'
Dunn 64'		 Carcary 87'
Moore 90'		 Attendance: 516
Referee: S McLean
Dumbarton v Albion Rovers
22 November 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Clark 42' Donnelly 37' Attendance: 646
Referee: Mat Northcroft
Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic
13 December 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chisholm 24'
McLeod 67'
Keegan 88'		 Attendance: 539
Referee: S Finnie
Annan Athletic v Dumbarton
20 December 2008 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–1 Dumbarton Galabank
Neilson 42', 90' Clark 45' (pen) Attendance: 634
Referee: C Allan
Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton
10 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Adamson 18'
McQuade 80'		 Attendance: 416
Referee: G Salmond
Berwick Rangers v Dumbarton
24 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Callaghan 28' McLeod 21'
Carcary 43'		 Attendance: 425
Referee: T Robertson
Dumbarton v Montrose
31 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary 5' Hunter 54' Attendance: 652
Referee: S Nicholls
Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath
21 February 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Boyle 33' Dempster 57' Attendance: 692
Referee: E Norris
East Stirlingshire v Dumbarton
28 February 2009 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Stevenson 5'
Cramb 67' (pen)
Rodgers 87'		 Clark 39' Attendance: 526
Referee: C Brown
Dumbarton v Albion Rovers
7 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Boyle 68' Attendance: 692
Referee: J McKendrick
Dumbarton v Elgin City
10 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
McLaughlin 35'
Carcary 67'		 Attendance: 471
Referee: N Watters
Montrose v Dumbarton
14 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–0 Dumbarton Links Park
McKenzie 65' Attendance: 343
Referee: Mat Northcroft
Albion Rovers v Dumbarton
17 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Barr 71' Clark 90' Attendance: 535
Referee: G Hilland
Dumbarton v Annan Athletic
21 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Neilson 20'
Jack 39'		 Attendance: 815
Referee: S McLean
Elgin City v Dumbarton
31 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 0–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Edwards 39' (OG)
McLaughlin 67'		 Attendance: 271
Referee: G Hilland
Stenhousemuir v Dumbarton
4 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview
Lennon 44'
Clark 76'		 Attendance: 588
Referee: G Salmond
Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton
7 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Clark 55', 73' Attendance: 513
Referee: N Watters
Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers
11 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Forbes 15'
Boyle 64'		 Attendance: 702
Referee: B Colvin
Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton
18 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 1,181
Referee: S Finnie
Dumbarton v Forfar Athletic
25 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 4–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Smith 4' (OG)
McLaughlin 25'
Carcary 33'
Brannan 80'		 Attendance: 539
Referee: S Finnie
Dumbarton v Elgin City
2 May 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 6–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary 13', 34', 43', 66'
McLaughlin 28'
Murray 84'		 Attendance: 1,396
Referee: E Smith
Annan Athletic v Dumbarton
9 May 2009 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 1–3 Dumbarton Galabank
Watson 66' Clark 23'
McLaughlin 28'
Carcary 88'		 Attendance: 1,343
Referee: G Salmond

Alba Challenge Cup

Airdrie United v Dumbarton
26 July 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Airdrie United 3–2 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Noble 53'
Cardle 58'
Di Giacomo 75'		 Clark 25'
Carcary 43'		 Attendance: 808

Co-operative Insurance League Cup

Dumbarton v Annan Athletic
5 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 p)		 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Logan 115' Jack 103' (pen) Attendance: 464
St Mirren v Dumbarton
26 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 St Mirren 7–0 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Robb 18'
Mehmet 33', 50', 52'
Dorman 39'
Dargo 75'
Mason 77'		 Attendance: 1,747

Homecoming Scottish Cup

Fraserburgh v Dumbarton
25 October 2008 Scottish Cup round 2 Fraserburgh 0–1 Dumbarton Bellslea Park
Chisholm Attendance: 517
Referee: B Colvin
Ross County v Dumbarton
29 November 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 Ross County 2–2 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall
Higgins 23', 57' Carcary 80', 83' Attendance: 1,200
Dumbarton v Ross County
15 December 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 Dumbarton 1–2 Ross County Dumbarton Football Stadium
Gordon 46' Brittain 24' (pen)
Hart 37'		 Attendance: 557

Pre-season

Rangers XI v Dumbarton
12 July 2008 Friendly Rangers XI 2–2 Dumbarton Ibrox Park

 Keegan
Gray
Dumbarton v St Mirren
22 July 2008 Friendly Dumbarton 2–2 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
O'Byrne
Murray 		Brady
Molloy 		Attendance: 683
Dumbarton v Hamilton
23 July 2008 Friendly Dumbarton 1–3 Hamilton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary Stevenson
McCarthy
Akins 		Attendance: 312

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dumbarton (C, P) 36 19 10 7 65 36 +29 67 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Cowdenbeath (P) 36 18 9 9 48 34 +14 63[a] Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[b]
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 57 50 +7 61
4 Stenhousemuir (O, P) 36 16 8 12 55 46 +9 56
5 Montrose 36 16 6 14 47 48 −1 54
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Cowdenbeath were promoted due to Livingston's demotion from the First Division to the Third.
  2. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Dave McEwan 27 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Mark McGeown 16 0 14+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Michael White 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Pat Boyle 20 3 20+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Brittain 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Iain Chisholm 32 3 15+12 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Mick Dunlop 23 0 21+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 42 4 36+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Gordon Lennon 39 1 32+2 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Richie McKillen 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael O'Byrne 19 0 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Wilson 11 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kieran Brannan 7 1 0+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Canning 24 0 10+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Clark 37 15 30+1 14 2+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Forbes 18 1 15+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy Geggan 30 0 23+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Gourlay 5 0 0+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Gray 9 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Raymond Logan 9 1 4+2 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kieran McAnespie 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martin McNiff 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McStay 12 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stevie Murray 41 4 34+1 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Fergus Tiernan 7 1 2+2 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Carcary 37 14 25+8 11 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 2
FW Scotland SCO Paul Craig 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Liam Cusack 11 1 1+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul Keegan 27 3 12+9 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Denis McLaughlin 16 6 16+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul McLeod 27 6 19+5 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Michael Moore 8 1 0+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Nathan Taylor 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Weir 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers

[2]

Players in

Player From Date
Scotland Mick Dunlop Scotland Queen's Park 25 May 2008
Scotland Paul Keegan Scotland Partick Thistle 25 May 2008
Scotland Dave McEwan Northern Ireland Derry City 28 May 2008
Scotland Iain Chisholm Scotland Albion Rovers 13 Jun 2008
Scotland Mark McGeown Scotland Ayr United 13 Jun 2008
Scotland Alan Gourlay Scotland Vale of Leven 19 Jun 2008
Scotland Ross Clark Scotland Alloa Athletic 27 Jun 2008
Scotland Stevie Murray Scotland Partick Thistle 1 Jul 2008
Scotland Derek Carcary Scotland Raith Rovers 7 Jul 2008
Scotland David Gray Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside 7 Jul 2008
Scotland Gary Wilson Scotland Pollok 7 Jul 2008
Scotland Martin McNiff Scotland Leven Valley Am 9 Jul 2008
Scotland Ben Gordon Scotland Strathclyde Univ 22 Jul 2008
Scotland Michael White Scotland Alloa Athletic 25 Jul 2008
Scotland Steven Weir Scotland Livingston 9 Aug 2008
Scotland Raymond Logan Scotland Pollok 26 Aug 2008
Scotland Paul McLeod Scotland Hamilton 1 Sep 2008
Scotland Alan Cook Scotland St Mirren Youth 8 Oct 2008
Scotland Nathan Taylor Scotland Gretna 17 Jan 2009
Scotland Ross Forbes Scotland Motherwell (loan) 23 Jan 2009
Scotland Kieran McAnespie Scotland Morton (loan) 30 Jan 2009
Scotland Pat Boyle England Everton 31 Jan 2009
Scotland Ryan McStay Scotland Partick Thistle 3 Feb 2009
Scotland Denis McLaughlin Scotland Hearts (loan) 21 Feb 2009
Scotland Paul Craig Scotland Benburb 3 Mar 2009

Players out

Player To Date
Scotland David Crawford Scotland Queen's Park 12 Jun 2008
Scotland Tommy Coyne Scotland Albion Rovers 15 Jul 2008
Scotland Greg Cavanagh Scotland St Anthonys 1 Aug 2008
Scotland Kenny Haswell Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1 Aug 2008
Scotland Steven Weir Scotland Arbroath 21 Aug 2008
Scotland Chris Hamilton Scotland Stirling Albion 22 Aug 2008
Scotland Alan Gourlay Scotland Vale of Leven 10 Oct 2008
Scotland Craig Brittain 2 Jan 2009
Scotland David Gray 31 Jan 2009
Scotland Jason McLaughlin 31 Jan 2009
Scotland Liam Cusack Scotland Annan Athletic 2 Feb 2009
Scotland Michael Moore Scotland Stranraer 27 Feb 2009
Finland Axel Orrström Finland AC Oulu
Scotland David Craig Scotland Arthurlie
Scotland Peter Shaw Scotland Arthurlie
Scotland Brian McPhee Scotland Bathgate Thistle
Scotland Jonathan Yule Scotland Benburb
Scotland Craig Potter Scotland Cumnock
Scotland Chris Gentile Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Scotland Paul McQuilken Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Scotland Anton Nugent Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Scotland David McNaught Scotland Vale of Leven
Scotland Ryan Russell Scotland Vale of Leven
Scotland Richie McKillen Scotland Glenafton Athletic
Scotland Raymond Logan Scotland
Scotland Michael Stokes Scotland

Trivia

  • The League match against Annan Athletic on 9 May marked Andy Geggan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 130th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7553-1948-0.
  2. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

  • Michael White (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Richie McKillen (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Michael O'Byrne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Gary Wilson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Kieran Brannan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Alan Gourlay (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • David Gray (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Paul Craig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Liam Cusack (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Nathan Taylor (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
  • Scottish Football Historical Archive
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