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2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time.

Dumbarton
2000-01 season
ManagerJimmy Brown/Tom Carson
StadiumCliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge/ Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 36th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (21)
Highest home attendance1,876
Lowest home attendance238
Average home league attendance624

Overview edit

At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson.

The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th-place finish was achieved.

In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer.

In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress.

Results & fixtures edit

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division edit

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Third Division
5 August 2000 Third Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
Eadie  
Russell  		 Attendance: 588
12 August 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Brechin City Cliftonhill Stadium
Leask  
Christie  		 Attendance: 370
19 August 2000 Third Division Peterhead 2–0 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Cooper  
Johnston  		 Attendance: 630
26 August 2000 Third Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Flannery   Attendance: 343
9 September 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 East Stirling Cliftonhill Stadium
Flannery   Hislop  
Stewart  		 Attendance: 259
16 September 2000 Third Division Montrose 2–2 Dumbarton Links Park
McKenzie  
O'Driscoll  		 Brown  
Flannery  		 Attendance: 343
23 September 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–4 Cowdenbeath Cliftonhill Stadium
King  
Brown  		 Winter  
Bradley  
Wright  
Burns  		 Attendance: 348
30 September 2000 Third Division Elgin City 2–0 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Clinton  
Campbell  		 Attendance: 752
7 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–3 East Fife Cliftonhill Stadium
Dillon  
King  		 Mortimer  
Moffat   		 Attendance: 256
14 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–3 Hamilton Cliftonhill Stadium
Robertson  
Flannery  		 Bonnar  
Clark  
Moore  		 Attendance: 368
21 October 2000 Third Division Brechin City 3–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Bain  
Coulston  
Leask  		 McCann   Attendance: 455
28 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Albion Rovers Cliftonhill Stadium
Shields   Attendance: 277
4 November 2000 Third Division East Stirling 1–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Lorimer   Flannery   Attendance: 246
11 November 2000 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Burns   Bruce   Attendance: 341
18 November 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Montrose Cliftonhill Stadium
Grace   Attendance: 238
25 November 2000 Third Division East Fife 1–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Ferguson   Attendance: 465
2 December 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery  
Brown  
Brittain  		 Attendance: 1,876
16 December 2000 Third Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
McFarlane    Attendance: 485
23 December 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–3 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown   Cooper  
Yates  
Stewart  		 Attendance: 821
2 January 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Smith  
Flannery  
  (OG)		 Attendance: 658
27 January 2001 Third Division Albion Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Smith   Brown  
Flannery   		 Attendance: 369
3 February 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart  
Brown  		 Attendance: 711
24 February 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Attendance: 722
7 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dillon  
Brown  
Flannery  		 Attendance: 507
10 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–4 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Lumsden  
mcMullen  
Harty   		 Attendance: 808
13 March 2001 Third Division Elgin City 0–3 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Dillon  
Bruce  
Brown  		 Attendance: 424
17 March 2001 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McDowell  
Wright  		 Flannery    Attendance: 369
20 March 2001 Third Division East Stirling 0–0 Dumbarton Firs Park
Attendance: 208
24 March 2001 Third Division Peterhead 0-1 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Robertson   Attendance: 432
27 March 2001 Third Division Montrose 1-2 Dumbarton Links Park
Hutchison   Brown  
Flannery  		 Attendance: 165
21 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Montrose Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Mitchell  
Hutchison  		 Attendance: 751
7 April 2001 Third Division East Fife 0-1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Lynes   Attendance: 313
14 April 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown  
O'Neill  		 Attendance: 685
21 April 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Hamilton Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Lynes   McFarlane  
Kerr  		 Attendance: 864
28 April 2001 Third Division Brechin City 1-0 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Grant   Attendance: 510
5 May 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–2 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart  
Flannery  		 Cooper  
Johnston  		 Attendance: 715

Bell's Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup
15 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 1 Elgin City 2–4 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Green   Flannery    
Brown  		 Attendance: 828
Referee: G Mitchell
29 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 2 Arbroath 2–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brownlie 
Mallan  		 Attendance: 459
Referee: B Orr

CIS League Cup edit

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup
9 August 2000 League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 p)		 Ayr United Cliftonhill Stadium
Attendance: 421
Referee: W Young
22 August 2000 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–4 Livingston Cliftonhill Stadium
Bingham   
Hagan   		 Attendance: 357
Referee: K Toner

Tennent's Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup
1 December 2000 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 1–1 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Hislop   Attendance: 834
Referee: I Brines
12 December 2000 Cup round 1R East Stirling 0–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Robertson   Attendance: 170
Referee: I Brines
6 January 2001 Cup round 2 Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Starks Park
Walker  
Harty  		 Attendance: 595
Referee: I Frickleton

Stirlingshire Cup edit

18 July 2000 Group stage Alloa Athletic 4–1 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
     Brown  
22 July 2000 Group stage Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Brown  
Smith  

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 East Fife 36 15 8 13 49 46 +3 53
5 Peterhead 36 13 10 13 46 46 0 49
6 Dumbarton 36 13 6 17 46 49 −3 45
7 Albion Rovers 36 12 9 15 38 43 −5 45
8 East Stirlingshire 36 10 7 19 37 69 −32 37
Source: "2000-2001 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Hillcoat 34 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
GK   SCO John Wight 11 0 9+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Brittain 34 1 22+6 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Jamie Bruce 33 2 29+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Dickie 37 0 29+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Kevin McCann 33 1 23+4 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Martin Melvin 18 0 0+17 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Martin O'Neill 15 1 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Dave Stewart 38 2 32+0 2 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Steven Bonar 33 1 23+6 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Alan Brown 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO G Dempsey 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO John Dillon 30 3 20+5 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
MF   SCO Chris Gentile 8 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Alex Grace 19 1 12+2 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Jack 34 0 25+3 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Lynes 8 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Brian McGinty 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO John Ritchie 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO S Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Willie Wilson 16 0 11+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Andy Brown 38 10 31+0 9 2+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
FW   SCO Paddy Flannery 38 21 30+1 17 1+1 0 2+0 3 3+0 1
FW   SCO Toby King 13 2 9+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Steve McCormick 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Joe Robertson 38 3 27+6 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Ryan Robinson 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Chris Smith 18 1 4+9 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+3 0

[1][2]

Transfers edit

[3]

Trivia edit

  • The League match against Brechin City on 12 August marked Willie Wilson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 115th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against East Stirling on 9 September marked Craig Brittain's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 116th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 30 September marked Stephen Jack's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 117th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 2 December marked Alex Grace's and Paddy Flannery's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 118th and 119th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Albion Rovers on 10 March marked Jamie Bruce's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 120th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Montrose on 31 March marked Joe Robertson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 121st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bell's Scottish Football Review 2001/02. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
  2. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links edit

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