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2001–02 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2001–02 was the 118th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 96th time, the Scottish Cup for the 107th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 55th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 11th time.

Dumbarton
2001-02 season
ManagerTom Carson
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 32nd
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (18)
All: Paddy Flannery (19)
Highest home attendance1,959
Lowest home attendance533
Average home league attendance838

Overview edit

Season 2001-02 began with a sense of confidence - this would be the first full season at the new home ground and followed the appointment of Tom Carson as manager which brought about a change of fortunes to Dumbarton's campaign the previous season. The league season itself would be full of ups and downs but in the end it came down to the final game against one of their oldest opponents, Queen's Park. A draw would be sufficient to gain a promotion place, but at 1-1 in stoppage time, Queen's Park were awarded a soft penalty. Fortunes were on Dumbarton's side however, as John Wight made a magnificent save and promotion was secured.

In Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Alloa Athletic in the first round.

In the League Cup, an excellent win over near neighbours Clydebank was followed by a second round exit to Premier Division Dundee United.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton returned to old habits and lost in their first outing against Ross County.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won both of their group ties, and progressed to their first final in six years, but failed in a penalty shoot out against Stenhousemuir.

Results & fixtures edit

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division edit

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Third Division
6 August 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Bain  
King  		 Attendance: 837
11 August 2001 Third Division Peterhead 0–3 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
McKeown  
Flannery  
Robertson  		 Attendance: 528
18 August 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Queen's Park Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown  
Robertson  		 Marshall   Attendance: 717
25 August 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Montrose Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brand   Attendance: 781
8 September 2001 Third Division East Stirling 2–4 Dumbarton Firs Park
Menelaws    Flannery  
O'Neill  
Robertson  
Bonar  		 Attendance: 208
18 September 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Booth   Attendance: 581
19 September 2001 Third Division Stirling Albion 4–5 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Henderson  
Williams    		 Robertson   
Flannery   
Crilly  		 Attendance: 446
22 September 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–2 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Crilly  
Lynes  		 Hynd  
Kelly  		 Attendance: 764
29 September 2001 Third Division East Fife 4-1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
McManus   
Allen   		 Crilly   Attendance: 392
13 October 2001 Third Division Brechin City 3-2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Fotheringham  
Grant  
Clark  		 Brown  
Flannery  		 Attendance: 429
20 October 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 0–3 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Mackay  
Stewart  
Johnston  		 Attendance: 715
27 October 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–2 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery    Lyle  
Lorimer  		 Attendance: 591
3 November 2001 Third Division Montrose 1-3 Dumbarton Links Park
Sharp   Flannery  
Stewart  
Crilly  		 Attendance: 503
10 November 2001 Third Division Albion Rovers 0-2 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Crilly  
Brown  		 Attendance: 420
24 November 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 4–1 Stirling Albion Strathclyde Homes Stadium
O'Neill  
Flannery  
Crilly  
Brittain  		 Williams   Attendance: 860
8 December 2001 Third Division Elgin City 0-3 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Brittain  
Robertson  
Brown  		 Attendance: 511
15 December 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Attendance: 521
12 January 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 0–5 Montrose Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Ferguson  
Kerrigan  
Laidlaw    		 Attendance: 745
19 January 2002 Third Division Stirling Albion 2-1 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Williams  
Brannigan  		 Flannery   Attendance: 555
26 January 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Robertson    Attendance: 686
2 February 2002 Third Division East Fife 1-0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Mortimer   Attendance: 419
9 February 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 3–1 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery  
Lauchlan  
Crilly  		 Gilzean   Attendance: 690
16 February 2002 Third Division Peterhead 4-0 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Stewart   
Tindal  
Robertson  		 Attendance: 589
23 February 2002 Third Division Queen's Park 0-0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Attendance: 725
27 February 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown  
Crilly  		 Fotheringham   Attendance: 533
2 March 2002 Third Division Montrose 1-1 Dumbarton Links Park
Christie   McCann   Attendance: 485
9 March 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Crilly  
McCann  		 Lorimer   Attendance: 715
16 March 2002 Third Division Albion Rovers 1-1 Dumbarton Links Park
Harty   Flannery   Attendance: 503
19 March 2002 Third Division Queen's Park 0-2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Dunn    Attendance: 411
23 March 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Stirling Albion Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery  
Dunn  		 Attendance: 792
30 March 2002 Third Division Elgin City 2-0 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McBride  
Gilzean  		 Attendance: 709
2 April 2002 Third Division East Stirling 1-0 Dumbarton Firs Park
Ure   Attendance: 317
6 April 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery  
Crilly  		 Attendance: 694
13 April 2002 Third Division Brechin City 0-1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Brown   Attendance: 702
20 April 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dunn  
Brown  
Dillon  		 Attendance: 1,636
27 April 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery   Whelan   Attendance: 1,959

Bell's Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Challenge Cup
14 August 2001 Challenge Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–2 Ross County Strathclyde Homes Stadium
McQuade  
Hislop  		 Attendance: 370
Referee: K Toner

CIS League Cup edit

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup
11 September 2001 League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 2–0 Clydebank Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown  
Flannery  		 Attendance: 695
Referee: I Fyfe
25 September 2001 League Cup round 2 Dundee United 3–0 Dumbarton Tannadice Park
Thompson  
Easton  
Griffin  		 Attendance: 3,702
Referee: C MacKay

Tennent's Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup
17 November 2001 Cup round 1 Alloa Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Little  
Evans  
Hutchison  		 McKeown   Attendance: 539
Referee: C Richmond

Stirlingshire Cup edit

14 July 2001 Group stage Alloa Athletic 1–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
  Brittain  
Brown  
28 July 2001 Group stage Stirling Albion 0–2 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Brittain  
Brown  
4 September 2001 Final Dumbarton 0–0
(Stenhousemuir on penalties)		 Stenhousemuir Strathclyde Homes Stadium

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Brechin City (C, P) 36 22 7 7 67 38 +29 73 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Dumbarton (P) 36 18 7 11 59 48 +11 61
3 Albion Rovers 36 16 11 9 51 32 +19 59
4 Peterhead 36 17 5 14 63 52 +11 56
5 Montrose 36 16 7 13 43 39 +4 55
6 Elgin City 36 13 8 15 45 47 −2 47
7 East Stirlingshire 36 12 4 20 51 58 −7 40
8 East Fife 36 11 7 18 39 56 −17 40
9 Stirling Albion 36 9 10 17 45 68 −23 37
10 Queen's Park 36 9 8 19 38 53 −15 35
Source: "2001-2002 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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 Jon Connolly 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO John Hillcoat 14 0 12+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO John Wight 24 0 22+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Brittain 36 2 27+5 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Jamie Bruce 11 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Dickie 25 0 23+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Kevin McCann 23 2 19+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO John McKeown 26 2 23+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
DF   SCO Martin Melvin 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Martin O'Neill 33 2 27+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Dave Stewart 21 1 17+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Steven Bonar 36 1 19+13 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Crilly 33 10 29+1 10 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO John Dillon 37 1 15+18 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Robert Dunn 13 4 11+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Jack 30 0 25+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Martin Lauchlan 11 1 9+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Craig Lynes 23 1 5+15 1 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Scott Murdoch 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Andy Brown 38 8 35+0 7 2+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Paddy Flannery 35 19 32+1 18 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Danny McKelvie 26 0 2+20 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Joe Robertson 38 8 28+6 8 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0

[1][2]

Transfers edit

[3]

Trivia edit

  • The League match against Elgin City on 9 February marked Andy Brown's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 122nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Scottish Football Review 2002/03. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2002. ISBN 1-903381-13-4.
  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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