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2003–04 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2003–04 was the 120th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 98th time, the Scottish Cup for the 109th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 13th time.

Dumbarton
2003-04 season
ManagerBrian Fairlie
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 23rd
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Russell (10)
All: Iain Russell (10)
Highest home attendance1,861
Lowest home attendance552
Average home league attendance1,036

Overview edit

Notwithstanding the improvement in performances towards the end of the previous season, manager David Winnie set about a considerable change in playing staff. Unfortunately, despite an initial burst, it would take longer than expected for the new players to settle in, and by the end of October, only one league win had been recorded. However, from then until the end of the season, the league campaign saw a vast improvement in results and in the end a 3rd-place finish was achieved - missing promotion by just 2 points.

In the Scottish Cup, it would be a first round exit for the third season in a row, with a heavy defeat to Gretna.

In the League Cup, following a win over Ayr United in the first round, it would be Premier Division Aberdeen that would bring Dumbarton's interest in the competition to an end.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was back to old habits, with Ross County handing out a first round thumping.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties - however each tie was lost on a penalty shoot out.

Results & fixtures edit

[1]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division edit

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Second Division
9 August 2003 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Smith   3' BBC Report Bradley   8'
Flannery   46'		 Attendance: 446
Referee: G Mitchell
16 August 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Flannery   57' Report Cargill   84' Attendance: 1,050
Referee: I Brines
23 August 2003 Scottish Second Division Morton 2–2 Dumbarton Cappielow
Williams   31' (pen)
Weatherston   83'		 BBC Report Flannery   57'
Boyle   58'		 Attendance: 3,402
Referee: C Conroy
30 August 2003 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 2–0 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Dunn   6'
Glancy  		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,468
Referee: C Allan
13 September 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dillon   17' BBC Report Hutchison   Attendance: 722
Referee: C Melville
20 September 2003 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Tosh   4'
Henderson   56'
Shields   83'		 BBC Report Collins   66' Attendance: 449
Referee: A Freeland
27 September 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Harty   89' Attendance: 747
Referee: C Murray
4 October 2003 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Lynes   81' BBC Report Attendance: 518
Referee: T Brown
18 October 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–3 Hamilton Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Corcoran   26'
Quitongo   46'
Thomson   69'		 Attendance: 890
Referee: C Boyle
25 October 2003 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Cargill   42'
McGlashan   69'		 BBC Report McEwan   57' Attendance: 506
Referee: J Rowbotham
1 November 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
McEwan   (pen) BBC Report Attendance: 742
Referee: E Smith
8 November 2003 Scottish Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–4 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
McCutcheon   36' BBC Report Bonar   5'
English   18'
Dillon   21', 23'		 Attendance: 722
Referee: E Mack
16 November 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dillon    BBC Report Attendance: 1,361
Referee: M Sproule
6 December 2003 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Brown   10' BBC Report Bradley   31' Attendance: 588
Referee: M Ritchie
13 December 2003 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dillon   18'
Bonar   47'
Russell   78'		 BBC Report McDonald   67' Attendance: 653
Referee: C Boyle
3 January 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell   5' BBC Report Attendance: 1,861
Referee: C Hardie
10 January 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dillon   43'
Rodgers  		 BBC Report Tosh   17' (pen) Attendance: 803
Referee: J Downie
17 January 2004 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 3–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Hamilton   7'
Daly   82'
Callaghan   90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 423
Referee: C Allan
24 January 2004 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–0 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Tosh   24' BBC Report Attendance: 540
Referee: S MacDonald
7 February 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–1 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
McEwan   (pen)
Herd   6'
Brittain  
Russell  		 BBC Report Cowan   Attendance: 722
Referee: J Flemming
14 February 2004 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 1–1 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Vareille   10' BBC Report Rodgers   88' Attendance: 1,379
Referee: K Toner
21 February 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Bonar   45'
Russell   85'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,046
Referee: C Conroy
6 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Rodgers   22' BBC Report Attendance: 828
Referee: E Smith
9 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
McPhee  
Gribben  		 BBC Report Attendance: 949
Referee: J Gilmour
13 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Morton 3–2 Dumbarton Cappielow
Greacen  
Miller  
Williams  		 BBC Report McEwan   (pen)
Bonar  		 Attendance: 2,705
Referee: C Richmond
16 March 2004 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1–3 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Fairbairn   31' BBC Report Russell   9'
Herd   85'
Boyle   81'		 Attendance: 439
Referee: M Tumilty
23 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell   1', 13'
Boyle   17'
Bonar   75'		 BBC Report Attendance: 552
Referee: M Sproule
27 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Herd   29'  BBC Report Glancy   9'
McLaren   62'		 Attendance: 1,536
Referee: C Thomson
30 March 2004 Scottish Second Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Bennett   67' (pen) BBC Report Russell   23'
Boyle   74'		 Attendance: 354
Referee: C Boyle
3 April 2004 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–2 Dumbarton Ochilview
Brown   87' BBC Report Ronald   2'
Dillon   71'		 Attendance: 412
Referee: K Toner
10 April 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Herd   BBC Report Maher   23' Attendance: 1,007
Referee: E Mack
17 April 2004 Scottish Second Division Hamilton 2–1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
Thomson   55'
Gemmell   89'		 BBC Report Collins   7' (pen) Attendance: 1,343
Referee: C Murray
24 April 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell   BBC Report Attendance: 827
Referee: J Gilmour
1 May 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Ronald  
Herd   57'
Russell  85'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,861
Referee: J Underhill
8 May 2004 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 0–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
BBC Report Ronald   29'
Herd   33' 		 Attendance: 531
Referee: S Duff
15 May 2004 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Herd   68'
Skjelered  Dillon 		 BBC Report McGowan   44' Attendance: 1,439
Referee: I Fyfe

Bell's Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup
13 August 2003 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Ross County 5–0 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall
Winters   29', 74' 
Hamilton   70' 		 BBC report Attendance: 861
Referee: I Fyfe

CIS League Cup edit

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish League Cup
2 September 2003 Scottish League Cup round 1 Ayr United 1–2 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Smyth   BBC Report Flannery  
Bonar   90'		 Attendance: 1,048
Referee: E Mack
23 September 2003 Scottish League Cup round 2 Aberdeen 3–1 Dumbarton Pittodrie Stadium
Zdrilic   14', 45'
Hinds   46'		 BBC Report Obedile   81' Attendance: 3,944
Referee: W Young

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Cup
22 November 2003 Scottish Cup round 1 Gretna 4–0 Dumbarton Raydale Park
Stevens   6'
Skelton   74'
Holdsworth   80'
Gordan   86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 652
Referee: E Smith

Stirlingshire Cup edit

19 July 2003 Group stage Falkirk 0–0
(lost p)		 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 748
29 July 2003 Group stage Dumbarton 1–1
(lost p)		 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Herd    

Pre-season and mid-season friendlies edit

23 July 2003 Friendly Stranraer 3–2 Dumbarton Stair Park
      
26 July 2003 Friendly Dumbarton 1–0 Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium
 
27 July 2003 Friendly Sauchie 3–2 Dumbarton Sauchie
      
2 August 2003 Friendly Dumbarton 0–0 Dundee United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 389
8 September 2003 Friendly Dumbarton 2–4 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
        Attendance: 250
9 October 2003 Friendly Stranraer 0–2 Dumbarton Stair Park
Flannery  
Donald  
15 October 2003 Friendly Dumbarton 5–1 Vale of Leven Dumbarton Football Stadium
Flannery   
Russell  
English  
Christie  		  
27 December 2003 Friendly Queen's Park 0–3 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Rodgers   
Mallan  
8 January 2004 Friendly Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
  Mallan   

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Airdrie United (C, P) 36 20 10 6 64 36 +28 70 Promotion to the First Division
2 Hamilton Academical (P) 36 18 8 10 70 47 +23 62
3 Dumbarton 36 18 6 12 56 41 +15 60
4 Greenock Morton 36 16 11 9 66 58 +8 59
5 Berwick Rangers 36 14 6 16 61 67 −6 48
Source: "2003-2004 Second 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 Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Stephen Grindlay 38 0 34+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Kris Robertson 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO John Wight 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Craig Brittain 36 1 32+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Neil Collins 34 2 29+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Ian Dobbins 20 0 12+5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Neil Duffy 11 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig McEwan 25 4 19+4 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO James McKinstry 40 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   NGA James Okoli 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Steve Renicks 18 0 7+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Steven Bonar 39 6 35+0 5 1+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Chris Boyle 32 4 17+11 4 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Bradley 28 2 18+6 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO John Dillon 39 8 31+5 8 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Barry Donald 28 0 24+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Steve Laidler 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   NGA Emeka Obidile 13 1 8+2 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Danny Smith 7 0 4+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Isaac English 11 1 8+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO Paddy Flannery 13 4 8+2 3 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Gordon Herd 21 8 11+9 8 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Stevie Mallan 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Andy Rodgers 11 4 7+4 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Paul Ronald 14 3 13+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Iain Russell 36 10 26+7 10 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
FW   NOR Bjorn Skjelbred 8 1 2+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers edit

[2]

Trivia edit

  • The League match against Forfar Athletic on 20 September marked Craig Brittain's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 28th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Scottish Football Review 2004/05. Burford: CRE8. 2004. ISBN 0-9548556-0-4.
  2. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links edit

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