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2007–08 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2007–08 was the 124th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 102nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time.

Dumbarton
2007-08 season
ManagerGerry McCabe/Jim Chapman
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 38th
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
League Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Fergus Tiernan (6)
All: Robert Campbell/ Brian McPhee/ Fergus Tiernan (6)
Highest home attendance907
Lowest home attendance282
Average home league attendance521

Overview edit

Dumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath.

Finally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final.

Results & fixtures edit

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division edit

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Third Division
4 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tiernan   71' Attendance: 640
Referee: C Charleston
11 August 2007 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
McBride,K   19'
Brand   41', 60'		 Tiernan   12', 15' Attendance: 306
18 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 1–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Scott,B   25' Hamilton   79' Attendance: 647
Referee: S McLean
25 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne   12', 62' (pen) Attendance: 644
Referee: T Robertson
1 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Stair Park
Mullen   17'
Tade   84'		 Attendance: 343
Referee: S Nicholls
15 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell   3' Hampshire   4'
Desmond   89'		 Attendance: 907
Referee: G Salmond
22 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tiernan   66' McManus   15' Attendance: 692
Referee: A Muir
29 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Campbell   53' Attendance: 545
Referee: S McLean
6 October 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 668
Referee: A Law
20 October 2007 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 2–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Smith   18'
Frizzel   33'		 O'Byrne   80' Attendance: 541
Referee: W Hornby
3 November 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
McPhee   3' Bishop   27' Attendance: 637
Referee: G Salmond
10 November 2007 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 2–0 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Hunter   45'
Walker,P   49'		 Attendance: 512
Referee: C Charleston
1 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 2–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Thomson   23'
Dempster   77' (pen)		 McPhee   45' Attendance: 403
Referee: F McDermott
8 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
Stewart   16'
Mitchell   87'		 Attendance: 478
Referee: T Robertson
15 December 2007 Scottish Third Division East Fife 2–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
McDonald   3'
McGowan   83'		 Attendance: 674
Referee: C Charleston
18 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
McPhee   11'
Geggan   44'
Hamilton   90'		 Brand   61' Attendance: 640
Referee: C Charleston
22 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–3 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell   90' Baird   11' (pen), 66'
Wood   13'		 Attendance: 510
Referee: S McLean
29 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Fotheringham   2'
Smith   39'
Lunan   79'		 Gentile   40' Attendance: 422
Referee: S Nicholls
2 January 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tiernan   53'
McPhee   63'		 Attendance: 634
19 January 2008 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Stair Park
Tade   58'
Cashmore   83'		 Attendance: 214
Referee: S O'Reilly
2 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–4 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne   61' Frizzel   1'
Charlesworth   32' (pen), 44'
O'Donoghue   52'		 Attendance: 514
Referee: B Winter
9 February 2007 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Wood   5'
Hunter   29', 69'		 Moore   76' Attendance: 458
Referee: S McLean
16 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–3 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
McDonald   20'
Smart   40', 89'		 Attendance: 688
Referee: M Tumilty
23 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Canning   37', 61' Scott,B   42' Attendance: 511
Referee: W Collum
1 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Canning   74' Attendance: 329
Referee: C Charleston
5 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 0–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Attendance: 441
Referee: F McDermott
15 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 2–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
O'Donoghue   25'
Shallicher   71'		 Moore   70' Attendance: 551
Referee: D Somers
18 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
McNaught   42' Attendance: 389
Referee: S Conroy
22 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Harty   80' Geggan   11' Attendance: 449
Referee: C Brown
25 March 2008 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Bolochoweckyj   10' McNaught   86' Attendance: 306
Referee: A Muir
29 March 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tade   66' Attendance: 639
Referee: E Norris
5 April 2008 Scottish Third Division East Fife 2–1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Templeman   42'
Cameron   58'		 Tiernan   64' Attendance: 639
Referee: E Norris
8 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 282
Referee: C Boyle
12 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–0 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 463
Referee: G Salmond
19 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
Hamilton   69' Attendance: 612
Referee: W Hornby
26 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Ovenstone   71' Hamilton   69' Attendance: 400
Referee: W Hornby

CIS League Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup
7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup round 1 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Clarke   69'
Dalziel   77'		 Attendance: 322
Referee: M Tumilty

Scottish League Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup
14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 East Stirlingshire 4–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Simpson   32', 48'
Struthers   71', 88'		 Campbell   31', 53' Attendance: 202
Referee: A Laws

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup
27 October 2007 Scottish Cup round 2 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
  McPhee   Attendance: 382
Referee: E Norris
6 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 2R Dumbarton 3–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell   21'
Henderson   38'
MacFarlane   47'		 Attendance: 310
Referee: E Norris
24 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 3 Dumbarton 2–0 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
MacFarlane   5'
McPhee   36'		 Attendance: 310
Referee: E Norris
12 January 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 St Mirren 3–0 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Corrigan   17'
Barrow   38'
Mehmet   70'		 Attendance: 2,828
Referee: A Muir

Stirlingshire Cup edit

20 July 2007 Group stage Stenhousemuir 0–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Yule   Attendance: 150
22 August 2007 Group stage Stirling Albion 5–1 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
 
 
 
 
 		 Gallacher  

Pre-season edit

16 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 0–0 Kilmarnock Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 755
21 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
MacFarlane   11' Thomson   34'
Crawford   43', 71'
Morrison,O   54'
Hamilton   89' (pen)		 Referee: E Norris
24 July 2007 Friendly Queen's Park 2–0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
 
 
26 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
Kean   
Corcoran  		 Attendance: 709
30 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 1–1 Celtic XI Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne     Attendance: 672

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Elgin City 36 13 8 15 56 68 −12 47
7 Albion Rovers 36 9 10 17 51 68 −17 37
8 Dumbarton 36 9 10 17 31 48 −17 37
9 East Stirlingshire[a] 36 10 4 22 48 71 −23 34
10 Forfar Athletic 36 8 9 19 35 62 −27 33
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Had East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for what would have been a sixth consecutive time, they would have lost their Scottish Football League status, they finished second bottom.

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 David Crawford 30 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
GK   SCO Anton Nugent 12 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
GK   SCO Peter Shaw 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO John Aitken 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Brittain 24 1 20+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO David Craig 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Grant Evans 10 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Ross Farro 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Kenny Haswell 11 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Gordon Lennon 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Richie McKillen 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Anthony McLennan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Michael O'Byrne 34 1 30+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF   FIN Axel Orrström 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Potter 25 0 23+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Yule 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Kieran Brannan 7 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Canning 36 3 31+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
MF   SCO Danny Ferry 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Andy Geggan 33 2 28+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
MF   SCO Chris Gentile 21 1 10+9 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Chris Hamilton 33 3 19+9 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
MF   SCO Niall Henderson 16 1 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
MF   SCO Jason McLaughlin 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Michael Stokes 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Fergus Tiernan 29 6 22+4 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Robert Campbell 21 6 15+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 2 3+0 1
FW   SCO Greg Cavanagh 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Tommy Coyne 30 3 16+12 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Liam Cusack 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Sean Kerr 7 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
FW   SCO David MacFarlane 15 2 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2
FW   SCO Chris Mackie 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Mark McAlpine 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO David McNaught 19 2 6+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Brian McPhee 27 6 17+6 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 2
FW   SCO Paul McQuilken 13 0 4+7 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Michael Moore 7 2 7+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Allan Orr 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO F Pierman 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Ryan Russell 33 0 21+7 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
FW   SCO Bruce Thompson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   SCO Kenneth Wright 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.
  2. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links edit

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