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2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

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

Overview edit

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 edit

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division edit

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Third Division
2 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Clark   83' (pen) Stewart   26' Attendance: 580
Referee: S Nicholls
9 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 1–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McKay   24' Logan   75' Attendance: 462
Referee: C Boyle
16 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Gribben   40' Lennon   55'
Tiernan   61'		 Attendance: 516
Referee: G Hilland
23 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Keegan   71' Motion   23'
Shirra   90'		 Attendance: 660
Referee: B Colvin
30 August 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
Murray   25' McKenzie   69' Attendance: 592
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
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
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
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
18 October 2008 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Black   90' Clark   32'
McLeod   51'		 Attendance: 673
Referee: A Law
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
8 November 2008 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Brand   61' Murray   62' Attendance: 723
Referee: A Law
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
22 November 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Clark   42' Donnelly   37' Attendance: 646
Referee: Mat Northcroft
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
20 December 2008 Scottish Third Division Annan Athletic 2–1 Dumbarton Galabank
Neilson   42', 90' Clark   45' (pen) Attendance: 634
Referee: C Allan
10 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Adamson   18'
McQuade   80'		 Attendance: 416
Referee: G Salmond
17 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chisholm   42' Attendance: 425
Referee: B Madden
24 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Berwick Rangers 1–2 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Callaghan   28' McLeod   21'
Carcary   43'		 Attendance: 425
Referee: T Robertson
31 January 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary   5' Hunter   54' Attendance: 652
Referee: S Nicholls
21 February 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Boyle   33' Dempster   57' Attendance: 692
Referee: E Norris
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
3 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
McLaughlin   22'
Craig   32'		 Attendance: 462
7 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Boyle   68' Attendance: 692
Referee: J McKendrick
10 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
McLaughlin   35'
Carcary   67'		 Attendance: 471
Referee: N Watters
14 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Montrose 1–0 Dumbarton Links Park
McKenzie   65' Attendance: 343
Referee: Mat Northcroft
17 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Barr   71' Clark   90' Attendance: 535
Referee: G Hilland
21 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Neilson   20'
Jack   39'		 Attendance: 815
Referee: S McLean
31 March 2009 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 0–2 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Edwards   39' (OG)
McLaughlin   67'		 Attendance: 271
Referee: G Hilland
4 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview
Lennon   44'
Clark   76'		 Attendance: 588
Referee: G Salmond
7 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Clark   55', 73' Attendance: 513
Referee: N Watters
11 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Forbes   15'
Boyle   64'		 Attendance: 702
Referee: B Colvin
18 April 2009 Scottish Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 1,181
Referee: S Finnie
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
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
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 edit

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup
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 edit

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish League Cup
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
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 edit

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Cup
25 October 2008 Scottish Cup round 2 Fraserburgh 0–1 Dumbarton Bellslea Park
Chisholm   Attendance: 517
Referee: B Colvin
29 November 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 Ross County 2–2 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall
Higgins   23', 57' Carcary   80', 83' Attendance: 1,200
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 edit

10 July 2008 Friendly Queen's Park 2–3 Dumbarton Hampden Park
 
 		 Geggan 
Keegan  
Gourlay  
12 July 2008 Friendly Rangers XI 2–2 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
 
 		 Keegan  
Gray  
15 July 2008 Friendly Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview
O'Byrne  
Chisholm  
18 July 2008 Friendly Dumbarton 0–1 Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
  Attendance: 562
22 July 2008 Friendly Dumbarton 2–2 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
O'Byrne  
Murray  		 Brady  
Molloy  		 Attendance: 683
23 July 2008 Friendly Dumbarton 1–3 Hamilton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary   Stevenson 
McCarthy  
Akins  		 Attendance: 312
30 July 2008 Friendly Rangers XI 1–2 Dumbarton Ibrox Park
  Logan  
Tiernan  
14 August 2008 Friendly Vale of Leven 1–2 Dumbarton Millburn Park
  Weir  
McCuiag  

League table edit

Pos Team
 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 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 Dave McEwan 27 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK   SCO Mark McGeown 16 0 14+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Michael White 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Pat Boyle 20 3 20+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Brittain 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Iain Chisholm 32 3 15+12 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
DF   SCO Mick Dunlop 23 0 21+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Ben Gordon 42 4 36+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
DF   SCO Gordon Lennon 39 1 32+2 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Richie McKillen 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Michael O'Byrne 19 0 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Gary Wilson 11 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Kieran Brannan 7 1 0+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Canning 24 0 10+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF   SCO Ross Clark 37 15 30+1 14 2+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 0
MF   SCO Ross Forbes 18 1 15+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Andy Geggan 30 0 23+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Alan Gourlay 5 0 0+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO David Gray 9 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Raymond Logan 9 1 4+2 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Kieran McAnespie 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Martin McNiff 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ryan McStay 12 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Stevie Murray 41 4 34+1 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF   SCO Fergus Tiernan 7 1 2+2 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Derek Carcary 37 14 25+8 11 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 2
FW   SCO Paul Craig 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Liam Cusack 11 1 1+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW   SCO Paul Keegan 27 3 12+9 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
FW   SCO Denis McLaughlin 16 6 16+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Paul McLeod 27 6 19+5 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Michael Moore 8 1 0+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Nathan Taylor 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Steven Weir 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers edit

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Trivia edit

  • 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 edit

References edit

  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 edit

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