2007-08 season | |
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Manager | Gerry McCabe/Jim Chapman |
Stadium | Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 3 | 8th |
Scottish Cup | Fourth Round |
Scottish League Cup | First Round |
League Challenge Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Fergus Tiernan (6) All: Robert Campbell/ Brian McPhee/ Fergus Tiernan (6) |
Highest home attendance | 907 |
Lowest home attendance | 282 |
Average home league attendance | 521 |
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.
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]4 August 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Elgin City | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Tiernan ![]() |
Attendance: 640 Referee: C Charleston |
11 August 2007 Scottish Third Division | East Stirlingshire | 3–2 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
McBride,K ![]() Brand ![]() |
Tiernan ![]() |
Attendance: 306 |
18 August 2007 Scottish Third Division | Arbroath | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
Scott,B ![]() |
Hamilton ![]() |
Attendance: 647 Referee: S McLean |
25 August 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() |
Attendance: 644 Referee: T Robertson |
1 September 2007 Scottish Third Division | Stranraer | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
Mullen ![]() Tade ![]() |
Attendance: 343 Referee: S Nicholls |
15 September 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Campbell ![]() |
Hampshire ![]() Desmond ![]() |
Attendance: 907 Referee: G Salmond |
22 September 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Tiernan ![]() |
McManus ![]() |
Attendance: 692 Referee: A Muir |
29 September 2007 Scottish Third Division | Montrose | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Campbell ![]() |
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 ![]() Frizzel ![]() |
O'Byrne ![]() |
Attendance: 541 Referee: W Hornby |
3 November 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Arbroath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McPhee ![]() |
Bishop ![]() |
Attendance: 637 Referee: G Salmond |
10 November 2007 Scottish Third Division | Albion Rovers | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
Hunter ![]() Walker,P ![]() |
Attendance: 512 Referee: C Charleston |
1 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | Stenhousemuir | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview |
Thomson ![]() Dempster ![]() |
McPhee ![]() |
Attendance: 403 Referee: F McDermott |
8 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Stranraer | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Stewart ![]() Mitchell ![]() |
Attendance: 478 Referee: T Robertson |
15 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | East Fife | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
McDonald ![]() McGowan ![]() |
Attendance: 674 Referee: C Charleston |
18 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | East Stirlingshire | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McPhee ![]() Geggan ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
Brand ![]() |
Attendance: 640 Referee: C Charleston |
22 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–3 | Montrose | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Campbell ![]() |
Baird ![]() Wood ![]() |
Attendance: 510 Referee: S McLean |
29 December 2007 Scottish Third Division | Forfar Athletic | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
Fotheringham ![]() Smith ![]() Lunan ![]() |
Gentile ![]() |
Attendance: 422 Referee: S Nicholls |
2 January 2008 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Tiernan ![]() McPhee ![]() |
Attendance: 634 |
19 January 2008 Scottish Third Division | Stranraer | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
Tade ![]() Cashmore ![]() |
Attendance: 214 Referee: S O'Reilly |
2 February 2008 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–4 | Elgin City | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() |
Frizzel ![]() Charlesworth ![]() O'Donoghue ![]() |
Attendance: 514 Referee: B Winter |
9 February 2007 Scottish Third Division | Montrose | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Wood ![]() Hunter ![]() |
Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 458 Referee: S McLean |
16 February 2008 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–3 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McDonald ![]() Smart ![]() |
Attendance: 688 Referee: M Tumilty |
23 February 2008 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Arbroath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Canning ![]() |
Scott,B ![]() |
Attendance: 511 Referee: W Collum |
1 March 2008 Scottish Third Division | Albion Rovers | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
Canning ![]() |
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 ![]() Shallicher ![]() |
Moore ![]() |
Attendance: 551 Referee: D Somers |
18 March 2008 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McNaught ![]() |
Attendance: 389 Referee: S Conroy |
22 March 2008 Scottish Third Division | Stenhousemuir | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview |
Harty ![]() |
Geggan ![]() |
Attendance: 449 Referee: C Brown |
25 March 2008 Scottish Third Division | East Stirlingshire | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Bolochoweckyj ![]() |
McNaught ![]() |
Attendance: 306 Referee: A Muir |
29 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Stranraer | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Tade ![]() |
Attendance: 639 Referee: E Norris |
5 April 2008 Scottish Third Division | East Fife | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
Templeman ![]() Cameron ![]() |
Tiernan ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Attendance: 612 Referee: W Hornby |
26 April 2008 Scottish Third Division | Forfar Athletic | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
Ovenstone ![]() |
Hamilton ![]() |
Attendance: 400 Referee: W Hornby |
CIS League Cup
[edit]7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup round 1 | Cowdenbeath | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Clarke ![]() Dalziel ![]() |
Attendance: 322 Referee: M Tumilty |
Scottish League Challenge Cup
[edit]14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 | East Stirlingshire | 4–2 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Simpson ![]() Struthers ![]() |
Campbell ![]() |
Attendance: 202 Referee: A Laws |
Scottish Cup
[edit]27 October 2007 Scottish Cup round 2 | Forfar Athletic | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Station Park, Forfar |
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McPhee ![]() |
Attendance: 382 Referee: E Norris |
6 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 2R | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Forfar Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Campbell ![]() Henderson ![]() MacFarlane ![]() |
Attendance: 310 Referee: E Norris |
24 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 3 | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Berwick Rangers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
MacFarlane ![]() McPhee ![]() |
Attendance: 310 Referee: E Norris |
12 January 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 | St Mirren | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Love Street (stadium) |
Corrigan ![]() Barrow ![]() Mehmet ![]() |
Attendance: 2,828 Referee: A Muir |
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 |
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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 ![]() |
Thomson ![]() Crawford ![]() Morrison,O ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
Referee: E Norris |
24 July 2007 Friendly | Queen's Park | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
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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 ![]() |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ 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.[citation needed]
Player statistics
[edit]Squad
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Third Division | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
David Crawford | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Anton Nugent | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Peter Shaw | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Aitken | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Craig Brittain | 24 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
David Craig | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Grant Evans | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Ross Farro | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Kenny Haswell | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Gordon Lennon | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Richie McKillen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Anthony McLennan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Michael O'Byrne | 34 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Axel Orrström | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Craig Potter | 25 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Jonathan Yule | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Kieran Brannan | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Mark Canning | 36 | 3 | 31+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Danny Ferry | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Andy Geggan | 33 | 2 | 28+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Chris Gentile | 21 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Chris Hamilton | 33 | 3 | 19+9 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Niall Henderson | 16 | 1 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jason McLaughlin | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Michael Stokes | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Fergus Tiernan | 29 | 6 | 22+4 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Robert Campbell | 21 | 6 | 15+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Greg Cavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Tommy Coyne | 30 | 3 | 16+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Liam Cusack | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Sean Kerr | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
David MacFarlane | 15 | 2 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Chris Mackie | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Mark McAlpine | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
David McNaught | 19 | 2 | 6+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Brian McPhee | 27 | 6 | 17+6 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Paul McQuilken | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Michael Moore | 7 | 2 | 7+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Allan Orr | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
F Pierman | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ryan Russell | 33 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Bruce Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Kenneth Wright | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Transfers
[edit]
Players in[edit]
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Players out[edit]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
External links
[edit]- Anton Nugent (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Peter Shaw (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Kenny Haswell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Richie McKillen (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Jonathan Yule (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Kieran Brannan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Jason McLauchlin (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Michael Stokes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Tommy Coyne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Liam Cusack (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Ryan Russell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Kenneth Wright (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Scottish Football Historical Archive