2005–06 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2005-06 season
Manager Paul Martin
Stadium Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 10th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
Bell's Challenge Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Andy Rodgers (12)
All: Andy Rodgers (16)
Highest home attendance 1,594
Lowest home attendance 534
Average home league attendance 939

Season 2005–06 was the 129th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 99th time, the Scottish Cup for the 111th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 59th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 15th time.

Overview

Paul Martin's first full season in charge was not to be a happy one. The league campaign did not start well with only 1 win recorded from the first 9 matches. There was a temporary improvement in results from mid October to mid November, but thereafter success was hard to come by, and from February onwards just 2 draws were salvaged from 13 league encounters, meaning that Dumbarton would be anchored at the bottom of the table and relegation was assured long before the season's end. It also meant the end of Paul Martin's tenure in the manager's seat.

In the Scottish Cup, a first round win over Highland League opponents Forres Mechanics was followed by an embarrassing defeat to Third Division Arbroath.

In the League Cup, it was another first round exit, this time to Hamilton.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton's dismal record in this competition was extended by a further year with a second round defeat to Raith Rovers.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties, and failed to score too.

Note that despite the disappointing end, the season had in fact started brightly with an invite to the pre-season Keyline Tournament run by Oban Saints. This was duly won, with 3 wins and 2 draws from 5 matches, against strong opposition including Hearts, Dundee United and St Johnstone.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.[1]

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
6 August 2005Ayr UnitedA0-21,274
13 August 2005Alloa AthleticH1-1Walker879
20 August 2005Partick ThistleA2-3Smith;McQuilken2,354
27 August 2005MortonH1-1Russell1,574
10 September 2005PeterheadA0-1494
17 September 2005Forfar AthleticA0-2429
24 September 2005Stirling AlbionH2-0Rodgers(2)877
1 October 2005GretnaA0-1965
15 October 2005Raith RoversH1-2Gemmell652
22 October 2005Ayr UnitedH6-0Rodgers(2);Gaughan;Russell;Smith;Dillon917
25 October 2005Alloa AthleticA4-1Gentile;Dillon;Russell;Connell469
29 October 2005PeterheadH1-0Boyle771
5 November 2005MortonH0-42,818
12 November 2005Forfar AthleticH2-0Rodgers;McQuilken717
3 December 2005Raith RoversH2-3Rodgers(2)1,060
7 December 2005Stirling AlbionA0-0520
17 December 2005GretnaH0-1839
26 December 2005Ayr UnitedA0-21,266
31 December 2005Partick ThistleH1-2Borris1,562
2 January 2005MortonH0-21,594
14 January 2006PeterheadA1-3Gemmell705
21 January 2006Forfar AthleticA3-2Russell;Gemmell;OG481
28 January 2006Stirling AlbionH3-2Russell(2);Gemmell891
11 February 2006Raith RoversH0-1812
7 March 2005GretnaA0-3598
11 March 2006PeterheadH2-3Russell;Rodgers628
14 March 2006Partick ThistleA1-2Boyle1,538
18 March 2006Forfar AthleticH0-0616
21 March 2006Alloa AthleticH0-1534
25 March 2006Stirling AlbionA1-3Russell604
28 March 2006MortonH0-41,418
8 April 2006Raith RoversH0-01,055
15 April 2006Ayr UnitedH4-5Rodgers(2);Gemmell;McQuilken931
18 April 2006GretnaH0-2651
22 April 2006Alloa AthleticA0-11,055
29 April 2006Partick ThistleH2-3Rodgers(2)1,257

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 November 20051Forres MechanicsH4-1Russell;Rodgers(2);McQuilken755
10 December 20052ArbroathA0-1596

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 August 20051HamiltonA1-2Rodgers672

Bell's Challenge Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
30 August 20051Raith RoversA1-2Rodgers1,382

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 August 2005PFalkirkA0-4
23 August 2005PEast StirlingH0-1197

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 July 2005ClydebankA7-0Russell(3);McQuilken(2);Rodgers(2)
9 July 2005ClydeH1-2Dillon
12 July 2005St MirrenH1-1Russell
23 July 2005Queen's ParkA3-2Russell(2);MacDonald
27 July 2005PollokA2-2Gentile;Gemmell
30 July 2005Airdrie UnitedH1-1Dillon

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 40 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland James Allan MF 3(1)
Scotland Scott Bannerman MF 17(8)
Scotland Ryan Borris FW 341
Scotland Chris Boyle MF 282
Scotland Craig Brittain DF 8(4)
Scotland Graham Connell MF 18(11)1
Scotland Mark Dempsie DF 26
Scotland John Dillon MF 13(12)2
Scotland Ian Dobbins DF 1
Scotland Steve Ferguson MF 11
Scotland Danny Ferry MF 10(8)
Scotland Kevin Gaughan DF 27(1)1
Scotland John Gemmell FW 14(13)5
Scotland Chris Gentile MF 22(4)1
Scotland Stephen Grindlay GK 39
Scotland Gary McDevitt DF 0(1)
Scotland Kevin MacDonald MF 9(7)
Scotland David McNaught FW 0(3)
Scotland Paul McQuilken FW 28(10)4
Scotland Andy Rodgers FW 30(7)16
Scotland Paul Ronald FW 3(3)
Scotland Iain Russell FW 22(12)9
Scotland Jamie Smith DF 362
Scotland Robert Walker DF 261
Scotland John Wight GK 1
Scotland Craig Winter MF 12
Scotland Paul Young DF 0(1)

See also

References

  1. Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006/07. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2005. ISBN 0-7553-1526-X.
  2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

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