2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season
2008-09 season | |||
Manager | Jim Chapman | ||
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Stadium | Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton | ||
Scottish League Division 3 | 1st | ||
Scottish Cup | Third Round | ||
Scottish League Cup | Second Round | ||
League Challenge Cup | First Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Ross Clark (14) All: Ross Clark (15) | ||
Highest home attendance | 1396 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 462 | ||
Average home league attendance | 712 | ||
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Season 2008–09 was the 132nd 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 114th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 62nd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 18th time.
Overview
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[1]
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.
Scottish League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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2 August 2008 | Montrose | H | 1-1 | Clark | 580 |
9 August 2008 | Elgin City | A | 1-1 | Logan | 462 |
16 August 2008 | Berwick Rangers | A | 2-1 | Lennon;Tiernan | 516 |
23 August 2008 | Stenhousemuir | H | 1-2 | Keegan | 660 |
30 August 2008 | East Stirlingshire | H | 1-1 | Murray | 592 |
13 September 2008 | Albion Rovers | A | 3-1 | Clark;Gordon;McLeod | 327 |
20 September 2008 | Cowdenbeath | H | 2-1 | Carcary;Gordon | 801 |
27 September 2008 | Forfar Athletic | A | 2-2 | OG;McLeod | 431 |
4 October 2008 | Annan Athletic | H | 4-1 | OG;Keegan;Clark;OG | 574 |
18 October 2008 | Montrose | A | 2-1 | Clark;McLeod | 570 |
1 November 2008 | Berwick Rangers | H | 5-2 | McLeod;Clark(2);Murray;Cusack | 673 |
8 November 2008 | Stenhousemuir | A | 1-1 | Murray | 723 |
15 November 2008 | East Stirlingshire | A | 2-5 | Carcary;Moore | 516 |
22 November 2008 | Albion Rovers | H | 1-1 | Clark | 646 |
13 December 2008 | Forfar Athletic | H | 3-0 | Chisholm;McLeod;Keegan | 539 |
20 December 2008 | Annan Athletic | A | 1-2 | Clark | 634 |
10 January 2009 | Cowdenbeath | H | 0-2 | 416 | |
17 January 2009 | Stenhousemuir | H | 1-0 | Chisholm | 737 |
24 January 2009 | Berwick Rangers | A | 2-1 | McLeod;Carcary | 425 |
31 January 2009 | Montrose | H | 1-1 | Carcary | 652 |
21 February 2009 | Cowdenbeath | H | 1-1 | Boyle | 692 |
28 February 2009 | East Stirlingshire | A | 1-3 | Clark | 526 |
3 March 2009 | East Stirlingshire | H | 2-0 | McLaughlin;Craig | 462 |
7 March 2009 | Albion Rovers | H | 1-0 | Boyle | 692 |
10 March 2009 | Elgin City | H | 2-0 | McLaughlin;Carcary | 474 |
14 March 2009 | Montrose | A | 0-1 | 343 | |
17 March 2009 | Albion Rovers | A | 1-1 | Clark | 535 |
21 March 2009 | Annan Athletic | H | 0-2 | 815 | |
31 March 2009 | Elgin City | A | 2-0 | OG;McLaughlin | 271 |
4 April 2009 | Stenhousemuir | A | 2-0 | Gordon;Clark | 588 |
7 April 2009 | Forfar Athletic | A | 2-0 | Clark(2) | 513 |
11 April 2009 | Berwick Rangers | H | 2-0 | Forbes;Boyle | 702 |
18 April 2009 | Cowdenbeath | H | 0-0 | 1,181 | |
25 April 2009 | Forfar Athletic | H | 4-0 | OG;McLaughlin;Carcary;Brannan | 917 |
2 May 2009 | Elgin City | H | 6-0 | Carcary(4);Mclaughlin;Murray | 1,396 |
9 May 2009 | Annan Athletic | A | 3-1 | Clark;McLaughlin;Carcary | 1,343 |
Scottish Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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25 October 2008 | 2 | Fraserburgh | A | 1-0 | Chisholm | 517 |
29 November 2008 | 3 | Ross County | A | 2-2 | Carcary(2) | 1,200 |
15 December 2008 | 3R | Ross County | H | 1-2 | Gordon | 557 |
Scottish League Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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5 August 2008 | 1 | Annan Athletic | H | 1-1* | Logan | 464 |
26 August 2008 | 2 | St Mirren | A | 0-7 | 1,747 |
* - won on penalties
League Challenge Cup
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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26 July 2008 | 2 | Airdrie United | A | 2-3 | Clark;Carcary | 808 |
Other Matches
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
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10 July 2008 | Queen's Park | A | 3-2 | Geggan;Keegan;Gourlay | |
12 July 2008 | Rangers XI | A | 2-2 | Keegan;Gray | |
15 July 2008 | Stenhousemuir | A | 2-0 | O'Byrne;Chisholm | |
18 July 2008 | Morton | H | 0-1 | 562 | |
22 July 2008 | St Mirren | H | 2-2 | O'Byrne;Murray | 683 |
23 July 2008 | Hamilton | H | 1-3 | Carcary | 312 |
30 July 2008 | Rangers XI | A | 2-1 | Logan;Tiernan | |
14 August 2008 | Vale of Leven | A | 2-1 | Weir;McCuiag |
Appearances
Dumbarton used 42 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and League Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.
Player | Position | Appearances[2] | Goals |
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Dave McEwan | GK | 27 | |
Mark McGeown | GK | 15(1) | |
Michael White | GK | 1 | |
Pat Boyle | DF | 20 | 3 |
Craig Brittain | DF | 4 | |
Iain Chisholm | DF | 18(14) | 3 |
Mick Dunlop | DF | 23 | |
Ben Gordon | DF | 42 | 4 |
Gordon Lennon | DF | 35(4) | 1 |
Richie McKillen | DF | 2 | |
Michael O'Byrne | DF | 19 | |
Gary Wilson | DF | 11 | |
Kieran Brannan | MF | 0(7) | 1 |
Mark Canning | MF | 13(11) | |
Ross Clark | MF | 36(1) | 15 |
Ross Forbes | MF | 15(3) | 1 |
Andy Geggan | MF | 28(2) | |
Alan Gourlay | MF | 2(3) | |
David Gray | MF | 3(6) | |
Raymond Logan | MF | 6(3) | 1 |
Kieran McAnespie | MF | 2(2) | |
Martin McNiff | MF | 0(1) | |
Ryan McStay | MF | 10(2) | |
Stevie Murray | MF | 40(1) | 4 |
Fergus Tiernan | MF | 2(5) | 1 |
Derek Carcary | FW | 28(9) | 14 |
Paul Craig | FW | 3 | 1 |
Liam Cusack | FW | 1(10) | 1 |
Paul Keegan | FW | 16(11) | 3 |
Denis McLaughlin | FW | 16 | 6 |
Paul McLeod | FW | 21(6) | 6 |
Michael Moore | FW | 2(6) | 1 |
Nathan Taylor | FW | 0(1) | |
Steven Weir | FW | 1 |