2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2008-09 season
Manager Jim Chapman
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

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

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
2 August 2008MontroseH1-1Clark580
9 August 2008Elgin CityA1-1Logan462
16 August 2008Berwick RangersA2-1Lennon;Tiernan516
23 August 2008StenhousemuirH1-2Keegan660
30 August 2008East StirlingshireH1-1Murray592
13 September 2008Albion RoversA3-1Clark;Gordon;McLeod327
20 September 2008CowdenbeathH2-1Carcary;Gordon801
27 September 2008Forfar AthleticA2-2OG;McLeod431
4 October 2008Annan AthleticH4-1OG;Keegan;Clark;OG574
18 October 2008MontroseA2-1Clark;McLeod570
1 November 2008Berwick RangersH5-2McLeod;Clark(2);Murray;Cusack673
8 November 2008StenhousemuirA1-1Murray723
15 November 2008East StirlingshireA2-5Carcary;Moore516
22 November 2008Albion RoversH1-1Clark646
13 December 2008Forfar AthleticH3-0Chisholm;McLeod;Keegan539
20 December 2008Annan AthleticA1-2Clark634
10 January 2009CowdenbeathH0-2416
17 January 2009StenhousemuirH1-0Chisholm737
24 January 2009Berwick RangersA2-1McLeod;Carcary425
31 January 2009MontroseH1-1Carcary652
21 February 2009CowdenbeathH1-1Boyle692
28 February 2009East StirlingshireA1-3Clark526
3 March 2009East StirlingshireH2-0McLaughlin;Craig462
7 March 2009Albion RoversH1-0Boyle692
10 March 2009Elgin CityH2-0McLaughlin;Carcary474
14 March 2009MontroseA0-1343
17 March 2009Albion RoversA1-1Clark535
21 March 2009Annan AthleticH0-2815
31 March 2009Elgin CityA2-0OG;McLaughlin271
4 April 2009StenhousemuirA2-0Gordon;Clark588
7 April 2009Forfar AthleticA2-0Clark(2)513
11 April 2009Berwick RangersH2-0Forbes;Boyle702
18 April 2009CowdenbeathH0-01,181
25 April 2009Forfar AthleticH4-0OG;McLaughlin;Carcary;Brannan917
2 May 2009Elgin CityH6-0Carcary(4);Mclaughlin;Murray1,396
9 May 2009Annan AthleticA3-1Clark;McLaughlin;Carcary1,343

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 October 20082FraserburghA1-0Chisholm517
29 November 20083Ross CountyA2-2Carcary(2)1,200
15 December 20083RRoss CountyH1-2Gordon557

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 August 20081Annan AthleticH1-1*Logan464
26 August 20082St MirrenA0-71,747

* - won on penalties

League Challenge Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
26 July 20082Airdrie UnitedA2-3Clark;Carcary808

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 July 2008Queen's ParkA3-2Geggan;Keegan;Gourlay
12 July 2008Rangers XIA2-2Keegan;Gray
15 July 2008StenhousemuirA2-0O'Byrne;Chisholm
18 July 2008MortonH0-1562
22 July 2008St MirrenH2-2O'Byrne;Murray683
23 July 2008HamiltonH1-3Carcary312
30 July 2008Rangers XIA2-1Logan;Tiernan
14 August 2008Vale of LevenA2-1Weir;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
Scotland Dave McEwan GK 27
Scotland Mark McGeown GK 15(1)
Scotland Michael White GK 1
Scotland Pat Boyle DF 203
Scotland Craig Brittain DF 4
Scotland Iain Chisholm DF 18(14)3
Scotland Mick Dunlop DF 23
Scotland Ben Gordon DF 424
Scotland Gordon Lennon DF 35(4)1
Scotland Richie McKillen DF 2
Scotland Michael O'Byrne DF 19
Scotland Gary Wilson DF 11
Scotland Kieran Brannan MF 0(7)1
Scotland Mark Canning MF 13(11)
Scotland Ross Clark MF 36(1)15
Scotland Ross Forbes MF 15(3)1
Scotland Andy Geggan MF 28(2)
Scotland Alan Gourlay MF 2(3)
Scotland David Gray MF 3(6)
Scotland Raymond Logan MF 6(3)1
Scotland Kieran McAnespie MF 2(2)
Scotland Martin McNiff MF 0(1)
Scotland Ryan McStay MF 10(2)
Scotland Stevie Murray MF 40(1)4
Scotland Fergus Tiernan MF 2(5)1
Scotland Derek Carcary FW 28(9)14
Scotland Paul Craig FW 31
Scotland Liam Cusack FW 1(10)1
Scotland Paul Keegan FW 16(11)3
Scotland Denis McLaughlin FW 166
Scotland Paul McLeod FW 21(6)6
Scotland Michael Moore FW 2(6)1
Scotland Nathan Taylor FW 0(1)
Scotland Steven Weir FW 1

See also

References

  1. Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7553-1948-0.
  2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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