2002–03 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 2002-03 David Winnie/ Brian Fairlie Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 6th Scottish Cup First Round Scottish League Cup First Round Bell's Challenge Cup Third Round Paddy Flannery/ Gary McCutcheon (8) John Dillon (9) 1,501 480 950 2001–02 2003–04 Season 2002–03 was the 119th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 97th time, the Scottish Cup for the 108th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 56th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 12th time. Overview Season 2002-03 began with yet another new manager at the helm. Following the success of promotion the season before, Tom Carson had fallen out with the board and left the club, to be replaced by David Winnie. The league campaign, as was so often the case with Dumbarton, started well and then fell away. By March there were some concerns of a return to Division 3, resulting in David Winnie's departure as manager. Fortunately his replacement Brian Fairlie had the desired effect and a final unbeaten 7 game run ensured a creditable 6th place. In the Scottish Cup, for the second year running, it would be a first round exit, this time to Raith Rovers. In the League Cup, Inverness Caledonian Thistle were to prove too much to handle in the first round. Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was a case of 'role reversal'. In the competition which had seen just one win in ten attempts, this season would see a mini cup run before Queen of the South would bring it to an end in the third round. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton played just one group tie, losing to Falkirk on penalties after a drawn game. Results & fixtures Scottish Football Review 2003/04 PPL Sport & Leisure 2003 Epsom 1-903381-14-2#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 2002–03 Scottish Second Division D 1 3 August 2002 Scottish Second Division 2–2 BBC Report Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Booth 10 67 pen Bonar 79Flannery 90 Ochilview 419 I Brines W 1 10 August 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Brechin City Collins 19 Dumbarton Football Stadium 735 J Gilmour L 1 17 August 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Hawley 90 Starks Park 1,866 S Conroy W 1 24 August 2002 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Airdrie United Brown Dillon Ronald 19 OG Armstrong 68 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,417 E Mack W 1 31 August 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Burke 46 McCutcheon 1 15 Shielfield Park 509 E Martindale L 1 14 September 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic McCutcheon 27 Bavidge Byers 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 827 I Fyfe L 1 21 September 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Stranraer Dumbarton Kerr 43 Stair Park 563 D Smith D 1 28 September 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Hamilton Brown 28 Dobbins 20 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,202 I Frickleton L 1 5 October 2002 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Brown 27Winter 74Gordon McCutcheon 42 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 363 C Richmond D 1 26 October 2002 Scottish Second Division 0–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium 819 A Hunter D 1 29 October 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Brechin City Dumbarton Templeman 54 Brown 29 Glebe Park, Brechin 250 C Murray L 1 2 November 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Lynes 43 Burke 44Wood 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 768 J Gilmour W 1 9 November 2002 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Airdrie United Dumbarton Flannery 70 pen Excelsior Stadium 1,352 G Clyde L 1 16 November 2002 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Bavidge 53 72 Station Park, Forfar 556 W Young W 1 23 November 2002 Scottish Second Division 3–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Stranraer Flannery penMcCutcheon Bonar Dumbarton Football Stadium 740 B Cassidy D 1 30 November 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Cowdenbeath McCutcheon 36 Brown Dumbarton Football Stadium 784 B McGarry L 1 14 December 2002 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Hamilton Dumbarton Russell 2 New Douglas Park 1,062 J Downie L 1 28 December 2002 Scottish Second Division 0–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Raith Rovers Hawley 44Smith 81 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,244 C Melville W 1 1 January 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Airdrie United Obidile 18Dillon 43 Vareille 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,024 C Richmond W 1 11 January 2003 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Dillon 72 Shielfield Park 580 C Allan L 1 18 January 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Dillon 8 Rattray 30Byers 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 867 C Thomson L 1 25 January 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Booth 1McFarlane 67 Dillon 53 pen Ochilview 483 S Conroy W 1 1 February 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Stranraer Dumbarton Moore 16 McCutcheon 5Scally60 Stair Park 405 I Fyfe W 1 8 February 2003 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Hamilton Scally 50Collins 60McCutcheon 88 Armstrong 41 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,107 A Hunter L 1 1 March 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Dennis 15Prest Scally 70 Starks Park 1,780 C Hardie L 1 8 March 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Airdrie United Dumbarton Gow 2Collins 16 OG Flannery 80 Excelsior Stadium 1,136 B McGarry L 1 11 March 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Brechin City Flannery 25 pen Templeman 44 60 78 Dumbarton Football Stadium 480 E Martindale D 1 15 March 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Brown 20Bonar 70 Bradley 71McEwan 90 OG Dumbarton Football Stadium 915 G Clyde L 1 18 March 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Mauchlan 18 penElliott 79 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 218 B Cassidy D 1 1 April 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Stranraer Donald 64 Wingate 18 Dumbarton Football Stadium 596 J Downie W 1 5 April 2003 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Scally 44 Station Park, Forfar 450 E Martindale W 1 1 April 2003 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Flannery penDillon44Obidile 88 Gordon 87 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,203 C Hardie D 1 19 April 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–2 BBC Report Hamilton Dumbarton Dobbins 41Callaghan 68 Flannery 60Brown New Douglas Park 1,270 G Mitchell W 1 26 April 2003 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Flannery 9Russell35Scally 89 Crawford 16 Dumbarton Football Stadium 906 C Richmond D 1 3 May 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Brechin City Dumbarton King 32 Obidile 40 Glebe Park, Brechin 895 C Thomson W 1 10 May 2003 Scottish Second Division 4–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Raith Rovers Obidile 27Russell30 51Dillon 33 Blackadder 16 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,501 S Dougal Bell's Challenge Cup 2002–03 Scottish Challenge Cup W 1 6 August 2002 Challenge Cup round 1 1–0 BBC report Dumbarton East Fife Duffy 10 Dumbarton Football Stadium 452 C Melville W 1 13 August 2002 Challenge Cup round 2 3–0 BBC report Dumbarton Ayr United Brown 37Dillon 50 83 Dumbarton Football Stadium 938 B Cassidy L 1 20 August 2002 Challenge Cup round 3 2–0 BBC report Queen of the South Dumbarton O'Neill 25Lyle 90 Palmerston Park 1,128 J Underhill CIS League Cup 2002–03 Scottish League Cup L 1 10 September 2002 League Cup round 1 2–0 BBC Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumbarton Wyness 24Ritchie 71 Caledonian Stadium 667 G Mitchell Tennent's Scottish Cup 2002–03 Scottish Cup L 1 7 December 2002 Cup round 1 1–0 BBC Report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Blackadder 72 Starks Park 1,639 C Murray Stirlingshire Cup L 1 16 July 2002 Group stage 1–1 3-4 Dumbarton Falkirk Brown, T Lawrie 32 Dumbarton Football Stadium 563 Pre-season and Other Matches W 1 6 July 2002 0–1 Friendly Dumbarton Academicals Dumbarton Crilly Dumbarton W 1 10 July 2002 1–2 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton Bonar OG Hampden Park L 1 20 July 2002 2–1 Friendly Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Robertson OG East End Park, Dunfermline W 1 27 July 2002 3–2 Friendly Dumbarton ENGWycombe Wanderers Duffy 40Lynes 58Flannery 59 Roberts 41Cook 72 Dumbarton Football Stadium 442 H Dallas W 1 18 October 2002 0–3 Friendly Neilston Dumbarton Scally Lynes Crilly Neilston W 1 24 October 2002 1–2 Friendly Arthurlie Dumbarton Flannery Dillon Arthurlie W 1 21 December 2002 3–4 Friendly St Mirren Dumbarton McCutcheon Scally Dillon McKelvie Love Street (stadium) W 1 5 March 2003 1–2 Friendly St Mirren Dumbarton Flannery Lynes Love Street (stadium) W 1 15 April 2003 0–3 Friendly Albion Rovers Dumbarton McCutcheon Obidile trialist Cliftonhill Stadium League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Stephen Grindlay GK SCO 33+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 John Wight GK SCO 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 26+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Neil Collins DF SCO 33+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 Michael Dickie DF SCO 20+3 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 Neil Duffy DF SCO 23+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 Kevin McCann DF SCO 2+3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Craig McEwan DF SCO 21+2 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 John McKeown DF SCO 12+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Dave Stewart DF SCO 16+4 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 Steven Bonar MF SCO 26+9 3 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 Mark Crilly MF SCO 12+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 34+1 7 1+0 0 3+0 2 1+0 0 Barry Donald MF SCO 3+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Lynes MF SCO 4+10 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 Emeka Obidile MF NGR 9+5 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Brown FW SCO 19+10 4 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 Tom Brown FW SCO 23+4 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 18+9 8 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 Gary McCutcheon FW SCO 23+8 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Danny McKelvie FW SCO 1+3 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 Joe Robertson FW SCO 4+9 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Iain Russell FW SCO 8+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Neil Scally FW SCO 23+4 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 |} Transfers Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Tom Brown SCO Alloa Athletic 16 Jul 2002 SCO Neil Duffy SCO Ayr United 16 Jul 2002 SCO Neil Collins SCO Queen's Park 27 Jul 2002 SCO Stephen Grindlay ENG Newcastle United 2 Aug 2002 SCO Craig McEwan SCO Ayr United 2 Aug 2002 SCO Gary McCutcheon SCO Kilmarnock 23 Aug 2002 SCO Neil Scally SCO Ayr United 30 Aug 2002 SCO Barry Donald SCO Queen of the South 13 Jan 2003 NGR Emeka Obidile SCO Cowdenbeath 24 Jan 2003 SCO Iain Russell SCO Motherwell 31 Jan 2003 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Robert Dunn SCO Stirling Albion 30 Aug 2002 SCO Mark Crilly SCO Stirling Albion 28 Jan 2003 SCO Martin O'Neill SCO Auchinleck Talbot SCO Jon ConnellySCO Cumnock SCO Stephen JackSCO Pollok SCO Danny McKelvieSCO Johnstone Burgh SCO Joe Robertson Trivia The League match against Raith Rovers on 17 August marked John Dillon's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 123rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League Cup match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 10 September marked Michael Dickie's and Dave Stewart's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 124th and 125th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone. The League match against Raith Rovers on 1 March marked Steven Bonar's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 126th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 2002–03 in Scottish football References External links John Wight (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401045419/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=154 1 April 2017 Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2002–03 season