2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2019 May 2019 Dumbarton 2008-09 Jim Chapman Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 1st Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup Second Round League Challenge Cup First Round Ross Clark (14) Ross Clark (15) 1396 462 712 2007–08 2009–10 Season 2008–09 was the 125th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 103rd 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 & fixtures Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009/10 Headline Publishing Group 2009 London 978-0-7553-1948-0#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 2008–09 Scottish Third Division D 1 2 August 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Montrose Clark 83 pen Stewart 26 Dumbarton Football Stadium 580 S Nicholls D 1 9 August 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Elgin City Dumbarton McKay 24 Logan 75 Borough Briggs 462 C Boyle W 1 16 August 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–2 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Gribben 40 Lennon 55Tiernan 61 Shielfield Park 516 G Hilland L 1 23 August 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Keegan 71 Motion 23Shirra 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 660 B Colvin D 1 30 August 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Murray 25 McKenzie 69 Dumbarton Football Stadium 592 W 1 13 September 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–3 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Walker, P 61 pen Clark 8McLeod 18Gordon 60 pen Cliftonhill 327 B Winter W 1 20 September 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Carcary 36Gordon 90 McQuade 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 801 S O'Reilly D 1 27 September 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–2 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Russell 57Gibson, G 79 Tulloch 7 OGMcLeod 52 Station Park, Forfar 431 F McDermott W 1 4 October 2008 Scottish Third Division 4–1 Dumbarton Annan Athletic Watson 6 OGKeegan 30Clark 34 penHill 45 OG Inglis 59 Dumbarton Football Stadium 539 S Finnie W 1 18 October 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–2 Montrose Dumbarton Black 90 Clark 32McLeod 51 Borough Briggs 673 A Law W 1 1 November 2008 Scottish Third Division 5–2 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers McLeod 9Clark 19 62Murray 34Cusack 75 Anderson Craig 32Ewart 83 Dumbarton Football Stadium 673 C Brown D 1 8 November 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Brand 61 Murray 62 Ochilview 723 A Law L 1 15 November 2008 Scottish Third Division 5–2 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Graham 22 60Rodgers 44 penDonaldson 46Dunn 64 Carcary 87Moore 90 Firs Park 516 S McLean D 1 22 November 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Clark 42 Donnelly 37 Dumbarton Football Stadium 646 Mat Northcroft W 1 13 December 2008 Scottish Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Chisholm 24McLeod 67Keegan 88 Dumbarton Football Stadium 539 S Finnie L 1 20 December 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Neilson 42 90 Clark 45 pen Galabank 634 C Allan L 1 10 January 2009 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Adamson 18McQuade 80 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 416 G Salmond W 1 17 January 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Chisholm 42 Dumbarton Football Stadium 425 B Madden W 1 24 January 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–2 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Callaghan 28 McLeod 21Carcary 43 Shielfield Park 425 T Robertson D 1 31 January 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Montrose Carcary 5 Hunter 54 Dumbarton Football Stadium 652 S Nicholls D 1 21 February 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Boyle 33 Dempster 57 Dumbarton Football Stadium 692 E Norris L 1 28 February 2009 Scottish Third Division 3–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Stevenson 5Cramb 67 penRodgers 87 Clark 39 Firs Park 526 C Brown W 1 3 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire McLaughlin 22Craig 32 Dumbarton Football Stadium 462 W 1 7 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Boyle 68 Dumbarton Football Stadium 692 J McKendrick W 1 10 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Elgin City McLaughlin 35Carcary 67 Dumbarton Football Stadium 471 N Watters L 1 14 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Montrose Dumbarton McKenzie 65 Links Park 343 Mat Northcroft D 1 17 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Barr 71 Clark 90 Cliftonhill 535 G Hilland L 1 21 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 0–2 Dumbarton Annan Athletic Neilson 20Jack 39 Dumbarton Football Stadium 815 S McLean W 1 31 March 2009 Scottish Third Division 0–2 Elgin City Dumbarton Edwards 39 OGMcLaughlin 67 Borough Briggs 271 G Hilland W 1 4 April 2009 Scottish Third Division 0–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Lennon 44Clark 76 Ochilview 588 G Salmond W 1 7 April 2009 Scottish Third Division 0–2 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Clark 55 73 Station Park, Forfar 513 N Watters W 1 11 April 2009 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Forbes 15Boyle 64 Dumbarton Football Stadium 702 B Colvin D 1 18 April 2009 Scottish Third Division 0–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath 1,181 S Finnie W 1 25 April 2009 Scottish Third Division 4–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Smith 4 OGMcLaughlin 25Carcary 33Brannan 80 Dumbarton Football Stadium 539 S Finnie W 1 2 May 2009 Scottish Third Division 6–0 Dumbarton Elgin City Carcary 13 34 43 66McLaughlin 28Murray 84 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,396 E Smith W 1 9 May 2009 Scottish Third Division 1–3 Annan Athletic Dumbarton Watson 66 Clark 23McLaughlin 28Carcary 88 Galabank 1,343 G Salmond Alba Challenge Cup 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 26 July 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 3–2 Airdrie United Dumbarton Noble 53Cardle 58Di Giacomo 75 Clark 25Carcary 43 Excelsior Stadium 808 Co-operative Insurance League Cup 2008–09 Scottish League Cup W 1 5 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 1–1 yes 5-4 Dumbarton Annan Athletic Logan 115 Jack 103 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 464 L 1 26 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 7–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Robb 18Mehmet 33 50 52Dorman 39Dargo 75Mason 77 Love Street (stadium) 1,747 Homecoming Scottish Cup 2008–09 Scottish Cup W 1 25 October 2008 Scottish Cup round 2 0–1 Fraserburgh Dumbarton Chisholm Bellslea Park 517 B Colvin D 1 29 November 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 2–2 Ross County Dumbarton Higgins 23 57 Carcary 80 83 Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,200 L 1 15 December 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 1–2 Dumbarton Ross County Gordon 46 Brittain 24 penHart 37 Dumbarton Football Stadium 557 Pre-season W 1 10 July 2008 2–3 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton GegganKeegan Gourlay Hampden Park D 1 12 July 2008 2–2 Friendly Rangers XI Dumbarton Keegan Gray Ibrox Park W 1 15 July 2008 0–2 Friendly Stenhousemuir Dumbarton O'Byrne Chisholm Ochilview L 1 18 July 2008 0–1 Friendly Dumbarton Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium 562 D 1 22 July 2008 2–2 Friendly Dumbarton St Mirren O'Byrne Murray Brady Molloy Dumbarton Football Stadium 683 L 1 23 July 2008 1–3 Friendly Dumbarton Hamilton Carcary StevensonMcCarthy Akins Dumbarton Football Stadium 312 W 1 30 July 2008 1–2 Friendly Rangers XI Dumbarton Logan Tiernan Ibrox Park W 1 14 August 2008 1–2 Friendly Vale of Leven Dumbarton Weir McCuiag Millburn Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Dave McEwan GK SCO 22+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Mark McGeown GK SCO 14+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Michael White GK SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Pat Boyle DF SCO 20+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Iain Chisholm DF SCO 15+12 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 1 Mick Dunlop DF SCO 21+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Ben Gordon DF SCO 36+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1 Gordon Lennon DF SCO 32+2 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 Richie McKillen DF SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Michael O'Byrne DF SCO 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Gary Wilson DF SCO 8+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kieran Brannan MF SCO 0+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Canning MF SCO 10+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0 Ross Clark MF SCO 30+1 14 2+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 0 Ross Forbes MF SCO 15+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Geggan MF SCO 23+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Alan Gourlay MF SCO 0+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 David Gray MF SCO 2+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Raymond Logan MF SCO 4+2 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Kieran McAnespie MF SCO 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin McNiff MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ryan McStay MF SCO 10+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stevie Murray MF SCO 34+1 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Fergus Tiernan MF SCO 2+2 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Derek Carcary FW SCO 25+8 11 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+1 2 Paul Craig FW SCO 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Liam Cusack FW SCO 1+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 Paul Keegan FW SCO 12+9 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 Denis McLaughlin FW SCO 16+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paul McLeod FW SCO 19+5 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 Michael Moore FW SCO 0+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Nathan Taylor FW SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Steven Weir FW SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Transfers Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Mick Dunlop SCO Queen's Park 25 May 2008 SCO Paul Keegan SCO Partick Thistle 25 May 2008 SCO Dave McEwan NIR Derry City 28 May 2008 SCO Iain Chisholm SCO Albion Rovers 13 Jun 2008 SCO Mark McGeown SCO Ayr United 13 Jun 2008 SCO Alan Gourlay SCO Vale of Leven 19 Jun 2008 SCO Ross Clark SCO Alloa Athletic 27 Jun 2008 SCO Stevie Murray SCO Partick Thistle 1 Jul 2008 SCO Derek Carcary SCO Raith Rovers 7 Jul 2008 SCO David Gray SCO Kilbirnie Ladeside 7 Jul 2008 SCO Gary Wilson SCO Pollok 7 Jul 2008 SCO Martin McNiff SCO Leven Valley Am 9 Jul 2008 SCO Ben Gordon SCO Strathclyde Univ 22 Jul 2008 SCO Michael White SCO Alloa Athletic 25 Jul 2008 SCO Steven Weir SCO Livingston 9 Aug 2008 SCO Raymond Logan SCO Pollok 26 Aug 2008 SCO Paul McLeod SCO Hamilton 1 Sep 2008 SCO Alan Cook SCO St Mirren Youth 8 Oct 2008 SCO Nathan Taylor SCO Gretna 17 Jan 2009 SCO Ross Forbes SCO Motherwell (loan) 23 Jan 2009 SCO Kieran McAnespie SCO Morton (loan) 30 Jan 2009 SCO Pat Boyle ENG Everton 31 Jan 2009 SCO Ryan McStay SCO Partick Thistle 3 Feb 2009 SCO Denis McLaughlin SCO Hearts (loan) 21 Feb 2009 SCO Paul Craig SCO Benburb 3 Mar 2009 Players out PlayerToDate SCO David Crawford SCO Queen's Park 12 Jun 2008 SCO Tommy Coyne SCO Albion Rovers 15 Jul 2008 SCO Greg Cavanagh SCO St Anthonys 1 Aug 2008 SCO Kenny Haswell SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1 Aug 2008 SCO Steven Weir SCO Arbroath 21 Aug 2008 SCO Chris Hamilton SCO Stirling Albion 22 Aug 2008 SCO Alan Gourlay SCO Vale of Leven 10 Oct 2008 SCO Craig Brittain 2 Jan 2009 SCO David Gray 31 Jan 2009 SCO Jason McLaughlin 31 Jan 2009 SCO Liam Cusack SCO Annan Athletic 2 Feb 2009 SCO Michael Moore SCO Stranraer 27 Feb 2009 FIN Axel Orrström FIN AC Oulu SCO David Craig SCO Arthurlie SCO Peter Shaw SCO Arthurlie SCO Brian McPhee SCO Bathgate Thistle SCO Jonathan Yule SCO Benburb SCO Craig Potter SCO Cumnock SCO Chris Gentile SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy SCO Paul McQuilken SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy SCO Anton Nugent SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy SCO David McNaught SCO Vale of Leven SCO Ryan Russell SCO Vale of Leven SCO Richie McKillen SCO Glenafton Athletic SCO Raymond Logan SCO SCO Michael Stokes SCO Trivia The League match against Annan Athletic on 9 May marked Andy Geggan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 130th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 2008–09 in Scottish football References External links Michael White (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Richie McKillen (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Michael O'Byrne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Gary Wilson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kieran Brannan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Alan Gourlay (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) David Gray (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Paul Craig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Liam Cusack (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Nathan Taylor (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2008–09 season