2009–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2019 May 2019 Dumbarton 2009-10 Jim Chapman Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 6th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup First Round League Challenge Cup First Round Scott Chaplain (10) Scott Chaplain (10) 975 397 681 2008–09 2010–11 Season 2009–10 was the 126th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 104th time, the Scottish Cup for the 115th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 63rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 19th time. Overview Following the success of the previous season, it was manager Jim Chapman's goal to consolidate the club's position in the Second Division. However, Dumbarton were to be devastated before a ball was kicked with the death during the close season of the club captain, Gordon Lennon, from a motoring accident. Nevertheless, despite there being few changes to the playing staff, the league campaign started disappointingly with only two draws to show from the first six starts - resulting in the club propping up the rest of the league. It was, however, to be a temporary blip and although there was no consistency in performances, a mid-table sixth place was achieved in the end. In the domestic cups, however, it was all bad news - no wins and no goals! In the Scottish Cup, local rivals Morton would be victorious in the third round, after a goalless draw. In the League Cup, Dunfermline Athletic had no difficulty in seeing off Dumbarton in the first round. Finally, it was no surprise that the League Challenge Cup would witness another first round exit, and it would be Morton again who would do the damage. Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was resumed, and after two penalty shoot out wins in the group fixtures, the trophy would return to Dumbarton following a win in the final over Stenhousemuir. Results & fixtures Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010/11 Headline Publishing Group 2010 London 978-0-7553-6107-6#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 2009–10 Scottish Second Division L 8 August 2009 1–3 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Grant 53 o.g. Grant 43Carrigan 59Noble 61 Dumbarton Football Stadium 864 Anthony Law L 15 August 2009 3–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Sellars 15Hislop 46Ross 90 Hunter 89 Gayfield Park 605 E Norris D 22 August 2009 3–3 Dumbarton Clyde Dunlop 45Hunter 53Chisholm 86 Lithgow 15 24McLaughlan 65 Dumbarton Football Stadium 975 Bobby Madden L 29 August 2009 3–1 Brechin City Dumbarton Docherty 21McAllister 36 Janczyk 59 Dunlop 26 Glebe Park, Brechin 470 Frank McDermott D 12 September 2009 0–0 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium 664 Stevie O'Reilly L 19 September 2009 0–3 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath McBride 15 53Wardlaw 23 Dumbarton Football Stadium 647 Gary Hilland W 26 September 2009 1–2 Peterhead Dumbarton Bruce 52 Murray 77Carcary 90 Balmoor Stadium 397 Stevie Nicholls L 3 October 2009 2–3 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Chaplain 30Cook41 McKenna 32Devine 51Robertson 90 Dumbarton Football Stadium 654 S McLean W 10 October 2009 0–1 East Fife Dumbarton McLaughlin 58 Bayview Stadium 684 Gary Hilland W 17 October 2009 1–3 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Gilhaney 41 Geggan 16Cook 44Chaplain62 Recreation Park 575 N Watters W 24 October 2009 1–0 Dumbarton Arbroath Chaplain 45 Dumbarton Football Stadium 696 Mat Northcroft D 31 October 2009 0–0 Dumbarton Brechin City Dumbarton Football Stadium 687 Thomas Robertson W 7 November 2009 0–3 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Hunter 49Chaplain 64O'Donoghue 89 Ochilview 568 John McKendrick L 14 November 2009 2–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton McQuade 18 pen 82 Geggan 5 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 389 Ian Brines W 8 December 2009 1–0 Dumbarton Peterhead Chaplain 30 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 397 Stevie Nicholls L 12 December 2009 0–3 Dumbarton East Fife McManus 37Smart 53Muir 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium 628 George Salmond D 15 December 2009 2–2 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Murphy 61Devine88 Craig 49Carcary 84 Forthbank Stadium 462 Brian Colvin W 23 January 2010 2–1 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Hunter 65Clark 89 Baxter 29 Dumbarton Football Stadium 657 Bobby Madden W 6 February 2010 2–3 East Fife Dumbarton Crawford 13 35 Gordon 5Chaplain 15Carcary 38 Bayview Stadium 581 John Beaton L 16 February 2010 2–4 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Gordon 4Hunter45 Robertson 1 49Aitken 12 34 Dumbarton Football Stadium 595 S McLean L 27 February 2010 3–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Dorris 55Redman 74Booth 88 Winters 9 Gayfield Park 521 Stevie O'Reilly L 2 March 2010 2–1 Peterhead Dumbarton Sharp 13 79 Wyness 27 Balmoor Stadium 327 S MacDonald L 6 March 2010 0–1 Dumbarton Brechin City Byers 57 Dumbarton Football Stadium 751 Gary Hilland W 9 March 2010 3–1 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Gordon 17Cook47Clark 56 pen Smith 62 o.g. Dumbarton Football Stadium 552 C Brown L 13 March 2010 1–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Quinn 87 Ochilview 469 William Collum W 16 March 2010 0–2 Clyde Dumbarton Winters 27 62 Broadwood Stadium 531 Thomas Robertson D 20 March 2010 0–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath 349 Frank McDermott W 23 March 2010 2–1 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Chaplain 45 68 pen Lyle 65 Dumbarton Football Stadium 486 Iain Brines L 27 March 2010 1–3 Dumbarton Peterhead Chaplain 49 Wilson 55Bavidge 58Mann 80 Dumbarton Football Stadium 663 David Somers W 3 April 2010 1–2 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Taggart 51 Wyness 54 81 Forthbank Stadium 568 Kevin Clancy W 6 April 2010 0–1 Brechin City Dumbarton Chaplain 56 Glebe Park, Brechin 403 Matt Northcroft L 10 April 2010 0–1 Dumbarton East Fife Linn 85 Dumbarton Football Stadium 728 Stevie Nicholls D 13 April 2010 3–3 Dumbarton Clyde Carcary 21 40Winters 45 Strachan 29 pen 79 penMcGowan N 63 Dumbarton Football Stadium 601 Anthony Law W 17 April 2010 1–2 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Scott 55 pen Winters 33Wyness 65 Recreation Park 622 S MacDonald L 24 April 2010 0–2 Dumbarton Arbroath Redman 39Megginson 49 Dumbarton Football Stadium 836 Stephen Finnie L 1 May 2010 4–2 Clyde Dumbarton Sawers 2Stewart 15 19Strachan 84 McStay33Wyness83 Broadwood Stadium 631 Frank McDermott Alba Challenge Cup 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup L 26 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 0–1 Dumbarton Greenock Morton Jenkins 25 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,122 Stephen Finnie Co-operative Insurance League Cup 2009–10 Scottish League Cup L 1 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 0–5 Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Graham 2Kirk 9 56Burke 45Bell65 Dumbarton Football Stadium 953 Chris Boyle Active Nation Scottish Cup 2009–10 Scottish Cup D 28 November 2009 Scottish Cup round 3 0–0 Greenock Morton Dumbarton Cappielow 1,882 S McLean L 5 December 2009 Scottish Cup round 3R 0–1 Dumbarton Greenock Morton Graham 74 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,495 S McLean Stirlingshire Cup D 28 July 2009 Round 1 2–2* Dumbarton East Stirlingshire McKillen Hunter Dumbarton Football Stadium D 4 August 2009 Round 1 1–1* Stirling Albion Dumbarton Hunter Forthbank Stadium 250 W 13 October 2009 Final 0–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Hunter Martin McNiff Ochilview 250 - won on penalties Scottish Brewers Challenge Cup D 18 July 2009 1–1 Semi Final Queen of the South Dumbarton Hunter 7–6 Galabank 810 D 19 July 2009 3–3 3rd place Annan Athletic Dumbarton Gribben Hunter 4–2 Galabank 205 Pre-season/Other Matches L 14 July 2009 0–2 Friendly Dumbarton Partick Thistle Robertson40Doolan 86 Dumbarton Football Stadium 926 L 16 July 2009 0–3 Friendly Dumbarton St Mirren O'DonnellDargo Mehmet Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,109 L 22 July 2009 0–5 Friendly Dumbarton Middlesbrough O'Neil 6Dunlop42 o.g.Aliadière 45Johnson, A 70Williams 73 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,227 W 15 November 2009 2–1 Friendly Dumbarton Gordon Lennon Select Boyle Brannan Craig Dumbarton Football Stadium 732 D Somers League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Dave McEwan GK SCO 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Mark McGeown GK SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jan Vojacek GK CZE 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Michael White GK SCO 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Iain Chisholm DF SCO 27+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Mick Dunlop DF SCO 34+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Ben Gordon DF SCO 34+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Ross Harvey DF SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Richie McKillen DF SCO 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Chris Smith DF SCO 34+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Kieran Brannan MF SCO 5+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Scott Chaplain MF SCO 29+5 10 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 Ross Clark MF SCO 14+8 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 Alan Cook MF SCO 10+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Chris Craig MF SCO 16+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Geggan MF SCO 27+0 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Martin McNiff MF SCO 13+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Ryan McStay MF SCO 19+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Stevie Murray MF SCO 17+15 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Ross O'Donoghue MF SCO 15+4 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 Adam Strachan MF SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Derek Carcary FW SCO 9+22 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 Roddy Hunter FW SCO 14+6 5 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 Simon Lynch FW SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Denis McLaughlin FW SCO 10+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 David Winters FW SCO 15+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Dennis Wyness FW SCO 16+1 5 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 Ross O'Donoghue SCO Elgin City 22 Jun 2009 SCO Scott Chaplain SCO Partick Thistle 30 Jun 2009 SCO Roddy Hunter SCO Montrose 14 Jul 2009 SCO Denis McLaughlin SCO Hearts (loan) 24 Jul 2009 SCO Chris Craig SCO Rangers 4 Aug 2009 SCO Chris Smith SCO Morton 4 Aug 2009 SCO Simon Lynch SCO Airdrie United (loan) 15 Aug 2009 SCO Ross Harvey SCO Rangers 28 Aug 2009 CZE Jan Vojacek CZE SK Sigma Olomouc 28 Aug 2009 SCO Adam Strachan SCO Albion Rovers 18 Sep 2009 SCO Dennis Wyness SCO St Mirren 11 Feb 2010 SCO David Winters SCO Arbroath 12 Mar 2010 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Michael O'Byrne SCO Albion Rovers 2 Jun 2009 SCO Mark Canning SCO Albion Rovers 3 Jun 2009 SCO Fergus Tiernan SCO Queen's Park 1 Jul 2009 SCO Pat Boyle SCO Partick Thistle 10 Jul 2009 SCO Paul Keegan SCO Airdrie United 22 Jul 2009 SCO Paul McLeod SCO Clyde 22 Jul 2009 SCO David McFarlane SCO Albion Rovers 23 Jul 2009 SCO Mark McGeown SCO Queen of the South 16 Oct 2009 SCO Adam Strachan SCO Clyde 13 Nov 2009 SCO Nathan Taylor ENG Clitheroe 1 Jan 2010 SCO Paul Craig Freed 25 Mar 2010 SCO Chris Craig SCO Alloa Athletic 1 Apr 2010 SCO Ross Harvey USA Embry Riddle Eagles SCO Gary Wilson SCO Larkhall Thistle SCO Dave McEwan SCO Beith See also 2009–10 in Scottish football References External links Jan Vojacek (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Michael White (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Ross Harvey (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Richie McKillen (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kieran Brannan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401184449/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=99 1 April 2017 Chris Craig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2009–10 season