2005–06 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2019 May 2019 Dumbarton 2005-06 Paul Martin Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 10th Scottish Cup Second Round Scottish League Cup First Round Bell's Challenge Cup Second Round Andy Rodgers (12) Andy Rodgers (16) 1,594 534 939 2004–05 2006–07 Season 2005–06 was the 122nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 100th time, the Scottish Cup for the 111th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 59th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 15th time. Overview Paul Martin's first full season in charge was not to be a happy one. The league campaign did not start well with only 1 win recorded from the first 9 matches. There was a temporary improvement in results from mid October to mid November, but thereafter success was hard to come by, and from February onwards just 2 draws were salvaged from 13 league encounters, meaning that Dumbarton would be anchored at the bottom of the table and relegation was assured long before the season's end. It also meant the end of Paul Martin's tenure in the manager's seat. In the Scottish Cup, a first round win over Highland League opponents Forres Mechanics was followed by an embarrassing defeat to Third Division Arbroath. In the League Cup, it was another first round exit, this time to Hamilton. Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton's dismal record in this competition was extended by a further year with a second round defeat to Raith Rovers. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties, and failed to score too. Despite the disappointing end, the season had in fact started brightly with an invite to the pre-season Keyline Tournament run by Oban Saints. This was duly won, with 3 wins and 2 draws from 5 matches, against strong opposition including Hearts, Dundee United and St Johnstone. Results & fixtures Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006/07 Headline Publishing Group 2005 London 0-7553-1526-X#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 2005–06 Scottish Second Division L 1 6 August 2005 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Ayr United Dumbarton Boyd 17Wardlaw 74 Somerset Park 1,274 W Collum D 1 13 August 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Walker 90 Sloan 61 Dumbarton Football Stadium 879 C Boyle L 1 20 August 2005 Scottish Second Division 3–2 BBC Report Partick Thistle Dumbarton Roberts 26 62Santala 69 Smith 8McQuilken 12 Firhill Stadium 2,354 I Fyfe D 1 27 August 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Morton Russell 85 pen Weatherston 88 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,574 I Fyfe L 1 10 September 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Peterhead Dumbarton Shand 63 Balmoor Stadium 494 E Smith L 1 17 September 2005 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Gribben 6Dunn 64 Station Park, Forfar 429 S Finnie W 1 24 September 2005 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Stirling Albion Rodgers 14 83 Dumbarton Football Stadium 877 I Brines L 1 1 October 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Gretna Dumbarton Tosh 4 Raydale Park 965 L 1 15 October 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Raith Rovers Gemmell 81 Ellis 4McLeod 64 Dumbarton Football Stadium 652 S Conroy W 1 22 October 2005 Scottish Second Division 6–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Ayr United Gaughan 4Rodgers 34 pen 76Dillon 63Smith 86Russell 87 Dumbarton Football Stadium 917 C Allan W 1 25 October 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–4 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Brown 86 Gentile 1Dillon 33Russell 53Connell 80 Recreation Park, Alloa 469 C Melville W 1 29 October 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Peterhead Boyle 87 Dumbarton Football Stadium 771 I Fyfe L 1 5 November 2005 Scottish Second Division 4–0 BBC Report Morton Dumbarton McLaren 1Lilley 7 84Weatherston 86 Cappielow 2,818 B Winter W 1 12 November 2005 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Rodgers 9McQuilken 29 Dumbarton Football Stadium 717 W Collum L 1 3 December 2005 Scottish Second Division 3–2 BBC Report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Jablonski 25McManus 32Davidson 77 Rodgers 39 45 Starks Park 1,060 E Smith D 1 7 December 2005 Scottish Second Division 0–0 BBC Report Stirling Albion Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium 520 C Conroy L 1 17 December 2005 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Gretna Grady 29 Dumbarton Football Stadium 839 I Fyfe L 1 26 December 2005 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Ayr United Dumbarton Conway 26Ramsay 31 Somerset Park 1,266 L 1 31 December 2005 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Partick Thistle Borris 4 Santala 27McCulloch 39 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,562 D Somers L 1 2 January 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Morton Lilley 22Weatherston 50 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,594 L 1 14 January 2006 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Peterhead Dumbarton Gibson 33Wood 55Sharp 72 Gemmell 69 Balmoor Stadium 705 S Duff W 1 21 January 2006 Scottish Second Division 2–3 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Cameron 8Forrest 81 Russell 59 penGemmell 86Dubourdeau 90 OG Station Park, Forfar 481 C Hardie W 1 28 January 2006 Scottish Second Division 3–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Stirling Albion Russell 18 75Gemmell 27 Aitken45Devine 63 Dumbarton Football Stadium 891 C Boyle L 1 11 February 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Raith Rovers McManus 48 Dumbarton Football Stadium 812 A Muir L 1 7 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 3–0 BBC Report Gretna Dumbarton Grady 22McGuffie 50Deuchar 62 Raydale Park 598 S Conroy L 1 11 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 2–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Peterhead Russell 10 penRodgers 12 Gibson 40Linn 70 86 Dumbarton Football Stadium 628 W Collum L 1 14 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Partick Thistle Dumbarton Roberts 25McConalogue 63 Boyle 90 Firhill Stadium 1,538 C Allan D 1 18 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium 616 M Sproule L 1 21 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Stevenson 76 Dumbarton Football Stadium 534 I Frickleton L 1 25 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Stirling Albion Dumbarton Connelly68O'Brien 72Trialist 86 Russell 87 Forthbank Stadium 604 A Hunter L 1 28 March 2006 Scottish Second Division 4–0 BBC Report Morton Dumbarton McAllister 19Weatherston 52Walker, J 73 74 Cappielow 1,418 C Boyle D 1 8 April 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–0 BBC Report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Starks Park 1,055 M Ritchie L 1 15 April 2006 Scottish Second Division 4–5 BBC Report Dumbarton Ayr United Rodgers 47 59Gemmell 63McQuilken 70 Logan 5Strain 10Vareille 12McAnespie 53Robertson 79 Dumbarton Football Stadium 931 I Fyfe L 1 18 April 2006 Scottish Second Division 0–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Gretna McGuffie 11Innes 17 Dumbarton Football Stadium 651 J Downie L 1 22 April 2006 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Stevenson 64 Recreation Park, Alloa 1,055 C Murray L 1 29 April 2006 Scottish Second Division 2–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Partick Thistle Rodgers 40 41 McConalogue 55 87Roberts 69 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,257 A Muir CIS League Cup 2005–06 Scottish League Cup L 1 9 August 2005 Scottish League Cup round 1 2–1 BBC Report Hamilton Dumbarton Tunbridge 84 87 Rodgers 10 New Douglas Park 627 J Underhill Bell's League Challenge Cup 2005–06 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 30 August 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 2–1 yes BBC report Raith Rovers Dumbarton Dempsie 112 OGMcManus 118 Rodgers 98 Starks Park 1,382 M McCurry Scottish Cup 2005–06 Scottish Cup W 1 26 November 2005 Scottish Cup round 1 4–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Forres Mechanics Russell 8Rodgers 19 57McQuilken 39 Mackay 35 Dumbarton Football Stadium 755 S O'Reilly L 1 10 December 2005 Scottish Cup round 2 1–0 BBC Report Arbroath Dumbarton Brazil 16 Gayfield Park 596 C Boyle Stirlingshire Cup L 1 16 August 2005 Group stage 4–0 Falkirk Dumbarton Thomson 5 46Moutinho 10O'Donnell 27 Falkirk Stadium 969 S O'Reilly L 1 23 August 2005 Group stage 0–1 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium 197 Pre-season friendlies W 1 2 July 2005 0–7 Friendly Clydebank Dumbarton Russell McQuilken Rodgers Clydebank L 1 9 July 2005 1–2 Friendly Dumbarton Clyde Dillon Dumbarton Football Stadium D 1 12 July 2005 1–1 Friendly Dumbarton St Mirren Russell Dumbarton Football Stadium W 1 23 July 2005 2–3 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton RussellMacDonald Hampden Park D 1 27 July 2005 2–2 Friendly Pollok Dumbarton GentileGemmell Newlandsfield Park D 1 30 July 2005 1–1 Friendly Dumbarton Airdrie United Dillon Dumbarton Football Stadium League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Stephen Grindlay GK SCO 36+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 John Wight GK SCO 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 7+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 Mark Dempsie DF SCO 25+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Ian Dobbins DF SCO 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Kevin Gaughan DF SCO 25+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Gary McDevitt DF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jamie Smith DF SCO 33+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Robert Walker DF SCO 22+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Paul Young DF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 James Allan MF SCO 3+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Scott Bannerman MF SCO 16+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Chris Boyle MF SCO 26+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Graham Connell MF SCO 16+11 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 11+12 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Steve Ferguson MF SCO 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Danny Ferry MF SCO 10+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Chris Gentile MF SCO 19+3 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Kevin MacDonald MF SCO 7+5 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 Craig Winter MF SCO 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ryan Borris FW SCO 30+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 John Gemmell FW SCO 14+12 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 David McNaught FW SCO 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paul McQuilken FW SCO 24+10 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 Andy Rodgers FW SCO 27+6 12 1+0 1 0+1 1 2+0 2 Paul Ronald FW SCO 2+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Iain Russell FW SCO 20+10 8 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 1 |} Transfers Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Danny Ferry SCO Queen's Park 20 May 2005 SCO Graham Connell SCO Berwick Rangers 4 Jun 2005 SCO Chris Gentile SCO Kilsyth Rangers 4 Jul 2005 SCO Paul McQuilken SCO Kilsyth Rangers 4 Jul 2005 SCO Paul Young SCO Barrhead BC 4 Jul 2005 SCO Scott Bannerman SCO Morton 11 Jul 2005 SCO David McNaught SCO Clyde 13 Jul 2005 SCO Jamie Smith SCO Brechin City 19 Jul 2005 SCO Kevin MacDonald SCO Stirling Albion 23 Jul 2005 SCO Kevin Gaughan SCO Stranraer 31 Aug 2005 SCO Steve Ferguson SCO Brechin City (loan) 21 Jan 2006 SCO Craig Winter SCO Brechin City 26 Jan 2006 SCO Gary McDevitt SCO Partick Thistle 31 Jan 2006 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Barry Donald SCO Forfar Athletic 27 May 2005 SCO James McKinstry SCO Ayr United 4 Jun 2005 SCO Eddie Annand SCO Raith Rovers 28 Jun 2005 SCO Andy Rodgers SCO Montrose 6 Jul 2005 SCO Craig McEwan SCO Brechin City 19 Jul 2005 SCO Ian Dobbins SCO Arbroath 31 Aug 2005 SCO Mark Bradley SCO Bathgate Thistle SCO John Wight SCO Beith SCO Karl Anderson SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy SCO Kevin MacDonald SCO Kirkintilloch Rob Roy SCO Gary McDevitt SCO Vale of Leven SCO James Allan Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Trivia The League match against Peterhead on 29 October marked Iain Russell's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 128th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 2005–06 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 Gary McDevitt (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Paul Young (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kevin MacDonald (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive 2005 Keyline Tournament Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2005–06 season