1996–97 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1996–1997 Jim Fallon/Ian Wallace Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 9th Scottish Cup Second Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Scottish Challenge Cup First Round Hugh Ward (7) Hugh Ward (7) 762 411 627 1995–96 1997–98 Season 1996–97 was the 113th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 91st time, the Scottish Cup for the 102nd time, the Scottish League Cup for the 50th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the seventh time. Overview Despite the failures of the previous season, manager Jim Fallon retained his position and unfortunately that decision was to prove disastrous as the league campaign started off in the same poor manner as the previous one. By the end of October, Dumbarton had one win to show for 13 league matches, and had sunk to second bottom place, resulting in Fallon's resignation. Within a week Ian Wallace, one of the club's brightest stars of the 1970s, had been installed and things began to take a turn for the better. Three wins on the trot in November saw Wallace named as Second Division manager of the month, but it wasn't to last. Results began again to go downhill, but even with three games left it was within Dumbarton's own hands whether a second successive relegation would occur. A last minute defeat to Stranraer and an uninspiring loss to Queen of the South meant that they had to better any result that Stranraer could achieve on the last day. As it was, a win over Brechin City was not enough, and it would be Third Division football next season and the fourth tier of Scottish football for the first time in the club's history. In the national cup competitions, the drought on wins extended for a fifth season. In the Scottish Cup Cowdenbeath defeated Dumbarton in the second round. In the League Cup, Premier Division Dundee beat Dumbarton, also in the second round. Finally, in the Challenge Cup, it was a seventh first round defeat in seven attempts – this time to Montrose. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup the misery was compounded with a defeat to Falkirk. Results & fixtures Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997/98 Headline Book Publishing 1998 London 0-7472-7738-9#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 1996–97 Scottish Second Division D 1 17 August 1996 Scottish Second Division 1–1 Dumbarton Stranraer Dallas 43 McIntyre 50 Boghead Park 560 L 1 24 August 1996 Second Division 2–1 Queen of the South Dumbarton Mallan 60Flannigan 83 Meechan 66 Palmerston Park 1,127 D 1 31 August 1996 Second Division 1–1 Dumbarton Brechin City McGivern 57 Kerrigan 13 Boghead Park 560 W 1 7 September 1996 Second Division 0–1 Clyde Dumbarton Ward 87 Broadwood Stadium 721 L 1 14 September 1996 Second Division 2–4 Dumbarton Livingston McKinnon 41Ward 65 Harvie 9 pen 44Young 30McLeod 70 Boghead Park 762 L 1 21 September 1996 Second Division 3–1 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Grant 33Craig 56Robinson 81 Ward 76 Shielfield Park 326 D 1 28 September 1996 Second Division 1–1 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Meechan 67 Henderson 85 Boghead Park 524 L 1 5 October 1996 Second Division 1–3 Dumbarton Ayr United Dallas 13 Kinnaird 28Henderson 37English 55 Boghead Park 939 L 1 12 October 1996 Second Division 2–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Thomson 65Ritchie 75 Cliftonhill Stadium 533 L 1 19 October 1996 Second Division 2–0 Stranraer Dumbarton Docherty 5Young 76 Stair Park 460 L 1 26 October 1996 Second Division 1–2 Dumbarton Queen of the South Rowe 31 OG McFarlane 68Mallan 77 Boghead Park 562 L 1 2 November 1996 Second Division 5–0 Livingston Dumbarton Young 16Harvey 20 34Duthie 53Alleyne 80 Almondvale Stadium 1,941 D 1 9 November 1996 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Clyde Wilson 5McKinnon 90 Mathieson 24Brownlie 68 Boghead Park 724 W 1 16 November 1996 Second Division 0–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Meechan 23 Ochilview 564 W 1 23 November 1996 Second Division 1–0 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Ward 51 Boghead Park 601 W 1 30 November 1996 Second Division 1–4 Ayr United Dumbarton English 24 McKinnon 49Glancy 56 65Ward 63 Somerset Park 1,773 L 1 14 December 1996 Second Division 1–3 Dumbarton Hamilton Wilson 55 Fotheringham 40Ritchie 55 65 Boghead Park 733 D 1 26 December 1996 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Stranraer Sharp 63Meechan 90 Young 15McIntyre 86 Boghead Park 686 L 1 28 December 1996 Second Division 2–1 Brechin City Dumbarton Conway 50Brand 54 Granger 89 pen Glebe Park, Brechin 356 W 1 11 January 1997 Second Division 0–3 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Glancy 33King 54Ward 82 Shielfield Park 346 D 1 18 January 1997 Second Division 1–1 Dumbarton Ayr United Sharp 80 Sharp 39 OG Boghead Park 801 L 1 21 January 1997 Second Division 0–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Little 20Fisher 70 Boghead Park 470 L 1 1 February 1997 Second Division 4–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Ritchie 4 33 43 53 Cliftonhill Stadium 505 L 1 8 February 1997 Second Division 2–3 Dumbarton Livingston Mooney 35McKinnon 62 Duthie 15Harvey 74McLeod 77 Boghead Park 503 L 1 22 February 1997 Second Division 4–0 Queen of the South Dumbarton Bryce 54 74 76 77 Palmerston Park 908 L 1 1 March 1997 Second Division 1–2 Dumbarton Brechin City Hringsson 16 McKellar 11Sorbie 65 Boghead Park 411 L 1 4 March 1997 Second Division 2–1 Clyde Dumbarton Mathieson 33Annand 68 Hringsson 51 Broadwood Stadium 480 D 1 8 March 1997 Second Division 2–2 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Hringsson 18Sharp 21 Manson 24Reid 81 Boghead Park 446 W 1 15 March 1997 Second Division 1–4 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Harrow 70 Wilson 21King 48Glancy 60Sharp 80 Ochilview 376 D 1 22 March 1997 Second Division 1–1 Ayr United Dumbarton Horace 44 Meechan 27 Somerset Park 1,575 L 1 5 April 1997 Second Division 0–3 Dumbarton Hamilton McCormick 30 51Ritchie 90 Boghead Park 718 W 1 12 April 1997 Second Division 2–0 Dumbarton Clyde Wilson 54Ward 61 Boghead Park 554 W 1 19 April 1997 Second Division 1–2 Livingston Dumbarton McLeod 18 Meechan 81Sharp 83 Almondvale Stadium 1,579 L 1 26 April 1997 Second Division 1–0 Stranraer Dumbarton Higgins 86 Stair Park 739 L 1 3 May 1997 Second Division 0–3 Dumbarton Queen of the South Mallan 23 73 90 Boghead Park 643 W 1 10 May 1997 Second Division 0–3 Brechin City Dumbarton Glancy 11 73Reilly 39 Glebe Park, Brechin 620 Scottish League Challenge Cup 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 10 August 1996 Challenge Cup R1 2–0 Montrose Dumbarton Smith 17Glass 48 Links Park 309 Coca-Cola League Cup 1996–97 Scottish League Cup L 1 13 August 1996 League Cup R2 2–1 Dundee Dumbarton Reaeside 75Hamilton 85 Dallas 28 Dens Park 1,872 Tennant's Scottish Cup 1996–97 Scottish Cup L 1 13 January 1997 Cup R2 1–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Scott 49 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 294 Stirlingshire Cup L 1 28 January 1997 First Round 2–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Crabbe 12 38 Brockville Park Pre-season/Other Matches L 1 29 July 1996 4-1 Friendly Vale of Leven Dumbarton Mellis Grace Grainger Millburn Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Derek Barnes GK SCO 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Peter Dennison GK SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ian MacFarlane GK SCO 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Kenny Meechan GK SCO 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jamie Bruce DF SCO 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Billy Davidson DF SCO 12+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Stevie Gow DF SCO 21+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Graeme McKenzie DF SCO 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 23+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 David Reid DF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Joe Goldie MF SCO 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Toby King MF SCO 27+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Jim Marsland MF SCO 30+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Gerry McCabe MF SCO 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin McGarvey MF SCO 7+5 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Sam McGivern MF SCO 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jim Meechan MF SCO 36+0 6 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Adrian Mellis MF SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Scott MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Willie Wilson MF SCO 21+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stephen Dallas FW SCO 15+1 2 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Glancy FW SCO 24+8 6 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Alan Granger FW SCO 2+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Hrienn Hringsson FW ISL 3+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ross McCuaig FW SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Jim McGall FW SCO 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Colin McKinnon FW SCO 34+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Martin Mooney FW SCO 18+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Gordon Parks FW SCO 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Robert Reilly FW SCO 2+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Lee Sharp FW SCO 35+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Hugh Ward FW SCO 26+9 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 |} Scottish Football League Review 1997-98 The Scottish Football League 1998 McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Transfers Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Jim McGall SCO Arsenal BC 30 Aug 1996 SCO Billy Davidson SCO Clydebank 29 Sep 1996 SCO Gerry McCabe SCO Arbroath 11 Oct 1996 SCO Willie Wilson SCO Ayr United 9 Nov 1996 SCO Derek Barnes SCO Clydebank 14 Dec 1996 SCO Gordon Parks SCO Clyde 9 Jan 1997 SCO David Reid SCO Baillieston 20 Feb 1997 SCO Jamie Bruce SCO East Kilbride Thistle 26 Mar 1997 SCO Robert Reilly SCO Queen's Park 26 Mar 1997 SCO Graeme McKenzie SCO Kilbirnie Ladeside 28 Mar 1997 SCO Stephen Hamill SCO Possil YM 31 Mar 1997 SCO Hrienn Hringsson SCO East Stirling (trialist) SCO Ross McCuaig SCO Leven Valley (trialist) SCO Adrian Mellis SCO Vale of Leven (trialist) SCO John Scott SCO Largs Thistle (trialist) Players out PlayerToDateSCO Paul MartinSCO Albion Rovers 2 Aug 1996SCO Ian MacFarlaneSCO Clydebank 19 Dec 1996SCO Hugh BurnsSCO Larkhall Thistle SCO Roland FabianiSCO Greenock SCO Alan FosterSCO Arthurlie SCO Charlie GibsonSCO Petershill Trivia The League match against Brechin City on 31 August marked Jim Marsland's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 25th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The League match against Ayr United on 5 October marked Ian MacFarlane's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 26th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. The League match against Livingston on 19 April marked Colin McKinnon's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 110th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. Dumbarton became only the second team in Scottish League history to be relegated in successive seasons. For the second successive season Dumbarton matched the record fewest league home wins during a season - just two! See also 1996–97 in Scottish football References External links Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Peter Dennison (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401041221/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=238 1 April 2017 Billy Davidson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Graeme McKenzie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) David Reid (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Joe Goldie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Adrian Mellis (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401031454/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=265 1 April 2017 John Scott (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Stephen Dallas (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060146/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=276 1 April 2017 Alan Granger (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401022146/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=277 1 April 2017 Hrienn Hringsson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Ross McCuaig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Jim McGall (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1996–97 season