1997–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1997–1998 Ian Wallace Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 10th Scottish Cup Third Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Scottish Challenge Cup First Round Colin McKinnon (10) Colin McKinnon (11) 465 310 391 1996–97 1998–99 Season 1997–98 was the 114th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 92nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 103rd time, the Scottish League Cup for the 51st time, and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the eighth time. Overview In Ian Wallace's first full season at the helm, Dumbarton's poor financial status meant that the team was almost unchanged from the one that had dropped from the Second Division the previous season. Nevertheless, initial results were promising, but this was soon to be replaced with that well known sinking feeling as the season went on. From January, Dumbarton registered just 3 league wins, and from the end of February till the end of the season propped up the rest of the league - easily Dumbarton's worst league performance in its history. In the national cup competitions, however, the five-year wait for some progress was brought to an end. In the Scottish Cup, an uninspiring win over Highland League outfit Lossiemouth presented Dumbarton with a tie against Premier Division Motherwell in the third round. After holding their opponents to a home draw, they battled fiercely in the replay only to lose by a single goal. In the League Cup, old rivals Queen's Park were dispatched in the first round, before Dumbarton found Premier Division Aberdeen too hot to handle. Finally, however, in the Challenge Cup, it was the same old story - eight seasons and eight first round defeats - Falkirk would be the victors this time. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the format reverted to group ties, but with only one win from three ties, Dumbarton failed to reach the final. Results & fixtures Scottish Football League Review 1998-99 The Scottish Football League 1999 #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 1997–98 Scottish Third Division W 1 5 August 1997 Third Division 0–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton McKinnon Reilly Central Park, Cowdenbeath 232 D 1 16 August 1997 Third Division 2–2 Dumbarton Montrose McKinnon Ward Winiarski Taylor Boghead Park 395 L 1 23 August 1997 Third Division 5–3 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Forrester Walton McKinnon Mellis Shielfield Park 304 L 1 30 August 1997 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Wilson Boghead Park 465 L 1 13 September 1997 Third Division 2–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Watters Graham Brittain Cliftonhill Stadium 495 L 1 20 September 1997 Third Division 2–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Cooper Grant Gow Gayfield Park 702 D 1 27 September 1997 Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Queen's Park Boghead Park 436 L 1 4 October 1997 Third Division 3–1 East Stirling Dumbarton Neill Hunter McKinnon Firs Park 321 D 1 18 October 1997 Third Division 2–2 Dumbarton Ross County Ward Golabek Adam Boghead Park 452 L 1 25 October 1997 Third Division 1–4 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Glancy Fraser Forrester Walton Boghead Park 413 D 1 1 November 1997 Third Division 2–2 Montrose Dumbarton McGlashan Higgins Brittain Sharp Links Park 347 W 1 8 November 1997 Third Division 1–2 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton McAneney Sharp Grace Recreation Park, Alloa 424 D 1 15 November 1997 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers McKinnon Watters Boghead Park 425 W 1 22 November 1997 Third Division 2–3 Queen's Park Dumbarton Edgar Conroy McKinnon Sharp Hampden Park 548 L 1 29 November 1997 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Arbroath Meechan Crawford Spence Boghead Park 379 W 1 13 December 1997 Third Division 2–3 Ross County Dumbarton Wood Meechan Glancy Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,226 L 1 20 December 1997 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton East Stirling Watt Boghead Park 323 D 1 27 December 1997 Third Division 1–1 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Walton McKinnon Shielfield Park 449 L 1 10 January 1998 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Mooney Holmes Mitchell Boghead Park 338 D 1 17 January 1998 Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Queen's Park Boghead Park 408 D 1 31 January 1998 Third Division 2–2 Arbroath Dumbarton Burns Tindal Meechan Grace Gayfield Park 666 L 1 4 February 1998 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Ross County Adams Boghead Park 447 L 1 17 February 1998 Third Division 1–0 East Stirling Dumbarton Hunter Firs Park 181 L 1 21 February 1998 Third Division 2–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Stewart Winter Central Park, Cowdenbeath 255 L 1 25 February 1998 Third Division 2–3 Dumbarton Montrose Mooney McKinnon Taylor McGlashan Boghead Park 315 L 1 28 February 1998 Third Division 0–3 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Cameron McKechnie Boghead Park 396 D 1 7 March 1998 Third Division 2–2 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Watters Donaldson Sharp Grace Cliftonhill Stadium 417 W 1 14 March 1998 Third Division 0–2 Queen's Park Dumbarton Sharp Grace Hampden Park 528 L 1 21 March 1998 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Arbroath Sharp Spence Boghead Park 383 D 1 28 March 1998 Third Division 0–0 Ross County Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall 1,475 W 1 21 March 1998 Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton East Stirling Wilson Boghead Park 338 L 1 11 April 1998 Third Division 3–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Haddow Irvine McKechnie Recreation Park, Alloa 538 W 1 18 April 1998 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Mooney Meechan Boghead Park 398 L 1 25 April 1998 Third Division 0–2 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Walton Neil Boghead Park 310 L 1 2 May 1998 Third Division 2–1 Montrose Dumbarton Henry Higgins Mooney Links Park 305 L 1 25 April 1998 Third Division 2–3 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Mooney McKinnon Ritchie Welsh Murray Boghead Park 413 Coca-Cola Cup 1997-98 Scottish League Cup W 1 2 August 1997 League Cup round 1 1–1 yes 6-5 Dumbarton Queen's Park Bruce Edgar Boghead Park 544 G Allison L 1 9 August 1997 League Cup round 2 1–5 Dumbarton Aberdeen McKinnon Jess Miller Newell Boghead Park 1,739 J McCluskey Scottish Challenge Cup 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 12 August 1997 Challenge Cup round 1 0-2 Dumbarton Falkirk Corrigan McGraw Boghead Park 447 K Clark Tennent's Scottish Cup 1997-98 Scottish Cup W 1 3 January 1998 Cup round 2 0–1 Lossiemouth Dumbarton McCuiag Grant Park, Lossiemouth 509 K Bisset D 1 24 January 1998 Cup round 3 1–1 Dumbarton Motherwell Sharp McSkimming Boghead Park 2,412 B Tait L 1 27 January 1998 Cup round 3R 1–0 Motherwell Dumbarton Coyle Fir Park 4,202 B Tait Stirlingshire Cup L 1 22 July 1997 Group stage 0–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Banks 48 penFarrell 80 Boghead Park 181 M McGarry L 1 26 July 1997 Group stage 1–2 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Glancy 90 McCulloch 28Mathieson 70 Boghead Park W 1 18 August 1997 Group stage 4–1 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Grace Glancy Ward Boghead Park Pre-season/Other Matches L 1 19 July 1997 2–3 Friendly Dumbarton Morton Ward penGlancy Boghead Park W 1 21 July 1997 3–2 Friendly Dumbarton ENGNorwich City Ward 25 67Mellis 82 Simpson60Marshall 83 Boghead Park D 1 28 July 1997 0–0 Friendly Dumbarton Clydebank Boghead Park W 1 20 October 1997 3–1 Friendly Dumbarton CHNVanguard Hao Doa Grace Glancy McKinnon Wu Wen Bing 50 Boghead Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Derek Barnes GK SCO 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Kenny Meechan GK SCO 30+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 23+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Jamie Bruce DF SCO 21+1 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 Tom Currie DF SCO 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Chris Dalrymple DF SCO 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Billy Davidson DF SCO 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stevie Gow DF SCO 21+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Alex Grace DF SCO 23+5 4 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 Stephen Hamill DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Stephen Jack DF SCO 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 David Reid DF SCO 15+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Jim Meechan MF SCO 36+0 5 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Adrian Mellis MF SCO 5+11 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Billy Melvin MF SCO 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Robert Prytz MF SWE 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Willie Wilson MF SCO 30+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Chris Ewing FW SCO 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Marc Falconer FW SCO 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 5+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Martin Glancy FW SCO 11+10 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 Hrienn Hringsson FW ISL 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ross McCuaig FW SCO 12+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 Colin McKinnon FW SCO 32+1 10 2+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0 Martin Mooney FW SCO 26+4 5 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Tommi Orismaa FW FIN 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Robert Reilly FW SCO 4+2 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Lee Sharp FW SCO 34+0 7 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1 Hugh Ward FW SCO 9+11 3 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 |} Scottish Football League Review 1998-99 The Scottish Football League 1999 McAllister Jim The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club J&J Robertson Printers 2002 Dumbarton Transfers Players in PlayerFromDate SCO Adrian Mellis SCO Vale of Leven 11 Jun 1997 SCO Craig Brittain SCO Ashfield 14 Jun 1997 SCO Alex Grace SCO Vale of Leven 25 Jul 1997 SWE Robert Prytz SCO Kilmarnock 30 Aug 1997 SCO Marc Falconer SCO Queen's Park 1 Sep 1997 SCO Tom Currie SCO Clydebank 18 Oct 1997 SCO Chris Ewing SCO Stranraer 18 Oct 1997 ISL Hrienn Hringsson SCO East Stirling 1 Nov 1997 SCO Ross McCuaig SCO Leven Valley 21 Nov 1997 SCO Paddy Flannery SCO Morton 27 Dec 1997 SCO Stephen Jack SCO Cowdenbeath 25 Feb 1998 SCO Billy Melvin SCO Clydebank 27 Mar 1998 FIN Tommi Orismaa FIN TPS 30 Mar 1998 SCO Chris Dalrymple SCO Yoker Athletic (trialist) Players out PlayerToDateSCO Gordon Parks SCO East Stirling 4 Jun 1997SCO Toby KingSCO Clyde 10 Jun 1997SWE Robert PrytzSCO Cowdenbeath 20 Dec 1997SCO Hugh WardSCO Clydebank 27 Mar 1998SCO Martin McGarveySCO Arthurlie SCO Stephen DallasSCO Baillieston SCO Sam McGivernSCO Dalry Thistle SCO Graeme McKenzieSCO Kilbirnie Ladeside SCO Alan GrangerSCO Petershill SCO Peter DennisonSCO Vale of Leven SCO Joe GoldieSCO Vale of Leven SCO Jim McGallSCO Vale of Leven SCO Adrian MellisSCO Vale of Leven Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Trivia The League Cup match against Queen's Park on 2 August marked Hugh Ward's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 111th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against East Stirling on 20 December marked Martin Mooney's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 27th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. For the third successive season Dumbarton matched the record fewest league home wins during a season - just two! See also 1997–98 in Scottish football References External links Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Chris Dalrymple (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Billy Davidson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Stephen Hamill (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) David Reid (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Adrian Mellis (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Chris Ewing (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Marc Falconer (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Hrienn Hringsson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Ross McCuaig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Tommi Orismaa (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1997–98 season