2003–04 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2019 May 2019 Dumbarton 2003-04 Brian Fairlie Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 2 3rd Scottish Cup First Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Bell's Challenge Cup Second Round Iain Russell (10) Iain Russell (10) 1,861 552 1,036 2002–03 2004–05 Season 2003–04 was the 120th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 98th time, the Scottish Cup for the 109th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 13th time. Overview Not withstanding the improvement in performances towards the end of the previous season, manager David Winnie set about a considerable change in playing staff. Unfortunately, despite an initial burst, it would take longer than expected for the new players to settle in, and by the end of October, only one league win had been recorded. However, from then until the end of the season, the league campaign saw a vast improvement in results and in the end a 3rd-place finish was achieved - missing promotion by just 2 points. In the Scottish Cup, it would be a first round exit for the third season in a row, with a heavy defeat to Gretna. In the League Cup, following a win over Ayr United in the first round, it would be Premier Division Aberdeen that would bring Dumbarton's interest in the competition to an end. Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was back to old habits, with Ross County handing out a first round thumping. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties - however each tie was lost on a penalty shoot out. Results & fixtures Scottish Football Review 2004/05 CRE8 2004 Burford 0-9548556-0-4 #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Second Division 2003–04 Scottish Second Division W 1 9 August 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Smith 3 Bradley 8Flannery 46 Recreation Park, Alloa 446 G Mitchell D 1 16 August 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–1 Report Dumbarton Arbroath Flannery 57 Cargill 84 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,050 I Brines D 1 23 August 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–2 BBC Report Morton Dumbarton Williams 31 penWeatherston 83 Flannery 57Boyle 58 Cappielow 3,402 C Conroy L 1 30 August 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Airdrie United Dumbarton Dunn 6Glancy Excelsior Stadium 1,468 C Allan D 1 13 September 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Dillon 17 Hutchison Dumbarton Football Stadium 722 C Melville L 1 20 September 2003 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Tosh 4Henderson 56Shields 83 Collins 66 Station Park, Forfar 449 A Freeland L 1 27 September 2003 Scottish Second Division 0–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Harty 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium 747 C Murray L 1 4 October 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report East Fife Dumbarton Lynes 81 Bayview Stadium 518 T Brown L 1 18 October 2003 Scottish Second Division 0–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Hamilton Corcoran 26Quitongo 46Thomson 69 Dumbarton Football Stadium 890 C Boyle L 1 25 October 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Arbroath Dumbarton Cargill 42McGlashan 69 McEwan 57 Gayfield Park 506 J Rowbotham W 1 1 November 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Alloa Athletic McEwan pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 742 E Smith W 1 8 November 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–4 BBC Report Berwick Rangers Dumbarton McCutcheon 36 Bonar 5English 18Dillon 21 23 Shielfield Park 722 E Mack W 1 16 November 2003 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Airdrie United Dillon Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,361 M Sproule D 1 6 December 2003 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Brown 10 Bradley 31 Ochilview 588 M Ritchie W 1 13 December 2003 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton East Fife Dillon 18Bonar 47Russell 78 McDonald 67 Dumbarton Football Stadium 653 C Boyle W 1 3 January 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Morton Russell 5 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,861 C Hardie W 1 10 January 2004 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Dillon 43Rodgers Tosh 17 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 803 J Downie L 1 17 January 2004 Scottish Second Division 3–0 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Hamilton 7Daly 82Callaghan 90 Recreation Park, Alloa 423 C Allan L 1 24 January 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Tosh 24 Station Park, Forfar 540 S MacDonald W 1 7 February 2004 Scottish Second Division 4–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Berwick Rangers McEwan penHerd 6Brittain Russell Cowan Dumbarton Football Stadium 722 J Flemming D 1 14 February 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Airdrie United Dumbarton Vareille 10 Rodgers 88 Excelsior Stadium 1,379 K Toner W 1 21 February 2004 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Hamilton Bonar 45Russell 85 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,046 C Conroy W 1 6 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Arbroath Rodgers 22 Dumbarton Football Stadium 828 E Smith L 1 9 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 2–0 BBC Report Hamilton Dumbarton McPhee Gribben New Douglas Park 949 J Gilmour L 1 13 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 3–2 BBC Report Morton Dumbarton Greacen Miller Williams McEwan penBonar Cappielow 2,705 C Richmond W 1 16 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–3 BBC Report East Fife Dumbarton Fairbairn 31 Russell 9Herd 85Boyle 81 Bayview Stadium 439 M Tumilty W 1 23 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 4–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Russell 1 13Boyle 17Bonar 75 Dumbarton Football Stadium 552 M Sproule L 1 27 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Dumbarton Airdrie United Herd 29 Glancy 9McLaren 62 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,536 C Thomson W 1 30 March 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Bennett 67 pen Russell 23Boyle 74 Shielfield Park 354 C Boyle W 1 3 April 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–2 BBC Report Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Brown 87 Ronald 2Dillon 71 Ochilview 412 K Toner D 1 10 April 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Herd Maher 23 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,007 E Mack L 1 17 April 2004 Scottish Second Division 2–1 BBC Report Hamilton Dumbarton Thomson 55Gemmell 89 Collins 7 pen New Douglas Park 1,343 C Murray W 1 24 April 2004 Scottish Second Division 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton East Fife Russell Dumbarton Football Stadium 827 J Gilmour W 1 1 May 2004 Scottish Second Division 3–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Morton Ronald Herd 57Russell85 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,861 J Underhill W 1 8 May 2004 Scottish Second Division 0–3 BBC Report Arbroath Dumbarton Ronald 29Herd 33 Gayfield Park 531 S Duff W 1 15 May 2004 Scottish Second Division 3–1 BBC Report Dumbarton Alloa Athletic Herd 68Skjelered Dillon McGowan 44 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,439 I Fyfe Bell's Challenge Cup 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 13 August 2003 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 5–0 BBC report Ross County Dumbarton Winters 29 74Hamilton 70 Victoria Park, Dingwall 861 I Fyfe CIS League Cup 2003–04 Scottish League Cup W 1 2 September 2003 Scottish League Cup round 1 1–2 BBC Report Ayr United Dumbarton Smyth Flannery Bonar 90 Somerset Park 1,048 E Mack L 1 23 September 2003 Scottish League Cup round 2 3–1 BBC Report Aberdeen Dumbarton Zdrilic 14 45Hinds 46 Obedile 81 Pittodrie Stadium 3,944 W Young Scottish Cup 2003–04 Scottish Cup L 1 22 November 2003 Scottish Cup round 1 4–0 BBC Report Gretna Dumbarton Stevens 6Skelton 74Holdsworth 80Gordan 86 Raydale Park 652 E Smith Stirlingshire Cup L 1 19 July 2003 Group stage 0–0 4-3 Falkirk Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium 748 L 1 29 July 2003 Group stage 1–1 1-3 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Herd Dumbarton Football Stadium Pre-season and mid-season friendlies L 1 23 July 2003 3–2 Friendly Stranraer Dumbarton Jenkins Henderson Herd English Stair Park W 1 26 July 2003 1–0 Friendly Dumbarton Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium L 1 27 July 2003 3–2 Friendly Sauchie Dumbarton Sauchie D 1 2 August 2003 0–0 Friendly Dumbarton Dundee United Dumbarton Football Stadium 389 B Winter L 1 8 September 2003 2–4 Friendly Dumbarton Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium 250 W 1 9 October 2003 0–2 Friendly Stranraer Dumbarton Flannery Donald Stair Park W 1 15 October 2003 5–1 Friendly Dumbarton Vale of Leven Flannery Russell English Christie Dumbarton Football Stadium W 1 27 December 2003 0–3 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton Rodgers Mallan Hampden Park W 1 8 January 2004 1–2 Friendly Stirling Albion Dumbarton Mallan Forthbank Stadium League table DUM Player statistics Squad Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Stephen Grindlay GK SCO 34+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kris Robertson GK SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Wight GK SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 32+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Neil Collins DF SCO 29+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Ian Dobbins DF SCO 12+5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Neil Duffy DF SCO 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Craig McEwan DF SCO 19+4 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 James McKinstry DF SCO 36+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 James Okoli DF NGR 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Steve Renicks DF SCO 7+11 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Steven Bonar MF SCO 35+0 5 1+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 Chris Boyle MF SCO 17+11 4 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Mark Bradley MF SCO 18+6 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 31+5 8 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Barry Donald MF SCO 24+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Steve Laidler MF SCO 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Emeka Obidile MF NGR 8+2 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 Danny Smith MF SCO 4+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Isaac English FW SCO 8+1 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 8+2 3 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 Gordon Herd FW SCO 11+9 8 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Stevie Mallan FW SCO 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Rodgers FW SCO 7+4 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paul Ronald FW SCO 13+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Iain Russell FW SCO 26+7 10 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Bjorn Skjelbred FW NOR 2+6 1 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 Mark Bradley SCO Berwick Rangers 6 Jun 2003 SCO Steve Renicks SCO Queen of the South 6 Jun 2003 SCO Chris Boyle SCO Kilmarnock 11 Jun 2003 SCO Gordon Herd SCO Bo'ness United 7 Jul 2003 SCO James McKinstry SCO Partick Thistle 7 Jul 2003 SCO Danny Smith SCO Linlithgow Rose 7 Jul 2003 SCO Isaac English SCO Bo'ness United 19 Jul 2003 NGR James Okoli ENG York City 9 Aug 2003 SCO Ian Dobbins SCO Hamilton 29 Aug 2003 SCO Kris Robertson SCO St Mirren 27 Sep 2003 SCO Stevie Mallan SCO Stenhousemuir 5 Dec 2003 SCO Andy Rodgers SCO Falkirk 19 Dec 2003 SCO Paul Ronald SCO Airdrie United 31 Jan 2004 SCO Steve Laidler ENG Reading 11 Mar 2004 NOR Bjorn Skjelbred NOR FK Tønsberg 31 Mar 2004 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Andy Brown SCO Stenhousemuir 6 Jun 2003 SCO Dave Stewart SCO Forfar Athletic 2 Jul 2003 SCO Craig Lynes SCO East Fife 3 Jul 2003 SCO Neil Scally SCO Falkirk 8 Jul 2003 SCO Kevin McCann SCO East Stirling 15 Jul 2003 SCO John McKeown SCO Cowdenbeath 19 Jul 2003 SCO Gary McCutcheon SCO Berwick Rangers 16 Aug 2003 SCO Kris Robertson SCO Queen of the South 3 Dec 2003 SCO Paddy Flannery SCO Stenhousemuir 4 Dec 2003 SCO Tom Brown SCO Bellshill Athletic SCO Michael Dickie SCO Maryhill SCO Neil Duffy SCO Sauchie SCO Stevie Mallan SCO Glenafton Athletic NGR Emeka Obidile ENG Buckingham Town NGR James Okoli GER FC Ismaning SCO Danny Smith SCO Linlithgow Rose SCO Isaac English Trivia The League match against Forfar Athletic on 20 September marked Craig Brittain's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 28th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'. See also 2003–04 in Scottish football References External links Kris Robertson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) John Wight (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20170401045419/http://sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=154 1 April 2017 Steve Laidler (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Danny Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Gordon Herd (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2003–04 season