2007–08 Dumbarton F.C. season

May 2019 May 2019 Dumbarton 2007-08 Gerry McCabe/Jim Chapman Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 8th Scottish Cup Fourth Round Scottish League Cup First Round League Challenge Cup First Round Fergus Tiernan (6) Robert Campbell (6)Brian McPhee (6)Fergus Tiernan (6) 907 282 521 2006–07 2008–09 Season 2007–08 was the 124th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 102nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time. Overview Dumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved. In the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren. In the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath. Finally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final. Results & fixtures Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09 Headline Publishing Group 2008 London 978-0-7553-1820-9#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 2007–08 Scottish Third Division W 1 4 August 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Elgin City Tiernan 71 Dumbarton Football Stadium 640 C Charleston L 1 11 August 2007 Scottish Third Division 3–2 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton McBride, K 19Brand 41 60 Tiernan 12 15 Firs Park 306 D 1 18 August 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Scott, B 25 Hamilton 79 Gayfield Park 647 S McLean W 1 25 August 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Coyne 12 62 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium 644 T Robertson L 1 1 September 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Stranraer Dumbarton Mullen 17Tade 84 Stair Park 343 S Nicholls L 1 15 September 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Campbell 3 Hampshire 4Desmond 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium 907 G Salmond D 1 22 September 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton East Fife Tiernan 66 McManus 15 Dumbarton Football Stadium 692 A Muir W 1 29 September 2007 Scottish Third Division 0–1 Montrose Dumbarton Campbell 53 Links Park 545 S McLean D 1 6 October 2007 Scottish Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium 668 A Law L 1 20 October 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Elgin City Dumbarton Smith 18Frizzel 33 O'Byrne 80 Borough Briggs 541 W Hornby D 1 3 November 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Arbroath McPhee 3 Bishop 27 Dumbarton Football Stadium 637 G Salmond L 1 10 November 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Hunter 45Walker, P 49 Cliftonhill 512 C Charleston L 1 1 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Thomson 23Dempster 77 pen McPhee 45 Ochilview 403 F McDermott L 1 8 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 0–2 Dumbarton Stranraer Stewart 16Mitchell 87 Dumbarton Football Stadium 478 T Robertson L 1 15 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 2–0 East Fife Dumbarton McDonald 3McGowan 83 Bayview Stadium 674 C Charleston W 1 18 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 3–1 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire McPhee 11Geggan 44Hamilton 90 Brand 61 Dumbarton Football Stadium 640 C Charleston L 1 22 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 1–3 Dumbarton Montrose Campbell 90 Baird 11 pen 66Wood 13 Dumbarton Football Stadium 510 S McLean L 1 29 December 2007 Scottish Third Division 3–1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Fotheringham 2Smith 39Lunan 79 Gentile 40 Station Park, Forfar 422 S Nicholls W 1 2 January 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Tiernan 53McPhee 63 Dumbarton Football Stadium 634 L 1 19 January 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–0 Stranraer Dumbarton Tade 58Cashmore 83 Stair Park 214 S O'Reilly L 1 2 February 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–4 Dumbarton Elgin City Coyne 61 Frizzel 1Charlesworth 32 pen 44O'Donoghue 52 Dumbarton Football Stadium 514 B Winter L 1 9 February 2007 Scottish Third Division 3–1 Montrose Dumbarton Wood 5Hunter 29 69 Moore 76 Links Park 458 S McLean L 1 16 February 2008 Scottish Third Division 0–3 Dumbarton East Fife McDonald 20Smart 40 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium 688 M Tumilty W 1 23 February 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Arbroath Canning 37 61 Scott, B 42 Dumbarton Football Stadium 511 W Collum W 1 1 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 0–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Canning 74 Cliftonhill 329 C Charleston D 1 5 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 0–0 Arbroath Dumbarton Gayfield Park 441 F McDermott L 1 15 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–1 Elgin City Dumbarton O'Donoghue 25Shallicher 71 Moore 70 Borough Briggs 551 D Somers W 1 18 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir McNaught 42 Dumbarton Football Stadium 389 S Conroy D 1 22 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Harty 80 Geggan 11 Ochilview 449 C Brown D 1 25 March 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Bolochoweckyj 10 McNaught 86 Firs Park 306 A Muir L 1 29 March 2007 Scottish Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Stranraer Tade 66 Dumbarton Football Stadium 639 E Norris L 1 5 April 2008 Scottish Third Division 2–1 East Fife Dumbarton Templeman 42Cameron 58 Tiernan 64 Bayview Stadium 639 E Norris D 1 8 April 2008 Scottish Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium 282 C Boyle D 1 12 April 2008 Scottish Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium 463 G Salmond W 1 19 April 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Hamilton 69 Dumbarton Football Stadium 612 W Hornby D 1 26 April 2008 Scottish Third Division 1–1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Ovenstone 71 Hamilton 69 Station Park, Forfar 400 W Hornby CIS League Cup 2007–08 Scottish League Cup L 1 7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup round 1 2–0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Clarke 69Dalziel 77 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 322 M Tumilty Scottish League Challenge Cup 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 4–2 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Simpson 32 48Struthers 71 88 Campbell 31 53 Firs Park 202 A Laws Scottish Cup 2007–08 Scottish Cup D 1 27 October 2007 Scottish Cup round 2 1–1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton McPhee Station Park, Forfar 382 E Norris W 1 6 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 2R 3–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Campbell 21Henderson 38MacFarlane 47 Dumbarton Football Stadium 310 E Norris W 1 24 November 2007 Scottish Cup round 3 2–0 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers MacFarlane 5McPhee 36 Dumbarton Football Stadium 310 E Norris L 1 12 January 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 3–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Corrigan 17Barrow 38Mehmet 70 Love Street (stadium) 2,828 A Muir Stirlingshire Cup W 1 20 July 2007 Group stage 0–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Yule Ochilview 150 L 1 22 August 2007 Group stage 5–1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Gallacher Forthbank Stadium Pre-season D 1 16 July 2007 0–0 Friendly Dumbarton Kilmarnock Dumbarton Football Stadium 755 L 1 21 July 2007 1–5 Friendly Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic MacFarlane 11 Thomson 34Crawford 43 71Morrison, O 54Hamilton 89 pen Dumbarton Football Stadium E Norris L 1 24 July 2007 2–0 Friendly Queen's Park Dumbarton Hampden Park L 1 26 July 2007 0–3 Friendly Dumbarton St Mirren Kean 16 35>Corcoran 39 Dumbarton Football Stadium 709 D 1 30 July 2007 1–1 Friendly Dumbarton Celtic XI Coyne Dumbarton Football Stadium 672 League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup David Crawford GK SCO 26+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 Anton Nugent GK SCO 8+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Peter Shaw GK SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Aitken DF SCO 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 20+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 David Craig DF SCO 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Grant Evans DF SCO 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Ross Farro DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Kenny Haswell DF SCO 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Gordon Lennon DF SCO 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Richie McKillen DF SCO 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Anthony McLennan DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Michael O'Byrne DF SCO 30+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Axel Orrström DF FIN 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Potter DF SCO 23+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Jonathan Yule DF SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kieran Brannan MF SCO 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Canning MF SCO 31+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 Danny Ferry MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Geggan MF SCO 28+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 Chris Gentile MF SCO 10+9 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Chris Hamilton MF SCO 19+9 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 Niall Henderson MF SCO 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 Jason McLaughlin MF SCO 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Michael Stokes MF SCO 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Fergus Tiernan MF SCO 22+4 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Robert Campbell FW SCO 15+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 2 3+0 1 Greg Cavanagh FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Tommy Coyne FW SCO 16+12 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Liam Cusack FW SCO 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Sean Kerr FW SCO 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 David MacFarlane FW SCO 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2 Chris Mackie FW SCO 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark McAlpine FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 David McNaught FW SCO 6+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Brian McPhee FW SCO 17+6 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 2 Paul McQuilken FW SCO 4+7 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Michael Moore FW SCO 7+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Allan Orr FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 F Pierman FW SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Ryan Russell FW SCO 21+7 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 Bruce Thompson FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Kenneth Wright FW SCO 1+0 0 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 David MacFarlane SCO Albion Rovers 5 Jun 2007 SCO Brian McPhee SCO Airdrie United 11 Jun 2007 SCO Jonathan Yule SCO Dumbarton Youth 9 Jul 2007 SCO Robert Campbell SCO Kilmarnock (loan) 19 Jul 2007 SCO Ross Farro SCO Seafield Thistle BC 19 Jul 2007 SCO Ryan Russell SCO Morton 19 Jul 2007 SCO Mark McAlpine SCO Hamilton 23 Jul 2007 SCO Michael O'Byrne SCO Dundee United 26 Jul 2007 SCO Allan Orr SCO Gretna 2 Aug 2007 SCO John Aitken SCO Hamilton Place 9 Aug 2007 SCO Anton Nugent SCO East Stirling 9 Aug 2007 SCO Kieran Brannan SCO Hamilton Place 14 Aug 2007 SCO Greg Cavanagh SCO Dumbarton Youth 14 Aug 2007 SCO Niall Henderson SCO Gretna (loan) 14 Aug 2007 SCO Anthony McLennan SCO Stenhousemuir 14 Aug 2007 SCO Bruce Thompson SCO Queen's Park 14 Aug 2007 SCO David Crawford SCO Queen's Park 27 Sep 2007 SCO Richie McKillen SCO Alloa Athletic 5 Nov 2007 SCO Sean Kerr SCO Livingston (loan) 9 Nov 2007 SCO Craig Potter SCO Clyde 22 Nov 2007 SCO Grant Evans SCO Hamilton (loan) 11 Jan 2008 SCO Gordon Lennon SCO Partick Thistle 21 Jan 2008 SCO Chris Mackie SCO Alloa Athletic (loan) 22 Jan 2008 FIN Axel Orrström FIN Atlantis FC 24 Jan 2008 SCO Michael Moore SCO Ayr United 31 Jan 2008 SCO Michael Stokes SCO Airdrie United 22 Feb 2008 SCO Kenneth Wright SCO Albion Rovers (loan) 22 Mar 2008 SCO Liam Cusack SCO Hamilton 31 Mar 2008 SCO Kenny Haswell SCO Aberdeen 31 Mar 2008 SCO F Pierman Players out PlayerToDate SCO Ryan Borris SCO Raith Rovers 23 May 2007 SCO Craig Winter SCO Raith Rovers 26 May 2007 SCO Jamie Smith SCO Stenhousemuir 4 Jun 2007 SCO Stephen Grindlay SCO Queen of the South 12 Jul 2007 ANG José Quitongo SCO Livingston 22 Sep 2007 SCO Anthony McLennan 29 Nov 2007 SCO Paul Young 23 Jan 2007 SCO Allan Orr 31 Jan 2008 SCO Danny Ferry SCO Albion Rovers 9 Feb 2008 SCO Mark McAlpine 28 Feb 2008 SCO John McKeever SCO Bellshill Athletic SCO David Bagan SCO Hurlford United SCO John Aitken SCO Ross Farro SCO John Henry SCO F Pierman See also 2007–08 in Scottish football References External links Anton Nugent (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Peter Shaw (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kenny Haswell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Richie McKillen (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Jonathan Yule (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kieran Brannan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Jason McLauchlin (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Michael Stokes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Tommy Coyne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Liam Cusack (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Ryan Russell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Kenneth Wright (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2007–08 season