1999–2000 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 1999–2000 Jimmy Brown Boghead Park, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 6th Scottish Cup Second Round Scottish League Cup First Round Bell's Challenge Cup First Round Paddy Flannery (14) Paddy Flannery (16) 3,031 324 581 1998–99 2000–01 Season 1999–2000 was the 116th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 94th time, the Scottish Cup for the 105th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 53rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the ninth time. Overview The 1999-2000 season marked the last that the club would play at Boghead Park. The ground, which opened in 1879, was the oldest stadium in Scotland in continuous use, before being sold to accommodate a housing development. The following season the club would move into their new stadium, now known as The Rock.Inglis Simon Football grounds of Britain 1996 CollinsWillow 978-0-00-218426-7 3rd London The season itself was unremarkable. Three promotion places were up for grabs due to the addition of Elgin City and Peterhead the following season, however despite an encouraging start there was never a real chance of a top three finish and in the end a midtable 6th place was achieved. It would be the final game however that would define the whole campaign. As it was a crowd in excess of 3,000 turned out to bid farewell to the old ground and with it a fine victory over promoted East Fife. In the national cup competitions, there was little to cheer. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Stenhousemuir in the second round. In the League Cup, after a win over Brechin City, Dundee would easily dispatch Dumbarton in the second round. With newfound sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was re-instated, but the same old failures beset Dumbarton - yet another first round defeat, this time to Airdrie. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost their two group ties. Results & fixtures Scottish Football League Review 2000-01 The Scottish Football League 2001#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 1999–2000 Scottish Third Division W 1 7 August 1999 Third Division 1–3 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Duncan King Melvin Cliftonhill Stadium 308 L 1 14 August 1999 Third Division 3–4 Dumbarton Montrose Flannery Brown Farnan O'Driscoll Boghead Park 436 L 1 21 August 1999 Third Division 1–0 East Fife Dumbarton McGrillen Bayview Stadium 591 W 1 28 August 1999 Third Division 0–2 Brechin City Dumbarton King Flannery Glebe Park, Brechin 357 W 1 4 September 1999 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Flannery Robertson Ritchie Boghead Park 324 L 1 11 September 1999 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Carroll Boghead Park 539 W 1 18 September 1999 Third Division 1–3 East Stirling Dumbarton Laidlaw Templeman Firs Park 284 D 1 25 September 1999 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Robertson OG Boghead Park 424 L 1 2 October 1999 Third Division 5–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Milne Cargill MacDonald Station Park, Forfar 397 W 1 16 October 1999 Third Division 1–4 Montrose Dumbarton Mailer Grace Flannery Smith Links Park 274 D 1 23 October 1999 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Smith Tait Boghead Park 590 L 1 30 October 1999 Third Division 3–2 Queen's Park Dumbarton Connaghan Gallacher Carroll Ward Bradford Hampden Park 713 W 1 6 November 1999 Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton East Stirling Bradford Boghead Park 415 W 1 14 November 1999 Third Division 0–1 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Bradford Shielfield Park 415 L 1 20 November 1999 Third Division 1–3 Dumbarton Brechin City Flannery Hutcheson Black Honeyman Boghead Park 447 D 1 27 November 1999 Third Division 3–3 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Flannery Robertson Stewart Donaldson Milne Robson Boghead Park 469 W 1 8 December 1999 Third Division 0–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Brown Robertson Central Park, Cowdenbeath 262 L 1 18 December 1999 Third Division 3–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton McStay Duncan McLees Cliftonhill Stadium 257 L 1 3 January 2000 Third Division 2–1 East Stirling Dumbarton Laidlaw Flannery Firs Park 308 W 1 22 January 2000 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Flannery Brown Boghead Park 469 D 1 29 January 2000 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Flannery Carroll Boghead Park 492 L 1 5 February 2000 Third Division 4–3 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton McCheyne Milne Craig Flannery Robertson Smith Station Park, Forfar 439 W 1 12 February 2000 Third Division 1–2 Brechin City Dumbarton Black Flannery Brown Glebe Park, Brechin 278 W 1 26 February 2000 Third Division 3–2 Dumbarton Montrose King Robertson Hringsson Shand Taylor Boghead Park 482 L 1 4 March 2000 Third Division 2–1 East Fife Dumbarton Moffat McManus Watters Bayview Stadium 436 L 1 11 March 2000 Third Division 2–0 Queen's Park Dumbarton McGoldrick Whelan Hampden Park 788 L 1 14 March 2000 Third Division 0–2 Dumbarton Berwick Rangers Leask Smith Boghead Park 330 W 1 18 March 2000 Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton East Stirling Dillon Hringsson Watters Boghead Park 367 W 1 25 March 2000 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Brechin City Brittain Grace Black Boghead Park 365 D 1 28 March 2000 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton East Fife Hringsson McCormick Boghead Park 394 D 1 1 April 2000 Third Division 0–0 Berwick Rangers Dumbarton Shielfield Park 560 W 1 8 April 2000 Third Division 1–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Gray Flannery Central Park, Cowdenbeath 284 D 1 15 April 2000 Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Boghead Park 474 D 1 22 April 2000 Third Division 0–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Boghead Park 415 L 1 29 April 2000 Third Division 2–1 Montrose Dumbarton Taylor Ogboke King Links Park 267 W 1 6 May 2000 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton East Fife King Robertson Logan Boghead Park 3,031 Bell's Challenge Cup 1999-2000 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 10 August 1999 Challenge Cup round 1 2–1 Airdrie Dumbarton Moore Dillon Excelsior Stadium 826 J Fleming CIS League Cup 1999-2000 Scottish League Cup W 1 31 July 1999 League Cup round 1 0–2 Brechin City Dumbarton Flannery Glebe Park, Brechin 346 A Gemmill L 1 17 August 1999 League Cup round 2 4–0 Dundee Dumbarton Boyack Falconer Dens Park 2,765 T Brown Tennent's Scottish Cup 1999-2000 Scottish Cup L 1 8 January 2000 Cup round 2 0–2 Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Fisher Hamilton, R Boghead Park 302 D Smith Stirlingshire Cup L 1 14 July 1999 Group stage 3–0 Stirling Albion Dumbarton McQuade 50Donald 55 79 Forthbank Stadium I Frickleton L 1 17 July 1999 Group stage 2–3 Dumbarton Alloa Athletic King 9Brown 11 Clark 22 34McKechnie 46 Boghead Park 118 Friendlies L 1 27 July 1999 2–6 Friendly Dumbarton Kilmarnock King 55Gow 76 pen Roberts 6Mitchell 11McCutcheon Vareille Innes Boghead Park K Clark L 1 24 January 2000 1–6 Friendly Dumbarton Rangers XI Flannery 39 De Boer 57 78 79Mols 16Johnston 18Ferguson 20 Boghead Park 2,000 League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Derek Barnes GK SCO 24+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kenny Meechan GK SCO 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 35+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Jamie Bruce DF SCO 21+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Michael Dickie DF SCO 31+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Paul Finnigan DF SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Alex Grace DF SCO 26+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Stephen Jack DF SCO 34+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Kevin McCann DF SCO 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John McCormack DF SCO 8+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Dave Stewart DF SCO 21+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Steven Bonar MF SCO 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Alan Brown MF SCO 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 17+8 1 0+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 Chris Gentile MF SCO 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Billy Melvin MF SCO 8+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Bradford FW SCO 6+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Brown FW SCO 27+7 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 27+2 14 2+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 Hreinn Hringsson FW ISL 3+10 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Toby King FW SCO 32+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Scott McHarg FW SCO 1+6 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Joe Robertson FW SCO 33+3 7 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Chris Smith FW SCO 9+11 4 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Chris Templeman FW SCO 3+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Hugh Ward FW SCO 3+10 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Willie Watters FW SCO 6+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Scottish Football League Review 2000-01 The Scottish Football League 2001 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 Hugh Ward SCO East Stirling 26 May 1999 SCO Michael Dickie SCO Dundee 11 Jun 1999 SCO Scott McHarg SCO Partick Thistle 23 Jun 1999 SCO Andy Brown SCO Clydebank 21 Jul 1999 SCO John Dillon SCO Clyde 30 Jul 1999 SCO John McCormack SCO Alloa Athletic 30 Jul 1999 SCO Chris Templeman SCO Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 17 Sep 1999 SCO John Bradford SCO Ayr United (loan) 23 Oct 1999 SCO Kevin McCann SCO Partick Thistle (loan) 26 Nov 1999 SCO Dave Stewart SCO Ayr United 1 Dec 1999 ISL Hrienn Hringsson ISL KA Akureyri 11 Dec 1999 SCO Chris Gentile SCO Dundee United 25 Feb 2000 SCO Willie Watters SCO Stenhousemuir (loan) 25 Feb 2000 SCO Steven Bonar SCO Albion Rovers 30 Mar 2000 Players out PlayerToDateSCO Willie Wilson SCO Cowdenbeath 23 Jul 1999SCO Chris Ewing SCO Clydebank 30 Jul 1999SCO Martin MooneySCO Stenhousemuir 31 Jul 1999SCO Colin McKinnonSCO Stenhousemuir 13 Mar 1999SCO Peter DennisonSCO Vale of Leven SCO Stevie GowSCO Vale of Leven SCO Keith MillarSCO Oban Saints SCO David ReidSCO Cumnock SCO Barry WilkinsonSCO Cumnock Youth Team Dumbarton played an under 19 team in the Scottish Youth Division B, and with 6 wins and 4 draws from 26 games, finished 9th of 10. Trivia The League match against Albion Rovers on 8 August marked Kenny Meechan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 114th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 1999–2000 in Scottish football References External links Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Paul Finnegan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Alan Brown (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Hrienn Hringsson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Chris Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 1999–2000 season