2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 2000-01 Jimmy Brown/Tom Carson Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge/ Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 6th Scottish Cup Second Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Bell's Challenge Cup Second Round Paddy Flannery (17) Paddy Flannery (21) 1,876 238 624 1999–2000 2001–02 Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time. Overview At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson. The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th-place finish was achieved. In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer. In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round. Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress. Results & fixtures Bell's Scottish Football Review 2001/02 PPL Sport & Leisure 2001 Epsom 1-903381-10-X#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 2000–01 Scottish Third Division L 1 5 August 2000 Third Division 2–0 Hamilton Dumbarton Eadie Russell New Douglas Park 588 L 1 12 August 2000 Third Division 0–2 Dumbarton Brechin City Leask Christie Cliftonhill Stadium 370 L 1 19 August 2000 Third Division 2–0 Peterhead Dumbarton Cooper Johnston Balmoor Stadium 630 W 1 26 August 2000 Third Division 0–1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Flannery Cliftonhill Stadium 343 L 1 9 September 2000 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton East Stirling Flannery Hislop Stewart Cliftonhill Stadium 259 D 1 16 September 2000 Third Division 2–2 Montrose Dumbarton McKenzie O'Driscoll Brown Flannery Links Park 343 L 1 23 September 2000 Third Division 2–4 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath King Brown Winter Bradley Wright Burns Cliftonhill Stadium 348 L 1 30 September 2000 Third Division 2–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Clinton Campbell Borough Briggs 752 L 1 7 October 2000 Third Division 2–3 Dumbarton East Fife Dillon King Mortimer Moffat Cliftonhill Stadium 256 L 1 14 October 2000 Third Division 2–3 Dumbarton Hamilton Robertson Flannery Bonnar Clark Moore Cliftonhill Stadium 368 L 1 21 October 2000 Third Division 3–1 Brechin City Dumbarton Bain Coulston Leask McCann Glebe Park, Brechin 455 L 1 28 October 2000 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Shields Cliftonhill Stadium 277 D 1 4 November 2000 Third Division 1–1 East Stirling Dumbarton Lorimer Flannery Firs Park 246 D 1 11 November 2000 Third Division 1–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Burns Bruce Central Park, Cowdenbeath 341 W 1 18 November 2000 Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Montrose Grace Cliftonhill Stadium 238 L 1 25 November 2000 Third Division 1–0 East Fife Dumbarton Ferguson Bayview Stadium 465 W 1 2 December 2000 Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton Elgin City Flannery Brown Brittain Strathclyde Homes Stadium 1,876 L 1 16 December 2000 Third Division 2–0 Hamilton Dumbarton McFarlane New Douglas Park 485 L 1 23 December 2000 Third Division 1–3 Dumbarton Peterhead Brown Cooper Yates Stewart Strathclyde Homes Stadium 821 W 1 2 January 2001 Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton East Stirling Smith Flannery OG Strathclyde Homes Stadium 658 W 1 27 January 2001 Third Division 1–3 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Smith Brown Flannery Cliftonhill Stadium 369 W 1 3 February 2001 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton East Fife Stewart Brown Strathclyde Homes Stadium 711 W 1 24 February 2001 Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton Brechin City Flannery Strathclyde Homes Stadium 722 W 1 7 March 2001 Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Dillon Brown Flannery Strathclyde Homes Stadium 507 L 1 10 March 2001 Third Division 1–4 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Flannery Lumsden mcMullen Harty Strathclyde Homes Stadium 808 W 1 13 March 2001 Third Division 0–3 Elgin City Dumbarton Dillon Bruce Brown Borough Briggs 424 D 1 17 March 2001 Third Division 2–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton McDowell Wright Flannery Central Park, Cowdenbeath 369 D 1 20 March 2001 Third Division 0–0 East Stirling Dumbarton Firs Park 208 W 1 24 March 2001 Third Division 0-1 Peterhead Dumbarton Robertson Balmoor Stadium 432 W 1 27 March 2001 Third Division 1-2 Montrose Dumbarton Hutchison Brown Flannery Links Park 165 L 1 21 March 2001 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Montrose Flannery Mitchell Hutchison Strathclyde Homes Stadium 751 W 1 7 April 2001 Third Division 0-1 East Fife Dumbarton Lynes Bayview Stadium 313 W 1 14 April 2001 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Elgin City Brown O'Neill Strathclyde Homes Stadium 685 L 1 21 April 2001 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Hamilton Lynes McFarlane Kerr Strathclyde Homes Stadium 864 L 1 28 April 2001 Third Division 1-0 Brechin City Dumbarton Grant Glebe Park, Brechin 510 D 1 5 May 2001 Third Division 2–2 Dumbarton Peterhead Stewart Flannery Cooper Johnston Strathclyde Homes Stadium 715 Bell's Challenge Cup 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup W 1 15 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 1 2–4 Elgin City Dumbarton Green Flannery Brown Borough Briggs 828 G Mitchell L 1 29 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 2 2–0 Arbroath Dumbarton BrownlieMallan Gayfield Park 459 B Orr CIS League Cup 2000–01 Scottish League Cup W 1 9 August 2000 League Cup round 1 0–0 yes 5-4 Dumbarton Ayr United Cliftonhill Stadium 421 W Young L 1 22 August 2000 League Cup round 2 0–4 Dumbarton Livingston Bingham Hagan Cliftonhill Stadium 357 K Toner Tennent's Scottish Cup 2000–01 Scottish Cup D 1 1 December 2000 Cup round 1 1–1 Dumbarton East Stirling Flannery Hislop Strathclyde Homes Stadium 834 I Brines W 1 12 December 2000 Cup round 1R 0–1 East Stirling Dumbarton Robertson Firs Park 170 I Brines L 1 6 January 2001 Cup round 2 2–0 Stranraer Dumbarton Walker Harty Starks Park 595 I Frickleton Stirlingshire Cup L 1 18 July 2000 Group stage 4–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Irvine 54 57 79Clark 73 Brown 37 Recreation Park, Alloa W 1 22 July 2000 Group stage 0–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Brown Smith Ochilview Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup John Hillcoat GK SCO 27+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 John Wight GK SCO 9+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 22+6 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0 Jamie Bruce DF SCO 29+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 Michael Dickie DF SCO 29+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 Kevin McCann DF SCO 23+4 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 Martin Melvin DF SCO 0+17 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 Martin O'Neill DF SCO 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Dave Stewart DF SCO 32+0 2 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 Steven Bonar MF SCO 23+6 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 Alan Brown MF SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 G Dempsey MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 20+5 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0 Chris Gentile MF SCO 2+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Alex Grace MF SCO 12+2 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 Stephen Jack MF SCO 25+3 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 Craig Lynes MF SCO 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Brian McGinty MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Ritchie MF SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 S Wilson MF SCO 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Willie Wilson MF SCO 11+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 Andy Brown FW SCO 31+0 9 2+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 30+1 17 1+1 0 2+0 3 3+0 1 Toby King FW SCO 9+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 Steve McCormick FW SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Joe Robertson FW SCO 27+6 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 Ryan Robinson FW SCO 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Chris Smith FW SCO 4+9 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 |} 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 John Hillcoat SCO Queen of the South 15 Jul 2000 SCO John Wight SCO Beith 4 Aug 2000 SCO Willie Wilson SCO Cowdenbeath 4 Aug 2000 SCO G Dempsey SCO (trialist) 12 Aug 2000 SCO Brian McGinty SCO Airdrie 12 Aug 2000 SCO Steve McCormick SCO Stranraer 23 Sep 2000 SCO S Wilson SCO (trialist) 14 Oct 2000 SCO Ryan Robinson SCO St Mirren (loan) 24 Jan 2001 SCO Martin O'Neill SCO East Fife 29 Jan 2001 SCO John Ritchie SCO Queen's Park 5 Feb 2001 SCO Craig Lynes SCO East Stirling 25 Feb 2001 Players out PlayerToDateSCO Toby King SCO Cowdenbeath 13 Nov 2000SCO Derek Barnes SCO Cowdenbeath 1 Dec 2000SCO Alex GraceSCO Stranraer 20 Jan 2001SCO Willie WilsonSCO East Fife 30 Jan 2001SCO Paul FinniganSCO Dalry Thistle ISL Hrienn Hringsson ISL KA Akureyri SCO Kenny MeechanSCO Largs Thistle SCO Billy MelvinSCO Lesmahagow SCO Scott McHargSCO Shotts BA SCO Hugh WardSCO Vale of Leven SCO John McCormack SCO Chris Gentile Litster John Record of Post-War Scottish League Players PM Publications Norwich Trivia The League match against Brechin City on 12 August marked Willie Wilson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 115th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against East Stirling on 9 September marked Craig Brittain's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 116th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Elgin City on 30 September marked Stephen Jack's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 117th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Elgin City on 2 December marked Alex Grace's and Paddy Flannery's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 118th and 119th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone. The League match against Albion Rovers on 10 March marked Jamie Bruce's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 120th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. The League match against Montrose on 31 March marked Joe Robertson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 121st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 2000–01 in Scottish football References External links John Wight (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Alan Brown (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) G Dempsey (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) John Ritchie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) S Wilson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Ryan Robinson (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 2000–01 season