2001–02 Dumbarton F.C. season

January 2015 January 2015 Dumbarton 2001-02 Tom Carson Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton Scottish League Division 3 2nd Scottish Cup First Round Scottish League Cup Second Round Bell's Challenge Cup Second Round Paddy Flannery (18) Paddy Flannery (19) 1,959 533 838 2000–01 2002–03 Season 2001–02 was the 118th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 96th time, the Scottish Cup for the 107th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 55th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 11th time. Overview Season 2001-02 began with a sense of confidence - this would be the first full season at the new home ground and followed the appointment of Tom Carson as manager which brought about a change of fortunes to Dumbarton's campaign the previous season. The league season itself would be full of ups and downs but in the end it came down to the final game against one of their oldest opponents, Queen's Park. A draw would be sufficient to gain a promotion place, but at 1-1 in stoppage time, Queen's Park were awarded a soft penalty. Fortunes were on Dumbarton's side however, as John Wight made a magnificent save and promotion was secured. In Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Alloa Athletic in the first round. In the League Cup, an excellent win over near neighbours Clydebank was followed by a second round exit to Premier Division Dundee United. Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton returned to old habits and lost in their first outing against Ross County. Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won both of their group ties, and progressed to their first final in six years, but failed in a penalty shoot out against Stenhousemuir. Results & fixtures Scottish Football Review 2002/03 PPL Sport & Leisure 2002 Epsom 1-903381-13-4#ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Third Division 2001–02 Scottish Third Division L 1 6 August 2001 Third Division 1–2 Dumbarton Brechin City Flannery Bain King Strathclyde Homes Stadium 837 W 1 11 August 2001 Third Division 0–3 Peterhead Dumbarton McKeown Flannery Robertson Balmoor Stadium 528 W 1 18 August 2001 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Queen's Park Brown Robertson Marshall Strathclyde Homes Stadium 717 L 1 25 August 2001 Third Division 0–1 Dumbarton Montrose Brand Strathclyde Homes Stadium 781 W 1 8 September 2001 Third Division 2–4 East Stirling Dumbarton Menelaws Flannery O'Neill Robertson Bonar Firs Park 208 D 1 18 September 2001 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Flannery Booth Strathclyde Homes Stadium 581 W 1 19 September 2001 Third Division 4–5 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Henderson Williams Robertson Flannery Crilly Forthbank Stadium 446 D 1 22 September 2001 Third Division 2–2 Dumbarton Elgin City Crilly Lynes Hynd Kelly Strathclyde Homes Stadium 764 L 1 29 September 2001 Third Division 4-1 East Fife Dumbarton McManus Allen Crilly Bayview Stadium 392 L 1 13 October 2001 Third Division 3-2 Brechin City Dumbarton Fotheringham Grant Clark Brown Flannery Glebe Park, Brechin 429 L 1 20 October 2001 Third Division 0–3 Dumbarton Peterhead Mackay Stewart Johnston Strathclyde Homes Stadium 715 D 1 27 October 2001 Third Division 2–2 Dumbarton East Stirling Flannery Lyle Lorimer Strathclyde Homes Stadium 591 W 1 3 November 2001 Third Division 1-3 Montrose Dumbarton Sharp Flannery Stewart Crilly Links Park 503 W 1 10 November 2001 Third Division 0-2 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Crilly Brown Cliftonhill Stadium 420 W 1 24 November 2001 Third Division 4–1 Dumbarton Stirling Albion O'Neill Flannery Crilly Brittain Williams Strathclyde Homes Stadium 860 W 1 8 December 2001 Third Division 0-3 Elgin City Dumbarton Brittain Robertson Brown Borough Briggs 511 W 1 15 December 2001 Third Division 1–0 Dumbarton East Fife Flannery Strathclyde Homes Stadium 521 L 1 12 January 2002 Third Division 0–5 Dumbarton Montrose Ferguson Kerrigan Laidlaw Strathclyde Homes Stadium 745 L 1 19 January 2002 Third Division 2-1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Williams Brannigan Flannery Forthbank Stadium 555 W 1 26 January 2002 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Albion Rovers Robertson Strathclyde Homes Stadium 686 L 1 2 February 2002 Third Division 1-0 East Fife Dumbarton Mortimer Bayview Stadium 419 W 1 9 February 2002 Third Division 3–1 Dumbarton Elgin City Flannery Lauchlan Crilly Gilzean Strathclyde Homes Stadium 690 L 1 16 February 2002 Third Division 4-0 Peterhead Dumbarton Stewart Tindal Robertson Balmoor Stadium 589 D 1 23 February 2002 Third Division 0-0 Queen's Park Dumbarton Hampden Park 725 W 1 27 February 2002 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton Brechin City Brown Crilly Fotheringham Strathclyde Homes Stadium 533 D 1 2 March 2002 Third Division 1-1 Montrose Dumbarton Christie McCann Links Park 485 W 1 9 March 2002 Third Division 2–1 Dumbarton East Stirling Crilly McCann Lorimer Strathclyde Homes Stadium 715 D 1 16 March 2002 Third Division 1-1 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Harty Flannery Links Park 503 W 1 19 March 2002 Third Division 0-2 Queen's Park Dumbarton Dunn Hampden Park 411 W 1 23 March 2002 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton Stirling Albion Flannery Dunn Strathclyde Homes Stadium 792 L 1 30 March 2002 Third Division 2-0 Elgin City Dumbarton McBride Gilzean Borough Briggs 709 L 1 2 April 2002 Third Division 1-0 East Stirling Dumbarton Ure Firs Park 317 W 1 6 April 2002 Third Division 2–0 Dumbarton East Fife Flannery Crilly Strathclyde Homes Stadium 694 W 1 13 April 2002 Third Division 0-1 Brechin City Dumbarton Brown Glebe Park, Brechin 702 W 1 20 April 2002 Third Division 3–0 Dumbarton Peterhead Dunn Brown Dillon Strathclyde Homes Stadium 1,636 D 1 27 April 2002 Third Division 1–1 Dumbarton Peterhead Flannery Whelan Strathclyde Homes Stadium 1,959 Bell's Challenge Cup 2001–02 Scottish Challenge Cup L 1 14 August 2001 Challenge Cup round 2 0–2 Dumbarton Ross County McQuade Hislop Strathclyde Homes Stadium 370 K Toner CIS League Cup 2001–02 Scottish League Cup W 1 11 September 2001 League Cup round 1 2–0 Dumbarton Clydebank Brown Flannery Strathclyde Homes Stadium 695 I Fyfe L 1 25 September 2001 League Cup round 2 3–0 Dundee United Dumbarton Thompson Easton Griffin Tannadice Park 3,702 C MacKay Tennent's Scottish Cup 2001–02 Scottish Cup L 1 17 November 2001 Cup round 1 3–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Little Evans Hutchison McKeown Recreation Park, Alloa 539 C Richmond Stirlingshire Cup W 1 14 July 2001 Group stage 1–2 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Brittain Brown Recreation Park, Alloa W 1 28 July 2001 Group stage 0–2 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Brittain Brown Forthbank Stadium L 1 4 September 2001 Final 0–0(Stenhousemuir on penalties) Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Strathclyde Homes Stadium Friendlies W 1 29 July 2001 2–6 Friendly Rhu Amateurs Dumbarton Martin Wotherspoontrialists Somerset Park L 1 31 July 2001 2–1 Friendly Ayr United Dumbarton Crilly Somerset Park League table DUM Player statistics Squad Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup Jon Connolly GK SCO 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Hillcoat GK SCO 12+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 John Wight GK SCO 22+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Craig Brittain DF SCO 27+5 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Jamie Bruce DF SCO 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 Michael Dickie DF SCO 23+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Kevin McCann DF SCO 19+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 John McKeown DF SCO 23+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 Martin Melvin DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Martin O'Neill DF SCO 27+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Dave Stewart DF SCO 17+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 Steven Bonar MF SCO 19+13 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Mark Crilly MF SCO 29+1 10 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 John Dillon MF SCO 15+18 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 Robert Dunn MF SCO 11+2 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Stephen Jack MF SCO 25+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Martin Lauchlan MF SCO 9+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Craig Lynes MF SCO 5+15 1 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 Scott Murdoch MF SCO 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Andy Brown FW SCO 35+0 7 2+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 Paddy Flannery FW SCO 32+1 18 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Danny McKelvie FW SCO 2+20 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 Joe Robertson FW SCO 28+6 8 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 |} 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 John McKeown SCO Ayr United 8 Jun 2001 SCO Scott Murdoch SCO Clydebank 9 Jun 2001 SCO Danny McKelvie SCO Clydebank 5 Jul 2001 SCO Mark Crilly SCO Ayr United 6 Sep 2001 SCO Martin Lauchlan SCO St Johnstone (loan) 14 Dec 2001 SCO Robert Dunn SCO Airdrie 1 Mar 2002 SCO Jon Connolly SCO Motherwell 2 Mar 2002 Players out PlayerToDate SCO Scott Murdoch SCO Albion Rovers 12 Jan 2002 SCO John Hillcoat SCO St Mirren 26 Feb 2002 SCO Steve McCormick SCO Albion Rovers SCO Brian McGintySCO Cumnock SCO Chris SmithSCO Maryhill SCO Alan Brown SCO Vale of Leven SCO Jamie BruceSCO Johnstone Burgh SCO John RitchieSCO Vale of Leven SCO Martin Melvin Trivia The League match against Elgin City on 9 February marked Andy Brown's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 122nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone. See also 2001–02 in Scottish football References External links Jon Connolly (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) John Wight (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive Category:Dumbarton F.C. seasons Category:Scottish football clubs 2001–02 season