2006–07 Dumbarton F.C. season
2006-07 season | |
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Manager | Gerry McCabe |
Stadium | Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 3 | 5th |
Scottish Cup | Third Round |
Scottish League Cup | Second Round |
League Challenge Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Stephen Dobbie (10) All: Stephen Dobbie (11) |
Highest home attendance | 1,092 |
Lowest home attendance | 521 |
Average home league attendance | 715 |
Season 2006–07 was the 123rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 101st time, the Scottish Cup for the 112th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 60th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 16th time.
Overview
It was hoped that the return to the Third Division would be a short one and that Gerry McCabe would be the manager to help Dumbarton win an immediate promotion. Despite a slow start, by the end of December, Dumbarton were in pole position to claim at least one of the play off places in the league. However, the end of a successful loan spell for the club's top scorer - Stephen Dobbie - coincided with a slump in form and by the end of March a gap had opened up between the top four and the chasing group. Despite a run of 5 consecutive wins in April, 5th place would be the best that could be achieved 8 points adrift of East Fife in 4th.
In the Scottish Cup, an excellent away win over Second Division Raith Rovers was rewarded by a third round tie against Celtic. However it would be the Premier League side that would advance.
In the League Cup, Dumbarton had a decisive win over Second Division Stirling Albion, but it would be another Premier League side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle that would advance after a close fought second round tie.
Finally, it would be 'business as usual' in the League Challenge Cup, with another first hurdle fall, this time to Morton.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their opening group ties, and failed to progress to the final.
Results & fixtures
[1] Win Draw Loss
Scottish Third Division
5 August 2006 Scottish Third Division | Montrose | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Henslee ![]() | BBC Report | Bagan ![]() | Attendance: 404 Referee: S Nicholls |
12 August 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | East Stirlingshire | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Bagan ![]() Quitongo ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 623 Referee: A Law |
19 August 2006 Scottish Third Division | Queen's Park | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Canning ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 884 Referee: A Muir |
26 August 2006 Scottish Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Smith ![]() Paliczka ![]() Fraser ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 465 Referee: A Boyd |
3 September 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Arbroath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
BBC Report | Sellars ![]() Brazil ![]() | Attendance: 710 Referee: S O'Reilly |
9 September 2006 Scottish Third Division | Elgin City | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Borough Briggs |
BBC Report | Dobbie ![]() Dillon ![]() | Attendance: 462 Referee: C Brown |
16 September 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 4–0 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Winter ![]() Dobbie ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 902 Referee: C Charleston |
23 September 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Albion Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McNaught ![]() Borris ![]() Lennon ![]() | BBC Report | Chisholm ![]() | Attendance: 645 Referee: D Somers |
30 September 2006 Scottish Third Division | East Fife | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
Jablonski ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 671 Referee: A Law |
14 October 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Montrose | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Dobbie ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 629 Referee: S Nicholls |
21 October 2006 Scottish Third Division | East Stirlingshire | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
BBC Report | Dobbie ![]() Bagan ![]() | Attendance: 395 Referee: S O'Reilly |
28 October 2006 Scottish Third Division | Arbroath | 0–0 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
BBC Report | Attendance: 718 Referee: A Boyd |
4 November 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Berwick Rangers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Winter ![]() Hamilton ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 738 Referee: C Hardie |
11 November 2006 Scottish Third Division | Stenhousemuir | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Ochilview |
McBride ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 534 Referee: C Brown |
25 November 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Elgin City | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Borris ![]() Dobbie ![]() Winter ![]() | BBC Report | Johnston ![]() | Attendance: 709 |
2 December 2006 Scottish Third Division | Albion Rovers | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
Watson ![]() Chaplain ![]() | BBC Report | Borris ![]() | Attendance: 504 Referee: C Charleston |
16 December 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Dobbie ![]() Winter ![]() | BBC Report | Jablonski ![]() | Attendance: 798 |
23 December 2006 Scottish Third Division | Montrose | 0–5 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
BBC Report | Dobbie ![]() Gentile ![]() Hamilton ![]() | Attendance: 400 Referee: C Allan |
30 December 2006 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Queen's Park | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,089 Referee: S Nicholls |
27 January 2007 Scottish Third Division | Elgin City | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Borough Briggs |
BBC Report | Boyle ![]() | Attendance: 484 Referee: A Freeland |
3 February 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Albion Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() Borris ![]() | BBC Report | MacFarlane ![]() | Attendance: 745 Referee: E Norris |
17 February 2007 Scottish Third Division | Queen's Park | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Weatherston ![]() Ferry ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 849 Referee: A Boyd |
24 February 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | East Stirlingshire | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() Gentile ![]() | BBC Report | Stewart ![]() | Attendance: 729 Referee: C Brown |
3 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Berwick Rangers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() | BBC Report | Manson ![]() Diack ![]() | Attendance: 859 Referee: S O'Reilly |
7 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Wood ![]() Haynes ![]() | BBC Report | Winter ![]() | Attendance: 425 Referee: E Norris |
10 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Arbroath | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
Rennie ![]() Stein ![]() | BBC Report | Geggan ![]() Henry ![]() | Attendance: 810 Referee: D Somers |
13 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McCulloch ![]() | BBC Report | Dempster ![]() | Attendance: 528 Referee: A Law |
17 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Stenhousemuir | 5–1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview |
Tyrrell ![]() Dempster ![]() Hutchison ![]() Thomson ![]() Grindlay ![]() | BBC Report | Craig ![]() | Attendance: 512 Referee: J McKendrick |
21 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | East Fife | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
O'Reilly ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 443 Referee: S Nicholls |
25 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
BBC Report | Young ![]() Smart ![]() | Attendance: 561 Referee: C Boyle |
31 March 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Elgin City | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Boyle ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 521 Referee: G Hilland |
3 April 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Arbroath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Borris ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 527 |
7 April 2006 Scottish Third Division | Albion Rovers | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
BBC Report | McQuilken ![]() | Attendance: 619 Referee: A Boyd |
14 April 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Montrose | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McQuilken ![]() | BBC Report |
21 April 2007 Scottish Third Division | East Stirlingshire | 1–5 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Boyle ![]() | BBC Report | McQuilken ![]() Borris ![]() McNaught ![]() Boyle ![]() Coyne ![]() | Attendance: 392 Referee: C Charleston |
28 April 2007 Scottish Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Queen's Park | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Coyne ![]() | Report | Dunn ![]() Weatherston ![]() | Attendance: 928 Referee: C Brown |
CIS League Cup
8 August 2006 Scottish League Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Stirling Albion | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Bagan ![]() Boyle ![]() Gemmell ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 544 Referee: B Winter |
23 August 2006 Scottish League Cup round 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Caledonian Stadium |
Wyness ![]() Bayne ![]() McAllister ![]() | BBC Report | Dobbie ![]() | Attendance: 1,085 Referee: C Murray |
Scottish League Challenge Cup
15 August 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Morton | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
McNaught ![]() | BBC report | Weatherston ![]() | Attendance: 932 Referee: E Norris |
Scottish Cup
9 December 2006 Scottish Cup round 2 | Raith Rovers | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Starks Park |
BBC Report | Gemmell ![]() | Attendance: 1,616 Referee: C Hardie |
6 January 2007 Scottish Cup round 3 | Celtic | 4–0 | Dumbarton | Celtic Park |
Zurawski ![]() Vennegoor of Hesselink ![]() Riordan ![]() | BBC Report | Attendance: 18,685 Referee: W Collum |
11 July 2006 Group stage | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Gemmell ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Attendance: 350 |
17 July 2007 Group stage | Stirling Albion | 1–1 (lost on pens p) | Dumbarton | Forthbank Stadium |
![]() | Boyle ![]() | Attendance: 287 |
Pre-season and mid-season friendlies
15 July 2006 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Hamilton | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Boyle ![]() | ![]() | Attendance: 250 |
24 July 2006 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Rangers XI | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Gemmell ![]() | Attendance: 1,415 |
29 July 2006 Friendly | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Gretna | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Dillon ![]() | ![]() | Attendance: 215 |
31 January 2007 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Celtic XI | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
Geggan ![]() Bagan ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Queen's Park (O, P) | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 68 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[a] |
4 | East Fife | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 67 | |
5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | |
6 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 48 | |
7 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 44 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted.
Player statistics
Squad
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Third Division | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() | Stephen Grindlay | 40 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() | Peter Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Craig Brittain | 34 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | David Craig | 41 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Mark Dempsie | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Kevin McCann | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Jamie Smith | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | David Bagan | 33 | 4 | 25+3 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Chris Boyle | 40 | 4 | 32+3 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Mark Canning | 38 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | John Dillon | 33 | 1 | 18+12 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Andy Geggan | 37 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Chris Gentile | 18 | 3 | 8+5 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Chris Hamilton | 29 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | John Henry | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | John McKeever | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Jason McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Fergus Tiernan | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Craig Winter | 34 | 6 | 30+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Ryan Borris | 36 | 6 | 31+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Tommy Coyne | 16 | 6 | 10+6 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Stephen Dobbie | 18 | 11 | 17+0 | 10 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | John Gemmell | 8 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() | David McNaught | 35 | 3 | 25+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Paul McQuilken | 24 | 4 | 11+11 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | José Quitongo | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
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Transfers
[2]
Players in
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Trivia
- The League match against East Stiring on 21 October marked Chris Boyle's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 129th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Queens Park on 30 December marked Craig Brittain's 300th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 7th Dumbarton player to achieve this accolade.
See also
References
- ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007/08. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7553-1664-9.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
External links
- Peter Shaw (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Jason McLauchlin (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Tommy Coyne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Scottish Football Historical Archive