2009–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
2009-10 season
ManagerJim Chapman
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 26th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
League Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott Chaplain (10)
All: Scott Chaplain (10)
Highest home attendance975
Lowest home attendance397
Average home league attendance681

Season 2009–10 was the 126th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 104th time, the Scottish Cup for the 115th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 63rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 19th time.

Overview[edit]

Following the success of the previous season, it was manager Jim Chapman's goal to consolidate the club's position in the Second Division. However, Dumbarton were to be devastated before a ball was kicked with the death during the close season of the club captain, Gordon Lennon, from a motoring accident. Nevertheless, despite there being few changes to the playing staff, the league campaign started disappointingly with only two draws to show from the first six starts - resulting in the club propping up the rest of the league. It was, however, to be a temporary blip and although there was no consistency in performances, a mid-table sixth place was achieved in the end.

In the domestic cups, however, it was all bad news - no wins and no goals! In the Scottish Cup, local rivals Morton would be victorious in the third round, after a goalless draw.

In the League Cup, Dunfermline Athletic had no difficulty in seeing off Dumbarton in the first round.

Finally, it was no surprise that the League Challenge Cup would witness another first round exit, and it would be Morton again who would do the damage.

Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was resumed, and after two penalty shoot out wins in the group fixtures, the trophy would return to Dumbarton following a win in the final over Stenhousemuir.

Results & fixtures[edit]

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Second Division
8 August 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–3 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Grant 53' (OG) Grant 43'
Carrigan 59'
Noble 61'		 Attendance: 864
Referee: Anthony Law
15 August 2009 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Sellars 15'
Hislop 46'
Ross 90'		 Hunter 89' Attendance: 605
Referee: E Norris
22 August 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–3 Clyde Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dunlop 45'
Hunter 53'
Chisholm 86'		 Lithgow 15', 24'
McLaughlan 65'		 Attendance: 975
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 August 2009 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Docherty 21'
McAllister 36'
Janczyk 59'		 Dunlop 26' Attendance: 470
Referee: Frank McDermott
12 September 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 664
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
19 September 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–3 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
McBride 15', 53'
Wardlaw 23'		 Attendance: 647
Referee: Gary Hilland
26 September 2009 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 1–2 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Bruce 52' Murray 77'
Carcary 90'		 Attendance: 397
Referee: Stevie Nicholls
3 October 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–3 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chaplain 30'
Cook 41'		 McKenna 32'
Devine 51'
Robertson 90'		 Attendance: 654
Referee: S McLean
10 October 2009 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0–1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
McLaughlin 58' Attendance: 684
Referee: Gary Hilland
17 October 2009 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–3 Dumbarton Recreation Park
Gilhaney 41' Geggan 16'
Cook 44'
Chaplain 62'		 Attendance: 575
Referee: N Watters
24 October 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chaplain 45' Attendance: 696
Referee: Mat Northcroft
31 October 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–0 Brechin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 687
Referee: Thomas Robertson
7 November 2009 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 0–3 Dumbarton Ochilview
Hunter 49'
Chaplain 64'
O'Donoghue 89'		 Attendance: 568
Referee: John McKendrick
14 November 2009 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McQuade 18' (pen), 82' Geggan 5' Attendance: 389
Referee: Ian Brines
8 December 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Peterhead Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chaplain 30' (pen) Attendance: 397
Referee: Stevie Nicholls
12 December 2009 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–3 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
McManus 37'
Smart 53'
Muir 89'		 Attendance: 628
Referee: George Salmond
15 December 2009 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 2–2 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Murphy 61'
Devine 88'		 Craig 49'
Carcary 84'		 Attendance: 462
Referee: Brian Colvin
23 January 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Hunter 65'
Clark 89'		 Baxter 29' Attendance: 657
Referee: Bobby Madden
6 February 2010 Scottish Second Division East Fife 2–3 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Crawford 13', 35' Gordon 5'
Chaplain 15'
Carcary 38'		 Attendance: 581
Referee: John Beaton
16 February 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–4 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Gordon 4'
Hunter 45'		 Robertson 1', 49'
Aitken 12', 34'		 Attendance: 595
Referee: S McLean
27 February 2010 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 3–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Dorris 55'
Redman 74'
Booth 88'		 Winters 9' Attendance: 521
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
2 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 2–1 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Sharp 13', 79' Wyness 27' Attendance: 327
Referee: S MacDonald
6 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Brechin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Byers 57' Attendance: 751
Referee: Gary Hilland
9 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Gordon 17'
Cook 47'
Clark 56' (pen)		 Smith 62' (OG) Attendance: 552
Referee: C Brown
13 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–0 Dumbarton Ochilview
Quinn 87' Attendance: 469
Referee: William Collum
16 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Clyde 0–2 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Winters 27', 62' Attendance: 531
Referee: Thomas Robertson
20 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 349
Referee: Frank McDermott
23 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chaplain 45', 68' (pen) Lyle 65' Attendance: 486
Referee: Iain Brines
27 March 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–3 Peterhead Dumbarton Football Stadium
Chaplain 49' Wilson 55'
Bavidge 58'
Mann 80'		 Attendance: 663
Referee: David Somers
3 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Taggart 51' Wyness 54', 81' Attendance: 568
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 0–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Chaplain 56' Attendance: 403
Referee: Matt Northcroft
10 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
Linn 85' Attendance: 728
Referee: Stevie Nicholls
13 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–3 Clyde Dumbarton Football Stadium
Carcary 21', 40'
Winters 45'		 Strachan 29' (pen), 79' (pen)
McGowan N 63'		 Attendance: 601
Referee: Anthony Law
17 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park
Scott 55' (pen) Winters 33'
Wyness 65'		 Attendance: 622
Referee: S MacDonald
24 April 2010 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Redman 39'
Megginson 49'		 Attendance: 836
Referee: Stephen Finnie
1 May 2010 Scottish Second Division Clyde 4–2 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
Sawers 2'
Stewart 15', 19'
Strachan 84'		 McStay 33'
Wyness 83'		 Attendance: 631
Referee: Frank McDermott

Alba Challenge Cup[edit]

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup
26 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–1 Greenock Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Jenkins 25' Attendance: 1,122
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Co-operative Insurance League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
1 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–5 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Graham 2'
Kirk 9', 56'
Burke 45'
Bell 65'		 Attendance: 953
Referee: Chris Boyle

Active Nation Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup
28 November 2009 Scottish Cup round 3 Greenock Morton 0–0 Dumbarton Cappielow
Attendance: 1,882
Referee: S McLean
5 December 2009 Scottish Cup round 3R Dumbarton 0–1 Greenock Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Graham 74' Attendance: 1,495
Referee: S McLean

Stirlingshire Cup[edit]

28 July 2009 Round 1 Dumbarton 2–2* East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
McKillen
Hunter
4 August 2009 Round 1 Stirling Albion 1–1* Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Hunter Attendance: 250
13 October 2009 Final Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview
Hunter
Martin McNiff 		Attendance: 250

* - won on penalties

Pre-season[edit]

14 July 2009 Friendly Dumbarton 0–2 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
Robertson
Doolan 		Attendance: 926
16 July 2009 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
O'Donnell
Dargo
Mehmet 		Attendance: 1,109
18 July 2009 Friendly Queen of the South 1–1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
Hunter Attendance: 1,109
19 July 2009 Friendly Annan Athletic 3–3 Dumbarton Galabank


 Gribben
Hunter 		Attendance: 205
22 July 2009 Friendly Dumbarton 0–5 Middlesbrough Dumbarton Football Stadium
O'Neil 6'
Dunlop 42' (OG)
Aliadière 45'
Johnson,A 70'
Williams 73'		 Attendance: 1,227

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Brechin City 36 15 9 12 47 42 +5 54 Qualification for the First Division play-offs[a]
5 Peterhead 36 15 6 15 45 49 −4 51
6 Dumbarton 36 14 6 16 49 58 −9 48
7 East Fife 36 10 11 15 46 53 −7 41
8 Stenhousemuir 36 9 13 14 38 42 −4 40
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Dave McEwan 4 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Mark McGeown 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Czech Republic CZE Jan Vojacek 26 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Michael White 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Iain Chisholm 35 1 27+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mick Dunlop 38 2 34+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 38 3 34+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross Harvey 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Richie McKillen 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Smith 36 0 34+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kieran Brannan 13 0 5+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Scott Chaplain 38 10 29+5 10 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Clark 26 2 14+8 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Cook 10 3 10+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Craig 17 1 16+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy Geggan 31 2 27+0 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martin McNiff 17 0 13+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan McStay 26 1 19+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stevie Murray 36 1 17+15 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross O'Donoghue 23 1 15+4 1 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Adam Strachan 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Carcary 35 5 9+22 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Roddy Hunter 24 5 14+6 5 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Simon Lynch 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Denis McLaughlin 16 1 10+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 15 5 15+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dennis Wyness 17 5 16+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers[edit]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010/11. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
  2. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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