1999–2000 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1999–2000 season
ManagerJimmy Brown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 36th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Bell's Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (14)
All: Paddy Flannery (16)
Highest home attendance3,031
Lowest home attendance324
Average home league attendance581

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

Season 1999-2000 would be one of the most memorable for Dumbarton, but not because of any titles won or lost, but because this would be the last season that the club would play at their famous Boghead Park. Dumbarton's home had been here for the past 121 years - the longest that any British football club had stayed at any home ground. Now the ground had been sold and Dumbarton would move to a new purpose built stadium at the foot of Dumbarton Rock.

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

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

7 August 1999 Third Division Albion Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Duncan King
Melvin
Attendance: 308
14 August 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 3–4 Montrose Boghead Park
Flannery
Brown
Farnan
O'Driscoll
Attendance: 436
21 August 1999 Third Division East Fife 1–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
McGrillen Attendance: 591
28 August 1999 Third Division Brechin City 0–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
King
Flannery
Attendance: 357
4 September 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Flannery
Robertson
Ritchie Attendance: 324
11 September 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Carroll Attendance: 539
18 September 1999 Third Division East Stirling 1–3 Dumbarton Firs Park
Laidlaw Templeman Attendance: 284
25 September 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Robertson (OG) Attendance: 424
2 October 1999 Third Division Forfar Athletic 5–0 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Milne
Cargill
MacDonald
Attendance: 397
16 October 1999 Third Division Montrose 1–4 Dumbarton Links Park
Mailer Grace
Flannery
Smith
Attendance: 274
23 October 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Smith Tait Attendance: 590
30 October 1999 Third Division Queen's Park 3–2 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Connaghan
Gallacher
Carroll
Ward
Bradford
Attendance: 713
6 November 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 East Stirling Boghead Park
Bradford Attendance: 415
14 November 1999 Third Division Berwick Rangers 0–1 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Bradford Attendance: 415
20 November 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–3 Brechin City Boghead Park
Flannery Hutcheson
Black
Honeyman
Attendance: 447
27 November 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 3–3 Forfar Athletic Boghead Park
Flannery
Robertson
Stewart
Donaldson
Milne
Robson
Attendance: 469
8 December 1999 Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Brown
Robertson
Attendance: 262
18 December 1999 Third Division Albion Rovers 3–0 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
McStay
Duncan
McLees
Attendance: 257
3 January 2000 Third Division East Stirling 2–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Laidlaw Flannery Attendance: 308
22 January 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Flannery
Brown
Attendance: 469
29 January 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Flannery Carroll Attendance: 492
5 February 2000 Third Division Forfar Athletic 4–3 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
McCheyne
Milne
Craig
Flannery
Robertson
Smith
Attendance: 439
12 February 2000 Third Division Brechin City 1–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Black Flannery
Brown
Attendance: 278
26 February 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 3–2 Montrose Boghead Park
King
Robertson
Hringsson
Shand
Taylor
Attendance: 482
4 March 2000 Third Division East Fife 2–1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Moffat
McManus
Watters Attendance: 436
11 March 2000 Third Division Queen's Park 2–0 Dumbarton Hampden Park
McGoldrick
Whelan
Attendance: 788
14 March 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Leask
Smith
Attendance: 330
18 March 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Boghead Park
Dillon
Hringsson
Watters
Attendance: 367
25 March 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Brechin City Boghead Park
Brittain
Grace
Black Attendance: 365
28 March 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Fife Boghead Park
Hringsson McCormick Attendance: 394
8 April 2000 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Gray Flannery Attendance: 284
29 April 2000 Third Division Montrose 2–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Taylor
Ogboke
King Attendance: 267
6 May 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 East Fife Boghead Park
King
Robertson
Logan Attendance: 3,031

Bell's Challenge Cup

10 August 1999 Challenge Cup round 1 Airdrie 2–1 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Moore Dillon Attendance: 826
Referee: J Fleming

CIS League Cup

31 July 1999 League Cup round 1 Brechin City 0–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Flannery Attendance: 346
Referee: A Gemmill
17 August 1999 League Cup round 2 Dundee 4–0 Dumbarton Dens Park
Boyack
Falconer
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: T Brown

Tennent's Scottish Cup

8 January 2000 Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–2 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Fisher
Hamilton, R
Attendance: 302
Referee: D Smith
17 July 1999 Group stage Dumbarton 2–3 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
King
brown
Attendance: 118

Friendlies

24 January 2000 Friendly Dumbarton 1–6 Rangers XI Boghead Park
Flannery Attendance: 2,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 East Fife 36 17 8 11 45 39 +6 59
5 Cowdenbeath 36 15 9 12 59 43 +16 54
6 Dumbarton 36 15 8 13 53 51 +2 53
7 East Stirlingshire 36 11 7 18 28 50 −22 40
8 Brechin City 36 10 8 18 42 51 −9 38
Source: "1999-2000 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Derek Barnes 26 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Kenny Meechan 14 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Brittain 39 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bruce 25 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Dickie 35 0 31+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Finnigan 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Alex Grace 31 2 26+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Jack 38 0 34+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John McCormack 18 0 8+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin Melvin 8 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Stewart 22 1 21+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steven Bonar 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Brown 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Dillon 27 2 17+8 1 0+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Gentile 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy Melvin 12 2 8+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Bradford 6 3 6+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy Brown 38 4 27+7 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Flannery 33 16 27+2 14 2+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW Iceland ISL Hreinn Hringsson 14 3 3+10 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Toby King 36 5 32+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Scott McHarg 10 0 1+6 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Robertson 39 7 33+3 7 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Chris Smith 21 4 9+11 4 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Chris Templeman 3 3 3+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Hugh Ward 15 1 3+10 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Watters 7 2 6+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

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Transfers

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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

References

  1. ^ Scottish Football League Review 2000-01. The Scottish Football League. 2001.
  2. ^ Scottish Football League Review 2000-01. The Scottish Football League. 2001.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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