2015–16 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2015–16 season
ChairmanAlan Jardine
ManagerStevie Aitken
StadiumDumbarton Football Stadium
Championship8th
Challenge CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
Scottish CupFifth round

The 2015–16 season was Dumbarton's fourth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship,[1] having won promotion from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season via the play-offs. Ian Murray resigned as manager before the start of the season and moved to Championship rivals St Mirren and was replaced by Stephen Aitken.

Dumbarton finished eighth in the Scottish Championship. They reached the second round in the Challenge Cup before losing to Queens Park, lost in the first round of the League Cup to East Fife and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup to Dundee, following a drawn game.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship Dumbarton 2–1 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 3'
Gibson 55'		 BBC Report Malonga 14' Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Robertson
15 August 2015 Championship St Mirren 1–2 Dumbarton St Mirren Park
15:00 Agnew 63' BBC Report Gibson 26'
Fleming 85' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,806
Referee: Beaton
22 August 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0–2 Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Russell 41'
Lyle 68'		 Attendance: 943
Referee: Colvin
28 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 2–1 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Alston 5'
Sibbald 14'		 BBC Report Barr 27' Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Cook
5 September 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0–2 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Holmes 59'
Ferns 90+3'		 Attendance: 715
Referee: Charleston
12 September 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 0–0 Dumbarton Cappielow
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,016
Referee: Finnie
19 September 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1–2 Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming 90' (pen.)
Buchanan Red card 72'		 BBC Report Waghorn 64', 73' (pen.) Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Robertson
26 September 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1–0 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Toshney 56' BBC Report Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Cook
3 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 2–1 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Cawley 40'
Brophy 82'		 BBC Report Glen 44'
Hippolyte Red card 45'		 Attendance: 819
Referee: Walsh
17 October 2015 Championship Hibernian 4–2 Dumbarton Easter Road
15:00 Malonga 21'
Fontaine 26'
Cummings 43' (pen.)
Keatings 60'		 BBC Report Gallagher 22'
Craig 74'		 Attendance: 8,221
Referee: Colvin
24 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0–5 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Baird 5', 23', 48'
McHugh 43'
Alston 71'		 Attendance: 963
Referee: Collum
31 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1–2 Greenock Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Barr 53' BBC Report McKee 41'
Johnstone 85'		 Attendance: 1,110
Referee: Salmond
7 November 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1–0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Heffernan 52' BBC Report Attendance: 1,465
Referee: Muir
21 November 2015 Championship Dumbarton 3–3 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Saunders 81', 83'
Fleming 87' (pen.)		 BBC Report Craigen 4'
Stewart 44'
S.Robertson 56'		 Attendance: 707
Referee: Aitken
1 December 2015 Championship Rangers 4–0 Dumbarton Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Holt 47'
Waghorn 60'
Oduwa 81'
Halliday 88' (pen.)		 Report Saunders Yellow card 17' Red card 87' Attendance: 37,182
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan
5 December 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Report Docherty 68'
Gallagher 84'		 Attendance: 492
Referee: Willie Collum
12 December 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1–0 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming 50' Report Attendance: 1,142
Referee: Nick Walsh
19 December 2015 Championship Livingston 1–1 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pittman 14' Report Saunders 89' Attendance: 911
Referee: Mat Northcroft
26 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 1–0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 36' Report Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Euan Anderson
2 January 2016 Championship Dumbarton 0–6 Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SPFL Report Miller 42', 59', 64'
Waghorn 71'
Halliday 81'
Tavernier 88'		 Attendance: 1,894
Referee: Craig Charleston
23 January 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0–0 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 SPFL Report Attendance: 1,397
Referee: Stephen Finnie
30 January 2016 Championship Dumbarton 1–0 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Docherty 56' SPFL Report Attendance: 760
Referee: Crawford Allan
13 February 2016 Championship Greenock Morton 2–0 Dumbarton Cappielow
15:00 Johnstone 64'
McKee 88'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 1,595
Referee: George Salmond
20 February 2016 Championship St Mirren 1–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Park
15:00 Shankland 63' SPFL Report Attendance: 2,792
Referee: Beaton
27 February 2016 Championship Dumbarton 3–2 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Cawley 21'
Nade 42'
Barr 49'		 SPFL Report Henderson 57'
El Alagui 71'		 Attendance: 1,345
Referee: Barry Cook
5 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2–0 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 29'
White 83'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 828
Referee: Don Robertson
8 March 2016 Championship Dumbarton 3–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Nade 9', 32', 46' SPFL Report Megginson 31' Attendance: 468
Referee: Willie Collum
12 March 2016 Championship Dumbarton 1–1 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
17:15 Fleming 90+3' (pen.) SPFL Report Baird 65' (pen.) Attendance: 734
Referee: Andrew Dallas
19 March 2016 Championship Queen of the South 6–0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Brownlie 34'
Lyle 43', 52'
Harris 69', 73'
Russell 88'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 1,459
Referee: John Beaton
2 April 2016 Championship Dumbarton 0–0 Greenock Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SPFL Report Attendance: 994
Referee: Crawford Allan
5 April 2016 Championship Rangers 1–0 Dumbarton Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Tavernier 50' SPFL Report Attendance: 48,568
Referee: Steven McLean
12 April 2016 Championship Dumbarton 4–2 Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Nade 4', 50'
Walsh 48'
Fleming 86' (pen.)		 SPFL Report Russell 28'
Harris 43'		 Attendance: 573
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 April 2016 Championship Dumbarton 2–3 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Nade 12'
Saunders 90+3'		 SPFL Report Hardie 49'
Connolly 60'
Craigen 70'		 Attendance: 655
Referee: Nick Walsh
23 April 2016 Championship Dumbarton 2–1 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 OG 40'
Fleming 54'		 SPFL Report Gallagher 10' Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Kevin Graham
26 April 2016 Championship Hibernian 4–0 Dumbarton Easter Road
17:45 Keatings 7', 13'
OG 75'
Stokes 90+2'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 6,686
Referee: Don Robertson
1 May 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
12:30 Layne 7' SPFL Report McCallum 51' Attendance: 515
Referee: Barry Cook

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Round 3 Dumbarton P – P Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
8 December 2015 Round 3 Dumbarton 5–0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 McCallum 1'
Barr Yellow card 9'
Fleming 14'
Kirkpatrick 78' 90+2'
Waters 90'		 Report Flannigan Yellow card 53'
Chopra Yellow card 72'		 Attendance: 274
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
9 January 2016 Round 4 Dumbarton 2–1 Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Saunders Yellow card 15'
Fleming 17' 57'
Waters Yellow card 68'		 Report Lyle 52' Attendance: 680
Referee: Scotland George Salmond
6 February 2016 Round 5 Dumbarton 0–0 Dundee Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Routledge Yellow card 79' Report O'Dea Yellow card 85' Attendance: 1,410
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
23 February 2016 Round 5 Replay Dundee 5–0 Dumbarton Dens Park
19:45 McGinn 16'
Hemmings 29'
Stewart 51', 90'
Holt 79'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Round 1 Greenock Morton 2–3 Dumbarton Cappielow
15:00 Kilday 73'
MacDonald 83' (pen.)		 BBC Report Gallagher 6', 30'
Fleming 65'		 Attendance: 1,418
Referee: Charleston
18 August 2015 Round 2 Queen's Park 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton Hampden Park
19:45 Bradley 95' BBC Report Attendance: 587
Referee: Walsh

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
1 August 2015 First round East Fife 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
15:00 Austin 48' BBC Report Cawley 65' Attendance: 461
Referee: Kirkland
Penalties
Mullan soccer ball with check mark
Naismith soccer ball with check mark
Walker soccer ball with red X
Sutherland soccer ball with red X
Slattery soccer ball with check mark
O'Kane soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Taggart
soccer ball with check mark Gallagher
soccer ball with check mark Graham
soccer ball with red X Craig
soccer ball with red X Gibson
soccer ball with red X Cawley

Pre Season Matches

4 July 2015 Friendly Edinburgh City 0–1 Dumbarton Ainslie Park
15:00 DFC Report Gibson 67'
9 July 2015 Friendly Dumbarton 2–0 Hearts Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Gallagher
Cawley 		DFC Report Attendance: 347
Referee: Alan Muir
18 July 2015 Friendly Dumbarton 2–1 Clydebank Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Buchanan
Fleming 		DFC Report Burbidge Attendance: 366
Referee: Grant Irvine

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 25 August 2016[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 27 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Jamie Ewings 16 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Darren Barr 36 3 30+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gregor Buchanan 37 1 29+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Docherty 39 2 31+3 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Graham 4 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Steven Saunders 26 4 24+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Taggart 20 0 9+5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Calum Waters 21 1 9+7 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Frazer Wright 31 0 26+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Scott Brown 16 0 12+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Grant Gallagher 37 4 24+7 2 2+0 2 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Gibson 21 2 13+5 2 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mikey Hopkins 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 27 2 7+15 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+2 2
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Lindsay 28 0 20+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Donald McCallum 16 2 3+12 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
MF England ENG Jon Routledge 38 0 30+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 10 1 5+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kevin Cawley 39 3 25+7 2 2+0 0 1+0 1 2+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Craig 14 1 7+4 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Garry Fleming 42 11 30+5 7 2+0 1 1+0 0 3+1 3
FW Ireland EIR Paul Heffernan 8 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Thailand THA Kler Heh 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW France FRA Christian Nade 14 7 10+2 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steven Ross 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gordon Smith 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tom Walsh 16 1 10+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHHAA
ResultWWLLLDLLWLLLLDLWWDLLDWLLWLWDLDLWLWLD
Position425577777889999777787788888888888888
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Factfile

* The 9 league goals scored in away games matched the record fewest away goals scored set during the 1894–95 season.

See also

References

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