1996–97 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
1996–1997 season
ManagerJim Fallon/Ian Wallace
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 29th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Hugh Ward (7)
All: Hugh Ward (7)
Highest home attendance762
Lowest home attendance411
Average home league attendance627

Season 1996–97 was the 120th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 90th time, the Scottish Cup for the 102nd time, the Scottish League Cup for the 50th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the seventh time.

Overview

It was a mystery to most Dumbarton supporters, after the failures of the previous season, that manager Jim Fallon had retained his position - and that decision was to prove disastrous as the league campaign started off in the same poor manner as the previous one. By the end of October, Dumbarton had one win to show for 11 league matches, and had sunk to second bottom place, resulting in Jim Fallon's resignation. Within a week Ian Wallace, one of the club's brightest stars of the 70's had been installed, and things began to take a turn for the better. Three wins on the trot in November saw Wallace named as Second Division manager of the month, but it wasn't to last. Results began again to go downhill, but even with 3 games left it was within Dumbarton's own hands whether a second successive relegation would occur. A last minute defeat to Stranraer and an uninspiring loss to Queen of the South meant that they had to better any result that Stranraer could achieve on the last day. As it was a win over Brechin City was not enough, and it would be Third Division football next season for the first time in the club's history.

In the national cup competitions, the drought on wins extented for a fifth season. In the Scottish Cup Cowdenbeath defeated Dumbarton in the second round.

In the League Cup, Premier Division Dundee beat Dumbarton, also in the second round.

Finally, in the Challenge Cup, in what was now becoming an embarrassment - a seventh first round defeat in seven attempts was registered - this time to Montrose.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup the misery was continued with a defeat to Falkirk.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
17 August 1996 Stranraer H 1-1 Dallas 560
24 August 1996 Queen of the South A 1-2 Meechan 1,127
31 August 1996 Brechin City H 1-1 McGivern 650
7 September 1996 Clyde A 1-0 Ward 721
14 September 1996 Livingston H 2-4 McKinnon;Ward 762
21 September 1996 Berwick Rangers H 1-3 Ward 326
28 September 1996 Stenhousemuir H 1-1 Meechan 524
5 October 1996 Ayr United H 1-3 Dallas 939
12 October 1996 Hamilton A 0-2 533
19 October 1996 Stranraer A 0-2 460
26 October 1996 Queen of the South H 1-2 OG 562
2 November 1996 Livingston A 0-5 1,941
9 November 1996 Clyde H 2-2 McKinnon;Wilson 724
16 November 1996 Stenhousemuir H 1-0 Meechan 564
23 November 1996 Berwick Rangers H 1-0 Ward 601
30 November 1996 Ayr United A 4-1 McKinnon;Ward;Glancy(2) 1,773
14 December 1996 Hamilton H 1-3 Wilson 733
26 December 1996 Stranraer H 2-2 Sharp;Meechan 686
28 December 1996 Brechin City A 1-2 Granger 356
11 January 1997 Berwick Rangers H 3-0 King;Ward;Glancy 346
18 January 1997 Ayr United H 1-1 Sharp 801
21 January 1997 Stenhousemuir H 0-2 470
1 February 1997 Hamilton A 0-4 505
8 February 1997 Livingston H 2-3 McKinnon;Mooney 503
22 February 1997 Queen of the South A 0-4 908
1 March 1997 Brechin City H 1-2 Hringsson 411
4 March 1997 Clyde A 1-2 Hringsson 480
8 March 1997 Berwick Rangers H 2-2 Sharp;Hringsson 446
15 March 1997 Stenhousemuir H 4-1 Sharp;King;Glancy;Wilson 376
22 March 1997 Ayr United A 1-1 Meechan 1,575
5 April 1997 Hamilton H 0-3 718
12 April 1997 Clyde H 2-0 Ward;Wilson 554
19 April 1997 Livingston A 2-1 Sharp;Meechan 1,579
26 April 1997 Stranraer A 0-1 739
3 May 1997 Queen of the South H 0-3 643
10 May 1997 Brechin City A 3-0 Glancy(2);Reilly 620

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
13 January 1997 2 Cowdenbeath A 0-1 294

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
13 August 1996 2 Dundee A 1-2 Dallas 1,872

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 August 1996 1 Montrose A 0-2 309

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
28 July 1996 1 Falkirk A 1-2 unknown

Appearances

Dumbarton used 31 players for the 39 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below. Jim Meechan was best by appearing in all of these matches.[1]

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Derek Barnes GK 12
Scotland Jamie Bruce DF 9
Scotland Stephen Dallas FW 16(1) 3
Scotland Billy Davidson DF 13(4)
Scotland Peter Dennison GK 2
Scotland Martin Glancy FW 25(9) 6
Scotland Joe Goldie MF 1(3)
Scotland Stevie Gow DF 23(3)
Scotland Alan Granger FW 3(5) 1
Iceland Hrienn Hringsson FW 3 3
Scotland Toby King MF 30 2
Scotland Ian MacFarlane GK 11
Scotland Jim Marsland MF 33(1)
Scotland Gerry McCabe MF 4
Scotland Ross McCuaig FW 0(1)
Scotland Jim McGall FW 0(6)
Scotland Martin McGarvey MF 10(5)
Scotland Sam McGivern MF 1(1) 1
Scotland Graeme McKenzie DF 4(1)
Scotland Colin McKinnon MF 37 4
Scotland Jim Meechan MF 39 6
Scotland Kenny Meechan GK 14
Scotland Adrian Mellis MF 1
Scotland Martin Melvin DF 24(1)
Scotland Martin Mooney FW 21(4) 1
Scotland Gordon Parks FW 4
Scotland David Reid DF 0(1)
Scotland Robert Reilly FW 2(6) 1
Scotland John Scott MF 0(2)
Scotland Lee Sharp FW 38 5
Scotland Hugh Ward FW 28(9) 7
Scotland Willie Wilson MF 21 4

See also

References

  1. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ^ Substitute appearances in brackets.

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