2008–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2008-09 season
Manager	Jim Chapman
Stadium	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 3	1st
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
League Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Ross Clark (14); All: Ross Clark (15)
Highest home attendance	1396
Lowest home attendance	462
Average home league attendance	712
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Season 2008–09 was the 132nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 102nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 114th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 62nd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 18th time.

Overview

Jim Chapman's first full season in charge began with a large intake of new playing staff. A slow start however was to be replaced by an unbeaten run of 8 games which saw Dumbarton rise to 2nd place by the beginning of November. Mixed results in December through February meant that Dumbarton fell to 4th place, but still in with a playoff chance. However it was to be a final surge which saw 7 wins taken from the last 8 games which pushed Dumbarton to the Third Division title. Indeed that run brought about Dumbarton's record number of consecutive 'shut-outs' - 7 in all.

In the Scottish Cup, a second round victory over Highland League opponents Fraserburgh was followed by a close encounter with First Division Ross County, which was only decided by the odd goal in three and that after a draw.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton defeated Annan Athletic on penalties, but were to be overwhelmed by Premier Division St Mirren in the second round.

Finally, it was yet another League Challenge Cup first round exit, to Airdrie United.

Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was not competed for.

Results^[1]

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 August 2008	Montrose	H	1-1	Clark	580
9 August 2008	Elgin City	A	1-1	Logan	462
16 August 2008	Berwick Rangers	A	2-1	Lennon;Tiernan	516
23 August 2008	Stenhousemuir	H	1-2	Keegan	660
30 August 2008	East Stirlingshire	H	1-1	Murray	592
13 September 2008	Albion Rovers	A	3-1	Clark;Gordon;McLeod	327
20 September 2008	Cowdenbeath	H	2-1	Carcary;Gordon	801
27 September 2008	Forfar Athletic	A	2-2	OG;McLeod	431
4 October 2008	Annan Athletic	H	4-1	OG;Keegan;Clark;OG	574
18 October 2008	Montrose	A	2-1	Clark;McLeod	570
1 November 2008	Berwick Rangers	H	5-2	McLeod;Clark(2);Murray;Cusack	673
8 November 2008	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Murray	723
15 November 2008	East Stirlingshire	A	2-5	Carcary;Moore	516
22 November 2008	Albion Rovers	H	1-1	Clark	646
13 December 2008	Forfar Athletic	H	3-0	Chisholm;McLeod;Keegan	539
20 December 2008	Annan Athletic	A	1-2	Clark	634
10 January 2009	Cowdenbeath	H	0-2		416
17 January 2009	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Chisholm	737
24 January 2009	Berwick Rangers	A	2-1	McLeod;Carcary	425
31 January 2009	Montrose	H	1-1	Carcary	652
21 February 2009	Cowdenbeath	H	1-1	Boyle	692
28 February 2009	East Stirlingshire	A	1-3	Clark	526
3 March 2009	East Stirlingshire	H	2-0	McLaughlin;Craig	462
7 March 2009	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Boyle	692
10 March 2009	Elgin City	H	2-0	McLaughlin;Carcary	474
14 March 2009	Montrose	A	0-1		343
17 March 2009	Albion Rovers	A	1-1	Clark	535
21 March 2009	Annan Athletic	H	0-2		815
31 March 2009	Elgin City	A	2-0	OG;McLaughlin	271
4 April 2009	Stenhousemuir	A	2-0	Gordon;Clark	588
7 April 2009	Forfar Athletic	A	2-0	Clark(2)	513
11 April 2009	Berwick Rangers	H	2-0	Forbes;Boyle	702
18 April 2009	Cowdenbeath	H	0-0		1,181
25 April 2009	Forfar Athletic	H	4-0	OG;McLaughlin;Carcary;Brannan	917
2 May 2009	Elgin City	H	6-0	Carcary(4);Mclaughlin;Murray	1,396
9 May 2009	Annan Athletic	A	3-1	Clark;McLaughlin;Carcary	1,343

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 October 2008	2	Fraserburgh	A	1-0	Chisholm	517
29 November 2008	3	Ross County	A	2-2	Carcary(2)	1,200
15 December 2008	3R	Ross County	H	1-2	Gordon	557

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2008	1	Annan Athletic	H	1-1*	Logan	464
26 August 2008	2	St Mirren	A	0-7		1,747

* - won on penalties

League Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 July 2008	2	Airdrie United	A	2-3	Clark;Carcary	808

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 July 2008	Queen's Park	A	3-2	Geggan;Keegan;Gourlay
12 July 2008	Rangers XI	A	2-2	Keegan;Gray
15 July 2008	Stenhousemuir	A	2-0	O'Byrne;Chisholm
18 July 2008	Morton	H	0-1		562
22 July 2008	St Mirren	H	2-2	O'Byrne;Murray	683
23 July 2008	Hamilton	H	1-3	Carcary	312
30 July 2008	Rangers XI	A	2-1	Logan;Tiernan
14 August 2008	Vale of Leven	A	2-1	Weir;McCuiag

Appearances

Dumbarton used 42 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and League Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Dave McEwan	GK	27
Mark McGeown	GK	15(1)
Michael White	GK	1
Pat Boyle	DF	20	3
Craig Brittain	DF	4
Iain Chisholm	DF	18(14)	3
Mick Dunlop	DF	23
Ben Gordon	DF	42	4
Gordon Lennon	DF	35(4)	1
Richie McKillen	DF	2
Michael O'Byrne	DF	19
Gary Wilson	DF	11
Kieran Brannan	MF	0(7)	1
Mark Canning	MF	13(11)
Ross Clark	MF	36(1)	15
Ross Forbes	MF	15(3)	1
Andy Geggan	MF	28(2)
Alan Gourlay	MF	2(3)
David Gray	MF	3(6)
Raymond Logan	MF	6(3)	1
Kieran McAnespie	MF	2(2)
Martin McNiff	MF	0(1)
Ryan McStay	MF	10(2)
Stevie Murray	MF	40(1)	4
Fergus Tiernan	MF	2(5)	1
Derek Carcary	FW	28(9)	14
Paul Craig	FW	3	1
Liam Cusack	FW	1(10)	1
Paul Keegan	FW	16(11)	3
Denis McLaughlin	FW	16	6
Paul McLeod	FW	21(6)	6
Michael Moore	FW	2(6)	1
Nathan Taylor	FW	0(1)
Steven Weir	FW	1

References

^ Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7553-1948-0.
^ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[1] Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2009/10. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7553-1948-0.

[2] Substitute appearances in brackets.

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