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2019–20 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
2019–20 season
ChairmanJohn Steele
ManagerJim Duffy
StadiumC&G Systems Stadium
League One6th
Challenge CupFirst round (lost to St Mirren Colts)
League CupGroup Stage
Scottish CupFourth round (lost to Aberdeen)
Top goalscorerLeague: Isaac Layne (8)
All: Isaac Layne (9)
Highest home attendance1394 (vs Motherwell, July 23, 2019)
Lowest home attendance279 (vs St Mirren Colts, August 13, 2019)
Average home league attendance663

Season 2019–20 was Dumbarton's second in the third tier of Scottish football having finished sixth in the division in 2018–19. Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Story of the season

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May

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Dumbarton's first transfer business of the 2019–20 season saw defender Cammy Ballantyne leave the club for Montrose.[1] Ballantyne was followed by Craig Barr and Brian McLean who turned down new deals, along with Grant Adam, Willie Dyer, Ross Perry, Michael Paton and Ryan Thomson who were released at the end of their contracts.[2] After lengthy negotiations it was eventually revealed on 29 May that Jim Duffy would remain as the club's manager - having guided the club from a relegation battle to sixth place in Scottish League One the previous season.[3] The same day the club were drawn against Motherwell. Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and Annan Athletic in the group stages of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup.[4] The following day club captain Ross Forbes departed for Forfar Athletic.[5] On 31 May the club announced their first two signings of the summer - with Stefan McCluskey[6] and Morgyn Neill[7] signing from Pollok and Stenhousemuir respectively.

June

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June opened with Bobby Barr leaving the club to join Lowland League outfit East Stirlingshire.[8] Shortly after Kyle Hutton became the first member of the previous season's squad to sign-up for the new campaign, inking a new one-year deal.[9] Meanwhile, friendlies were arranged for July with Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee United and Hamilton Academical.[10][11] Jordan Pettigrew became the club's third signing of the summer, joining from Livingston[12] and he was followed by midfielder Conor Scullion from Cumbernauld United[13] and forward Ryan Tierney from Edusport Academy.[14] Top scorer from the previous two season Calum Gallagher departed the club for Airdrieonians however.[15] The following day Isaac Layne became the club's sixth new signing of the window[16] whilst goalkeeper Conor Brennan also agreed a new deal.[17] Player of the Year Stuart Carswell was next to renew his contract, penning a new one-year deal.[18]

July

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Defender Jordan McMillan was the club's next addition,[19] signing on the same day as the club's first pre-season match with Dunfermline Athletic was cancelled.[20] Defender Lewis Crawford was next to sign up, joining from junior side Petershill.[21] He made his debut the following day, in a 3–2 victory against Dundee United with all three goals coming from trialists - Muhammadu Faal, Joe McKee and Mati Zata.[22] The Sons final pre-season game ended in defeat, 2–0 to a young Hamilton Academical side. On 11 July, just two days before the start of the Scottish League Cup, Duffy added four players: Mati Zata, Ruaridh Langan, PJ Crossan and Rico Quitongo to his squad.[23] The club's new kit was revealed the following day, with a return to a yellow and black home kit after seven seasons in white and gold.[24] Ryan McGeever then became the Sons 13th signing of the summer.[25] The competitive season started with a 1–0 victory against Annan Athletic with Ryan Tierney scoring the only goal of the game.[26] On Monday 15 July Matthew Shiels became the club's first loan signing of the summer, joining on a deal until January 2020.[27] After a heavy defeat to Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup Duffy moved into the transfer market again - signing Joe McKee on a one-year deal.[28] The League Cup campaign ended with defeats to Queen of the South and Motherwell.

August

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Before the start of the new season Rory Loy left the club having not made an appearance for 11 months following a serious back injury.[29] The Sons league season opened with a 1–0 defeat to Raith Rovers. A heavy defeat to Falkirk followed, before a humiliating defeat to St Mirren under-21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup. The Sons recorded their first victory of the new season on 17 August, coming from 2–0 down to defeat Peterhead 3–2 at Balmoor Stadium thanks to goals from Ruaridh Langan, PJ Crossan and Isaac Layne. Prior to the next game against Stranraer Reghan Tumilty became the club's 16th signing of the summer, joining on loan until January from Greenock Morton.[30] Tumility scored his first goal for the club in the afternoon, with Layne continuing his good from with a brace as Sons recorded a first home win of the campaign. The game also marked Stuart Carswell's 100th Dumbarton appearance. The month ended with a 2–1 victory against Montrose, where Layne again scored a double.

September

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September opened with defeat to Airdrieonians. That was followed by a 2–2 draw with East Fife where Ryan McGeever scored his first goal for the club, with Isaac Layne taking his total to six for the season from the penalty spot. A defeat to Clyde followed, before Adam Frizzell became the club's 17th signing of the summer - joining on loan from Kilmarnock.[31]

October

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Frizzell made his debut in a 3–1 victory against Forfar Athletic where he scored twice, meaning that the Sons ended the first quarter of the season in fifth place with 13 points from their first nine games. Two more positive results followed to ensure that the Sons ended the month undefeated, a 0–0 draw with Stranraer and a 1–0 victory against Peterhead with Ryan McGeever scoring his second goal of the campaign.

November

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November began with a 3–1 defeat to Airdrieonians, with Calum Gallagher giving the hosts the lead after just 27 seconds. Another defeat followed, this time by four goals to two at home to East Fife. A 1–1 draw with Falkirk saw Isaac Layne score for the first time since September - with his 30th-minute strike being cancelled out by Declan McManus's injury time penalty. Before the next game Lewis Crawford and Mati Zata left the club on loan, joining Junior side Rossvale until January.[32]

December

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A 2–0 home defeat to Montrose opened December, before a 4–3 comeback victory against Forfar Athletic where Sons had been 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2 down but came back to win with strikes from Joe McKee, Reghan Tumilty and a PJ Crossan brace. Defender Jordan McMillan was next leave, joining Pollok on a short-term loan,[33] before the Sons defeated table-topping Raith Rovers at Stark's Park with goals from Crossan and Ryan McGeever. The year ended with a 1–1 draw against Stranraer where the Sons were able to name just one outfield sub. Ryan Tierney, on his first start since August, got the goal.

January

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January began with Mati Zata and Lewis Crawford being recalled from their loan spell with Rossvale[34] after an injury crisis left the duo as the only outfield substitutes for the 3–0 defeat to Falkirk. Dumbarton's squad then took another hit when defender Reghan Tumilty returned to Greenock Morton at the end of his loan spell.[35] The following week a waterlogged pitch caused the postponement of a home tie with Clyde.[36] Callum Wilson became the first signing of the winter window, joining from Partick Thistle.[37] A controversial late penalty then saw the Sons exit the Scottish Cup at the hands of Aberdeen. Sam Wardrop became the club's second signing of the window, joining for a second loan spell on 23 January - this time on a temporary deal from Dundee United until the end of the season.[38] Wardrop debuted two days later in a 1–0 defeat to Peterhead that left the Sons without a win, or a goal, in the month of January. After the match Jim Duffy confirmed that winger Conor Scullion was to leave the club.[39] Two days later assistant manager Craig McPherson left the club[40] and was replaced by former Dundee manager Barry Smith.[41] Jai Quitongo became the club's second signing of the winter, joining after leaving Persian Gulf Pro League side Machine Sazi.[42] The month ended with defender Jordan McMillan leaving the club[43] and striker Robert Jones joining from Stranraer.[44] On deadline day Ross Forbes returned to the club from Forfar Athletic.[45]

February

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Jones opened his account for the Sons on his debut in a 4–2 defeat to East Fife. That was followed by a 0–0 home draw against Airdrieonians in the club's first home game of 2020. The winless run continued into mid-February after a 2–1 defeat to Montrose but was finally ended on 25 February with a 1–0 victory against Clyde where Morgyn Neill got the only goal. That was followed up by another victory, with Stuart Carswell scoring an injury time winner at home to Raith Rovers.

March

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March opened with a 2–0 victory against Forfar Athletic where Ross Forbes scored his first goal since returning to the club, and Jai Quitongo also scored his first for the Sons.[46] A 2–0 defeat to Clyde ended the unbeaten run four days later. On Friday 13 March all Scottish football was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.[47] A week later midfielder Mati Zata left the club[48] whilst chairman John Steele admitted the pandemic presented a risk to the club's future.[49]

April

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Having not played since early March, and with football suspended until at least June, the decision was taken to end the 2019–20 season on 15 April, with the Sons sitting sixth in Scottish League One.[50]

May

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At a virtual player of the year awards ceremony held on 2 May, Kyle Hutton was named as the club's Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season, whilst Rico Quitongo was named Young Player of the Season.[51]

First team transfers

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  • From end of 2018–19 season, to last match of season 2019–20

In

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Player From League Fee
Scotland Stefan McCluskey Pollok SJFA West Region Premiership Free
Scotland Morgyn Neill Stenhousemuir Scottish League Two Free
Scotland Jordan Pettigrew Livingston Scottish Premiership Free
Scotland Conor Scullion Cumbernauld United SJFA West Region Premiership Free
Scotland Ryan Tierney Edusport Academy Scottish Lowland League Free
England Isaac Layne Free agent N/A Free
Scotland Jordan McMillan Edusport Academy Scottish Lowland League Free
Scotland Lewis Crawford Petershill SJFA West Region Premiership Free
Zimbabwe Mati Zata Dundee United Scottish Championship Free
Scotland Rico Quitongo Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership Free
Scotland PJ Crossan Celtic Scottish Premiership Free
Scotland Ruaridh Langan Falkirk Scottish Championship Free
Scotland Ryan McGeever Brechin City Scottish League One Free
Scotland Matthew Shiels Rangers Scottish Premiership Loan
Scotland Joe McKee Falkirk Scottish League One Free
Scotland Reghan Tumilty Greenock Morton Scottish Championship Loan
Scotland Adam Frizzell Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership Loan
Scotland Callum Wilson Partick Thistle Scottish Championship Free
Scotland Sam Wardrop Dundee United Scottish Championship Loan
Scotland Jai Quitongo Machine Sazi Persian Gulf Pro League Free
Scotland Robert Jones Stranraer Scottish League One Free
Scotland Ross Forbes Forfar Athletic Scottish League One Free

Out

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Player To League Fee
Scotland Cammy Ballantyne Montrose Scottish League One Free
Scotland Craig Barr Cowdenbeath Scottish League Two Free
Scotland Grant Adam Downfield SJFA North Region Superleague Free
Northern Ireland Brian McLean Greenock Morton Scottish Championship Free
Scotland Ross Perry Darvel SJFA West Region Championship Free
Scotland Michael Paton Queen of the South Scottish Championship Free
Scotland Ryan Thomson Stranraer Scottish League One Free
Scotland Willie Dyer East Stirlingshire Scottish Lowland League Free
Scotland Ross Forbes Forfar Athletic Scottish League One Free
Scotland Bobby Barr East Stirlingshire Scottish Lowland League Free
Scotland Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians Scottish League One Free
Scotland Iain Russell Pollok SJFA West Region Premiership Free
Scotland Rory Loy Free agent Free
France Boris Melingui Free agent Free
Scotland Lewis Crawford Rossvale SJFA West Region Premiership Loan
Zimbabwe Mati Zata Rossvale SJFA West Region Premiership Loan
Scotland Jordan McMillan Pollok SJFA West Region Premiership Loan
Scotland Conor Scullion Fauldhouse United East of Scotland Football League Free
Scotland Jordan McMillan Pollok SJFA West Region Premiership Free
Zimbabwe Mati Zata Bo'ness Athletic F.C. East of Scotland Football League Free

Fixtures and results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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6 July 2019 Friendly Dumbarton 3 - 2 Dundee United Dumbarton
15:00 Muhammadu Faal (T) 48', Joe McKee (T) 65', Mati Zata (T) 80' Report Lawrence Shankland 58', Louis Appéré 77' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Referee: Alan Newlands
9 July 2019 Friendly Dumbarton 0 - 2 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton
19:30 Report Cunningham 2', Breen 44' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Referee: Colin Steven

Scottish League One

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3 August 2019 League One Dumbarton 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Grant Anderson 79' Attendance: 870
Referee: Duncan Williams
Man of the Match: Stefan McCluskey
10 August 2019 League One Falkirk 6 – 0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Conor Sammon 7', 53', Declan McManus 11', 34', 42', Charlie Telfer 38' Report Attendance: 4.060
Referee: Graham Beaton
17 August 2019 League One Peterhead 2 – 3 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Gary Fraser 3', Jason Brown 36' Report Ruaridh Langan 42', PJ Crossan 68', Isaac Layne 79' Attendance: 688
Referee: David Dickinson
24 August 2019 League One Dumbarton 3 – 1 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Isaac Layne 25' 76', Reghan Tumilty 63' Report Leon Murphy 20' Attendance: 583
Referee: Barry Cook
Man of the Match: Isaac Layne
31 August 2019 League One Montrose 1 – 2 Dumbarton Links Park
15:00 Blair Lyons 75' Report Isaac Layne 21' 34' Attendance: 480
Referee: Peter Stuart
14 September 2019 League One Dumbarton 0 – 1 Airdrieonians Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Paul McKay 44' Attendance: 813
Referee: Steven Kirkland
Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton
21 September 2019 League One East Fife 2 – 2 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
15:00 Stewart Murdoch 58', Scott Agnew 73' (pen.) Report Ryan McGeever 38', Isaac Layne 48' (pen.) Attendance: 719
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
28 September 2019 League One Dumbarton 1 – 2 Clyde Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 PJ Crossan 41' Report Chris McStay 61' Chris Johnston 75' Attendance: 851
Referee: Steven Reid
Man of the Match: Stuart Carswell
5 October 2019 League One Dumbarton 3 – 1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Morgyn Neill 11', Adam Frizzell 28' 34' Report Jordan Kirkpatrick 48' Attendance: 532
Referee: David Dickinson
Man of the Match: Adam Frizzell
19 October 2019 League One Stranraer 0 – 0 Dumbarton Stair Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 289
Referee: Steven Reid
26 October 2019 League One Dumbarton 1 – 0 Peterhead Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Ryan McGeever 54' Report Attendance: 600
Referee: Steven Kirkland
Man of the Match: Ryan McGeever
2 November 2019 League One Airdrieonians 3 – 1 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Calum Gallagher 1', Dale Carrick 35' 39' Report Reghan Tumilty 16' Attendance: 727
Referee: Craig Napier
Man of the Match: Dale Carrick
9 November 2019 League One Dumbarton 2 – 4 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Ryan McGeever 33', OG 38' Report Danny Denholm 8', Liam Watt 30' 65', Steven Boyd 54' Attendance: 702
Referee: Chris Graham
Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton
16 November 2019 League One Dumbarton 1 – 1 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Isaac Layne 30' Report Declan McManus 90' (Pen.) Attendance: 982
Referee: Barry Cook
Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton
30 November 2019 League One Clyde 1 – 2 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Chris Johnston 7' Report Joe McKee 17', Isaac Layne 48' Attendance: 721
Referee: Chris Graham
7 December 2019 League One Dumbarton 0 – 2 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Andrew Steeves 35', OG 76' Attendance: 459
Referee: David Munro
14 December 2019 League One Forfar Athletic 3 – 4 Dumbarton Station Park
15:00 Michael Travis 2' 29', Dale Hilson 45' (pen.) Report Joe McKee 22', PJ Crossan 44', 73', Reghan Tumilty 58' Attendance: 431
Referee: Scott Lambie
Man of the Match: Michael Travis
21 December 2019 League One Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Report PJ Crossan 28', Ryan McGeever 41' Attendance: 1504
Referee: Alan Muir
28 December 2019 League One Dumbarton 1 – 1 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Ryan Tierney 85' Report James Hilton 88' Attendance: 656
Referee: Barry Cook
Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton
4 January 2020 League One Falkirk 3 – 0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Charlie Telfer 38', Declan McManus 63' 85' Report Attendance: 3807
Referee: Euan Anderson
Man of the Match: Morgaro Gomis
26 January 2020 League One Peterhead 1 – 0 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Ben Armour 82' Report Attendance: 531
Referee: Steven Kirkland
1 February 2020 League One East Fife 4 – 2 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
15:00 Scott Agnew 4' 79', Chris Higgins 27', Stewart Murdoch 70' Report Morgyn Neill 45+3', Robert Jones 59' Attendance: 536
Referee: Gavin Duncan
8 February 2020 League One Dumbarton 0 – 0 Airdrieonians Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 594
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
15 February 2020 League One Montrose 2 – 1 Dumbarton Links Park
15:00 Blair Lyons 16', Graham Webster 54' Report PJ Crossan 90+2' Attendance: 423
Referee: Duncan Williams
25 February 2020 League One Dumbarton 1 – 0 Clyde Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Morgyn Neill 67' Report Attendance: 468
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
Man of the Match: Morgyn Neill
29 February 2020 League One Dumbarton 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Stuart Carswell 90+3' Report Attendance: 804
Referee: Kevin Graham
Man of the Match: Ryan McGeever
3 March 2020 League One Dumbarton 2 – 0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Ross Forbes 33', Jai Quitongo 69' Report Attendance: 364
Referee: Barry Cook
Man of the Match: Ross Forbes
7 March 2020 League One Clyde 2 – 0 Dumbarton Broadwood Stadium
15:00 David Goodwillie 49', John Rankin 90' Report Attendance: 767
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

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23 November 2019 Third round Dumbarton 3 - 1 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Adam Frizzell 9', Ryan McGeever 72', Isaac Layne 78' Report Callum Tapping 20' Attendance: 424
Referee: Chris Fordyce
18 January 2020 Fourth round Aberdeen 1 - 0 Dumbarton Aberdeen
15:00 Sam Cosgrove 86' (pen.) Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,010
Referee: Gavin Duncan

Scottish League Cup

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO QOS DUM ANN
1 Motherwell 4 4 0 0 0 13 0 +13 12 Qualification for the Second Round 4–0 4–0
2 Greenock Morton 4 2 1 0 1 14 8 +6 8 p3–3 6–1
3 Queen of the South 4 1 1 1 1 10 10 0 6 0–3 p3–3
4 Dumbarton 4 1 0 0 3 3 12 −9 3 0–2 1–4
5 Annan Athletic 4 0 0 1 3 3 13 −10 1 0–5 0–1
Source: [52]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[53]

Matches

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13 July 2018 Group stage Annan Athletic 0 – 1 Dumbarton Annan
15:00 Report Ryan Tierney 63' Stadium: Galabank Stadium
Attendance: 264
Referee: Steven Kirkland
16 July 2018 Group stage Greenock Morton 6 - 1 Dumbarton Greenock
19:45 OG 15', Peter Grant 17', Kyle Jacobs 23', Lewis Strapp 31', John Sutton 45', Bob McHugh 69' Report Morgyn Neill 63' Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,257
20 July 2018 Group stage Dumbarton 1 - 4 Queen of the South Dumbarton
15:00 PJ Crossan 8' Report Michael Paton 10', Gary Oliver 13', Stephen Dobbie 18', Connor Murray 22' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 580
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 July 2018 Group stage Dumbarton 0 - 2 Motherwell Dumbarton
15:00 Report Christian Ilić 42', Peter Hartley 76' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,394
Referee: Colin Steven

Scottish Challenge Cup

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13 August 2019 2nd round Dumbarton 0 – 1 St Mirren U21s Dumbarton
19:45 Report Josh Jacks 31' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 279
Referee: Craig Napier

Player statistics

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As of 22:28, 7 March 2020

All competitions

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# Position Player Starts Subs Unused subs Goals Red cards Red card Yellow cards Yellow card
1 GK Northern Ireland Conor Brennan 32 0 3 0 0 3
6 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell 30 1 1 1 0 12
2 DF Scotland Lewis Crawford 10 4 12 0 0 2
24 FW Scotland PJ Crossan 26 6 1 6 0 2
18 MF Scotland Adam Frizzell 10 0 0 3 0 1
11 MF Scotland Ross Forbes 6 1 0 1 0 2
8 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 27 1 1 0 0 4
15 FW Scotland Robert Jones 4 3 0 1 0 2
4 MF Scotland Ruaridh Langan 17 11 7 1 0 2
17 FW England Isaac Layne 17 7 0 9 0 3
33 FW Scotland Rory Loy 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland Stefan McCluskey 24 7 0 0 0 5
22 DF Scotland Ryan McGeever 32 1 0 5 0 3
14 MF Scotland Joe McKee 28 0 0 2 0 3
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 5 6 6 0 0 1
5 DF Scotland Morgyn Neill 35 0 0 4 0 4
12 GK Scotland Jordan Pettigrew 3 0 32 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland Jai Quitongo 3 3 1 1 0 3
3 DF Scotland Rico Quitongo 30 1 0 0 0 4
11 MF Scotland Conor Scullion 6 8 8 0 0 0
7 DF Scotland Matthew Shiels 4 5 5 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland Ryan Tierney 9 12 11 2 0 0
15 DF Scotland Reghan Tumilty 17 0 0 3 0 4
25 DF Scotland Sam Wardrop 7 0 0 0 0 1
20 MF Scotland Callum Wilson 2 2 5 0 0 0
16 MF Zimbabwe Mati Zata 4 5 12 0 0 0

Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Stuart Carswell Scotland 30
8 MF Kyle Hutton Scotland 5

Last updated: As of match played 7 March 2020
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 +10 47 1.68
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 +8 45 1.61
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 −9 38 1.36
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 −8 34 1.21
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 −14 26 0.96
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
Notes:
  1. ^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[54]

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