2001–02 Dumbarton F.C. season
2001-02 season | |
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Manager | Tom Carson |
Stadium | Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 3 | 2nd |
Scottish Cup | First Round |
Scottish League Cup | Second Round |
Bell's Challenge Cup | Second Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Paddy Flannery (18) All: Paddy Flannery (19) |
Highest home attendance | 1,959 |
Lowest home attendance | 533 |
Average home league attendance | 838 |
Season 2001–02 was the 118th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 96th time, the Scottish Cup for the 107th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 55th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 11th time.
Overview
Season 2001-02 began with a sense of confidence - this would be the first full season at the new home ground and followed the appointment of Tom Carson as manager which brought about a change of fortunes to Dumbarton's campaign the previous season. The league season itself would be full of ups and downs but in the end it came down to the final game against one of their oldest opponents, Queen's Park. A draw would be sufficient to gain a promotion place, but at 1-1 in stoppage time, Queen's Park were awarded a soft penalty. Fortunes were on Dumbarton's side however, as John Wight made a magnificent save and promotion was secured.
In Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Alloa Athletic in the first round.
In the League Cup, an excellent win over near neighbours Clydebank was followed by a second round exit to Premier Division Dundee United.
Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton returned to old habits and lost in their first outing against Ross County.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won both of their group ties, and progressed to their first final in six years, but failed in a penalty shoot out against Stenhousemuir.
Results & fixtures
[1] Win Draw Loss
Scottish Third Division
6 August 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Brechin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() |
Bain ![]() King ![]() |
Attendance: 837 |
11 August 2001 Third Division | Peterhead | 0–3 | Dumbarton | Balmoor Stadium |
McKeown ![]() Flannery ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Attendance: 528 |
18 August 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Queen's Park | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Brown ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Marshall ![]() |
Attendance: 717 |
25 August 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Montrose | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Brand ![]() |
Attendance: 781 |
8 September 2001 Third Division | East Stirling | 2–4 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Menelaws ![]() ![]() |
Flannery ![]() O'Neill ![]() Robertson ![]() Bonar ![]() |
Attendance: 208 |
18 September 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Albion Rovers | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() |
Booth ![]() |
Attendance: 581 |
19 September 2001 Third Division | Stirling Albion | 4–5 | Dumbarton | Forthbank Stadium |
Henderson ![]() Williams ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robertson ![]() ![]() Flannery ![]() ![]() Crilly ![]() |
Attendance: 446 |
22 September 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Elgin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Crilly ![]() Lynes ![]() |
Hynd ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Attendance: 764 |
29 September 2001 Third Division | East Fife | 4-1 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
McManus ![]() ![]() Allen ![]() ![]() |
Crilly ![]() |
Attendance: 392 |
13 October 2001 Third Division | Brechin City | 3-2 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
Fotheringham ![]() Grant ![]() Clark ![]() |
Brown ![]() Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 429 |
20 October 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Peterhead | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Mackay ![]() Stewart ![]() Johnston ![]() |
Attendance: 715 |
27 October 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | East Stirling | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() ![]() |
Lyle ![]() Lorimer ![]() |
Attendance: 591 |
3 November 2001 Third Division | Montrose | 1-3 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Sharp ![]() |
Flannery ![]() Stewart ![]() Crilly ![]() |
Attendance: 503 |
10 November 2001 Third Division | Albion Rovers | 0-2 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
Crilly ![]() Brown ![]() |
Attendance: 420 |
24 November 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 4–1 | Stirling Albion | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
O'Neill ![]() Flannery ![]() Crilly ![]() Brittain ![]() |
Williams ![]() |
Attendance: 860 |
8 December 2001 Third Division | Elgin City | 0-3 | Dumbarton | Borough Briggs |
Brittain ![]() Robertson ![]() Brown ![]() |
Attendance: 511 |
15 December 2001 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | East Fife | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 521 |
12 January 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–5 | Montrose | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Ferguson ![]() Kerrigan ![]() Laidlaw ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 745 |
19 January 2002 Third Division | Stirling Albion | 2-1 | Dumbarton | Forthbank Stadium |
Williams ![]() Brannigan ![]() |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 555 |
26 January 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Robertson ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 686 |
2 February 2002 Third Division | East Fife | 1-0 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
Mortimer ![]() |
Attendance: 419 |
9 February 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Elgin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() Lauchlan ![]() Crilly ![]() |
Gilzean ![]() |
Attendance: 690 |
16 February 2002 Third Division | Peterhead | 4-0 | Dumbarton | Balmoor Stadium |
Stewart ![]() ![]() Tindal ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Attendance: 589 |
23 February 2002 Third Division | Queen's Park | 0-0 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Attendance: 725 |
27 February 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Brechin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Brown ![]() Crilly ![]() |
Fotheringham ![]() |
Attendance: 533 |
2 March 2002 Third Division | Montrose | 1-1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Christie ![]() |
McCann ![]() |
Attendance: 485 |
9 March 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | East Stirling | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Crilly ![]() McCann ![]() |
Lorimer ![]() |
Attendance: 715 |
16 March 2002 Third Division | Albion Rovers | 1-1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Harty ![]() |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 503 |
19 March 2002 Third Division | Queen's Park | 0-2 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Dunn ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 411 |
23 March 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Stirling Albion | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() Dunn ![]() |
Attendance: 792 |
30 March 2002 Third Division | Elgin City | 2-0 | Dumbarton | Borough Briggs |
McBride ![]() Gilzean ![]() |
Attendance: 709 |
2 April 2002 Third Division | East Stirling | 1-0 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Ure ![]() |
Attendance: 317 |
6 April 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | East Fife | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() Crilly ![]() |
Attendance: 694 |
13 April 2002 Third Division | Brechin City | 0-1 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
Brown ![]() |
Attendance: 702 |
20 April 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Peterhead | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Dunn ![]() Brown ![]() Dillon ![]() |
Attendance: 1,636 |
27 April 2002 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Peterhead | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Flannery ![]() |
Whelan ![]() |
Attendance: 1,959 |
Bell's Challenge Cup
14 August 2001 Challenge Cup Round 2 | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Ross County | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
McQuade ![]() Hislop ![]() |
Attendance: 370 Referee: K Toner |
CIS League Cup
11 September 2001 League Cup Round 1 | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Clydebank | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
Brown ![]() Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 695 Referee: I Fyfe |
25 September 2001 League Cup Round 2 | Dundee United | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Tannadice Park |
Thompson ![]() Easton ![]() Griffin ![]() |
Attendance: 3,702 Referee: C MacKay |
Tennent's Scottish Cup
17 November 2001 Cup Round 1 | Alloa Athletic | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
Little ![]() Evans ![]() Hutchison ![]() |
McKeown ![]() |
Attendance: 539 Referee: C Richmond |
14 July 2001 Group stage | Alloa Athletic | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
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Brittain ![]() Brown ![]() |
28 July 2001 Group stage | Stirling Albion | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Forthbank Stadium |
Brittain ![]() Brown ![]() |
4 September 2001 Final | Dumbarton | 0–0 (Stenhousemuir on penalties) | Stenhousemuir | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brechin City (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 73 | Promotion to the Second Division |
2 | Dumbarton (P) | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 61 | |
3 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 59 | |
4 | Peterhead | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 56 | |
5 | Montrose | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 55 | |
6 | Elgin City | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 47 | |
7 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 40 | |
8 | East Fife | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 40 | |
9 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 37 | |
10 | Queen's Park | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Player statistics
Squad
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Third Division | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Jon Connolly | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
John Hillcoat | 14 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
John Wight | 24 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Craig Brittain | 36 | 2 | 27+5 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Jamie Bruce | 11 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Michael Dickie | 25 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Kevin McCann | 23 | 2 | 19+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John McKeown | 26 | 2 | 23+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
Martin Melvin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Martin O'Neill | 33 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Stewart | 21 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Steven Bonar | 36 | 1 | 19+13 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Mark Crilly | 33 | 10 | 29+1 | 10 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
John Dillon | 37 | 1 | 15+18 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Robert Dunn | 13 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Stephen Jack | 30 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Martin Lauchlan | 11 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Craig Lynes | 23 | 1 | 5+15 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Scott Murdoch | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Andy Brown | 38 | 8 | 35+0 | 7 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Paddy Flannery | 35 | 19 | 32+1 | 18 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Danny McKelvie | 26 | 0 | 2+20 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Joe Robertson | 38 | 8 | 28+6 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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Trivia
- The League match against Elgin City on 9 February marked Andy Brown's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 122nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
See also
References
- ^ a b Scottish Football Review 2002/03. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2002. ISBN 1-903381-13-4.
- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.