2020–21 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton

2020–21 season
Chairman	John Steele
Manager	Jim Duffy
Stadium	C&G Systems Stadium
Home colours Away colours

Season 2020–21 was Dumbarton's third in the third tier of Scottish football having finished sixth in the division in 2019–20. Dumbarton will also compete in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Story of the season

July

After the premature end to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, preparations for the new campaign began in July with manager Jim Duffy signing a new one-year deal. He was followed by defenders Morgyn Neill, Ryan McGeever and forward Stefan McCluskey in committing to the club for the new season. Young Player of the Year Rico Quitongo was next to sign a new deal, and he was joined by midfielder Ruaridh Langan. Striker Denny Johnstone then became the club's first new signing of the summer - joining after leaving Falkirk. Striker Robert Jones and captain Stuart Carswell were next to sign new deals. A day later PJ Crossan agreed a new deal, becoming the 10th player to sign up for the new campaign after six goals in his first season with the club. Later that week nine players left the club at the expiry of the contract, with player of the year Kyle Hutton, top scorer Isaac Layne, leading assister Joe McKee and number one goalkeeper Conor Brennan joined by Lewis Crawford, Jordan Pettigrew, Callum Wilson, Jai Quitongo and Ryan Tierney in leaving the club.

August

Sam Wardrop was the club's second new signing of the window, joining from Dundee United after two successful loan spells.

First team transfers

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

In

Player	From	League	Fee
Denny Johnstone	Falkirk	Scottish League One	Free
Sam Wardrop	Dundee United	Scottish Premiership	Free

Out

Player	To	League	Fee
Joe McKee			Free
Conor Brennan	East Kilbride	Lowland Football League	Free
Lewis Crawford			Free
Isaac Layne	Peterhead	Scottish League One	Free
Ryan Tierney	BSC Glasgow	Lowland Football League	Free
Callum Wilson	Albion Rovers	Scottish League Two	Free
Kyle Hutton	East Kilbride	Lowland Football League	Free
Jai Quitongo			Free
Jordan Pettigrew			Free

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Friendlies

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Friendly

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Scottish League One

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish League One

Forfar Athletic v Dumbarton

17 October 2020 League One	Forfar Athletic	–	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
15:00

Scottish Cup

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Scottish League Cup

Matches

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Player statistics

As of 20:28, 5 August 2020

All competitions

#	Position	Player	Starts	Subs	Unused subs	Goals	Red cards	Yellow cards
	MF	Stuart Carswell	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	PJ Crossan	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ross Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Denny Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Robert Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ruaridh Langan	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Stefan McCluskey	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Ryan McGeever	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Morgyn Neill	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Rico Quitongo	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Sam Wardrop	0	0	0	0	0	0

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
6	MF	Stuart Carswell		0

Last updated: As of match played TBC 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	East Fife	22	10	3	9	30	33	−3	33
7	Peterhead	22	9	2	11	24	27	−3	29
8	Clyde	22	8	2	12	27	38	−11	26
9	Dumbarton (O)	22	7	4	11	14	24	−10	25	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Forfar Athletic (R)	22	4	5	13	18	37	−19	17	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated