2009–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2009-10 season
Manager	Jim Chapman
Stadium	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	6th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	First Round
League Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Scott Chaplain (10); All: Scott Chaplain (10)
Highest home attendance	975
Lowest home attendance	397
Average home league attendance	681
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Season 2009–10 was the 126th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 104th time, the Scottish Cup for the 115th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 63rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

Following the success of the previous season, it was manager Jim Chapman's goal to consolidate the club's position in the Second Division. However, Dumbarton were to be devastated before a ball was kicked with the death during the close season of the club captain, Gordon Lennon, from a motoring accident. Nevertheless, despite there being few changes to the playing staff, the league campaign started disappointingly with only two draws to show from the first six starts - resulting in the club propping up the rest of the league. It was, however, to be a temporary blip and although there was no consistency in performances, a mid-table sixth place was achieved in the end.

In the domestic cups, however, it was all bad news - no wins and no goals! In the Scottish Cup, local rivals Morton would be victorious in the third round, after a goalless draw.

In the League Cup, Dunfermline Athletic had no difficulty in seeing off Dumbarton in the first round.

Finally, it was no surprise that the League Challenge Cup would witness another first round exit, and it would be Morton again who would do the damage.

Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was resumed, and after two penalty shoot out wins in the group fixtures, the trophy would return to Dumbarton following a win in the final over Stenhousemuir.

Results & fixtures

^[1] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Second Division

8 August 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Grant 53' (OG)		Grant 43' Carrigan 59' Noble 61'	Attendance: 864 Referee: Anthony Law

15 August 2009 Scottish Second Division	Arbroath	3–1	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Sellars 15' Hislop 46' Ross 90'		Hunter 89'	Attendance: 605 Referee: E Norris

22 August 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	3–3	Clyde	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Dunlop 45' Hunter 53' Chisholm 86'		Lithgow 15', 24' McLaughlan 65'	Attendance: 975 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 August 2009 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–1	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Docherty 21' McAllister 36' Janczyk 59'		Dunlop 26'	Attendance: 470 Referee: Frank McDermott

12 September 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Stenhousemuir	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 664 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

19 September 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–3	Cowdenbeath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			McBride 15', 53' Wardlaw 23'	Attendance: 647 Referee: Gary Hilland

26 September 2009 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1–2	Dumbarton	Balmoor Stadium
	Bruce 52'		Murray 77' Carcary 90'	Attendance: 397 Referee: Stevie Nicholls

3 October 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2–3	Stirling Albion	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Chaplain 30' Cook 41'		McKenna 32' Devine 51' Robertson 90'	Attendance: 654 Referee: S McLean

10 October 2009 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	0–1	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
			McLaughlin 58'	Attendance: 684 Referee: Gary Hilland

17 October 2009 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1–3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park
	Gilhaney 41'		Geggan 16' Cook 44' Chaplain 62'	Attendance: 575 Referee: N Watters

24 October 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Arbroath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Chaplain 45'			Attendance: 696 Referee: Mat Northcroft

31 October 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Brechin City	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 687 Referee: Thomas Robertson

7 November 2009 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0–3	Dumbarton	Ochilview
			Hunter 49' Chaplain 64' O'Donoghue 89'	Attendance: 568 Referee: John McKendrick

14 November 2009 Scottish Second Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	McQuade 18' (pen.), 82'		Geggan 5'	Attendance: 389 Referee: Ian Brines

8 December 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Peterhead	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Chaplain 30' (pen.)			Attendance: 397 Referee: Stevie Nicholls

12 December 2009 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–3	East Fife	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			McManus 37' Smart 53' Muir 89'	Attendance: 628 Referee: George Salmond

15 December 2009 Scottish Second Division	Stirling Albion	2–2	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
	Murphy 61' Devine 88'		Craig 49' Carcary 84'	Attendance: 462 Referee: Brian Colvin

23 January 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Cowdenbeath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Hunter 65' Clark 89'		Baxter 29'	Attendance: 657 Referee: Bobby Madden

6 February 2010 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	2–3	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Crawford 13', 35'		Gordon 5' Chaplain 15' Carcary 38'	Attendance: 581 Referee: John Beaton

16 February 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2–4	Stirling Albion	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Gordon 4' Hunter 45'		Robertson 1', 49' Aitken 12', 34'	Attendance: 595 Referee: S McLean

27 February 2010 Scottish Second Division	Arbroath	3–1	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Dorris 55' Redman 74' Booth 88'		Winters 9'	Attendance: 521 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

2 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	2–1	Dumbarton	Balmoor Stadium
	Sharp 13', 79'		Wyness 27'	Attendance: 327 Referee: S MacDonald

6 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Brechin City	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Byers 57'	Attendance: 751 Referee: Gary Hilland

9 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	3–1	Alloa Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Gordon 17' Cook 47' Clark 56' (pen.)		Smith 62' (OG)	Attendance: 552 Referee: C Brown

13 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1–0	Dumbarton	Ochilview
	Quinn 87'			Attendance: 469 Referee: William Collum

16 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Clyde	0–2	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
			Winters 27', 62'	Attendance: 531 Referee: Thomas Robertson

20 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Cowdenbeath	0–0	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
				Attendance: 349 Referee: Frank McDermott

23 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Stenhousemuir	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Chaplain 45', 68' (pen.)		Lyle 65'	Attendance: 486 Referee: Iain Brines

27 March 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Peterhead	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Chaplain 49'		Wilson 55' Bavidge 58' Mann 80'	Attendance: 663 Referee: David Somers

3 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stirling Albion	1–2	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
	Taggart 51'		Wyness 54', 81'	Attendance: 568 Referee: Kevin Clancy

6 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	0–1	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
			Chaplain 56'	Attendance: 403 Referee: Matt Northcroft

10 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–1	East Fife	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Linn 85'	Attendance: 728 Referee: Stevie Nicholls

13 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	3–3	Clyde	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Carcary 21', 40' Winters 45'		Strachan 29' (pen.), 79' (pen.) McGowan N 63'	Attendance: 601 Referee: Anthony Law

17 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1–2	Dumbarton	Recreation Park
	Scott 55' (pen.)		Winters 33' Wyness 65'	Attendance: 622 Referee: S MacDonald

24 April 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Arbroath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Redman 39' Megginson 49'	Attendance: 836 Referee: Stephen Finnie

1 May 2010 Scottish Second Division	Clyde	4–2	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
	Sawers 2' Stewart 15', 19' Strachan 84'		McStay 33' Wyness 83'	Attendance: 631 Referee: Frank McDermott

Alba Challenge Cup

26 July 2009 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Dumbarton	0–1	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Jenkins 25'	Attendance: 1,122 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Co-operative Insurance League Cup

1 August 2009 Scottish League Cup round 1	Dumbarton	0–5	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Graham 2' Kirk 9', 56' Burke 45' Bell 65'	Attendance: 953 Referee: Chris Boyle

Active Nation Scottish Cup

28 November 2009 Scottish Cup round 3	Greenock Morton	0–0	Dumbarton	Cappielow
				Attendance: 1,882 Referee: S McLean

5 December 2009 Scottish Cup round 3R	Dumbarton	0–1	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Graham 74'	Attendance: 1,495 Referee: S McLean

Stirlingshire Cup

28 July 2009 Round 1	Dumbarton	2–2*	East Stirlingshire	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	McKillen Hunter

4 August 2009 Round 1	Stirling Albion	1–1*	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
			Hunter	Attendance: 250

13 October 2009 Final	Stenhousemuir	0–2	Dumbarton	Ochilview
			Hunter Martin McNiff	Attendance: 250

* - won on penalties

Pre-season

14 July 2009 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–2	Partick Thistle	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Robertson Doolan	Attendance: 926

16 July 2009 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–3	St Mirren	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			O'Donnell Dargo Mehmet	Attendance: 1,109

18 July 2009 Friendly	Queen of the South	1–1	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
			Hunter	Attendance: 1,109

19 July 2009 Friendly	Annan Athletic	3–3	Dumbarton	Galabank
			Gribben Hunter	Attendance: 205

22 July 2009 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–5	Middlesbrough	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			O'Neil 6' Dunlop 42' (OG) Aliadière 45' Johnson,A 70' Williams 73'	Attendance: 1,227

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Brechin City	36	15	9	12	47	42	+5	54	Qualification for the First Division play-offs^[a]
5	Peterhead	36	15	6	15	45	49	−4	51
6	Dumbarton	36	14	6	16	49	58	−9	48
7	East Fife	36	10	11	15	46	53	−7	41
8	Stenhousemuir	36	9	13	14	38	42	−4	40

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Dave McEwan	4	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Mark McGeown	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	CZE	Jan Vojacek	26	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK	SCO	Michael White	11	0	9+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Iain Chisholm	35	1	27+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Mick Dunlop	38	2	34+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ben Gordon	38	3	34+0	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ross Harvey	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Richie McKillen	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Chris Smith	36	0	34+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Kieran Brannan	13	0	5+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Chaplain	38	10	29+5	10	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ross Clark	26	2	14+8	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Alan Cook	10	3	10+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Chris Craig	17	1	16+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Geggan	31	2	27+0	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin McNiff	17	0	13+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Ryan McStay	26	1	19+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Stevie Murray	36	1	17+15	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ross O'Donoghue	23	1	15+4	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Adam Strachan	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Derek Carcary	35	5	9+22	5	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	FW	SCO	Roddy Hunter	24	5	14+6	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Simon Lynch	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Denis McLaughlin	16	1	10+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	David Winters	15	5	15+0	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Dennis Wyness	17	5	16+1	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

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Transfers

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Players in

Player	From	Date
Ross O'Donoghue	Elgin City	22 Jun 2009
Scott Chaplain	Partick Thistle	30 Jun 2009
Roddy Hunter	Montrose	14 Jul 2009
Denis McLaughlin	Hearts (loan)	24 Jul 2009
Chris Craig	Rangers	4 Aug 2009
Chris Smith	Morton	4 Aug 2009
Simon Lynch	Airdrie United (loan)	15 Aug 2009
Ross Harvey	Rangers	28 Aug 2009
Jan Vojacek	SK Sigma Olomouc	28 Aug 2009
Adam Strachan	Albion Rovers	18 Sep 2009
Dennis Wyness	St Mirren	11 Feb 2010
David Winters	Arbroath	12 Mar 2010

Players out

Player	To	Date
Michael O'Byrne	Albion Rovers	2 Jun 2009
Mark Canning	Albion Rovers	3 Jun 2009
Fergus Tiernan	Queen's Park	1 Jul 2009
Pat Boyle	Partick Thistle	10 Jul 2009
Paul Keegan	Airdrie United	22 Jul 2009
Paul McLeod	Clyde	22 Jul 2009
David McFarlane	Albion Rovers	23 Jul 2009
Mark McGeown	Queen of the South	16 Oct 2009
Adam Strachan	Clyde	13 Nov 2009
Nathan Taylor	Clitheroe	1 Jan 2010
Paul Craig	Freed	25 Mar 2010
Chris Craig	Alloa Athletic	1 Apr 2010
Ross Harvey	Embry Riddle Eagles
Gary Wilson	Larkhall Thistle
Dave McEwan	Beith

References

^ ^a ^b Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010/11. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

[table_note_res_PP0.40291357245432-2] The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.

[review-1] Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010/11. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.

[3] Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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