2007–08 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2007-08 season
Manager	Gerry McCabe/Jim Chapman
Stadium	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 3	8th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round
Scottish League Cup	First Round
League Challenge Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Fergus Tiernan (6); All: Robert Campbell/ Brian McPhee/ Fergus Tiernan (6)
Highest home attendance	907
Lowest home attendance	282
Average home league attendance	521

Season 2007–08 was the 124th 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 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath.

Finally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final.

Results & fixtures

[1] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Third Division

4 August 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Elgin City	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Tiernan 71'			Attendance: 640 Referee: C Charleston

11 August 2007 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	3–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	McBride,K 19' Brand 41', 60'		Tiernan 12', 15'	Attendance: 306

18 August 2007 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	1–1	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
	Scott,B 25'		Hamilton 79'	Attendance: 647 Referee: S McLean

25 August 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Coyne 12', 62' (pen)			Attendance: 644 Referee: T Robertson

1 September 2007 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2–0	Dumbarton	Stair Park
	Mullen 17' Tade 84'			Attendance: 343 Referee: S Nicholls

15 September 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Stenhousemuir	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Campbell 3'		Hampshire 4' Desmond 89'	Attendance: 907 Referee: G Salmond

22 September 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	East Fife	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Tiernan 66'		McManus 15'	Attendance: 692 Referee: A Muir

29 September 2007 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	0–1	Dumbarton	Links Park
			Campbell 53'	Attendance: 545 Referee: S McLean

6 October 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 668 Referee: A Law

20 October 2007 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2–1	Dumbarton	Borough Briggs
	Smith 18' Frizzel 33'		O'Byrne 80'	Attendance: 541 Referee: W Hornby

3 November 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Arbroath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	McPhee 3'		Bishop 27'	Attendance: 637 Referee: G Salmond

10 November 2007 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	2–0	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	Hunter 45' Walker,P 49'			Attendance: 512 Referee: C Charleston

1 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	Stenhousemuir	2–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview
	Thomson 23' Dempster 77' (pen)		McPhee 45'	Attendance: 403 Referee: F McDermott

8 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Stranraer	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Stewart 16' Mitchell 87'	Attendance: 478 Referee: T Robertson

15 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	East Fife	2–0	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	McDonald 3' McGowan 83'			Attendance: 674 Referee: C Charleston

18 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	3–1	East Stirlingshire	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	McPhee 11' Geggan 44' Hamilton 90'		Brand 61'	Attendance: 640 Referee: C Charleston

22 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Montrose	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Campbell 90'		Baird 11' (pen), 66' Wood 13'	Attendance: 510 Referee: S McLean

29 December 2007 Scottish Third Division	Forfar Athletic	3–1	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Fotheringham 2' Smith 39' Lunan 79'		Gentile 40'	Attendance: 422 Referee: S Nicholls

2 January 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Tiernan 53' McPhee 63'			Attendance: 634

19 January 2008 Scottish Third Division	Stranraer	2–0	Dumbarton	Stair Park
	Tade 58' Cashmore 83'			Attendance: 214 Referee: S O'Reilly

2 February 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–4	Elgin City	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Coyne 61'		Frizzel 1' Charlesworth 32' (pen), 44' O'Donoghue 52'	Attendance: 514 Referee: B Winter

9 February 2007 Scottish Third Division	Montrose	3–1	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Wood 5' Hunter 29', 69'		Moore 76'	Attendance: 458 Referee: S McLean

16 February 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–3	East Fife	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			McDonald 20' Smart 40', 89'	Attendance: 688 Referee: M Tumilty

23 February 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Arbroath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Canning 37', 61'		Scott,B 42'	Attendance: 511 Referee: W Collum

1 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	Albion Rovers	0–1	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
			Canning 74'	Attendance: 329 Referee: C Charleston

5 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	Arbroath	0–0	Dumbarton	Gayfield Park
				Attendance: 441 Referee: F McDermott

15 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	Elgin City	2–1	Dumbarton	Borough Briggs
	O'Donoghue 25' Shallicher 71'		Moore 70'	Attendance: 551 Referee: D Somers

18 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Stenhousemuir	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	McNaught 42'			Attendance: 389 Referee: S Conroy

22 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	Stenhousemuir	1–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview
	Harty 80'		Geggan 11'	Attendance: 449 Referee: C Brown

25 March 2008 Scottish Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1–1	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Bolochoweckyj 10'		McNaught 86'	Attendance: 306 Referee: A Muir

29 March 2007 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Stranraer	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Tade 66'	Attendance: 639 Referee: E Norris

5 April 2008 Scottish Third Division	East Fife	2–1	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Templeman 42' Cameron 58'		Tiernan 64'	Attendance: 639 Referee: E Norris

8 April 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 282 Referee: C Boyle

12 April 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Montrose	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 463 Referee: G Salmond

19 April 2008 Scottish Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	East Stirlingshire	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Hamilton 69'			Attendance: 612 Referee: W Hornby

26 April 2008 Scottish Third Division	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
	Ovenstone 71'		Hamilton 69'	Attendance: 400 Referee: W Hornby

CIS League Cup

7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Cowdenbeath	2–0	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Clarke 69' Dalziel 77'			Attendance: 322 Referee: M Tumilty

Scottish League Challenge Cup

14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	East Stirlingshire	4–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Simpson 32', 48' Struthers 71', 88'		Campbell 31', 53'	Attendance: 202 Referee: A Laws

Scottish Cup

27 October 2007 Scottish Cup Round 2	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Dumbarton	Station Park, Forfar
			McPhee	Attendance: 382 Referee: E Norris

6 November 2007 Scottish Cup Round 2R	Dumbarton	3–0	Forfar Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Campbell 21' Henderson 38' MacFarlane 47'			Attendance: 310 Referee: E Norris

24 November 2007 Scottish Cup Round 3	Dumbarton	2–0	Berwick Rangers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	MacFarlane 5' McPhee 36'			Attendance: 310 Referee: E Norris

12 January 2008 Scottish Cup Round 4	St Mirren	3–0	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Corrigan 17' Barrow 38' Mehmet 70'			Attendance: 2,828 Referee: A Muir

Stirlingshire Cup

20 July 2007 Group stage	Stenhousemuir	0–1	Dumbarton	Ochilview
			Yule	Attendance: 150

22 August 2007 Group stage	Stirling Albion	5–1	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
			Gallacher

Pre-season

16 July 2007 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–0	Kilmarnock	Dumbarton Football Stadium
				Attendance: 755

21 July 2007 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–5	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	MacFarlane 11'		Thomson 34' Crawford 43', 71' Morrison,O 54' Hamilton 89' (pen)

24 July 2007 Friendly	Queen's Park	2–0	Dumbarton	Hampden Park

26 July 2007 Friendly	Dumbarton	0–3	St Mirren	Dumbarton Football Stadium
			Kean Corcoran	Attendance: 709

30 July 2007 Friendly	Dumbarton	1–1	Celtic XI	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Coyne			Attendance: 672

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Elgin City	36	13	8	15	56	68	−12	47
7	Albion Rovers	36	9	10	17	51	68	−17	37
8	Dumbarton	36	9	10	17	31	48	−17	37
9	East Stirlingshire[lower-alpha 1]	36	10	4	22	48	71	−23	34
10	Forfar Athletic	36	8	9	19	35	62	−27	33

Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Had East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for what would have been a sixth consecutive time, they would have lost their Scottish Football League status, they finished second bottom.

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	David Crawford	30	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	GK	SCO	Anton Nugent	12	0	8+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	GK	SCO	Peter Shaw	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	John Aitken	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Brittain	24	1	20+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	SCO	David Craig	8	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Grant Evans	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ross Farro	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kenny Haswell	11	0	6+2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Gordon Lennon	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Richie McKillen	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Anthony McLennan	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Michael O'Byrne	34	1	30+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	FIN	Axel Orrström	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Potter	25	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jonathan Yule	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Kieran Brannan	7	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Canning	36	3	31+0	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	MF	SCO	Danny Ferry	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Geggan	33	2	28+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
	MF	SCO	Chris Gentile	21	1	10+9	1	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Chris Hamilton	33	3	19+9	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
	MF	SCO	Niall Henderson	16	1	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
	MF	SCO	Jason McLaughlin	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Michael Stokes	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan	29	6	22+4	6	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Robert Campbell	21	6	15+1	3	1+0	0	1+0	2	3+0	1
	FW	SCO	Greg Cavanagh	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Coyne	30	3	16+12	3	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Liam Cusack	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Sean Kerr	7	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	FW	SCO	David MacFarlane	15	2	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	2
	FW	SCO	Chris Mackie	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Mark McAlpine	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	David McNaught	19	2	6+12	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Brian McPhee	27	6	17+6	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	2
	FW	SCO	Paul McQuilken	13	0	4+7	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Michael Moore	7	2	7+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Allan Orr	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	F Pierman	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Ryan Russell	33	0	21+7	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
	FW	SCO	Bruce Thompson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	SCO	Kenneth Wright	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

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Transfers

[2]

Players in

Player	From	Date
David MacFarlane	Albion Rovers	5 Jun 2007
Brian McPhee	Airdrie United	11 Jun 2007
Jonathan Yule	Dumbarton Youth	9 Jul 2007
Robert Campbell	Kilmarnock (loan)	19 Jul 2007
Ross Farro	Seafield Thistle BC	19 Jul 2007
Ryan Russell	Morton	19 Jul 2007
Mark McAlpine	Hamilton	23 Jul 2007
Michael O'Byrne	Dundee United	26 Jul 2007
Allan Orr	Gretna	2 Aug 2007
John Aitken	Hamilton Place	9 Aug 2007
Anton Nugent	East Stirling	9 Aug 2007
Kieran Brannan	Hamilton Place	14 Aug 2007
Greg Cavanagh	Dumbarton Youth	14 Aug 2007
Niall Henderson	Gretna (loan)	14 Aug 2007
Anthony McLennan	Stenhousemuir	14 Aug 2007
Bruce Thompson	Queen's Park	14 Aug 2007
David Crawford	Queen's Park	27 Sep 2007
Richie McKillen	Alloa Athletic	5 Nov 2007
Sean Kerr	Livingston (loan)	9 Nov 2007
Craig Potter	Clyde	22 Nov 2007
Grant Evans	Hamilton (loan)	11 Jan 2008
Gordon Lennon	Partick Thistle	21 Jan 2008
Chris Mackie	Alloa Athletic (loan)	22 Jan 2008
Axel Orrström	Atlantis FC	24 Jan 2008
Michael Moore	Ayr United	31 Jan 2008
Michael Stokes	Airdrie United	22 Feb 2008
Kenneth Wright	Albion Rovers (loan)	22 Mar 2008
Liam Cusack	Hamilton	31 Mar 2008
Kenny Haswell	Aberdeen	31 Mar 2008
F Pierman

Players out

Player	To	Date
Ryan Borris	Raith Rovers	23 May 2007
Craig Winter	Raith Rovers	26 May 2007
Jamie Smith	Stenhousemuir	4 Jun 2007
Stephen Grindlay	Queen of the South	12 Jul 2007
José Quitongo	Livingston	22 Sep 2007
Anthony McLennan		29 Nov 2007
Paul Young		23 Jan 2007
Allan Orr		31 Jan 2008
Danny Ferry	Albion Rovers	9 Feb 2008
Mark McAlpine		28 Feb 2008
John McKeever	Bellshill Athletic
David Bagan	Hurlford United
John Aitken
Ross Farro
John Henry
F Pierman

References

Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.
Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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[table_note_EST0.12519122340027-2] Had East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for what would have been a sixth consecutive time, they would have lost their Scottish Football League status, they finished second bottom.

[review-1] Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.

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