1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1998–99 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 93rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 104th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 52nd time.

Dumbarton
1998–1999 season
ManagerIan Wallace/Jimmy Brown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 34th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (18)
Highest home attendance650
Lowest home attendance230
Average home league attendance391

Overview

Following three successive seasons of failure, Dumbarton produced what would be a marginally better league performance. Indeed, up until the beginning of April it was still technically possible for Dumbarton to have gained promotion, but in the end ran out of games. The season was improved by an end of season streak which saw 7 wins taken from the last 9 games, and eventually a 4th place was achieved. The winning run coincided with Ian Wallace's replacement by Jimmy Brown as manager, this following a suspension and subsequent internal investigation.

In the national cup competitions, it was a return to first round exits. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Livingston after a creditable drawn match.

In the League Cup, there was a disappointing first round defeat to Alloa Athletic.

Note that due to the lack of sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was not played.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton managed a draw from two ties and thus failed to reach the final.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

4 August 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
McKinnon
Flannery
Attendance: 291
15 August 1998 Third Division Queen's Park 0–1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Sharp Attendance: 656
22 August 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Hamilton Attendance: 378
5 September 1998 Third Division East Stirling 1–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
McNeill King
Robertson
Attendance: 217
19 September 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 5–0 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Sharp
Melvin
McKinnon
Flannery
Attendance: 348
26 September 1998 Third Division Montrose 1–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Coulston Flannery Attendance: 318
3 October 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Ross County Boghead Park
Flannery McBain
Ferries
Attendance: 538
10 October 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Queen's Park Boghead Park
Flannery Attendance: 343
17 October 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Glancy
Flannery
Mooney
Attendance: 456
24 October 1998 Third Division Berwick Rangers 3–1 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Ramage
Leask
Robertson Attendance: 303
31 October 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 2–2 East Stirling Boghead Park
Flannery
Robertson
Muirhead
 (OG)
Attendance: 309
7 November 1998 Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Flannery Attendance: 228
14 November 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Brechin City Boghead Park
Flannery Sorbie
Dickson
Attendance: 357
28 November 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Montrose Boghead Park
Niddrie
Paterson
Attendance: 240
28 November 1998 Third Division Ross County 2–0 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall
Taylor
Ferguson
Attendance: 324
12 December 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
Flannery
Mooney
Attendance: 324
19 December 1998 Third Division Dumbarton 1–4 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Wilson Baptie
Gibson
Hamilton
Christie
Attendance: 283
16 January 1999 Third Division Montrose 4–2 Dumbarton Links Park
Lyon
Duffy
Craig
Flannery Attendance: 326
26 January 1999 Third Division East Stirling 1–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Muirhead Brittain
Melvin
Attendance: 204
30 January 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 0–0 Ross County Boghead Park
Attendance: 400
2 February 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Berwick Rangers Boghead Park
Flannery Watt Attendance: 242
13 February 1999 Third Division Brechin City 3–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Sorbie
Dickson
McKellar
Grace
Mooney
Gow
Attendance: 360
27 February 1999 Third Division Queen's Park 1–1 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Martin Bradford Attendance: 516
6 March 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 East Stirling Boghead Park
Muirhead
Paterson
Attendance: 246
9 March 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Albion Rovers Boghead Park
McKinnon Blair Attendance: 230
13 March 1999 Third Division Berwick Rangers 0–1 Dumbarton Shielfield Park
Flannery Attendance: 321
20 March 1999 Third Division Ross County 1–2 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Dingwall
Tarrant Robertson
Bradford
Attendance: 2,374
3 April 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Montrose Boghead Park
Robertson Craig Attendance: 541
5 April 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 6–1 Cowdenbeath Boghead Park
Jack
Flannery
King
Smith
Stewart
Brown Attendance: 650
10 April 1999 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Stewart
Milne
Smith Attendance: 245
17 April 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Brechin City Boghead Park
Robertson
Smith
Attendance: 562
24 April 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Stenhousemuir Boghead Park
Flannery
Mooney
Attendance: 629
1 May 1999 Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Queen's Park Boghead Park
McGuffie Attendance: 762
8 May 1999 Third Division Albion Rovers 0–2 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Robertson
Bruce
Attendance: 256

Scottish League Cup

1 August 1998 League Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 0–4 Alloa Athletic Boghead Park
Wilson
Simpson
McKechnie
Cameron
Attendance: 352
Referee: E Martindale

Tennent's Scottish Cup

5 December 1998 Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 1–1 Livingston Boghead Park
Flannery Miller Attendance: 530
Referee: J Fleming
8 December 1998 Cup Round 1R Livingston 3–0 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
Wilson  (OG)
Fleming
Bingham
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: J Fleming

Stirlingshire Cup

25 August 1998 Group stage Dumbarton 2–2 Falkirk Boghead Park
Mooney
Robertson

Pre-season Matches

25 July 1998 Friendly Dumbarton 3–1 Ardeer Recreation Boghead Park
Flannery
Sharp

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
2 Stenhousemuir 36 19 7 10 62 42 +20 64 Promoted to Second Division 1999–00
3 Brechin City 36 17 7 12 47 44 +3 58
4 Dumbarton 36 16 9 11 53 40 +13 57
5 Berwick Rangers 36 12 14 10 53 49 +4 50
6 Queen's Park 36 11 11 14 41 46 5 44
Source:

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Derek Barnes 301+000+002+00
GK Peter Dennison 202+000+000+00
GK Kenny Meechan 34033+001+000+00
DF Craig Brittain 26122+111+002+00
DF Jamie Bruce 17117+010+000+00
DF Tom Currie 100+001+000+00
DF Paul Finnigan 301+200+000+00
DF Stevie Gow 1216+311+002+00
DF Alex Grace 23118+211+002+00
DF Stephen Jack 38135+011+002+00
DF Martin Melvin 1202+900+100+00
DF David Reid 1109+100+100+00
DF Dave Stewart 1019+110+000+00
DF Barry Wilkinson 704+200+000+10
MF Alan Brown 802+500+100+00
MF Paul Harvey 1107+200+002+00
MF Billy Melvin 33324+631+000+20
MF Willie Wilson 38135+011+002+00
FW John Bradford 424+020+000+00
FW Paddy Flannery 351833+0170+002+01
FW Martin Glancy 1015+510+000+00
FW Toby King 31329+030+002+00
FW Colin McKinnon 30327+031+002+00
FW Keith Millar 1102+700+002+00
FW Martin Mooney 32428+440+000+00
FW Joe Robertson 28821+580+000+20
FW Lee Sharp 18217+021+000+00
FW Chris Smith 1033+631+000+00

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Transfers

[4]

Trivia

  • The League match against Brechin City on 12 September marked Lee Sharp's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 112th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Cowdenbeath on 7 November marked Toby King's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 113th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

  1. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
  2. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
  3. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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