2001–02 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

Dumbarton
2001-02 season
ManagerTom Carson
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 32nd
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (18)
All: Paddy Flannery (19)
Highest home attendance1,959
Lowest home attendance533
Average home league attendance838

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
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
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
30 March 2002 Third Division Elgin City 2-0 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
McBride
Gilzean
Attendance: 709
6 April 2002 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery
Crilly
Attendance: 694
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

Stirlingshire Cup

14 July 2001 Group stage Alloa Athletic 1–2 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
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 or relegation
1 Brechin City 36 22 7 7 67 38 +29 73 Promoted to Second Division 2002–03
2 Dumbarton 36 18 7 11 59 48 +11 61
3 Albion Rovers 42 22 11 9 51 32 +19 77
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
Source:

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jon Connolly 202+000+000+000+00
GK John Hillcoat 14012+002+000+000+00
GK John Wight 24022+000+001+001+00
DF Craig Brittain 36227+520+201+001+00
DF Jamie Bruce 11010+000+000+001+00
DF Michael Dickie 25023+000+001+001+00
DF Kevin McCann 23219+022+001+000+10
DF John McKeown 26223+012+000+001+01
DF Martin Melvin 100+000+000+100+00
DF Martin O'Neill 33227+321+000+101+00
DF Dave Stewart 21117+012+000+101+00
MF Steven Bonar 36119+1312+001+001+00
MF Mark Crilly 331029+1102+000+001+00
MF John Dillon 37115+1812+001+000+10
MF Robert Dunn 13411+240+000+000+00
MF Stephen Jack 30025+301+001+000+00
MF Martin Lauchlan 1119+210+000+000+00
MF Craig Lynes 2315+1510+201+000+00
MF Scott Murdoch 505+000+000+000+00
FW Andy Brown 38835+072+011+000+00
FW Paddy Flannery 351932+1182+010+000+00
FW Danny McKelvie 2602+2000+201+001+00
FW Joe Robertson 38828+682+001+001+00

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Transfers

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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

  1. Scottish Football Review 2002/03. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2002. ISBN 1-903381-13-4.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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