2011–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Dumbarton's third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton
2011–12 season
Chairman Alan Jardine
Manager Alan Adamson
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Second DivisionThird place
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to Berwick Rangers
League CupFirst Round, lost to Dundee
Scottish CupThird Round, lost to Brechin City
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bryan Prunty (14)
All:
Bryan Prunty (17)
Highest home attendance1,088 vs. Airdrie United, 21 April 2012
Lowest home attendance406 vs. Airdrie United, 22 October 2011

Summary

Dumbarton finished third in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs winning 6–2 against Airdrie United on aggregate in the final and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season matches
30 June 2011 Dumbarton 1–1 Stranraer Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Walker Unknown  pen'
7 July 2011 Dumbarton 6–3 Cambuslang Rangers East Kilbride
Agnew
Prunty
McElroy
Ramage 		Dumbarton Report Unknown
Unknown  pen'
Unknown
9 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–5 Motherwell Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Murphy  8', 22'
Law  54'
McHugh  83'
Saunders  91'		 Attendance: 814
12 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Teale  4'
Thomson  24'		 Attendance: 954
Referee: Gary Hilland
16 July 2011 Dumbarton 2–1 Alloa Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Craig Sutherland  8', 48' Dumbarton Report Campbell  86'
19 July 2011 Dumbarton 4–1 Partick Thistle Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Sutherland  27'
Agnew  68'
Scully  82'
Brannan  90'		 Dumbarton Report Burns  61' (pen.) Attendance: 686
Referee: Steve Conroy

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup
24 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 3–2 East Stirlingshire Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty  54'
Gilhaney  61' (pen.)
Walker  90'		 BBC Sport Love  66'
Turner  70'		 Attendance: 454
Referee: Paul Robertson
9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2 Dumbarton 0–2 Berwick Rangers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Sport Greenhill  55'
Currie  89'		 Attendance: 334
Referee: Craig Charleston

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup
30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Dumbarton 0–4 Dundee Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Sport Milne  48', 73'
McCluskey  67'
Lockwood  84' (pen.)		 Attendance: 870
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Second Division
Main article: 2011-12 Scottish Second Division
6 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Johnston  6', 63'
Donnelly  9'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 887
Referee: Norcroft
13 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–5 Stirling Albion Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Agnew  8' BBC Sport Smith  5'
Cook  46'
Flood  48'
Dillon  56'
Crawley  69'		 Attendance: 706
Referee: Richmond
20 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Fusco  46'
McManus  52' (pen.)
McKenna  56'		 BBC Sport Agnew  11', 89'
Lyden  28'
Lithgow  51'		 Attendance: 427
Referee: Roache
27 August 2011 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0–6 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
BBC Sport McBride  17'
Prunty  20', 33', 79', 85'
Lyden  45'		 Attendance: 635
Referee: McLean
10 September 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–4 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty  5'
Gilhaney  17'
Nicholl  38'		 BBC Sport Sibanda  14'
Swankie  27', 46'
Doris  68' (pen.)		 Attendance: 640
Referee: Finnie
17 September 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–4 Cowdenbeath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Sport McKenzie  8'
Robertson  19'
Morton  68'
Linton  86'		 Attendance: 615
Referee: Tumilty
24 September 2011 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 0–2 Dumbarton Station Park
BBC Sport Winters  32'
Prunty  61'		 Attendance: 493
Referee: Norris
15 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 3–1 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Rodgers  29'
McMillan  45', 77'		 BBC Sport Agnew  85' Attendance: 529
Referee: Somers
18 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
McKinnon  13'
Agnew  51'		 BBC Sport Lawless  68' Attendance: 406
Referee: Roache
22 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Gilhaney  29' (pen.) BBC Sport Stevenson  37'
Green  39'		 Attendance: 775
Referee: Somers
29 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 0–1 Dumbarton Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
BBC Sport Agnew  84' Attendance: 602
Referee: Northcroft
5 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 4–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
McAnespie  21'
Malcolm  23'
Swankie  26'
Doris  79'		 BBC Sport McNiff  51', 83'
Agnew  65'		 Attendance: 723
Referee: Northcroft
12 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Agnew  34'
Gilhaney  60'
Lithgow  68'		 BBC Report Attendance: 678
Referee: Hilland
26 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Dumbarton Central Park
BBC Report Attendance: 271
Referee: Crawford
3 December 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker  16' BBC Report Motion  90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
10 December 2011 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 3–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Gemmell  5', 25'
Love  60'		 BBC Report Prunty  37' Attendance: 489
Referee: Colvin
2 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty  20'
Lithgow  84'
Walker  90'		 BBC Report Doris  26'
Falkingham  32'		 Attendance: 585
Referee: Roache
14 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty  89' BBC Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Conroy
21 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly  15'
Boyle  36'
MacDonald  48'		 BBC Report Lithgow  34'
Agnew  67'
Walker  88'		 Attendance: 743
Referee: Northcroft
11 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McMillan  10'
McKinlay  33' 
Smith  76'		 SFL Report Lithgow  36'
Devlin  45' (Own goal)		 Attendance: 539
Referee: Beaton
14 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park
Hilson  30' SFL Report Prunty  44' Attendance: 284
Referee: Clancy
18 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty  61' SFL Report Attendance: 657
Referee: Somers
21 February 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1–2 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Linn  23' SFL Report Gilhaney  52'
Graham  79'		 Attendance: 397
Referee: Finnie
25 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Graham  46'
Agnew  73'
Gilhaney  80', 87'		 SFL Report Davidson  3'
Davidson  56'		 Attendance: 722
Referee: Winter
28 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Prunty  1'
Gilhaney  32'
Agnew  74'		 SFL Report Attendance: 557
Referee: Charleston
3 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park
McManus  30'
McKenzie  34'		 SFL Report Prunty
Agnew 		Attendance: 459
Referee: Robertson
6 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
SFL Report Mbu  3'
McKenzie  73'		 Attendance: 812
Referee: Hilland
10 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Innes  24'
Doris  27'		 SFL Report Attendance: 842
Referee: Northcroft
17 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–4 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
SFL Report Wallace  4', 24'
Grindlay  23' (Own goal)
Dalziel  51'		 Attendance: 713
Referee: Richmond
24 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 4–1 Dumbarton Central Park
McKenzie  19', 81'
Coult  29'
Mbu  38'		 SFL Report Dargo  33' Attendance: 380
Referee: Tumilty
31 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Paterson  56' (o.g.) SFL Report Attendance: 513
Referee: O'Reilly
7 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Ferry  20' SFL Report Agnew  38' Attendance: 471
Referee: Roache
14 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
SFL Report Ferguson  5' (pen.)
Rodgers  11'		 Attendance: 728
Referee: Clancy
21 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Prunty  61'
Lovering  67' (Own goal)		 SFL Report McLaren  56'
Donnelly  91'		 Attendance: 1,088
Referee: McKendrick
28 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
Davidson  57' SFL Report Jacobs  78' (Own goal)
Dargo  90'		 Attendance: 709
Referee: McDermott
5 May 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–2 Brechin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dargo  59', 62', 72'
Thomson  90'		 SFL Report King  53'
Molloy  88'		 Attendance: 636
Referee: Winter

First Division Play-offs
9 May 2012 Play-offs SF R1 Dumbarton 2–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Wallace  16'
Prunty  61'		 SFL Report Malcolm  6' Attendance: 911
Referee: Charleston
12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Arbroath 0–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
SFL Report Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Thomson
16 May 2012 Play-offs F R1 Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Prunty  29'
Wallace  32'
Nugent  93' 		 SFL Report Bain  42' Attendance: 1,746
Referee: Brines
20 May 2012 Play-offs F R2 Airdrie United 1–4 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Holmes  35'
Bain  78'		 SFL Report Dargo  9', 21'
Gilhaney  45'
Wallace  65'		 Attendance: 2,914
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup
19 November 2011 Scottish Cup R3 Brechin City 3–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Molloy  26'
King  77'
McManus  93'		 BBC Report Attendance: 447
Referee: Beaton

Stirlingshire Cup
20 August 2011 Stirlingshire Cup SF Dumbarton 6–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
McBride  29', 54'
Winters  32'
Walker  61'
Wallace  68'
Metcalfe 		Plenderleith  26'
Quinn 		Attendance: 223
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 November 2011 Stirlingshire Cup F Falkirk 1 – 1
(5 – 4 on penalties)		 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
Graham  9' Winters  38' Attendance: 923
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Player statistics

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Paul Nugent[7] 36 Club captain
FW Bryan Prunty[7] 7 Vice-captain

Last updated: 16 May 2012
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.

Squad
Last updated 26 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Second DivisionScottish CupLeague CupOther[a]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jamie Ewings 1109+001+000+001+00
GK Stephen Grindlay 32026+000+001+005+00
GK Arnaud Gastal 101+000+000+000+00
DF James Creaney 37032+001+000+004+00
DF Robert Connolly 000+000+000+000+00
DF Ross McKinnon 816+111+000+000+00
DF Kevin Nicoll 34126+210+001+005+00
DF Paul Nugent 39030+301+001+004+00
DF Tony Wallace 30316+601+000+104+23
DF Alan Lithgow 40432+041+001+006+00
DF Jamie Lyden 825+120+001+001+00
DF Dominic Kennedy 907+100+000+001+00
DF Ryan Finnie 15011+300+000+001+00
MF Scott Agnew 421335+0130+001+006+00
MF Mark Lamont 1308+400+000+000+10
MF Ryan Borris 1706+1001+000+000+00
MF Mark Gilhaney 42933+171+001+006+02
MF Martin McBride 815+010+001+002+00
MF Martin McNiff 35228+121+000+005+00
MF Adam Monaghan 301+000+000+101+00
MF Gary McKell 201+100+000+000+00
MF David Gray 502+100+000+000+20
MF Arlan Kadina Mptata 402+200+000+000+00
MF Glen Thomson 110+110+000+000+00
FW Ryan Metcalfe 400+100+000+100+20
FW Kieran Brannan 1501+1000+101+001+10
FW Bryan Prunty 411732+1141+001+006+03
FW Graeme Ramage 900+500+101+001+10
FW Patrick Walker 42422+1430+100+003+21
FW John Hempstead 201+100+000+000+00
FW David Winters 1312+1011+000+000+00
FW Ally Graham 19210+720+000+000+20
FW Craig Dargo 1277+250+000+003+02
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKJamie Ewings 0000000000
GKStephen Grindlay 0000000000
GKArnaud Gastal 0000000000
DFJames Creaney 6000001070
DFRobert Connolly 0000000000
DFRoss McKinnon 1000000010
DFKevin Nicoll 100000030130
DFPaul Nugent 60101021101
DFTony Wallace 2000002040
DFAlan Lithgow 3100000031
DFJamie Lyden 1000000111
DFRyan Finnie 0000000000
MFScott Agnew 7000000070
MFMark Lamont 0000000000
MFRyan Borris 0000000000
MFMark Gilhaney 5000101070
MFMartin McBride 0000000000
MFMartin McNiff 5000000050
MFAdam Monaghan 0000000000
MFGary McKell 0000000000
MFDavid Gray 0000000000
MFArlan Kadina Mptata 1000000010
MFGlen Thomson 0000000000
FWRyan Metcalfe 0000000000
FWKieran Brannan 1000000010
FWBryan Prunty 2000001030
FWGraeme Ramage 1000000010
FWPatrick Walker 1000001020
FWJohn Hempstead 0000000000
FWDavid Winters 0000000000
FWAlly Graham 1000000010
FWCraig Dargo 2000002040

Awards
Last updated 27 February 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Alan Adamson[8] Second Division Manager of the Month January
Alan Adamson[9] Second Division Manager of the Month February

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 20 11 5 68 29 +39 71 Promotion to the First Division
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[lower-alpha 1]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[lower-alpha 2]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Transfers

Factfile

* The League match against Airdrie United on 21 January marked Ryan Borris's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 132nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

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