Dumbarton
2011–12 season
ChairmanScotland Alan Jardine
ManagerScotland 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:
Scotland Bryan Prunty (14)
All:
Scotland Bryan Prunty (17)
Highest home attendance1,088 vs. Airdrie United, 21 April 2012
Lowest home attendance406 vs. Airdrie United, 22 October 2011

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.

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'
12 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Teale 4'
Thomson 24'		 Attendance: 954
Referee: Gary Hilland

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

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

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 Red card 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
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
21 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly 15'
Boyle 36'
MacDonald Red card 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 Red card 10'
McKinlay Yellow card 33' Red card
Smith 76'		 SFL Report Lithgow 36'
Devlin 45' (Own goal)		 Attendance: 539
Referee: Beaton
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 Red card 56'		 Attendance: 722
Referee: Winter
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
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
7 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Ferry 20' SFL Report Agnew 38' Attendance: 471
Referee: Roache
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

12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Arbroath 0–0
(1 – 2 agg.)		 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
SFL Report Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Thomson
20 May 2012 Play-offs F R2 Airdrie United 1–4
(2 – 6 agg.)		 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Holmes 35'
Bain Red card 78'		 SFL Report Dargo 9', 21'
Gilhaney 45'
Wallace 65'		 Attendance: 2,914
Referee: Muir

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] Scotland 36 Club captain
FW Bryan Prunty[7] Scotland 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 Scotland SCO Jamie Ewings 1109+001+000+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Stephen Grindlay 32026+000+001+005+00
GK France FRA Arnaud Gastal 101+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO James Creaney 37032+001+000+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Robert Connolly 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Ross McKinnon 816+111+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Nicoll 34126+210+001+005+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Nugent 39030+301+001+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Tony Wallace 30316+601+000+104+23
DF Scotland SCO Alan Lithgow 40432+041+001+006+00
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Lyden 825+120+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Dominic Kennedy 907+100+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Finnie 15011+300+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Scott Agnew 421335+0130+001+006+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Lamont 1308+400+000+000+10
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Borris 1706+1001+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Gilhaney 42933+171+001+006+02
MF Scotland SCO Martin McBride 815+010+001+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Martin McNiff 35228+121+000+005+00
MF Scotland SCO Adam Monaghan 301+000+000+101+00
MF Scotland SCO Gary McKell 201+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO David Gray 502+100+000+000+20
MF France FRA Arlan Kadina Mptata 402+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Glen Thomson 110+110+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Metcalfe 400+100+000+100+20
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Brannan 1501+1000+101+001+10
FW Scotland SCO Bryan Prunty 411732+1141+001+006+03
FW Scotland SCO Graeme Ramage 900+500+101+001+10
FW Scotland SCO Patrick Walker 42422+1430+100+003+21
FW England ENG John Hempstead 201+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 1312+1011+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Ally Graham 19210+720+000+000+20
FW Scotland SCO 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKJamie Ewings 0000000000
ScotlandGKStephen Grindlay 0000000000
FranceGKArnaud Gastal 0000000000
ScotlandDFJames Creaney 6000001070
ScotlandDFRobert Connolly 0000000000
ScotlandDFRoss McKinnon 1000000010
ScotlandDFKevin Nicoll 100000030130
ScotlandDFPaul Nugent 60101021101
ScotlandDFTony Wallace 2000002040
ScotlandDFAlan Lithgow 3100000031
ScotlandDFJamie Lyden 1000000111
ScotlandDFRyan Finnie 0000000000
ScotlandMFScott Agnew 7000000070
ScotlandMFMark Lamont 0000000000
ScotlandMFRyan Borris 0000000000
ScotlandMFMark Gilhaney 5000101070
ScotlandMFMartin McBride 0000000000
ScotlandMFMartin McNiff 5000000050
ScotlandMFAdam Monaghan 0000000000
ScotlandMFGary McKell 0000000000
ScotlandMFDavid Gray 0000000000
FranceMFArlan Kadina Mptata 1000000010
ScotlandMFGlen Thomson 0000000000
ScotlandFWRyan Metcalfe 0000000000
ScotlandFWKieran Brannan 1000000010
ScotlandFWBryan Prunty 2000001030
ScotlandFWGraeme Ramage 1000000010
ScotlandFWPatrick Walker 1000001020
EnglandFWJohn Hempstead 0000000000
ScotlandFWDavid Winters 0000000000
ScotlandFWAlly Graham 1000000010
ScotlandFWCraig Dargo 2000002040

Awards

Last updated 27 February 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Alan Adamson[8] Second Division Manager of the Month January
Scotland 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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

References

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