Dumbarton
2005-06 season
ManagerPaul Martin
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 210th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Rodgers (12)
All: Andy Rodgers (16)
Highest home attendance1,594
Lowest home attendance534
Average home league attendance939

Season 2005–06 was the 122nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 100th time, the Scottish Cup for the 111th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 59th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 15th time.

Overview

Paul Martin's first full season in charge was not to be a happy one. The league campaign did not start well with only 1 win recorded from the first 9 matches. There was a temporary improvement in results from mid October to mid November, but thereafter success was hard to come by, and from February onwards just 2 draws were salvaged from 13 league encounters, meaning that Dumbarton would be anchored at the bottom of the table and relegation was assured long before the season's end. It also meant the end of Paul Martin's tenure in the manager's seat.

In the Scottish Cup, a first round win over Highland League opponents Forres Mechanics was followed by an embarrassing defeat to Third Division Arbroath.

In the League Cup, it was another first round exit, this time to Hamilton.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton's dismal record in this competition was extended by a further year with a second round defeat to Raith Rovers.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties, and failed to score too.

Despite the disappointing end, the season had in fact started brightly with an invite to the pre-season Keyline Tournament run by Oban Saints. This was duly won, with 3 wins and 2 draws from 5 matches, against strong opposition including Hearts, Dundee United and St Johnstone.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2005 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2–0 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Boyd 17'
Wardlaw 74'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,274
Referee: W Collum
13 August 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Walker 90' BBC Report Sloan 61' Attendance: 879
Referee: C Boyle
20 August 2005 Scottish Second Division Partick Thistle 3–2 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
Roberts 26', 62'
Santala 69'		 BBC Report Smith 8'
McQuilken 12'		 Attendance: 2,354
Referee: I Fyfe
27 August 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell 85' (pen) BBC Report Weatherston 88' Attendance: 1,574
Referee: I Fyfe
10 September 2005 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 1–0 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Shand 63' BBC Report Attendance: 494
Referee: E Smith
17 September 2005 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–0 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Gribben 6'
Dunn 64'		 BBC Report Attendance: 429
Referee: S Finnie
24 September 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Rodgers 14', 83' BBC Report Attendance: 877
Referee: I Brines
1 October 2005 Scottish Second Division Gretna 1–0 Dumbarton Raydale Park
Tosh 4' BBC Report Attendance: 965
15 October 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Gemmell 81' BBC Report Ellis 4'
McLeod 64'		 Attendance: 652
Referee: S Conroy
22 October 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 6–0 Ayr United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Gaughan 4'
Rodgers 34' (pen), 76'
Dillon 63'
Smith 86'
Russell 87'		 BBC Report Attendance: 917
Referee: C Allan
25 October 2005 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–4 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Brown 86' BBC Report Gentile 1'
Dillon 33'
Russell 53'Connell 80'		 Attendance: 469
Referee: C Melville
29 October 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–0 Peterhead Dumbarton Football Stadium
Boyle 87' BBC Report Attendance: 771
Referee: I Fyfe
5 November 2005 Scottish Second Division Morton 4–0 Dumbarton Cappielow
McLaren 1'
Lilley 7', 84'
Weatherston 86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,818
Referee: B Winter
12 November 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–0 Forfar Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
Rodgers 9'
McQuilken 29'		 BBC Report Attendance: 717
Referee: W Collum
3 December 2005 Scottish Second Division Raith Rovers 3–2 Dumbarton Starks Park
Jablonski 25'
McManus 32'
Davidson 77'		 BBC Report Rodgers 39', 45' Attendance: 1,060
Referee: E Smith
17 December 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Gretna Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Grady 29' Attendance: 839
Referee: I Fyfe
26 December 2005 Scottish Second Division Ayr United 2–0 Dumbarton Somerset Park
Conway 26'
Ramsay 31'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,266
31 December 2005 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–2 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
Borris 4' BBC Report Santala 27'
McCulloch 39' (pen)		 Attendance: 1,562
Referee: D Somers
2 January 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Morton Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Lilley 22'
Weatherston 50'		 Attendance: 1,594
14 January 2006 Scottish Second Division Peterhead 3–1 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Gibson 33'
Wood 55'
Sharp 72'		 BBC Report Gemmell 69' Attendance: 705
Referee: S Duff
21 January 2006 Scottish Second Division Forfar Athletic 2–3 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Cameron 8'
Forrest 81'		 BBC Report Russell 59' (pen)
Gemmell 86'
Dubourdeau 90' (OG)		 Attendance: 481
Referee: C Hardie
28 January 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell 18', 75'
Gemmell 27'		 BBC Report Aitken 45'
Devine 63'		 Attendance: 891
Referee: C Boyle
11 February 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report McManus 48' Attendance: 812
Referee: A Muir
7 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Gretna 3–0 Dumbarton Raydale Park
Grady 22'
McGuffie 50'
Deuchar 62'		 BBC Report Attendance: 598
Referee: S Conroy
11 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–3 Peterhead Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell 10' (pen)
Rodgers 12'		 BBC Report Gibson 40'
Linn 70', 86'		 Attendance: 628
Referee: W Collum
14 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Partick Thistle 2–1 Dumbarton Firhill Stadium
Roberts 25'
McConalogue 63'		 BBC Report Boyle 90' Attendance: 1,538
Referee: C Allan
21 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Stevenson 76' Attendance: 534
Referee: I Frickleton
25 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 3–1 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium
Connelly 68'
O'Brien 72'
Trialist 86'		 BBC Report Russell 87' Attendance: 604
Referee: A Hunter
28 March 2006 Scottish Second Division Morton 4–0 Dumbarton Cappielow
McAllister 19'
Weatherston 52'
Walker,J 73', 74'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,418
Referee: C Boyle
8 April 2006 Scottish Second Division Raith Rovers 0–0 Dumbarton Starks Park
BBC Report Attendance: 1,055
Referee: M Ritchie
15 April 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–5 Ayr United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Rodgers 47', 59'
Gemmell 63'
McQuilken 70'		 BBC Report Logan 5'
Strain 10'
Vareille 12'
McAnespie 53'
Robertson 79'		 Attendance: 931
Referee: I Fyfe
18 April 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Gretna Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report McGuffie 11'
Innes 17'		 Attendance: 651
Referee: J Downie
22 April 2006 Scottish Second Division Alloa Athletic 1–0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
Stevenson 64' BBC Report Attendance: 1,055
Referee: C Murray
29 April 2006 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–3 Partick Thistle Dumbarton Football Stadium
Rodgers 40', 41' BBC Report McConalogue 55', 87'
Roberts 69'		 Attendance: 1,257
Referee: A Muir

CIS League Cup

9 August 2005 Scottish League Cup round 1 Hamilton 2–1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
Tunbridge 84', 87' BBC Report Rodgers 10' Attendance: 627
Referee: J Underhill

Bell's League Challenge Cup

30 August 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Raith Rovers 2–1 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton Starks Park
Dempsie 112' (OG)
McManus 118'		 BBC report Rodgers 98' Attendance: 1,382
Referee: M McCurry

Scottish Cup

26 November 2005 Scottish Cup round 1 Dumbarton 4–1 Forres Mechanics Dumbarton Football Stadium
Russell 8'
Rodgers 19', 57'
McQuilken 39'		 BBC Report Mackay 35' Attendance: 755
Referee: S O'Reilly
10 December 2005 Scottish Cup round 2 Arbroath 1–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brazil 16' BBC Report Attendance: 596
Referee: C Boyle

Stirlingshire Cup

16 August 2005 Group stage Falkirk 4–0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
23 August 2005 Group stage Dumbarton 0–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 197

Pre-season friendlies

2 July 2005 Friendly Clydebank 0–7 Dumbarton Clydebank
Russell
McQuilken
Rodgers
23 July 2005 Friendly Queen's Park 2–3 Dumbarton Hampden Park
Russell
MacDonald
27 July 2005 Friendly Pollok 2–2 Dumbarton Newlandsfield Park
Gentile
Gemmell

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
6 Ayr United 36 10 12 14 56 61 −5 42
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 9 16 44 54 −10 42
8 Forfar Athletic 36 12 4 20 44 55 −11 40
9 Alloa Athletic 36 8 8 20 36 77 −41 32
10 Dumbarton 36 7 5 24 40 63 −23 26 Relegated to 2006–07 Third Division
Source: "2005-2006 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Stephen Grindlay 39036+000+001+002+00
GK Scotland SCO John Wight 100+001+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Brittain 1207+300+000+001+10
DF Scotland SCO Mark Dempsie 26025+000+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Ian Dobbins 100+001+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Gaughan 28125+110+000+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Gary McDevitt 100+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Smith 36233+021+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Robert Walker 26122+011+001+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Young 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO James Allan 603+101+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Scott Bannerman 25016+700+000+101+00
MF Scotland SCO Chris Boyle 28226+020+000+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Graham Connell 29116+1110+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO John Dillon 25211+1221+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Steve Ferguson 11011+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Danny Ferry 18010+700+000+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Chris Gentile 26119+310+101+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Kevin MacDonald 1607+501+001+000+20
MF Scotland SCO Craig Winter 12012+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Borris 34130+011+001+002+00
FW Scotland SCO John Gemmell 27514+1250+000+000+10
FW Scotland SCO David McNaught 300+300+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Paul McQuilken 38424+1031+001+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Andy Rodgers 371627+6121+010+112+02
FW Scotland SCO Paul Ronald 602+301+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 34920+1080+101+001+11

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Transfers

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Trivia

  • The League match against Peterhead on 29 October marked Iain Russell's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 128th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006/07. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2005. ISBN 0-7553-1526-X.
  2. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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