Dumbarton
2007-08 season
ManagerGerry McCabe/Jim Chapman
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 38th
Scottish CupFourth Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
League Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Fergus Tiernan (6)
All: Robert Campbell/ Brian McPhee/ Fergus Tiernan (6)
Highest home attendance907
Lowest home attendance282
Average home league attendance521

Season 2007–08 was the 124th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 102nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath.

Finally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

4 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tiernan 71' Attendance: 640
Referee: C Charleston
11 August 2007 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 3–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
McBride,K 19'
Brand 41', 60'		 Tiernan 12', 15' Attendance: 306
18 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 1–1 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Scott,B 25' Hamilton 79' Attendance: 647
Referee: S McLean
25 August 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Albion Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne 12', 62' (pen) Attendance: 644
Referee: T Robertson
1 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Stair Park
Mullen 17'
Tade 84'		 Attendance: 343
Referee: S Nicholls
15 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell 3' Hampshire 4'
Desmond 89'		 Attendance: 907
Referee: G Salmond
22 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tiernan 66' McManus 15' Attendance: 692
Referee: A Muir
29 September 2007 Scottish Third Division Montrose 0–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Campbell 53' Attendance: 545
Referee: S McLean
20 October 2007 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 2–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Smith 18'
Frizzel 33'		 O'Byrne 80' Attendance: 541
Referee: W Hornby
3 November 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
McPhee 3' Bishop 27' Attendance: 637
Referee: G Salmond
10 November 2007 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 2–0 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Hunter 45'
Walker,P 49'		 Attendance: 512
Referee: C Charleston
1 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 2–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Thomson 23'
Dempster 77' (pen)		 McPhee 45' Attendance: 403
Referee: F McDermott
8 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
Stewart 16'
Mitchell 87'		 Attendance: 478
Referee: T Robertson
15 December 2007 Scottish Third Division East Fife 2–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
McDonald 3'
McGowan 83'		 Attendance: 674
Referee: C Charleston
18 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 3–1 East Stirlingshire Dumbarton Football Stadium
McPhee 11'
Geggan 44'
Hamilton 90'		 Brand 61' Attendance: 640
Referee: C Charleston
22 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–3 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell 90' Baird 11' (pen), 66'
Wood 13'		 Attendance: 510
Referee: S McLean
29 December 2007 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 3–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Fotheringham 2'
Smith 39'
Lunan 79'		 Gentile 40' Attendance: 422
Referee: S Nicholls
19 January 2008 Scottish Third Division Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Stair Park
Tade 58'
Cashmore 83'		 Attendance: 214
Referee: S O'Reilly
2 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 1–4 Elgin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne 61' Frizzel 1'
Charlesworth 32' (pen), 44'
O'Donoghue 52'		 Attendance: 514
Referee: B Winter
9 February 2007 Scottish Third Division Montrose 3–1 Dumbarton Links Park
Wood 5'
Hunter 29', 69'		 Moore 76' Attendance: 458
Referee: S McLean
16 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–3 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
McDonald 20'
Smart 40', 89'		 Attendance: 688
Referee: M Tumilty
23 February 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Arbroath Dumbarton Football Stadium
Canning 37', 61' Scott,B 42' Attendance: 511
Referee: W Collum
1 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Canning 74' Attendance: 329
Referee: C Charleston
5 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Arbroath 0–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Attendance: 441
Referee: F McDermott
15 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Elgin City 2–1 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
O'Donoghue 25'
Shallicher 71'		 Moore 70' Attendance: 551
Referee: D Somers
22 March 2008 Scottish Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Harty 80' Geggan 11' Attendance: 449
Referee: C Brown
25 March 2008 Scottish Third Division East Stirlingshire 1–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Bolochoweckyj 10' McNaught 86' Attendance: 306
Referee: A Muir
29 March 2007 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Stranraer Dumbarton Football Stadium
Tade 66' Attendance: 639
Referee: E Norris
5 April 2008 Scottish Third Division East Fife 2–1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Templeman 42'
Cameron 58'		 Tiernan 64' Attendance: 639
Referee: E Norris
12 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Dumbarton 0–0 Montrose Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 463
Referee: G Salmond
26 April 2008 Scottish Third Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
Ovenstone 71' Hamilton 69' Attendance: 400
Referee: W Hornby

CIS League Cup

7 August 2007 Scottish League Cup round 1 Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Clarke 69'
Dalziel 77'		 Attendance: 322
Referee: M Tumilty

Scottish League Challenge Cup

14 August 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 East Stirlingshire 4–2 Dumbarton Firs Park
Simpson 32', 48'
Struthers 71', 88'		 Campbell 31', 53' Attendance: 202
Referee: A Laws

Scottish Cup

27 October 2007 Scottish Cup round 2 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Dumbarton Station Park, Forfar
McPhee Attendance: 382
Referee: E Norris
12 January 2008 Scottish Cup round 4 St Mirren 3–0 Dumbarton Love Street (stadium)
Corrigan 17'
Barrow 38'
Mehmet 70'		 Attendance: 2,828
Referee: A Muir

Stirlingshire Cup

20 July 2007 Group stage Stenhousemuir 0–1 Dumbarton Ochilview
Yule Attendance: 150
22 August 2007 Group stage Stirling Albion 5–1 Dumbarton Forthbank Stadium




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Pre-season

21 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
MacFarlane 11' Thomson 34'
Crawford 43', 71'
Morrison,O 54'
Hamilton 89' (pen)		 Referee: E Norris
26 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 0–3 St Mirren Dumbarton Football Stadium
Kean
Corcoran 		Attendance: 709
30 July 2007 Friendly Dumbarton 1–1 Celtic XI Dumbarton Football Stadium
Coyne Attendance: 672

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Elgin City 36 13 8 15 56 68 −12 47
7 Albion Rovers 36 9 10 17 51 68 −17 37
8 Dumbarton 36 9 10 17 31 48 −17 37
9 East Stirlingshire[lower-alpha 1] 36 10 4 22 48 71 −23 34
10 Forfar Athletic 36 8 9 19 35 62 −27 33
Source: SPFL archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Had East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for what would have been a sixth consecutive time, they would have lost their Scottish Football League status, they finished second bottom.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO David Crawford 30026+000+000+004+00
GK Scotland SCO Anton Nugent 1208+101+001+000+10
GK Scotland SCO Peter Shaw 202+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO John Aitken 200+000+101+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Brittain 24120+110+000+003+00
DF Scotland SCO David Craig 807+001+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Grant Evans 1008+100+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Ross Farro 100+000+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kenny Haswell 1106+201+000+101+00
DF Scotland SCO Gordon Lennon 16016+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Richie McKillen 201+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Anthony McLennan 100+000+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Michael O'Byrne 34130+011+000+003+00
DF Finland FIN Axel Orrström 706+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Potter 25023+000+000+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Yule 402+000+001+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Kieran Brannan 702+500+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Canning 36331+031+000+004+00
MF Scotland SCO Danny Ferry 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Andy Geggan 33228+021+000+003+10
MF Scotland SCO Chris Gentile 21110+910+101+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Chris Hamilton 33319+931+000+003+10
MF Scotland SCO Niall Henderson 16113+000+000+003+01
MF Scotland SCO Jason McLaughlin 403+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Michael Stokes 606+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Fergus Tiernan 29622+461+000+002+00
FW Scotland SCO Robert Campbell 21615+131+001+023+01
FW Scotland SCO Greg Cavanagh 100+000+000+100+00
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Coyne 30316+1230+100+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Liam Cusack 505+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Sean Kerr 702+300+000+001+10
FW Scotland SCO David MacFarlane 15210+101+000+003+02
FW Scotland SCO Chris Mackie 402+200+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Mark McAlpine 100+000+001+000+00
FW Scotland SCO David McNaught 1926+1220+001+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Brian McPhee 27617+640+000+004+02
FW Scotland SCO Paul McQuilken 1304+700+101+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Moore 727+020+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Allan Orr 100+000+001+000+00
FW Scotland SCO F Pierman 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Russell 33021+701+000+003+10
FW Scotland SCO Bruce Thompson 100+000+000+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Kenneth Wright 101+000+000+000+00

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Transfers

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.
  2. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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