1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season
1998–1999 season | |
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Manager | Ian Wallace/Jimmy Brown |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 3 | 4th |
Scottish Cup | First Round |
Scottish League Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Paddy Flannery (17) All: Paddy Flannery (18) |
Highest home attendance | 650 |
Lowest home attendance | 230 |
Average home league attendance | 391 |
Season 1998–99 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 93rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 104th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 52nd time.
Overview[]
Following three successive seasons of failure, Dumbarton produced what would be a marginally better league performance. Indeed, up until the beginning of April it was still technically possible for Dumbarton to have gained promotion, but in the end ran out of games. The season was improved by an end of season streak which saw 7 wins taken from the last 9 games, and eventually a 4th place was achieved. The winning run coincided with Ian Wallace's replacement by Jimmy Brown as manager, this following a suspension and subsequent internal investigation.
In the national cup competitions, it was a return to first round exits. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Livingston after a creditable drawn match.
In the League Cup, there was a disappointing first round defeat to Alloa Athletic.
Note that due to the lack of sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was not played.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton managed a draw from two ties and thus failed to reach the final.
Results & fixtures[]
[1] Win Draw Loss
Scottish Third Division[]
4 August 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
McKinnon ![]() Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 291 |
15 August 1998 Third Division | Queen's Park | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Sharp ![]() |
Attendance: 656 |
22 August 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Hamilton ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 378 |
29 August 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 303 |
5 September 1998 Third Division | East Stirling | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
McNeill ![]() |
King ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Attendance: 217 |
12 September 1998 Third Division | Brechin City | 0–0 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
Attendance: 355 |
19 September 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 5–0 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Sharp ![]() Melvin ![]() ![]() McKinnon ![]() Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 348 |
26 September 1998 Third Division | Montrose | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Coulston ![]() |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 318 |
3 October 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Ross County | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() |
McBain ![]() Ferries ![]() |
Attendance: 538 |
10 October 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 343 |
17 October 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Glancy ![]() Flannery ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Attendance: 456 |
24 October 1998 Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Ramage ![]() Leask ![]() ![]() |
Robertson ![]() |
Attendance: 303 |
31 October 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() Robertson ![]() |
Muirhead ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 309 |
7 November 1998 Third Division | Cowdenbeath | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Flannery ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 228 |
14 November 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Brechin City | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() |
Sorbie ![]() Dickson ![]() |
Attendance: 357 |
28 November 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Montrose | Boghead Park |
Niddrie ![]() Paterson ![]() |
Attendance: 240 |
28 November 1998 Third Division | Ross County | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
Taylor ![]() Ferguson ![]() |
Attendance: 324 |
12 December 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Attendance: 324 |
19 December 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–4 | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Wilson ![]() |
Baptie ![]() Gibson ![]() Hamilton ![]() Christie ![]() |
Attendance: 283 |
16 January 1999 Third Division | Montrose | 4–2 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Lyon ![]() Duffy ![]() Craig ![]() ![]() |
Flannery ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 326 |
26 January 1999 Third Division | East Stirling | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Muirhead ![]() |
Brittain ![]() Melvin ![]() |
Attendance: 204 |
30 January 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Ross County | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 400 |
2 February 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() |
Watt ![]() |
Attendance: 242 |
13 February 1999 Third Division | Brechin City | 3–3 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park, Brechin |
Sorbie ![]() Dickson ![]() McKellar ![]() |
Grace ![]() Mooney ![]() Gow ![]() |
Attendance: 360 |
27 February 1999 Third Division | Queen's Park | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Martin ![]() |
Bradford ![]() |
Attendance: 516 |
6 March 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
Muirhead ![]() Paterson ![]() |
Attendance: 246 |
9 March 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
McKinnon ![]() |
Blair ![]() |
Attendance: 230 |
13 March 1999 Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Flannery ![]() |
Attendance: 321 |
20 March 1999 Third Division | Ross County | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
Tarrant ![]() |
Robertson ![]() Bradford ![]() |
Attendance: 2,374 |
3 April 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Montrose | Boghead Park |
Robertson ![]() ![]() |
Craig ![]() |
Attendance: 541 |
5 April 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 6–1 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Jack ![]() Flannery ![]() King ![]() ![]() Smith ![]() Stewart ![]() |
Brown ![]() |
Attendance: 650 |
10 April 1999 Third Division | Cowdenbeath | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Stewart ![]() Milne ![]() |
Smith ![]() |
Attendance: 245 |
17 April 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Brechin City | Boghead Park |
Robertson ![]() Smith ![]() |
Attendance: 562 |
24 April 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() Mooney ![]() |
Attendance: 629 |
1 May 1999 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
McGuffie ![]() |
Attendance: 762 |
8 May 1999 Third Division | Albion Rovers | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
Robertson ![]() Bruce ![]() |
Attendance: 256 |
Scottish League Cup[]
1 August 1998 League Cup Round 1 | Dumbarton | 0–4 | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Wilson ![]() Simpson ![]() McKechnie ![]() Cameron ![]() |
Attendance: 352 Referee: E Martindale |
Tennent's Scottish Cup[]
5 December 1998 Cup Round 1 | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Livingston | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() |
Miller ![]() |
Attendance: 530 Referee: J Fleming |
8 December 1998 Cup Round 1R | Livingston | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
Wilson ![]() Fleming ![]() Bingham ![]() |
Attendance: 1,449 Referee: J Fleming |
Stirlingshire Cup[]
23 July 1998 Group stage | Stirling Albion | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Forthbank Stadium |
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25 August 1998 Group stage | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
Mooney ![]() Robertson ![]() |
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Pre-season Matches[]
25 July 1998 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Ardeer Recreation | Boghead Park |
Flannery ![]() ![]() Sharp ![]() |
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League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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2 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 64 | Promoted to Second Division 1999–00 |
3 | Brechin City | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 58 | |
4 | Dumbarton | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 57 | |
5 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 50 | |
6 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 44 |
Player statistics[]
Squad[]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Third Division | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Derek Barnes | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Peter Dennison | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Kenny Meechan | 34 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Craig Brittain | 26 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Jamie Bruce | 17 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Tom Currie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Paul Finnigan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Stevie Gow | 12 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Alex Grace | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Stephen Jack | 38 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Martin Melvin | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
David Reid | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Stewart | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Barry Wilkinson | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Alan Brown | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Paul Harvey | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Billy Melvin | 33 | 3 | 24+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Willie Wilson | 38 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Bradford | 4 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Paddy Flannery | 35 | 18 | 33+0 | 17 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Martin Glancy | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Toby King | 31 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Colin McKinnon | 30 | 3 | 27+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Keith Millar | 11 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Martin Mooney | 32 | 4 | 28+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Joe Robertson | 28 | 8 | 21+5 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Lee Sharp | 18 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Chris Smith | 10 | 3 | 3+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Transfers[]
Players in[]
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Players out[]
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Trivia[]
- The League match against Brechin City on 12 September marked Lee Sharp's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 112th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
- The League match against Cowdenbeath on 7 November marked Toby King's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 113th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
- ^ Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
External links[]
- Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Peter Dennison (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Paul Finnegan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- David Reid (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Barry Wilkinson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Alan Brown (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Keith Miller (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Chris Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
- Scottish Football Historical Archive
- Dumbarton F.C. seasons
- Scottish football clubs 1998–99 season