2009–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2009-10 season
Manager Jim Chapman
Stadium Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2 6th
Scottish Cup Third Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
League Challenge Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Scott Chaplain (10)
All: Scott Chaplain (10)
Highest home attendance 975
Lowest home attendance 397
Average home league attendance 681

Season 2009–10 was the 133rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 103rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 115th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 63rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 19th time.

Overview

Following the success of the previous season, it was manager Jim Chapman's goal to consolidate the club's position in the Second Division. However Dumbarton were to be devastated before a ball was even kicked with the tragic death during the close season of the club captain, Gordon Lennon, from a motoring accident. Nevertheless despite there being few changes to the playing staff, the league campaign started disappointingly with only 2 draws to show from the first 6 starts - resulting in the club propping up the rest of the league. It was however to be a temporary blip and although there was no consistancy in performances, a mid table 6th place was achieved in the end.

In the domestic cups however it was all bad news - no wins and no goals! In the Scottish Cup, local rivals Morton would be victorious in the third round, after a goalless draw

In the League Cup, Dunfermline Athletic had no difficulty in seeing off Dumbarton in the first round.

Finally, it was no surprise that the League Challenge Cup would witness another first round exit, and it would be Morton again who would do the damage.

Locally, the Stirlingshire Cup was resumed, and after two penalty shoot out wins in the group fixtures, the trophy would return to Dumbarton following a win in the final over Stenhousemuir.

Results[1]

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
8 August 2009Alloa AthleticH1-3OG864
15 August 2009ArbroathA1-3Hunter605
22 August 2009ClydeH3-3Dunlop;Hunter;Chisholm975
29 August 2009Brechin CityA1-3Dunlop470
12 September 2009StenhousemuirH0-0664
19 September 2009CowdenbeathH0-3647
26 September 2009PeterheadA2-1Murray;Carcary571
3 October 2009Stirling AlbionH2-3Chaplain;Cook654
10 October 2009East FifeA1-0McLaughlin684
17 October 2009Alloa AthleticA3-1Geggan;Cook;Chaplain575
24 October 2009ArbroathH1-0Chaplain696
31 October 2009Brechin CityH0-0687
7 November 2009StenhousemuirA3-0hunter;Chaplain;O'Donoghue568
14 November 2009CowdenbeathH1-2Geggan389
8 December 2009PeterheadH1-0Chaplain397
12 December 2009East FifeH0-3628
15 December 2009Stirling AlbionA2-2Craig;Carcary462
23 January 2010CowdenbeathH2-1Hunter;Clark659
6 February 2010East FifeA3-2Gordon;Chaplain;Carcary581
16 February 2010Stirling AlbionH2-4Gordon;Hunter595
27 February 2010ArbroathA1-3Winters521
2 March 2010PeterheadA1-2Wyness327
6 March 2010Brechin CityH0-1751
9 March 2010Alloa AthleticH3-1Gordon;Cook;Clark552
13 March 2010StenhousemuirA0-1469
16 March 2010ClydeA2-0Winters(2)531
20 March 2010CowdenbeathH0-0349
23 March 2010StenhousemuirH2-1Chaplain(2)486
27 March 2010PeterheadH1-3Chaplain663
3 April 2010Stirling AlbionA2-1Wyness(2)568
6 April 2010Brechin CityA1-0Chaplain403
10 April 2010East FifeH0-1728
13 April 2010ClydeH3-3Carcary(2);Winters601
17 April 2010Alloa AthleticA2-1Winters;Wyness622
24 April 2010ArbroathH0-2836
1 May 2010ClydeA2-4McStay;Wyness631

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 November 20093MortonA0-01,882
5 December 20093RMortonH0-11,495

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 August 20091Dunfermline AthleticH0-5953

League Challenge Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 July 20091MortonH0-11,122

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 July 2009PEast StirlingH2-2*McKillen;Hunter
4 August 2009PStirling AlbionA1-1*Hunter250
13 October 2009FStenhousemuirA2-0Hunter;McNiff

* - won on penalties

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
14 July 2009Partick ThistleH0-2926
16 July 2009St MirrenH0-31,109
18 July 2009Queen of the SouthA1-1Hunter810
19 July 2009Annan AthleticA3-3Gribben(2);Carcary205
22 July 2009EnglandMiddlesbroughH0-51,227

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 40 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and League Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.

Player Position Appearances[2] Goals
Scotland Dave McEwan GK 4
Scotland Mark McGeown GK 1
Czech Republic Jan Vojacek GK 26
Scotland Michael White GK 9(2)
Scotland Iain Chisholm DF 31(4)1
Scotland Mick Dunlop DF 382
Scotland Ben Gordon DF 383
Scotland Ross Harvey DF 1
Scotland Richie McKillen DF 2
Scotland Chris Smith DF 36
Scotland Kieran Brannan MF 5(8)
Scotland Scott Chaplain MF 31(7)10
Scotland Ross Clark MF 16(10)2
Scotland Alan Cook MF 103
Scotland Chris Craig MF 16(1)1
Scotland Andy Geggan MF 30(1)2
Scotland Martin McNiff MF 14(3)
Scotland Ryan McStay MF 22(4)1
Scotland Stevie Murray MF 21(15)1
Scotland Ross O'Donoghue MF 18(5)1
Scotland Adam Strachan MF 1(2)
Scotland Derek Carcary FW 11(24)5
Scotland Roddy Hunter FW 16(8)5
Scotland Simon Lynch FW 0(1)
Scotland Denis McLaughlin FW 12(4)1
Scotland David Winters FW 155
Scotland Dennis Wyness FW 16(1)5

See also

References

  1. Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010/11. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
  2. Substitute appearances in brackets.

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