1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

Dumbarton
1998–1999 season
ManagerIan Wallace/Jimmy Brown
StadiumBoghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 34th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (18)
Highest home attendance650
Lowest home attendance230
Average home league attendance391

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
Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Third Division
4 August 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0Albion RoversBoghead Park
McKinnon
Flannery 		Attendance: 291
15 August 1998 Third DivisionQueen's Park0–1DumbartonHampden Park
Sharp Attendance: 656
22 August 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton0–2StenhousemuirBoghead Park
Hamilton Attendance: 378
29 August 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton0–0Berwick RangersBoghead Park
Attendance: 303
5 September 1998 Third DivisionEast Stirling1–2DumbartonFirs Park
McNeill King
Robertson 		Attendance: 217
12 September 1998 Third DivisionBrechin City0–0DumbartonGlebe Park, Brechin
Attendance: 355
19 September 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton5–0CowdenbeathBoghead Park
Sharp
Melvin
McKinnon
Flannery 		Attendance: 348
26 September 1998 Third DivisionMontrose1–1DumbartonLinks Park
Coulston Flannery Attendance: 318
3 October 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton1–2Ross CountyBoghead Park
Flannery McBain
Ferries 		Attendance: 538
10 October 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton1–0Queen's ParkBoghead Park
Flannery Attendance: 343
17 October 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton3–0StenhousemuirBoghead Park
Glancy
Flannery
Mooney 		Attendance: 456
24 October 1998 Third DivisionBerwick Rangers3–1DumbartonShielfield Park
Ramage
Leask 		Robertson Attendance: 303
31 October 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton2–2East StirlingBoghead Park
Flannery
Robertson 		Muirhead
 (OG)		 Attendance: 309
7 November 1998 Third DivisionCowdenbeath0–2DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
Flannery Attendance: 228
14 November 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton1–2Brechin CityBoghead Park
Flannery Sorbie
Dickson 		Attendance: 357
28 November 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton0–2MontroseBoghead Park
Niddrie
Paterson 		Attendance: 240
28 November 1998 Third DivisionRoss County2–0DumbartonVictoria Park, Dingwall
Taylor
Ferguson 		Attendance: 324
12 December 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0Albion RoversBoghead Park
Flannery
Mooney 		Attendance: 324
19 December 1998 Third DivisionDumbarton1–4StenhousemuirBoghead Park
Wilson Baptie
Gibson
Hamilton
Christie 		Attendance: 283
16 January 1999 Third DivisionMontrose4–2DumbartonLinks Park
Lyon
Duffy
Craig 		Flannery Attendance: 326
26 January 1999 Third DivisionEast Stirling1–2DumbartonFirs Park
Muirhead Brittain
Melvin 		Attendance: 204
30 January 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton0–0Ross CountyBoghead Park
Attendance: 400
2 February 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton1–1Berwick RangersBoghead Park
Flannery Watt Attendance: 242
13 February 1999 Third DivisionBrechin City3–3DumbartonGlebe Park, Brechin
Sorbie
Dickson
McKellar 		Grace
Mooney
Gow 		Attendance: 360
27 February 1999 Third DivisionQueen's Park1–1DumbartonHampden Park
Martin Bradford Attendance: 516
6 March 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton0–2East StirlingBoghead Park
Muirhead
Paterson 		Attendance: 246
9 March 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton1–1Albion RoversBoghead Park
McKinnon Blair Attendance: 230
13 March 1999 Third DivisionBerwick Rangers0–1DumbartonShielfield Park
Flannery Attendance: 321
20 March 1999 Third DivisionRoss County1–2DumbartonVictoria Park, Dingwall
Tarrant Robertson
Bradford 		Attendance: 2,374
3 April 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton2–1MontroseBoghead Park
Robertson Craig Attendance: 541
5 April 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton6–1CowdenbeathBoghead Park
Jack
Flannery
King
Smith
Stewart 		Brown Attendance: 650
10 April 1999 Third DivisionCowdenbeath2–1DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
Stewart
Milne 		Smith Attendance: 245
17 April 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0Brechin CityBoghead Park
Robertson
Smith 		Attendance: 562
24 April 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0StenhousemuirBoghead Park
Flannery
Mooney 		Attendance: 629
1 May 1999 Third DivisionDumbarton0–1Queen's ParkBoghead Park
McGuffie Attendance: 762
8 May 1999 Third DivisionAlbion Rovers0–2DumbartonCliftonhill Stadium
Robertson
Bruce 		Attendance: 256

Scottish League Cup
1 August 1998 League Cup Round 1Dumbarton0–4Alloa AthleticBoghead Park
Wilson
Simpson
McKechnie
Cameron 		Attendance: 352
Referee: E Martindale

Tennent's Scottish Cup
5 December 1998 Cup Round 1Dumbarton1–1LivingstonBoghead Park
Flannery Miller Attendance: 530
Referee: J Fleming
8 December 1998 Cup Round 1RLivingston3–0DumbartonAlmondvale Stadium
Wilson  (OG)
Fleming
Bingham 		Attendance: 1,449
Referee: J Fleming

Stirlingshire Cup
23 July 1998 Group stageStirling Albion1–0DumbartonForthbank Stadium
25 August 1998 Group stageDumbarton2–2FalkirkBoghead Park
Mooney
Robertson

Pre-season Matches
25 July 1998 FriendlyDumbarton3–1Ardeer RecreationBoghead Park
Flannery
Sharp

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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
Source:

Player statistics

Squad
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Derek Barnes 301+000+002+00
GK Peter Dennison 202+000+000+00
GK Kenny Meechan 34033+001+000+00
DF Craig Brittain 26122+111+002+00
DF Jamie Bruce 17117+010+000+00
DF Tom Currie 100+001+000+00
DF Paul Finnigan 301+200+000+00
DF Stevie Gow 1216+311+002+00
DF Alex Grace 23118+211+002+00
DF Stephen Jack 38135+011+002+00
DF Martin Melvin 1202+900+100+00
DF David Reid 1109+100+100+00
DF Dave Stewart 1019+110+000+00
DF Barry Wilkinson 704+200+000+10
MF Alan Brown 802+500+100+00
MF Paul Harvey 1107+200+002+00
MF Billy Melvin 33324+631+000+20
MF Willie Wilson 38135+011+002+00
FW John Bradford 424+020+000+00
FW Paddy Flannery 351833+0170+002+01
FW Martin Glancy 1015+510+000+00
FW Toby King 31329+030+002+00
FW Colin McKinnon 30327+031+002+00
FW Keith Millar 1102+700+002+00
FW Martin Mooney 32428+440+000+00
FW Joe Robertson 28821+580+000+20
FW Lee Sharp 18217+021+000+00
FW Chris Smith 1033+631+000+00

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Transfers

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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.
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See also

References
  1. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
  2. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
  3. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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