2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time.

Dumbarton
2000-01 season
ManagerJimmy Brown/Tom Carson
StadiumCliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge/ Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 36th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (21)
Highest home attendance1,876
Lowest home attendance238
Average home league attendance624

Overview

At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson.

The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th-place finish was achieved.

In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer.

In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress.

Results & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division
Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Third Division
5 August 2000 Third DivisionHamilton2–0DumbartonNew Douglas Park
Eadie
Russell 		Attendance: 588
12 August 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton0–2Brechin CityCliftonhill Stadium
Leask
Christie 		Attendance: 370
19 August 2000 Third DivisionPeterhead2–0DumbartonBalmoor Stadium
Cooper
Johnston 		Attendance: 630
26 August 2000 Third DivisionAlbion Rovers0–1DumbartonCliftonhill Stadium
Flannery Attendance: 343
9 September 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton1–2East StirlingCliftonhill Stadium
Flannery Hislop
Stewart 		Attendance: 259
16 September 2000 Third DivisionMontrose2–2DumbartonLinks Park
McKenzie
O'Driscoll 		Brown
Flannery 		Attendance: 343
23 September 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton2–4CowdenbeathCliftonhill Stadium
King
Brown 		Winter
Bradley
Wright
Burns 		Attendance: 348
30 September 2000 Third DivisionElgin City2–0DumbartonBorough Briggs
Clinton
Campbell 		Attendance: 752
7 October 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton2–3East FifeCliftonhill Stadium
Dillon
King 		Mortimer
Moffat 		Attendance: 256
14 October 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton2–3HamiltonCliftonhill Stadium
Robertson
Flannery 		Bonnar
Clark
Moore 		Attendance: 368
21 October 2000 Third DivisionBrechin City3–1DumbartonGlebe Park, Brechin
Bain
Coulston
Leask 		McCann Attendance: 455
28 October 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton0–1Albion RoversCliftonhill Stadium
Shields Attendance: 277
4 November 2000 Third DivisionEast Stirling1–1DumbartonFirs Park
Lorimer Flannery Attendance: 246
11 November 2000 Third DivisionCowdenbeath1–1DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
Burns Bruce Attendance: 341
18 November 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton1–0MontroseCliftonhill Stadium
Grace Attendance: 238
25 November 2000 Third DivisionEast Fife1–0DumbartonBayview Stadium
Ferguson Attendance: 465
2 December 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton3–0Elgin CityStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery
Brown
Brittain 		Attendance: 1,876
16 December 2000 Third DivisionHamilton2–0DumbartonNew Douglas Park
McFarlane Attendance: 485
23 December 2000 Third DivisionDumbarton1–3PeterheadStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown Cooper
Yates
Stewart 		Attendance: 821
2 January 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton3–0East StirlingStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Smith
Flannery
 (OG)		 Attendance: 658
27 January 2001 Third DivisionAlbion Rovers1–3DumbartonCliftonhill Stadium
Smith Brown
Flannery 		Attendance: 369
3 February 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0East FifeStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart
Brown 		Attendance: 711
24 February 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton1–0Brechin CityStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Attendance: 722
7 March 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton3–0CowdenbeathStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Dillon
Brown
Flannery 		Attendance: 507
10 March 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton1–4Albion RoversStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Lumsden
mcMullen
Harty 		Attendance: 808
13 March 2001 Third DivisionElgin City0–3DumbartonBorough Briggs
Dillon
Bruce
Brown 		Attendance: 424
17 March 2001 Third DivisionCowdenbeath2–2DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
McDowell
Wright 		Flannery Attendance: 369
20 March 2001 Third DivisionEast Stirling0–0DumbartonFirs Park
Attendance: 208
24 March 2001 Third DivisionPeterhead0-1DumbartonBalmoor Stadium
Robertson Attendance: 432
27 March 2001 Third DivisionMontrose1-2DumbartonLinks Park
Hutchison Brown
Flannery 		Attendance: 165
21 March 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton1–2MontroseStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Mitchell
Hutchison 		Attendance: 751
7 April 2001 Third DivisionEast Fife0-1DumbartonBayview Stadium
Lynes Attendance: 313
14 April 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton2–0Elgin CityStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown
O'Neill 		Attendance: 685
21 April 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton1–2HamiltonStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Lynes McFarlane
Kerr 		Attendance: 864
28 April 2001 Third DivisionBrechin City1-0DumbartonGlebe Park, Brechin
Grant Attendance: 510
5 May 2001 Third DivisionDumbarton2–2PeterheadStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart
Flannery 		Cooper
Johnston 		Attendance: 715

Bell's Challenge Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup
15 August 2000 Challenge Cup Round 1Elgin City2–4DumbartonBorough Briggs
Green Flannery
Brown 		Attendance: 828
Referee: G Mitchell
29 August 2000 Challenge Cup Round 2Arbroath2–0DumbartonGayfield Park
Brownlie
Mallan 		Attendance: 459
Referee: B Orr

CIS League Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup
9 August 2000 League Cup Round 1Dumbarton0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 p)		Ayr UnitedCliftonhill Stadium
Attendance: 421
Referee: W Young
22 August 2000 League Cup Round 2Dumbarton0–4LivingstonCliftonhill Stadium
Bingham
Hagan 		Attendance: 357
Referee: K Toner

Tennent's Scottish Cup
Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup
1 December 2000 Cup Round 1Dumbarton1–1East StirlingStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Hislop Attendance: 834
Referee: I Brines
12 December 2000 Cup Round 1REast Stirling0–1DumbartonFirs Park
Robertson Attendance: 170
Referee: I Brines
6 January 2001 Cup Round 2Stranraer2–0DumbartonStarks Park
Walker
Harty 		Attendance: 595
Referee: I Frickleton

Stirlingshire Cup
18 July 2000 Group stageAlloa Athletic4–1DumbartonRecreation Park, Alloa
Brown
22 July 2000 Group stageStenhousemuir0–2DumbartonOchilview Park
Brown
Smith

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 East Fife 36 15 8 13 49 46 +3 53
5 Peterhead 36 13 10 13 46 46 0 49
6 Dumbarton 36 13 6 17 46 49 −3 45
7 Albion Rovers 36 12 9 15 38 43 −5 45
8 East Stirlingshire 36 10 7 19 37 69 −32 37
Source:

Player statistics

Squad
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupChallenge CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK John Hillcoat 34027+002+002+003+00
GK John Wight 1109+100+100+000+00
DF Craig Brittain 34122+611+001+103+00
DF Jamie Bruce 33229+021+000+003+00
DF Michael Dickie 37029+102+002+003+00
DF Kevin McCann 33123+412+002+002+00
DF Martin Melvin 1800+1700+000+000+10
DF Martin O'Neill 15115+010+000+000+00
DF Dave Stewart 38232+020+102+003+00
MF Steven Bonar 33123+610+001+003+00
MF Alan Brown 101+000+000+000+00
MF G Dempsey 100+100+000+000+00
MF John Dillon 30320+531+001+001+20
MF Chris Gentile 802+400+100+100+00
MF Alex Grace 19112+211+101+002+00
MF Stephen Jack 34025+302+002+002+00
MF Craig Lynes 828+020+000+000+00
MF Brian McGinty 100+100+000+000+00
MF John Ritchie 301+200+000+000+00
MF S Wilson 101+000+000+000+00
MF Willie Wilson 16011+002+001+100+10
FW Andy Brown 381031+092+002+013+00
FW Paddy Flannery 382130+1171+102+033+01
FW Toby King 1329+022+002+000+00
FW Steve McCormick 301+200+000+000+00
FW Joe Robertson 38327+622+001+002+01
FW Ryan Robinson 504+100+000+000+00
FW Chris Smith 1814+911+100+000+30

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Transfers

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Trivia
  • The League match against Brechin City on 12 August marked Willie Wilson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 115th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against East Stirling on 9 September marked Craig Brittain's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 116th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 30 September marked Stephen Jack's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 117th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 2 December marked Alex Grace's and Paddy Flannery's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 118th and 119th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Albion Rovers on 10 March marked Jamie Bruce's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 120th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Montrose on 31 March marked Joe Robertson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 121st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
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See also

References
  1. Bell's Scottish Football Review 2001/02. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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