2013–14 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2013–14 was the 130th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 108th time, the Scottish Cup for the 119th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 67th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 23rd time.[1]

Dumbarton
2013-14 season
ManagerIan Murray
StadiumBet Butler Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish Championship5th
Scottish CupSixth Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
League Challenge CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mitchel Megginson/ Chris Kane (10)
All: Mitchel Megginson (12)
Highest home attendance1,469
Lowest home attendance463
Average home league attendance931

Overview

The 2013–14 season was Dumbarton's second consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football - the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[2]

Following Ian Murray's appointment which brought about an amazing transformation in Dumbarton's fortunes the previous season, it would be more of the same as far as this season was concerned. Indeed, at one point there was a chance that Dumbarton would challenge for a play-off place for the Premier Division. As it was, in the end, a very creditable 5th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, there was more good news as Dumbarton would have their best cup run in almost 40 years, and would only lose out to Premier Division Aberdeen by the only goal after a tight fought match.

In the League Cup, after disposing of Albion Rovers in the first round, it would be Premier Division Dundee United that would advance, but only after a close match was lost by the odd goal in five.

Finally, despite the other successes, it was no real surprise that the League Challenge Cup saw yet another first round exit, this time to Stranraer.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk would be the victors over Dumbarton in the semi final tie.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season
29 June 2013 FriendlyDumbarton1 – 1HibernianDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 McKerracher  52' Scotland on Sunday Harris  50' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: E Anderson
6 July 2013 FriendlyCivil Service Strollers0 – 3DumbartonChristie Gillies Park, Edinburgh
15:00 Report Chris Turner  50'
Mitchel Megginson  72'
Steven McDougall  82'		 Attendance: 111
Referee: M Taylor
13 July 2013 FriendlyDumbarton3 – 4Partick ThistleDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Gilhaney  4'
Agnew  47'
Megginson  71'		 Craigen  9'
Forbes  19'
O'Donnell  28'
Kerr  56'		 Attendance: 750
Referee: G Aitken
16 July 2013 FriendlyBrechin City1 – 1DumbartonUniversity of Stirling playing fields
19:30  (pen) Report Smith  17' Attendance: 50
18 July 2013 FriendlyQueen's Park5 – 4DumbartonLesser Hampden
19:30  18'
 39' (pen)
 44'
 (pen)
 Report Scott Agnew  50', 51' (pen), 61'
Jordan Kirkpatrick 		Attendance: 75
30 July 2013 FriendlyDumbarton5 – 1ClydebankDumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Bryan Prunty
Martin McNiff
Mitchel Megginson
McKerracher
Trialist 		Report Attendance: 1,000

SPFL Championship
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Championship
10 August 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton1 – 1FalkirkDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Bryan Prunty  84' Report McGrandles  61' Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Calum Murray
17 August 2013 ChampionshipHamilton4 – 1DumbartonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  28' (pen), 30'
Gillespie  72'
Andreu  77'		 Report Scott Agnew  67' (pen) Attendance: 995
Referee: Kevin Clancy
24 August 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton3 – 1MortonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mitchel Megginson  18'
Colin Nish 42'
Steven McDougall  84'		 Report Imrie  19' (pen) Attendance: 1,171
Referee: William Collum
31 August 2013 ChampionshipCowdenbeath3 – 2DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Stevenson  21'
Robertson  72'
Hemmings  90'		 Report Chris Turner  51', 64' Attendance: 384
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
14 September 2013 ChampionshipAlloa Athletic1 – 2DumbartonRecreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Simmons  54' Report Andy Graham  45'
Scott Agnew  71' (pen)		 Attendance: 626
Referee: Craig Charleston
21 September 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton1 – 2LivingstonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mitchel Megginson  44' Report McNulty  49', 76' Attendance: 759
Referee: Greg Aitken
28 September 2013 ChampionshipQueen of the South1 – 2DumbartonPalmerston Park
15:00 Russell  26' Report Chris Turner  19'
Bryan Prunty  87'		 Attendance: 1,693
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 October 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton2 – 4Raith RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Bryan Prunty  89', 90+2' (pen) Report Elliot  17'
Spence  56' (pen)
Hill  61'
Vaughan  90+5'		 Attendance: 843
Referee: Brian Colvin
12 October 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton1 – 4DundeeDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Jordan Kirkpatrick  78' Report MacDonald  49', 71' (pen)
Conroy  68'
Rae  88'		 Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Barry Cook
19 October 2013 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 2DumbartonFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Roberts  39' Report Garry Fleming  7'
Mitchel Megginson  24'		 Attendance: 2,704
Referee: George Salmond
26 October 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton0 – 0CowdenbeathDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Don Robertson
9 November 2013 ChampionshipMorton2 – 0DumbartonCappielow Park
15:00 McLaughlin  60'
Peciar  88'		 Report Attendance: 1,687
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
16 November 2013 ChampionshipLivingston1 – 3DumbartonAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 McNulty  20' Report Mitchel Megginson  43'
Chris Turner  52' (pen)
Bryan Prunty  74'		 Attendance: 1,039
Referee: Stephen Finnie
4 December 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton1 – 1Alloa AthleticDumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Bryan Prunty  78' Report Cawley  24' Attendance: 463
Referee: Alan Muir
7 December 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton0 – 1Queen of the SouthDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Russell  15' Attendance: 824
Referee: Brian Colvin
14 December 2013 ChampionshipRaith Rovers2 – 1DumbartonStarks Park
15:00 Vaughan  51'
Thomson  74'		 Report Steven McDougall  90' Attendance: 1,351
Referee: Calum Murray
21 December 2013 ChampionshipDumbarton2 – 1HamiltonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Garry Fleming  11'
Andy Graham  71'		 Report Keatings  33' Attendance: 642
Referee: John McKendrick
28 December 2013 ChampionshipDundee3 – 0DumbartonDens Park
15:00 MacDonald  46', 90'
McBride  82'		 Report Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Brian Colvin
4 January 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton2 – 0MortonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Bryan Prunty  45+1' (pen)
Chris Kane  82'		 Report Attendance: 1,469
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 January 2014 ChampionshipCowdenbeath2 – 4DumbartonCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Miller  3'
Stevenson  27'		 Report Colin Nish  4'
Mitchel Megginson 22', 83'
Chris Kane  51'		 Attendance: 434
Referee: Mat Northcroft
18 January 2014 ChampionshipAlloa Athletic1 – 5DumbartonRecreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Cawley  71' Report Mark McLaughlin  9'
Chris Turner  30)'
Chris Kane  42' (pen)
Jordan Kirkpatrick  81'		 Attendance: 602
Referee: Barry Cook
1 February 2014 ChampionshipHamilton3 – 3DumbartonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  4', 71'
Scotland  88'		 Report Jordan Kirkpatrick  27'
Hendrie(OG)  69'
Chris Kane  89'		 Attendance: 1,061
Referee: Des Roache
5 February 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton2 – 2LivingstonDumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Colin Nish  72'
Chris Kane  90+5'		 Report Jacobs  66'
Barrowman  79'		 Attendance: 562
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
15 February 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton2 – 1FalkirkDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mitchel Megginson  63'
Jordan Kirkpatrick  73'		 Report Loy  29' Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Greg Aitken
22 February 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton3 – 3Raith RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Colin Nish  24'
Chris Kane  37'
Scott Agnew  64'		 Report Smith  29', 61'
Baird  57'		 Attendance: 786
Referee: Don Robertson
1 March 2014 ChampionshipQueen of the South3 – 1DumbartonPalmerston Park
15:00 Durnan  30'
Reilly  45+2'
McHugh  66'		 Report Michael Miller  71' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Steven McLean
15 March 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton5 – 1CowdenbeathDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mitchel Megginson  22'
Michael Miller  55'
Jordan Kirkpatrick  73'
Garry Fleming  81'
Chris Kane  90+1'		 Report Armstrong  63' Attendance: 687
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 March 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton0 – 1DundeeDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report MacDonald  83)' Attendance: 1,222
Referee: Brian Colvin
25 March 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk2 – 0DumbartonFalkirk Stadium
19:45 McCracken  25'
Loy  73'		 Report Attendance: 2,489
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 March 2014 ChampionshipLivingston1 – 2DumbartonAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Mevlja  28' Report Chris Turner  86' (pen)
Chris Kane  88'		 Attendance: 949
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 April 2014 ChampionshipMorton3 – 0DumbartonCappielow Park
19:30 Vine  14'
O'Ware  38'
McKay  57'		 Report Attendance: 826
Referee: Alan Muir
5 April 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton4 – 1Alloa AthleticDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mark Gilhaney  25'
Garry Fleming  48'
Scott Agnew  80'
Chris Kane  83'		 Report Caddis  88' Attendance: 677
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 April 2014 ChampionshipRaith Rovers1 – 3DumbartonStarks Park
15:00 Smith  59' Report Mark Gilhaney  22'
Mitchel Megginson  28'
Colin Nish  50'		 Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Craig Charleston
19 April 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton0 – 3Queen of the SouthDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Russell  17'
Lyle  52'
Holy  66'		 Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Kevin Graham
26 April 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton4 – 1HamiltonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Scott Agnew  32'
Colin Nish  77'
Mitchel Megginson  85'
Jordan Kirkpatrick  87'		 Report Scotland  41' Attendance: 1,420
Referee: George Salmond
3 May 2014 ChampionshipDundee2 – 1DumbartonDens Park
15:00 Nade  25'
MacDonald  36'		 Report Scott Agnew  69' (pen) Attendance: 10,718
Referee: Bobby Madden

Ramsden Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup
27 July 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Stranraer4 – 2DumbartonStair Park
15:00 Winter  10'
Grehan  67'
Aitken  83', 88' (pen)		 Report Garry Fleming  26'
Kevin Smith  45'		 Attendance: 333
Referee: John McKendrick

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
3 August 2013 Scottish League Cup Round 1Dumbarton1 – 0Albion RoversDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Mark Gilhaney  42' Report Attendance: 505
Referee: Barry Cook
28 August 2013 Scottish League Cup Round 2Dumbarton2 – 3Dundee UnitedDumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Kevin Smith  34'
Mitchel Megginson  87'		 Report Ciftci  69', 89'
Gauld  77'		 Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2 November 2013 Scottish Cup Round 3Dumbarton2 – 1CowdenbeathDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Jordan Kirkpatrick  19', 64' Report Stevenson  61' Attendance: 450
30 November 2014 Scottish Cup Round 4Berwick Rangers1 – 3DumbartonShielfield Park
15:00 Currie  8' Report Bryan Prunty  30'
Mitchel Megginson  43'
Scott Linton  56'		 Attendance: 406
8 February 2014 Scottish Cup Round 5Dumbarton1 – 0Alloa AthleticDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Colin Nish  31' Report Attendance: 749
Referee: Calum Murray
8 March 2014 Scottish Cup Round 6Aberdeen1 – 0DumbartonPittodrie Park
15:00 Rooney  52' Report Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Stirlingshire Cup
24 September 2013 Semi FinalDumbarton1 – 3FalkirkDumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Kevin Smith  3' Report Faulds  27'
Shepherd  34'
Small  43'		 Attendance: 450

Player statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jamie Ewings 32027+002+001+002+00
GK Stephen Grindlay 1109+000+000+002+00
DF Aaron Barry 22018+002+000+002+00
DF Scott Linton 35129+001+001+004+01
DF Paul McGinn 42035+002+001+004+00
DF Mark McLaughlin 14113+010+000+001+00
DF Scott Smith 905+102+000+001+00
MF Scott Agnew 30618+761+001+002+10
MF Mark Gilhaney 40331+321+011+004+00
MF Andy Graham 43236+022+001+004+00
MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 36824+860+000+004+02
MF Michael Miller 1429+320+000+001+10
MF Hugh Murray 18012+401+000+001+00
MF Nick Phinn 200+100+001+000+00
MF Chris Turner 33630+062+000+001+00
FW Garry Fleming 34512+1641+101+011+20
FW Chris Kane 201013+5100+000+002+00
FW Steven McDougall 2224+1422+001+000+10
FW Alistair McKerracher 500+200+100+100+10
FW Mitchel Megginson 421232+3101+110+104+01
FW Colin Nish 38723+1060+100+003+11
FW Bryan Prunty 37813+1772+000+101+31
FW Kevin Smith 1423+701+111+011+00

Transfers

Trivia
  • The League match against Queen of the South on 7 December marked Bryan Prunty's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 134th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Hamilton on 1 February marked Scott Agnew's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 135th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
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See also

References
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