2015–16 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Dumbarton's fourth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship,[1] having won promotion from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season via the play-offs. Ian Murray resigned as manager before the start of the season and moved to Championship rivals St Mirren and was replaced by Stephen Aitken.
2015–16 season | |||
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Chairman | Alan Jardine | ||
Manager | Stevie Aitken | ||
Stadium | Dumbarton Football Stadium | ||
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Dumbarton finished eighth in the Scottish Championship. They reached the second round in the Challenge Cup before losing to Queens Park, lost in the first round of the League Cup to East Fife and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup to Dundee, following a drawn game.
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed
Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Hibernian | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan Gibson |
BBC Report | Malonga |
Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Robertson |
15 August 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 2 | Dumbarton | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Agnew |
BBC Report | Gibson Fleming |
Attendance: 3,806 Referee: Beaton |
22 August 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 2 | Queen of the South | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Russell Lyle |
Attendance: 943 Referee: Colvin |
28 August 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 | Alston Sibbald |
BBC Report | Barr |
Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Cook |
5 September 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 2 | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Holmes Ferns |
Attendance: 715 Referee: Charleston |
12 September 2015 Championship | Greenock Morton | 0 – 0 | Dumbarton | Cappielow |
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Finnie |
19 September 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 2 | Rangers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Fleming Buchanan |
BBC Report | Waghorn |
Attendance: 1,572 Referee: Robertson |
26 September 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | Stark's Park |
15:00 | Toshney |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Cook |
3 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Cawley Brophy |
BBC Report | Glen Hippolyte |
Attendance: 819 Referee: Walsh |
17 October 2015 Championship | Hibernian | 4 – 2 | Dumbarton | Easter Road |
15:00 | Malonga Fontaine Cummings Keatings |
BBC Report | Gallagher Craig |
Attendance: 8,221 Referee: Colvin |
24 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 5 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Baird McHugh Alston |
Attendance: 963 Referee: Collum |
31 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 2 | Greenock Morton | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Barr |
BBC Report | McKee Johnstone |
Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Salmond |
7 November 2015 Championship | Queen of the South | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | Palmerston Park |
15:00 | Heffernan |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,465 Referee: Muir |
21 November 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 3 – 3 | Raith Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Saunders Fleming |
BBC Report | Craigen Stewart S.Robertson |
Attendance: 707 Referee: Aitken |
1 December 2015 Championship | Rangers | 4 - 0 | Dumbarton | Ibrox Stadium |
19:45 | Holt Waghorn Oduwa Halliday |
Report | Saunders |
Attendance: 37,182 Referee: |
5 December 2015 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 0 - 2 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
15:00 | Report | Docherty Gallagher |
Attendance: 492 Referee: Willie Collum |
12 December 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 0 | St Mirren | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Fleming |
Report | Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Nick Walsh |
19 December 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 - 1 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Pittman |
Report | Saunders |
Attendance: 911 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
26 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 | Alston |
Report | Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Euan Anderson |
2 January 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 6 | Rangers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | SPFL Report | Miller Waghorn Halliday Tavernier |
Attendance: 1,894 Referee: Craig Charleston |
23 January 2016 Championship | Raith Rovers | 0 – 0 | Dumbarton | Stark's Park |
15:00 | SPFL Report | Attendance: 1,397 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
30 January 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Docherty |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 760 Referee: Crawford Allan |
13 February 2016 Championship | Greenock Morton | 2 – 0 | Dumbarton | Cappielow |
15:00 | Johnstone McKee |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 1,595 Referee: George Salmond |
20 February 2016 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Shankland |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 2,792 Referee: Beaton |
27 February 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 3 – 2 | Hibernian | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Cawley Nade Barr |
SPFL Report | Henderson El Alagui |
Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Barry Cook |
5 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan White |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 828 Referee: Don Robertson |
8 March 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 3 – 1 | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:45 | Nade |
SPFL Report | Megginson |
Attendance: 468 Referee: Willie Collum |
12 March 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
17:15 | Fleming |
SPFL Report | Baird |
Attendance: 734 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
19 March 2016 Championship | Queen of the South | 6 – 0 | Dumbarton | Palmerston Park |
15:00 | Brownlie Lyle Harris Russell |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 1,459 Referee: John Beaton |
2 April 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 0 | Greenock Morton | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | SPFL Report | Attendance: 994 Referee: Crawford Allan |
5 April 2016 Championship | Rangers | 1 - 0 | Dumbarton | Ibrox Stadium |
19:45 | Tavernier |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 48,568 Referee: Steven McLean |
12 April 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 4 – 2 | Queen of the South | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:45 | Nade Walsh Fleming |
SPFL Report | Russell Harris |
Attendance: 573 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
16 April 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 3 | Raith Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Nade Saunders |
SPFL Report | Hardie Connolly Craigen |
Attendance: 655 Referee: Nick Walsh |
23 April 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | St Mirren | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | OG Fleming |
SPFL Report | Gallagher |
Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Kevin Graham |
26 April 2016 Championship | Hibernian | 4 – 0 | Dumbarton | Easter Road |
17:45 | Keatings OG Stokes |
SPFL Report | Attendance: 6,686 Referee: Don Robertson |
1 May 2016 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1 - 1 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
12:30 | Layne |
SPFL Report | McCallum |
Attendance: 515 Referee: Barry Cook |
Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Round 3 | Dumbarton | P – P | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | |||
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch |
8 December 2015 Round 3 | Dumbarton | 5-0 | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:30 | McCallum Barr Fleming Kirkpatrick Waters |
Report | Flannigan Chopra |
Attendance: 274 Referee: |
9 January 2016 Round 4 | Dumbarton | 2-1 | Queen of the South | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Saunders Fleming Waters |
Report | Lyle |
Attendance: 680 Referee: |
6 February 2016 Round 5 | Dumbarton | 0-0 | Dundee | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Routledge |
Report | O'Dea |
Attendance: 1,410 Referee: |
23 February 2016 Round 5 Replay | Dundee | 5-0 | Dumbarton | Dens Park |
19:45 | McGinn Hemmings Stewart Holt |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,532 Referee: |
Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Round 1 | Greenock Morton | 2 – 3 | Dumbarton | Cappielow |
15:00 | Kilday MacDonald |
BBC Report | Gallagher Fleming |
Attendance: 1,418 Referee: Charleston |
18 August 2015 Round 2 | Queen's Park | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
19:45 | Bradley |
BBC Report | Attendance: 587 Referee: Walsh |
League Cup
Pre Season Matches
4 July 2015 Friendly | Edinburgh City | 0 – 1 | Dumbarton | Ainslie Park |
15:00 | DFC Report | Gibson |
9 July 2015 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2 – 0 | Hearts | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
19:45 | Gallagher Cawley |
DFC Report | Attendance: 347 Referee: Alan Muir |
18 July 2015 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Clydebank | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan Fleming |
DFC Report | Burbidge |
Attendance: 366 Referee: Grant Irvine |
Player statistics
Squad
- Last updated 25 August 2016[2]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | Mark Brown | 27 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Jamie Ewings | 16 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Darren Barr | 36 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Gregor Buchanan | 37 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mark Docherty | 39 | 2 | 31+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Andy Graham | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Steven Saunders | 26 | 4 | 24+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Scott Taggart | 20 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
DF | Calum Waters | 21 | 1 | 9+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
DF | Frazer Wright | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Scott Brown | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Ryan Clark | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Grant Gallagher | 37 | 4 | 24+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Willie Gibson | 21 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Mikey Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 27 | 2 | 7+15 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 | ||
MF | Jamie Lindsay | 28 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Donald McCallum | 16 | 2 | 3+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | ||
MF | Jon Routledge | 38 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Eamonn Brophy | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Kevin Cawley | 39 | 3 | 25+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
FW | Steven Craig | 14 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
FW | Garry Fleming | 42 | 11 | 30+5 | 7 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | ||
FW | Paul Heffernan | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Kler Heh | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Christian Nade | 14 | 7 | 10+2 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Steven Ross | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Gordon Smith | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Tom Walsh | 16 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
7 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 37 | |
9 | Livingston (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
10 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 21 | Relegation to League One |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Division summary
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
Factfile
* The 9 league goals scored in away games matched the record fewest away goals scored set during the 1894-95 season.
See also
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