2011–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2011–12 season
Chairman Alan Jardine
Manager Alan Adamson
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium
Second DivisionThird place
Challenge CupSecond Round, lost to Berwick Rangers
League CupFirst Round, lost to Dundee
Scottish CupThird Round, lost to Brechin City
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bryan Prunty (14)

All:
Bryan Prunty (17)
Highest home attendance1,088 vs. Airdrie United, 21 April 2012
Lowest home attendance406 vs. Airdrie United, 22 October 2011

The 2011–12 season was Dumbarton's third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Summary

Dumbarton finished third in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs winning 6–2 against Airdrie United on aggregate in the final and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season matches

30 June 2011 Dumbarton 1–1 Stranraer Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Walker Unknown pen'
12 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Teale 4'
Thomson 24'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Gary Hilland

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Dumbarton 3–2 East Stirlingshire Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty 54'
Gilhaney 61' (pen.)
Walker 90'
BBC Sport Love 66'
Turner 70'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Paul Robertson
9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–2 Berwick Rangers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Sport Greenhill 55'
Currie 89'
Attendance: 334
Referee: Craig Charleston

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–4 Dundee Strathclyde Homes Stadium
BBC Sport Milne 48', 73'
McCluskey 67'
Lockwood 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 870
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Second Division

6 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 3–0 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Johnston 6', 63'
Donnelly 9'
BBC Sport Attendance: 887
Referee: Norcroft
13 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–5 Stirling Albion Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Agnew 8' BBC Sport Smith 5'
Cook 46'
Flood 48'
Dillon 56'
Crawley 69'
Attendance: 706
Referee: Richmond
20 August 2011 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 3–3 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Fusco 46'
McManus 52' (pen.)
McKenna 56'
BBC Sport Agnew 11', 89'
Lyden 28'
Lithgow  51'
Attendance: 427
Referee: Roache
27 August 2011 Scottish Second Division East Fife 0–6 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
BBC Sport McBride 17'
Prunty 20', 33', 79', 85'
Lyden 45'
Attendance: 635
Referee: McLean
10 September 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–4 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty 5'
Gilhaney 17'
Nicholl 38'
BBC Sport Sibanda 14'
Swankie 27', 46'
Doris 68' (pen.)
Attendance: 640
Referee: Finnie
15 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 3–1 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Rodgers 29'
McMillan 45', 77'
BBC Sport Agnew 85' Attendance: 529
Referee: Somers
22 October 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Airdrie United Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Gilhaney 29' (pen.) BBC Sport Stevenson 37'
Green  39'
Attendance: 775
Referee: Somers
5 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 4–3 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
McAnespie 21'
Malcolm 23'
Swankie 26'
Doris 79'
BBC Sport McNiff 51', 83'
Agnew 65'
Attendance: 723
Referee: Northcroft
12 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Agnew 34'
Gilhaney 60'
Lithgow 68'
BBC Report Attendance: 678
Referee: Hilland
26 November 2011 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Dumbarton Central Park
BBC Report Attendance: 271
Referee: Crawford
3 December 2011 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 1–1 Forfar Athletic Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Walker 16' BBC Report Motion 90+3' Attendance: 443
Referee: Richmond
10 December 2011 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 3–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Gemmell 5', 25'
Love 60'
BBC Report Prunty 37' Attendance: 489
Referee: Colvin
2 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 3–2 Arbroath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Prunty 20'
Lithgow 84'
Walker 90'
BBC Report Doris 26'
Falkingham 32'
Attendance: 585
Referee: Roache
21 January 2012 Scottish Second Division Airdrie United 2–3 Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Donnelly 15'
Boyle 36'
MacDonald  48'
BBC Report Lithgow 34'
Agnew 67'
Walker 88'
Attendance: 743
Referee: Northcroft
11 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McMillan  10'
McKinlay  33' 
Smith 76'
SFL Report Lithgow 36'
Devlin 45' (Own goal)
Attendance: 539
Referee: Beaton
21 February 2012 Scottish Second Division East Fife 1–2 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Linn 23' SFL Report Gilhaney 52'
Graham 79'
Attendance: 397
Referee: Finnie
25 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–1 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Football Stadium
Graham 46'
Agnew 73'
Gilhaney 80', 87'
SFL Report Davidson 3'
Davidson  56'
Attendance: 722
Referee: Winter
3 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Brechin City 2–2 Dumbarton Glebe Park
McManus 30'
McKenzie 34'
SFL Report Prunty
Agnew
Attendance: 459
Referee: Robertson
10 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Arbroath 2–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Innes 24'
Doris 27'
SFL Report Attendance: 842
Referee: Northcroft
17 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–4 East Fife Dumbarton Football Stadium
SFL Report Wallace 4', 24'
Grindlay 23' (Own goal)
Dalziel 51'
Attendance: 713
Referee: Richmond
24 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Cowdenbeath 4–1 Dumbarton Central Park
McKenzie 19', 81'
Coult 29'
Mbu 38'
SFL Report Dargo 33' Attendance: 380
Referee: Tumilty
7 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Albion Rovers 1–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill
Ferry 20' SFL Report Agnew 38' Attendance: 471
Referee: Roache
28 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Stirling Albion 1–2 Dumbarton Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
Davidson 57' SFL Report Jacobs 78' (Own goal)
Dargo 90'
Attendance: 709
Referee: McDermott
5 May 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 4–2 Brechin City Dumbarton Football Stadium
Dargo 59', 62', 72'
Thomson 90'
SFL Report King 53'
Molloy 88'
Attendance: 636
Referee: Winter

First Division play-offs

12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Arbroath 0–0
(1 – 2 agg.)
Dumbarton Gayfield Park
SFL Report Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Thomson
20 May 2012 Play-offs F R2 Airdrie United 1–4
(2 – 6 agg.)
Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Holmes 35'
Bain  78'
SFL Report Dargo 9', 21'
Gilhaney 45'
Wallace 65'
Attendance: 2,914
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup R3 Brechin City 3–0 Dumbarton Glebe Park
Molloy 26'
King 77'
McManus 93'
BBC Report Attendance: 447
Referee: Beaton
20 August 2011 Stirlingshire Cup SF Dumbarton 6–2 Stenhousemuir Dumbarton Football Stadium
McBride 29', 54'
Winters 32'
Walker 61'
Wallace 68'
Metcalfe
[1] Plenderleith 26'
Quinn
Attendance: 223
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 November 2011 Stirlingshire Cup F Falkirk 1 – 1
(5 – 4 on penalties)
Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
Graham 9' [2] Winters 38' Attendance: 923
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Paul Nugent[7] 36 Club captain
FW Bryan Prunty[7] 7 Vice-captain

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  SCO Jamie Ewings 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK  SCO Stephen Grindlay 32 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
GK  FRA Arnaud Gastal 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO James Creaney 37 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF  SCO Robert Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Ross McKinnon 8 1 6+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF  SCO Kevin Nicoll 34 1 26+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
DF  SCO Paul Nugent 39 0 30+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF  SCO Tony Wallace 30 3 16+6 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 4+2 3
DF  SCO Alan Lithgow 40 4 32+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
DF  SCO Jamie Lyden 8 2 5+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Dominic Kennedy 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF  SCO Ryan Finnie 15 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Scott Agnew 42 13 35+0 13 0+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
MF  SCO Mark Lamont 13 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF  SCO Ryan Borris 17 0 6+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Mark Gilhaney 42 9 33+1 7 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 2
MF  SCO Martin McBride 8 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF  SCO Martin McNiff 35 2 28+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
MF  SCO Adam Monaghan 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF  SCO Gary McKell 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO David Gray 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF  FRA Arlan Kadina Mptata 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF  SCO Glen Thomson 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Ryan Metcalfe 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
FW  SCO Kieran Brannan 15 0 1+10 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW  SCO Bryan Prunty 41 17 32+1 14 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 3
FW  SCO Graeme Ramage 9 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW  SCO Patrick Walker 42 4 22+14 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
FW  ENG John Hempstead 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO David Winters 13 1 2+10 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW  SCO Ally Graham 19 2 10+7 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW  SCO Craig Dargo 12 7 7+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GK Jamie Ewings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Stephen Grindlay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Arnaud Gastal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF James Creaney 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
DF Robert Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Ross McKinnon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Kevin Nicoll 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
DF Paul Nugent 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10 1
DF Tony Wallace 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
DF Alan Lithgow 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
DF Jamie Lyden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
DF Ryan Finnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scott Agnew 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF Mark Lamont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Ryan Borris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Mark Gilhaney 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
MF Martin McBride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Martin McNiff 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MF Adam Monaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Gary McKell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF David Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Arlan Kadina Mptata 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Glen Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ryan Metcalfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Kieran Brannan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Bryan Prunty 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
FW Graeme Ramage 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Patrick Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
FW John Hempstead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW David Winters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Ally Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Craig Dargo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0

Awards

Last updated 27 February 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Alan Adamson[8] Second Division Manager of the Month January
Alan Adamson[9] Second Division Manager of the Month February

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 20 11 5 68 29 +39 71 Promotion to the First Division
2 Arbroath 36 17 12 7 76 51 +25 63 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Dumbarton (O, P) 36 17 7 12 61 61 0 58[a]
4 Airdrie United (P) 36 14 10 12 68 60 +8 52[b]
5 Stenhousemuir 36 15 6 15 54 49 +5 51
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Dumbarton won the First Division play-off final, and were promoted to the First Division.
  2. ^ Airdrie United lost the final of the First Division playoffs to Dumbarton. However following the demotion of Rangers to the third division prior to the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Dundee were promoted from the First Division to the SPL, and Airdrie United were promoted to the First Division to take their place. Stranraer were promoted from the Third to the Second Division to take the place of Airdrie United

Transfers

Factfile

* The League match against Airdrie United on 21 January marked Ryan Borris's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 132nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

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