2001–02 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2001–02 was the 118th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 96th time, the Scottish Cup for the 107th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 55th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 11th time.

Dumbarton

2001-02 season
Manager	Tom Carson
Stadium	Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 3	2nd
Scottish Cup	First Round
Scottish League Cup	Second Round
Bell's Challenge Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Flannery (18) All: Paddy Flannery (19)
Highest home attendance	1,959
Lowest home attendance	533
Average home league attendance	838

Overview

Season 2001-02 began with a sense of confidence - this would be the first full season at the new home ground and followed the appointment of Tom Carson as manager which brought about a change of fortunes to Dumbarton's campaign the previous season. The league season itself would be full of ups and downs but in the end it came down to the final game against one of their oldest opponents, Queen's Park. A draw would be sufficient to gain a promotion place, but at 1-1 in stoppage time, Queen's Park were awarded a soft penalty. Fortunes were on Dumbarton's side however, as John Wight made a magnificent save and promotion was secured.

In Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out to Alloa Athletic in the first round.

In the League Cup, an excellent win over near neighbours Clydebank was followed by a second round exit to Premier Division Dundee United.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, Dumbarton returned to old habits and lost in their first outing against Ross County.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won both of their group ties, and progressed to their first final in six years, but failed in a penalty shoot out against Stenhousemuir.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Third Division

Dumbarton v Brechin City

6 August 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery		Bain King	Attendance: 837

Peterhead v Dumbarton

11 August 2001 Third Division	Peterhead	0–3	Dumbarton	Balmoor Stadium
			McKeown Flannery Robertson	Attendance: 528

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

18 August 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Queen's Park	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Brown Robertson		Marshall	Attendance: 717

Dumbarton v Montrose

25 August 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Montrose	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
			Brand	Attendance: 781

East Stirling v Dumbarton

8 September 2001 Third Division	East Stirling	2–4	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Menelaws		Flannery O'Neill Robertson Bonar	Attendance: 208

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

18 September 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Albion Rovers	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery		Booth	Attendance: 581

Stirling Albion v Dumbarton

19 September 2001 Third Division	Stirling Albion	4–5	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
	Henderson Williams		Robertson Flannery Crilly	Attendance: 446

Dumbarton v Elgin City

22 September 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–2	Elgin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Crilly Lynes		Hynd Kelly	Attendance: 764

East Fife v Dumbarton

29 September 2001 Third Division	East Fife	4-1	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	McManus Allen		Crilly	Attendance: 392

Brechin City v Dumbarton

13 October 2001 Third Division	Brechin City	3-2	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Fotheringham Grant Clark		Brown Flannery	Attendance: 429

Dumbarton v Peterhead

20 October 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–3	Peterhead	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
			Mackay Stewart Johnston	Attendance: 715

Dumbarton v East Stirling

27 October 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–2	East Stirling	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery		Lyle Lorimer	Attendance: 591

Montrose v Dumbarton

3 November 2001 Third Division	Montrose	1-3	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Sharp		Flannery Stewart Crilly	Attendance: 503

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

10 November 2001 Third Division	Albion Rovers	0-2	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
			Crilly Brown	Attendance: 420

Dumbarton v Stirling Albion

24 November 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	4–1	Stirling Albion	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	O'Neill Flannery Crilly Brittain		Williams	Attendance: 860

Elgin City v Dumbarton

8 December 2001 Third Division	Elgin City	0-3	Dumbarton	Borough Briggs
			Brittain Robertson Brown	Attendance: 511

Dumbarton v East Fife

15 December 2001 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	East Fife	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery			Attendance: 521

Dumbarton v Montrose

12 January 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–5	Montrose	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
			Ferguson Kerrigan Laidlaw	Attendance: 745

Stirling Albion v Dumbarton

19 January 2002 Third Division	Stirling Albion	2-1	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
	Williams Brannigan		Flannery	Attendance: 555

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

26 January 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Robertson			Attendance: 686

East Fife v Dumbarton

2 February 2002 Third Division	East Fife	1-0	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Mortimer			Attendance: 419

Dumbarton v Elgin City

9 February 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	3–1	Elgin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery Lauchlan Crilly		Gilzean	Attendance: 690

Peterhead v Dumbarton

16 February 2002 Third Division	Peterhead	4-0	Dumbarton	Balmoor Stadium
	Stewart Tindal Robertson			Attendance: 589

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

23 February 2002 Third Division	Queen's Park	0-0	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
				Attendance: 725

Dumbarton v Brechin City

27 February 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Brown Crilly		Fotheringham	Attendance: 533

Montrose v Dumbarton

2 March 2002 Third Division	Montrose	1-1	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Christie		McCann	Attendance: 485

Dumbarton v East Stirling

9 March 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	East Stirling	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Crilly McCann		Lorimer	Attendance: 715

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

16 March 2002 Third Division	Albion Rovers	1-1	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Harty		Flannery	Attendance: 503

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

19 March 2002 Third Division	Queen's Park	0-2	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Dunn	Attendance: 411

Dumbarton v Stirling Albion

23 March 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Stirling Albion	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery Dunn			Attendance: 792

Elgin City v Dumbarton

30 March 2002 Third Division	Elgin City	2-0	Dumbarton	Borough Briggs
	McBride Gilzean			Attendance: 709

East Stirling v Dumbarton

2 April 2002 Third Division	East Stirling	1-0	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Ure			Attendance: 317

Dumbarton v East Fife

6 April 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	East Fife	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery Crilly			Attendance: 694

Brechin City v Dumbarton

13 April 2002 Third Division	Brechin City	0-1	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
			Brown	Attendance: 702

Dumbarton v Peterhead

20 April 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	3–0	Peterhead	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Dunn Brown Dillon			Attendance: 1,636

Dumbarton v Peterhead

27 April 2002 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Peterhead	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Flannery		Whelan	Attendance: 1,959

Bell's Challenge Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Challenge Cup

Dumbarton v Ross County

14 August 2001 Challenge Cup round 2	Dumbarton	0–2	Ross County	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
			McQuade Hislop	Attendance: 370 Referee: K Toner

CIS League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup

Dumbarton v Clydebank

11 September 2001 League Cup round 1	Dumbarton	2–0	Clydebank	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Brown Flannery			Attendance: 695 Referee: I Fyfe

Dundee United v Dumbarton

25 September 2001 League Cup round 2	Dundee United	3–0	Dumbarton	Tannadice Park
	Thompson Easton Griffin			Attendance: 3,702 Referee: C MacKay

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

17 November 2001 Cup round 1	Alloa Athletic	3–1	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
	Little Evans Hutchison		McKeown	Attendance: 539 Referee: C Richmond

Stirlingshire Cup

Alloa Athletic v Dumbarton

14 July 2001 Group stage	Alloa Athletic	1–2	Dumbarton	Recreation Park, Alloa
			Brittain Brown

Stirling Albion v Dumbarton

28 July 2001 Group stage	Stirling Albion	0–2	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium
			Brittain Brown

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

4 September 2001 Final

Dumbarton

0–0 (Stenhousemuir on penalties)

Stenhousemuir

Strathclyde Homes Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Brechin City (C, P)	36	22	7	7	67	38	+29	73	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Dumbarton (P)	36	18	7	11	59	48	+11	61
3	Albion Rovers	36	16	11	9	51	32	+19	59
4	Peterhead	36	17	5	14	63	52	+11	56
5	Montrose	36	16	7	13	43	39	+4	55
6	Elgin City	36	13	8	15	45	47	−2	47
7	East Stirlingshire	36	12	4	20	51	58	−7	40
8	East Fife	36	11	7	18	39	56	−17	40
9	Stirling Albion	36	9	10	17	45	68	−23	37
10	Queen's Park	36	9	8	19	38	53	−15	35

Source: "2001-2002 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Jon Connolly	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	John Hillcoat	14	0	12+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	John Wight	24	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Brittain	36	2	27+5	2	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jamie Bruce	11	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Michael Dickie	25	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin McCann	23	2	19+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	John McKeown	26	2	23+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
	DF	SCO	Martin Melvin	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Martin O'Neill	33	2	27+3	2	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Stewart	21	1	17+0	1	2+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Steven Bonar	36	1	19+13	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Crilly	33	10	29+1	10	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	John Dillon	37	1	15+18	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Robert Dunn	13	4	11+2	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Stephen Jack	30	0	25+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin Lauchlan	11	1	9+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Craig Lynes	23	1	5+15	1	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Murdoch	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Brown	38	8	35+0	7	2+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Flannery	35	19	32+1	18	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Danny McKelvie	26	0	2+20	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Robertson	38	8	28+6	8	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Date
John McKeown	Ayr United	8 Jun 2001
Scott Murdoch	Clydebank	9 Jun 2001
Danny McKelvie	Clydebank	5 Jul 2001
Mark Crilly	Ayr United	6 Sep 2001
Martin Lauchlan	St Johnstone (loan)	14 Dec 2001
Robert Dunn	Airdrie	1 Mar 2002
Jon Connolly	Motherwell	2 Mar 2002

Players out

Player	To	Date
Scott Murdoch	Albion Rovers	12 Jan 2002
John Hillcoat	St Mirren	26 Feb 2002
Steve McCormick	Albion Rovers
Brian McGinty	Cumnock
Chris Smith	Maryhill
Alan Brown	Vale of Leven
Jamie Bruce	Johnstone Burgh
John Ritchie	Vale of Leven
Martin Melvin

Trivia

• The League match against Elgin City on 9 February marked Andy Brown's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 122nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

• 2001–02 in Scottish football

External links

• Jon Connolly (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• John Wight (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Scottish Football Historical Archive