2011–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

Dumbarton
2011–12 season
ChairmanScotland Alan Jardine
ManagerScotland 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:
Scotland Bryan Prunty (14)

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

Summary

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season matches

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30 June 2011 Dumbarton 1–1 Stranraer Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Walker   Unknown   pen'
7 July 2011 Dumbarton 6–3 Cambuslang Rangers East Kilbride
Agnew  
Prunty    
McElroy    
Ramage  
Dumbarton Report Unknown  
Unknown   pen'
Unknown  
9 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–5 Motherwell Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Murphy   8', 22'
Law   54'
McHugh   83'
Saunders   91'
Attendance: 814
12 July 2011 Dumbarton 0–2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dumbarton Report Teale   4'
Thomson   24'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Gary Hilland
19 July 2011 Dumbarton 4–1 Partick Thistle Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Sutherland   27'
Agnew   68'
Scully   82'
Brannan   90'
Dumbarton Report Burns   61' (pen.) Attendance: 686
Referee: Steve Conroy

Scottish Challenge Cup

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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

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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

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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
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
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
6 March 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 0–2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
SFL Report Mbu   3'
McKenzie   73'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Hilland
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
21 April 2012 Scottish Second Division Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Prunty   61'
Lovering   67' (Own goal)
SFL Report McLaren   56'
Donnelly   91'
Attendance: 1,088
Referee: McKendrick
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

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12 May 2012 Play-offs SF R2 Arbroath 0–0
(1 – 2 agg.)
Dumbarton Gayfield Park
SFL Report Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Thomson
16 May 2012 Play-offs F R1 Dumbarton 2–1 Airdrie United Dumbarton Football Stadium
Prunty   29'
Wallace   32'
Nugent   93'  
SFL Report Bain   42' Attendance: 1,746
Referee: Brines
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

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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

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Captains

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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

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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

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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

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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

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League table

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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

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Factfile

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* 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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References

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