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2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

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Dumbarton
2000-01 season
ManagerJimmy Brown/Tom Carson
StadiumCliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge/ Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 36th
Scottish CupSecond Round
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Bell's Challenge CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (21)
Highest home attendance1,876
Lowest home attendance238
Average home league attendance624

Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

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At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson.

The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th-place finish was achieved.

In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer.

In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress.

Results & fixtures

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Scottish Third Division

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5 August 2000 Third Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
Eadie
Russell
Attendance: 588
12 August 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 0–2 Brechin City Cliftonhill Stadium
Leask
Christie
Attendance: 370
19 August 2000 Third Division Peterhead 2–0 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Cooper
Johnston
Attendance: 630
26 August 2000 Third Division Albion Rovers 0–1 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Flannery Attendance: 343
9 September 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 East Stirling Cliftonhill Stadium
Flannery Hislop
Stewart
Attendance: 259
16 September 2000 Third Division Montrose 2–2 Dumbarton Links Park
McKenzie
O'Driscoll
Brown
Flannery
Attendance: 343
23 September 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–4 Cowdenbeath Cliftonhill Stadium
King
Brown
Winter
Bradley
Wright
Burns
Attendance: 348
30 September 2000 Third Division Elgin City 2–0 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Clinton
Campbell
Attendance: 752
7 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–3 East Fife Cliftonhill Stadium
Dillon
King
Mortimer
Moffat
Attendance: 256
14 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 2–3 Hamilton Cliftonhill Stadium
Robertson
Flannery
Bonnar
Clark
Moore
Attendance: 368
21 October 2000 Third Division Brechin City 3–1 Dumbarton Glebe Park, Brechin
Bain
Coulston
Leask
McCann Attendance: 455
28 October 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 0–1 Albion Rovers Cliftonhill Stadium
Shields Attendance: 277
4 November 2000 Third Division East Stirling 1–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Lorimer Flannery Attendance: 246
11 November 2000 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Burns Bruce Attendance: 341
18 November 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Montrose Cliftonhill Stadium
Grace Attendance: 238
25 November 2000 Third Division East Fife 1–0 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Ferguson Attendance: 465
2 December 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery
Brown
Brittain
Attendance: 1,876
16 December 2000 Third Division Hamilton 2–0 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
McFarlane Attendance: 485
23 December 2000 Third Division Dumbarton 1–3 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown Cooper
Yates
Stewart
Attendance: 821
2 January 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Smith
Flannery
(OG)
Attendance: 658
27 January 2001 Third Division Albion Rovers 1–3 Dumbarton Cliftonhill Stadium
Smith Brown
Flannery
Attendance: 369
3 February 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 East Fife Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart
Brown
Attendance: 711
24 February 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–0 Brechin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Attendance: 722
7 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 3–0 Cowdenbeath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Dillon
Brown
Flannery
Attendance: 507
10 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–4 Albion Rovers Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Lumsden
mcMullen
Harty
Attendance: 808
13 March 2001 Third Division Elgin City 0–3 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Dillon
Bruce
Brown
Attendance: 424
17 March 2001 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–2 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
McDowell
Wright
Flannery Attendance: 369
24 March 2001 Third Division Peterhead 0-1 Dumbarton Balmoor Stadium
Robertson Attendance: 432
27 March 2001 Third Division Montrose 1-2 Dumbarton Links Park
Hutchison Brown
Flannery
Attendance: 165
21 March 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Montrose Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Mitchell
Hutchison
Attendance: 751
7 April 2001 Third Division East Fife 0-1 Dumbarton Bayview Stadium
Lynes Attendance: 313
14 April 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–0 Elgin City Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Brown
O'Neill
Attendance: 685
21 April 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 1–2 Hamilton Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Lynes McFarlane
Kerr
Attendance: 864
5 May 2001 Third Division Dumbarton 2–2 Peterhead Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Stewart
Flannery
Cooper
Johnston
Attendance: 715

Bell's Challenge Cup

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15 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 1 Elgin City 2–4 Dumbarton Borough Briggs
Green Flannery
Brown
Attendance: 828
Referee: G Mitchell
29 August 2000 Challenge Cup round 2 Arbroath 2–0 Dumbarton Gayfield Park
Brownlie
Mallan
Attendance: 459
Referee: B Orr

CIS League Cup

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9 August 2000 League Cup round 1 Dumbarton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 p)
Ayr United Cliftonhill Stadium
Attendance: 421
Referee: W Young
22 August 2000 League Cup round 2 Dumbarton 0–4 Livingston Cliftonhill Stadium
Bingham
Hagan
Attendance: 357
Referee: K Toner

Tennent's Scottish Cup

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1 December 2000 Cup round 1 Dumbarton 1–1 East Stirling Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Flannery Hislop Attendance: 834
Referee: I Brines
12 December 2000 Cup round 1R East Stirling 0–1 Dumbarton Firs Park
Robertson Attendance: 170
Referee: I Brines
6 January 2001 Cup round 2 Stranraer 2–0 Dumbarton Starks Park
Walker
Harty
Attendance: 595
Referee: I Frickleton
22 July 2000 Group stage Stenhousemuir 0–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
Brown
Smith

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 East Fife 36 15 8 13 49 46 +3 53
5 Peterhead 36 13 10 13 46 46 0 49
6 Dumbarton 36 13 6 17 46 49 −3 45
7 Albion Rovers 36 12 9 15 38 43 −5 45
8 East Stirlingshire 36 10 7 19 37 69 −32 37
Source: "2000-2001 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO John Hillcoat 34 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
GK Scotland SCO John Wight 11 0 9+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Brittain 34 1 22+6 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Bruce 33 2 29+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Dickie 37 0 29+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 33 1 23+4 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin Melvin 18 0 0+17 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin O'Neill 15 1 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Stewart 38 2 32+0 2 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steven Bonar 33 1 23+6 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alan Brown 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO G Dempsey 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Dillon 30 3 20+5 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Gentile 8 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Grace 19 1 12+2 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Jack 34 0 25+3 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Craig Lynes 8 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Brian McGinty 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Ritchie 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO S Wilson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Wilson 16 0 11+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy Brown 38 10 31+0 9 2+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Paddy Flannery 38 21 30+1 17 1+1 0 2+0 3 3+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Toby King 13 2 9+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Steve McCormick 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Robertson 38 3 27+6 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Robinson 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Chris Smith 18 1 4+9 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+3 0

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Transfers

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Trivia

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  • The League match against Brechin City on 12 August marked Willie Wilson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 115th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against East Stirling on 9 September marked Craig Brittain's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 116th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 30 September marked Stephen Jack's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 117th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Elgin City on 2 December marked Alex Grace's and Paddy Flannery's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 118th and 119th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Albion Rovers on 10 March marked Jamie Bruce's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 120th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
  • The League match against Montrose on 31 March marked Joe Robertson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 121st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bell's Scottish Football Review 2001/02. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
  2. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
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