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2011–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

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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

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

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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'
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

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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

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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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 Red card 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
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
11 February 2012 Scottish Second Division Stenhousemuir 1–2 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
McMillan Red card 10'
McKinlay Yellow card 33' Red card
Smith 76'
SFL Report Lithgow 36'
Devlin 45' (Own goal)
Attendance: 539
Referee: Beaton
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

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
20 May 2012 Play-offs F R2 Airdrie United 1–4
(2 – 6 agg.)
Dumbarton Excelsior Stadium
Holmes 35'
Bain Red card 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] Scotland 36 Club captain
FW Bryan Prunty[7] Scotland 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 Scotland SCO Jamie Ewings 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Stephen Grindlay 32 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
GK France FRA Arnaud Gastal 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO James Creaney 37 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Robert Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross McKinnon 8 1 6+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Nicoll 34 1 26+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Nugent 39 0 30+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tony Wallace 30 3 16+6 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 4+2 3
DF Scotland SCO Alan Lithgow 40 4 32+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jamie Lyden 8 2 5+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dominic Kennedy 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Finnie 15 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Scott Agnew 42 13 35+0 13 0+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Lamont 13 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Borris 17 0 6+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Gilhaney 42 9 33+1 7 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 2
MF Scotland SCO Martin McBride 8 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Martin McNiff 35 2 28+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Adam Monaghan 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Gary McKell 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Gray 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF France FRA Arlan Kadina Mptata 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Glen Thomson 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ryan Metcalfe 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Brannan 15 0 1+10 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Bryan Prunty 41 17 32+1 14 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 3
FW Scotland SCO Graeme Ramage 9 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Patrick Walker 42 4 22+14 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
FW England ENG John Hempstead 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 13 1 2+10 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Ally Graham 19 2 10+7 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Jamie Ewings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Stephen Grindlay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France GK Arnaud Gastal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF James Creaney 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Scotland DF Robert Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Ross McKinnon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Kevin Nicoll 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
Scotland DF Paul Nugent 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10 1
Scotland DF Tony Wallace 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
Scotland DF Alan Lithgow 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland DF Jamie Lyden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Scotland DF Ryan Finnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Scott Agnew 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland MF Mark Lamont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan Borris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Mark Gilhaney 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
Scotland MF Martin McBride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Martin McNiff 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland MF Adam Monaghan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Gary McKell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF David Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France MF Arlan Kadina Mptata 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Glen Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ryan Metcalfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Kieran Brannan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Bryan Prunty 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland FW Graeme Ramage 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Patrick Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
England FW John Hempstead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW David Winters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Ally Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland 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
Scotland Alan Adamson[8] Second Division Manager of the Month January
Scotland 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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