2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2000–01 was the 124th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 94th 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

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 irretrievalby lost. At the beginning of November 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

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.^[1]

Scottish League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2000	Hamilton	A	0-2		588
12 August 2000	Brechin City	H	0-2		370
19 August 2000	Peterhead	A	0-2		630
26 August 2000	Albion Rovers	A	1-0	Flannery	343
9 September 2000	East Stirling	H	1-2	Flannery	259
16 September 2000	Montrose	A	2-2	Brown;Flannery	317
23 September 2000	Cowdenbeath	H	2-4	King;Brown	348
30 September 2000	Elgin City	A	0-2		752
7 October 2000	East Fife	H	2-3	Dillon;King	256
14 October 2000	Hamilton	H	2-3	Robertson;Flannery	368
21 October 2000	Brechin City	A	1-3	McCann	455
28 October 2000	Albion Rovers	H	0-1		277
4 November 2000	East Stirling	A	1-1	Flannery	246
11 November 2000	Cowdenbeath	A	1-1	Bruce	341
18 November 2000	Montrose	H	1-0	Grace	238
25 November 2000	East Fife	A	0-1		465
2 December 2000	Elgin City	H	3-0	Flannery;Brown;Brittain	1,876
16 December 2000	Hamilton	A	0-2		485
23 December 2000	Peterhead	H	1-3	Brown	821
2 January 2001	East Stirling	H	3-0	Smith;Flannery;OG	658
27 January 2001	Albion Rovers	A	3-1	Brown;Flannery(2)	369
3 February 2001	East Fife	H	2-0	Stewart;Brown	711
24 February 2001	Brechin City	H	1-0	Flannery	722
7 March 2001	Cowdenbeath	H	3-0	Dillon;Brown;Flannery	507
10 March 2001	Albion Rovers	H	1-4	Flannery	808
13 March 2001	Elgin City	A	3-0	Dillon;Bruce;Brown	424
17 March 2001	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	Flannery(2)	369
20 March 2001	East Stirling	A	0-0		209
24 March 2001	Peterhead	A	1-0	Robertson	432
27 March 2001	Montrose	A	2-1	Brown;Flannery	165
31 March 2001	Montrose	H	1-2	Flannery	751
7 April 2001	East Fife	A	1-0	Lynes	313
14 April 2001	Elgin City	H	2-0	Brown;O'Neill	685
21 April 2001	Hamilton	H	1-2	Lynes	864
28 April 2001	Brechin City	A	0-1		510
5 May 2001	Peterhead	H	2-2	Stewart;Flannery	715

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 December 2000	1	East Stirling	H	1-1	Flannery	834
12 December 2000	1R	East Stirling	A	1-0	Robertson	170
6 January 2001	2	Stranraer	A	0-2		595

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2000	1	Ayr United	H	0-0*		421
22 August 2000	2	Livingston	H	0-4		357

* - won on penalties after extra time

Bell's Challenge Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 2000	1	Elgin City	A	4-2	Flannery(3);Brown	828
10 August 2000	2	Arbroath	A	0-2		459

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 July 2000	P	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	Brown
22 July 2000	P	Stenhousemuir	A	2-0	Brown;Smith

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 43 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below. Andy Brown was best by appearing in 39 of these matches.^[2]

Player	Position	Appearances^[3]	Goals
Steven Bonar	MF	28(6)	1
Craig Brittain	DF	27(7)	1
Alan Brown	MF	1
Andy Brown	FW	39	10
Jamie Bruce	DF	33	2
G Dempsey	MF	0(1)
Michael Dickie	DF	35(1)
John Dillon	MF	23(7)	3
Paddy Flannery	FW	36(2)	21
Chris Gentile	MF	2(6)
Alex Grace	MF	16(3)	1
John Hillcoat	GK	34
Stephen Jack	MF	31(3)
Toby King	FW	13	2
Craig Lynes	MF	8	2
Kevin McCann	DF	29(4)	1
Steve McCormick	FW	1(2)
B McGinty	MF	0(1)
Martin Melvin	DF	0(17)
Martin O'Neill	DF	16	1
John Ritchie	MF	0(2)
Joe Robertson	FW	31(6)	3
Ryan Robinson	FW	4(1)
Chris Smith	FW	14(9)	2
Dave Stewart	DF	37(1)	2
John Wight	GK	0(2)
S Wilson	MF	1
Willie Wilson	MF	14(2)

References

↑ Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2001/02. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)

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Second Division	Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clydebank Forfar Athletic Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Hamilton Academical Montrose Peterhead

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