2007–08 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2007–08 was the 131st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 101st time, the Scottish Cup for the 113th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 61st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

Dumbarton's second successive season in the Third Division was not to be a successful one. A large intake of new players at the start was not the success that was hoped for and the mixed start which saw the club hold 5th place at the end of October was only to be followed by a slump in form. By the end of November Gerry McCabe had left the club to be replaced by Jim Chapman, but performances did little to improve the situation and in the end a disappointing 8th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, a cup-run of sorts was gained. Early round victories over Forfar Athletic and Berwick Rangers was followed by a fourth round exit to Premier League St Mirren.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Cowdenbeath.

Finally, it would be another early League Challenge Cup exit, this time to East Stirling.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, a win and a defeat in the opening group ties was never going to be enough to progress to the final.

Results^[1]

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 August 2007	Elgin City	H	1-0	Tiernan	640
11 August 2007	East Stirlingshire	A	2-3	Tiernan(2)	306
18 August 2007	Arbroath	A	1-1	Hamilton	647
25 August 2007	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	Coyne(2)	644
1 September 2007	Stranraer	A	0-2		343
15 September 2007	Stenhousemuir	H	1-2	Campbell	907
22 September 2007	East Fife	H	1-1	Tiernan	692
29 September 2007	Montrose	A	1-0	Campbell	545
6 October 2007	Forfar Athletic	H	0-0		668
20 October 2007	Elgin City	A	1-2	O'Byrne	541
3 November 2007	Arbroath	H	1-1	McPhee	637
10 November 2007	Albion Rovers	A	0-2		512
1 December 2007	Stenhousemuir	A	1-2	McPhee	403
8 December 2007	Stranraer	H	0-2		478
15 December 2007	East Fife	A	0-2		674
18 December 2007	East Stirlingshire	H	3-1	McPhee;Geggan;Hamilton	303
22 December 2007	Montrose	H	1-3	Campbell	510
29 December 2007	Forfar Athletic	A	1-3	Gentile	422
2 January 2008	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	Tiernan;McPhee	634
19 January 2008	Stranraer	A	0-2		214
2 February 2008	Elgin City	H	1-4	Coyne	514
9 February 2008	Montrose	A	1-3	Moore	458
16 February 2008	East Fife	H	0-3		688
23 February 2008	Arbroath	H	2-1	Canning(2)	511
1 March 2008	Albion Rovers	A	1-0	Canning	329
5 March 2008	Arbroath	A	0-0		441
15 March 2008	Elgin City	A	1-2	Moore	551
18 March 2008	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	McNaught	389
22 March 2008	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Geggan	449
25 March 2008	East Stirlingshire	A	1-1	McNaught	359
29 March 2008	Stranraer	H	0-1		512
5 April 2009	East Fife	A	1-2	Tiernan	639
8 April 2008	Forfar Athletic	H	0-0		282
12 April 2008	Montrose	H	0-0		463
19 April 2008	East Stirlingshire	H	1-0	Brittain	612
26 April 2008	Forfar Athletic	A	1-1	Hamilton	400

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 October 2007	2	Forfar Athletic	A	1-1	McPhee	382
6 November 2007	2R	Forfar Athletic	H	3-0	Campbell;Henderson;MacFarlane	310
24 November 2007	3	Berwick Rangers	H	2-0	MacFarlane;McPhee	524
12 January 2008	4	St Mirren	A	0-3		2,828

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 2007	1	Cowdenbeath	A	0-2		322

League Challenge Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 2007	1	East Stirling	A	2-4	Campbell(2)	202

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 July 2007	P	Stenhousemuir	A	1-0	Yule	150
22 August 2007	P	Stirling Albion	A	1-5	Gallacher

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 July 2007	Kilmarnock	H	0-0		755
21 July 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-5	MacFarlane
24 July 2007	Queen's Park	A	0-2
26 July 2007	St Mirren	H	0-3		709
30 July 2007	Celtic XI	H	1-1	Coyne	672

Appearances

Dumbarton used 43 players for the 42 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and League Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
David Crawford	GK	30
Anton Nugent	GK	10(2)
Peter Shaw	GK	2
John Aitken	DF	1
Craig Brittain	DF	23(1)	1
David Craig	DF	8
Grant Evans	DF	9(1)
Ross Farro	DF	1
Kenny Haswell	DF	8(3)
Gordon Lennon	DF	16
Richie McKillen	DF	1(1)
Anthony McLennan	DF	1
Michael O'Byrne	DF	34	1
Alex Orrstrom	DF	6(1)
Craig Potter	DF	25
Jonathan Yule	DF	4
Kieran Brannan	MF	2(5)
Mark Canning	MF	36	3
Danny Ferry	MF	0(1)
Andy Geggan	MF	32(1)	2
Chris Gentile	MF	11(10)	1
Chris Hamilton	MF	22(10)	3
Niall Henderson	MF	16	1
Jason McLaughlin	MF	3(1)
Michael Stokes	MF	6
Fergus Tiernan	MF	25(4)	6
Robert Campbell	FW	20(1)	6
Greg Cavanagh	FW	0(1)
Tommy Coyne	FW	16(14)	3
Liam Cusack	FW	5
Sean Kerr	FW	3(4)
David MacFarlane	FW	14(1)	2
Chris Mackie	FW	2(2)
Mark McAlpine	FW	1
David McNaught	FW	7(12)	2
Brian McPhee	FW	21(6)	6
Paul McQuilken	FW	5(8)
Michael Moore	FW	7	2
Allan Orr	FW	1
F Pierman	FW	1
Ryan Russell	FW	25(8)
Bruce Thompson	FW	0(1)
Kenneth Wright	FW	1

References

↑ Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008/09. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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2007–08 in Scottish football

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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) Junior Cup Youth Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying (Group B)

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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Gretna Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Peterhead Queen's Park Raith Rovers Ross County

Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stenhousemuir Stranraer

List of Scottish football transfers 2007–08, 2007–08 in Scottish reserve and youth football

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