1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1998–1999 season
Manager Ian Wallace/Jimmy Brown
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 3 4th
Scottish Cup First Round
Scottish League Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Paddy Flannery (17)
All: Paddy Flannery (18)
Highest home attendance 650
Lowest home attendance 230
Average home league attendance 391

Season 1998–99 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 93rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 104th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 52nd time.

Overview

Following three successive seasons of failure, Dumbarton produced what would be a marginally better league performance. Indeed, up until the beginning of April it was still technically possible for Dumbarton to have gained promotion, but in the end ran out of games. The season was improved by an end of season streak which saw 7 wins taken from the last 9 games, and eventually a 4th place was achieved. The winning run coincided with Ian Wallace's replacement by Jimmy Brown as manager, this following a suspension and subsequent internal investigation.

In the national cup competitions, it was a return to first round exits. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Livingston after a creditable drawn match.

In the League Cup, there was a disappointing first round defeat to Alloa Athletic.

Note that due to the lack of sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was not played.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton managed a draw from two ties and thus failed to reach the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 August 1998Albion RoversH2-0McKinnon;Flannery291
15 August 1998Queen's ParkA1-0Sharp656
22 August 1998StenhousemuirH0-2378
29 August 1998Berwick RangersH0-0303
5 September 1998East StirlingA2-1King;Robertson217
12 September 1998Brechin CityA0-0355
19 September 1998CowdenbeathH5-0Sharp;Melvin(2);McKinnon;Flannery348
26 September 1998MontroseA1-1Flannery318
3 October 1998Ross CountyH1-2Flannery538
10 October 1998Queen's ParkH1-0Flannery343
17 October 1998StenhousemuirH3-0Glancy;Flannery;Mooney456
24 October 1998Berwick RangersH1-3Robertson303
31 October 1998East StirlingH2-2Flannery;Robertson309
7 November 1998CowdenbeathA2-0Flannery(2)228
14 November 1998Brechin CityH1-2Flannery357
25 November 1998MontroseH0-2240
28 November 1998Ross CountyA0-21,759
12 December 1998Albion RoversA2-0Flannery;Mooney324
19 December 1998StenhousemuirH1-4Wilson283
16 January 1999MontroseA2-4Flannery(2)326
26 January 1999East StirlingA2-1Brittain;Melvin204
30 January 1999Ross CountyH0-0400
2 February 1999Berwick RangersH1-1Flannery242
13 February 1999Brechin CityA3-3Grace;Mooney;Gow360
27 February 1999Queen's ParkA1-1Bradford516
6 March 1999East StirlingH0-2246
9 March 1999Albion RoversH1-1McKinnon230
13 March 1999Berwick RangersH1-0Flannery321
20 March 1999Ross CountyA2-1Robertson;Bradford2,374
3 April 1999MontroseH2-1Robertson(2)541
5 April 1999CowdenbeathH6-1Jack;Flannery;King(2);Smith;Stewart650
10 April 1999CowdenbeathA1-2Smith245
17 April 1999Brechin CityH2-0Robertson;Smith562
24 April 1999StenhousemuirH2-0Flannery;Mooney629
1 May 1999Queen's ParkH0-1762
8 May 1999Albion RoversA2-0Robertson;Bruce256

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 December 19981LivingstonH1-1Flannery530
8 December 19981RLivingstonA0-31,449

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
1 August 19981Alloa AthleticH0-4352

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
23 July 1998PStirling AlbionA0-1
25 August 1998PFalkirkH2-2Mooney;Robertson

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
25 July 1998Ardeer RecreationH3-1Flannery(2);Sharp

Player statistics

Squad[1][2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird DivisionLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Derek Barnes 301+000+002+00
GK Scotland Peter Dennison 202+000+000+00
GK Scotland Kenny Meechan 34033+001+000+00
DF Scotland Craig Brittain 26122+111+002+00
DF Scotland Jamie Bruce 17117+010+000+00
DF Scotland Tom Currie 100+001+000+00
DF Scotland Paul Finnigan 301+200+000+00
DF Scotland Stevie Gow 1216+311+002+00
DF Scotland Alex Grace 23118+211+002+00
DF Scotland Stephen Jack 38135+011+002+00
DF Scotland Martin Melvin 1202+900+100+00
DF Scotland David Reid 1109+100+100+00
DF Scotland Dave Stewart 1019+110+000+00
DF Scotland Barry Wilkinson 704+200+000+10
MF Scotland Alan Brown 802+500+100+00
MF Scotland Paul Harvey 1107+200+002+00
MF Scotland Billy Melvin 33324+631+000+20
MF Scotland Willie Wilson 38135+011+002+00
FW Scotland John Bradford 424+020+000+00
FW Scotland Paddy Flannery 351833+0170+002+01
FW Scotland Martin Glancy 1015+510+000+00
FW Scotland Toby King 31329+030+002+00
FW Scotland Colin McKinnon 30327+031+002+00
FW Scotland Keith Millar 1102+700+002+00
FW Scotland Martin Mooney 32428+440+000+00
FW Scotland Joe Robertson 28821+580+000+20
FW Scotland Lee Sharp 18217+021+000+00
FW Scotland Chris Smith 1033+631+000+00

Transfers[3]

Factfile

* The League match against Brechin City on 12 September marked Lee Sharp's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 112th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Cowdenbeath on 7 November marked Toby King's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 113th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
  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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