2010–11 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Dumbarton's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[4] Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Dumbarton

2010–11 season
Chairman	Colin Hosie[1] Alan Jardine[1]
Manager	Jim Chapman Alan Adamson
Stadium	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Scottish Second Division	Seventh place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to Greenock Morton
League Cup	First round, lost to Queen of the South
Scottish Cup	Third round, lost to Greenock Morton
Top goalscorer	League: Jon McShane (13) All: Jon McShane (13)
Highest home attendance	853 vs. Livingston, 5 March 2011[2]
Lowest home attendance	350 vs. Alloa Athletic, 18 January 2011[2]
Average home league attendance	624[3]

Summary

Dumbarton finished seventh in the Second Division.[5] They reached the first of the Scottish Challenge Cup,[6] the first round of the League Cup[7] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[8]

Management

Dumbarton began the 2010–11 season under the management of Jim Chapman. On 27 October 2010, Chapman resigned as manager,[9] with Alan Adamson being appointed as interim manager.[10] In April 2011, after six months as interim manager Adamson was appointed on a permanent basis.[11]

Results & fixtures

[12][13][14][15]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	4–1	Dumbarton	Station Park
	R Campbell  2' Hilson  51' Templeman  59', 77' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Chaplain  5' (Penalty)	Attendance: 510 Referee: McKendrick

14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Livingston	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00	Chaplain  70' (pen.)	BBC Report	Winters  25' (pen.) O'Byrne  71'  Russell  77'	Attendance: 643 Referee: Watters

21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	1–0	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Maxwell  35' (Own goal)	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Smith

28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	6–0	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Young  15' Byrne  35', 44', 71' Linn  59' Sloan  83'	BBC Report		Attendance: 687 Referee: Norris

11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Stenhousemuir	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary  77'	BBC Report		Attendance: 600 Referee: Charleston

18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	0–0	Dumbarton	Recreation Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 559 Referee: Nicholls

25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary  73'	BBC Report	Booth  36' McKenna  40' McAllister  88'	Attendance: 626 Referee: Beaton

2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–3	Airdrie United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Maxwell  67'	SFL Report	McCord  52' Wallace  62' Gemmill  74'	Attendance: 812 Referee: Richmond

16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1–0	Dumbarton	Balmoor
	Ross  49'	SFL Report		Attendance: 496 Referee: Hilland

23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	4–0	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Quinn  3' Clark  22' (Pen), 43' Plenderleith  89'	BBC Report		Attendance: 392 Referee: Northcroft

30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	4–1	East Fife	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McShane  31' Durie  47' (Own goal) Gilhaney  89', 92'	BBC Report	Byrne  39'	Attendance: 585 Referee: Law

6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2–0	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Watson  19' Russell  87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,417 Referee: Clancy

13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	3–2	Ayr United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Cook  29' (Penalty) Walker  54' R Campbell  84'	BBC Report	Tiffoney  28' Roberts  66' Rodgers  91'	Attendance: 811 Referee: Madden

2 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	2–0	Dumbarton	Somerset Park
	Roberts  11' (Penalty) McKay  78'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Charleston

15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Stenhousemuir	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
		BBC Report	Dalziel  93'	Attendance: 490 Referee: Beaton

18 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	4–1	Alloa Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff  14' Walker  41' Carcary  53' Geggan  80'	BBC Report	Gibson  56'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Norris

25 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Forfar Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Walker  26'	BBC Report	Fotheringham  71' Deasley  72'	Attendance: 404 Referee: Colvin

29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff  59'  Gilhaney  86'	BBC Report	Hill  22' Molloy  72'	Attendance: 565 Referee: Hilland

1 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	1–2	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
	McCord  84' (Penalty)	SFL Report	Gilhaney  21' Walker  48'	Attendance: 591 Referee: Crawford

5 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2–3	Dumbarton	Recreation Park
	Motion  64' Prunty  70'	BBC Report	Walker  35' McShane  57' McStay  74'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Smith

12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Airdrie United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McShane  4'	SFL Report	Morton  91'	Attendance: 723 Referee: Charleston

15 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	1–3	Dumbarton	Bayview Stadium
	Park  44'	BBC Report	Walker  17' Gilhaney  23' Geggan  55'	Attendance: 392 Referee: Nicholls

19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	1–2	Dumbarton	Balmoor
15:00	Smith  49'	SFL Report	McStay  25' McShane  78'	Attendance: 388 Referee: Roache

22 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	3–0	Peterhead	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Gilhaney  32', 54' McShane  60'	SFL Report	Donald  39'	Attendance: 376 Referee: Somers

26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	2–1	Dumbarton	Station Park
	Brady  5' R Campbell  78'	BBC Report	McShane  36'	Attendance: 487 Referee: Salmond

1 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	3–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	Byers  9', 64' McAllister  69'	BBC Report	McShane  11', 85' Walker  65'	Attendance: 411 Referee: Robertson

5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–3	Livingston	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Jacobs  5' Russell  7' Fox  70'	Attendance: 853 Referee: Roache

19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	4–2	East Fife	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Geggan  39' McShane  51', 77' Gilhaney  68'	BBC Report	Linn  27' Johnstone  61'	Attendance: 615 Referee: O'Reilly

26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	6–0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park
	McKenna  7', 79', 85' Redman  46' McAllister  52' Megginson  83'	BBC Report		Attendance: 514 Referee: Somers

29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	2–2	Dumbarton	Ochilview Park
	Thomson  69'  Paton  80' (Penalty) Hunter  83'	BBC Report	McShane  50', 68'	Attendance: 398 Referee: Beaton

2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	2–2	Alloa Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McLeish  36' Geggan  49'	BBC Report	McGowan  48', 78'	Attendance: 640 Referee: Hilland

9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	5–2	Peterhead	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McShane  28' Walker  40' Halsman  64' Gilhaney  73' (Penalty) McLeish  82'	SFL Report	Wyness  60' Ross  81'	Attendance: 526 Referee: Charleston

16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	2–1	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
	Sally  76' Morton  81'	SFL Report	Halsman  16'	Attendance: 773 Referee: Conroy

23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Ayr United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Malone  63' (Own goal)	BBC Report	Trouten  10' Moffat  16'	Attendance: 830 Referee: Smith

30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	1–1	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Winters  80'	BBC Report	Walker  42'	Attendance: 1,549 Referee: O'Reilly

7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Forfar Athletic	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 787 Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1	Dumbarton	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Greenock Morton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Scottish League Cup Round 1	Queen of the South	5–1	Dumbarton	Palmerston Park
	Holmes  18', 28' (Penalty) Johnston  56' Quinn  78' Reilly  89'	BBC Report	Carcary  58'	Attendance: 1,329 Referee: Winter

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup Round 3	Dumbarton	1–2	Greenock Morton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Geggan  11'	BBC Report	Graham  42', 49' MacGregor  79'	Attendance: 905 Referee: Charleston

Stirlingshire Cup

24 August 2010 First	Dumbarton	2–1	Stenhousemuir	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Metcalfe Wallace

6 October 2010 Semi Final	Dumbarton	1–0	East Stirling	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Metcalfe

16 November 2010 Final	Dumbarton	2–0	Falkirk	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Wallace Smith

Pre-season Matches

10 July 2010

Annan Athletic

0–0

Dumbarton

Galabank

13 July 2010	Dumbarton	2–1	Partick Thistle	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Geggan Campbell			Attendance: 601

15 July 2010	Queen's Park	2–5	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Chaplain Chaplain McNiff Cook Geggan

17 July 2010	Dumbarton	0–2	Oxford United	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
				Attendance: 461

19 July 2010	Dumbarton	2–2	St Mirren	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary Carcary			Attendance: 953

21 July 2010	Cumnock	1–3	Dumbarton	Townhead Park, Cumnock
			Cook Chaplain Chisholm

27 July 2010	Dumbarton	1–1	Clydebank	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	McNiff

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	East Fife	36	14	10	12	77	60	+17	52
6	Airdrie United	36	13	9	14	52	60	−8	48
7	Dumbarton	36	11	7	18	52	70	−18	40
8	Stenhousemuir	36	10	8	18	46	59	−13	38
9	Alloa Athletic (R)	36	9	9	18	49	71	−22	36	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division[16]		Challenge Cup[17]		League Cup[18]		Scottish Cup[19]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Stephen Grindlay	33	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK		Michael White	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Iain Chisholm	17	0	11+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		James Creaney	26	0	25+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Nicky Devlin	24	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Ben Gordon	34	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Jordan Halsman	14	2	13+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Jonathan Lindsay	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Martin McGowan	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Allan McManus	10	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Paul Nugent	34	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Stirling Smith	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tony Wallace	5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Derek Carcary	24	4	8+14	3	1+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
	MF		Scott Chaplain	11	2	5+4	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Alan Cook	11	1	4+5	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Andy Geggan	37	5	33+1	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
	MF		Mark Gilhaney	29	9	24+5	9	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Craig McLeish	11	2	7+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Martin McNiff	30	1	24+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Ryan McStay	33	2	25+5	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Graham Wilson	5	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Kieran Brannan	16	0	5+8	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	FW		Ross Campbell	20	1	8+9	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Roddy Hunter	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Paul Maxwell	9	1	5+2	1	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ryan Metcalfe	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Jon McShane	31	13	25+4	13	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	FW		Gary Smith	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Patrick Walker	24	9	24+0	9	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Jordan White	8	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

[20]

Players in Player From Date Paul Nugent East Fife 4 Jun 2010 Stephen Grindlay Ayr United 10 Jun 2010 Allan McManus Morton 10 Jun 2010 Ross Campbell Dunfermline Athletic 5 Jul 2010 Paul Maxwell Ashfield 5 Jul 2010 Graham Wilson Cumnock 5 Jul 2010 Tony Wallace Dumbarton Youth 20 Jul 2010 Jon McShane St Mirren (loan) 30 Jul 2010 James Creaney Galway United 21 Aug 2010 Nicky Devlin Dumbarton Youth 23 Aug 2010 Ryan Metcalfe Dumbarton Youth 23 Aug 2010 Mark Gilhaney Alloa Athletic 27 Aug 2010 Gary Smith Motherwell (loan) 27 Aug 2010 Stirling Smith Aberdeen (loan) 31 Aug 2010 Martin McGowan Knightswood Juv (trialist) 23 Oct 2010 Jonathan Lindsay St Johnstone (loan) 22 Nov 2010 Patrick Walker Annan Athletic 16 Jan 2011 Craig McLeish Falkirk (loan) 27 Jan 2011 Jordan Halsman Motherwell (loan) 28 Jan 2011 Jordan White Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 3 Mar 2011

Players out Player To Date Mick Dunlop Alloa Athletic 20 May 2010 Stevie Murray Stenhousemuir 2 Jun 2010 Ross Clark Stenhousemuir 18 Jun 2010 Dennis Wyness Peterhead 8 Jul 2010 Ross O'Donoghue Elgin City 22 Jul 2010 Chris Smith Ayr United 23 Jul 2010 Roddy Hunter Pollok Jan Vojacek SK Sigma Olomouc David Winters Can Tho

Trivia

• The League match against Arbroath on 26 February marked Stephen Grindlay's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 30th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
• The League match against East Fife on 30 October marked Ben Gordon's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 131st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

• List of Dumbarton F.C. seasons

References

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External links

• Michael White (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Michael McGowan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Stirling Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Graham Wilson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Paul Maxwell (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)