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1997–1998 season | |
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Manager | Ian Wallace |
Stadium | Boghead Park, Dumbarton |
Scottish League Division 3 | 10th |
Scottish Cup | Third Round |
Scottish League Cup | Second Round |
Scottish Challenge Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Colin McKinnon (10) All: Colin McKinnon (11) |
Highest home attendance | 465 |
Lowest home attendance | 310 |
Average home league attendance | 391 |
Season 1997–98 was the 114th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 92nd time, the Scottish Cup for the 103rd time, the Scottish League Cup for the 51st time, and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the eighth time.
In Ian Wallace's first full season at the helm, Dumbarton's poor financial status meant that the team was almost unchanged from the one that had dropped from the Second Division the previous season. Nevertheless, initial results were promising, but this was soon to be replaced with that well known sinking feeling as the season went on. From January, Dumbarton registered just 3 league wins, and from the end of February till the end of the season propped up the rest of the league - easily Dumbarton's worst league performance in its history.
In the national cup competitions, however, the five-year wait for some progress was brought to an end. In the Scottish Cup, an uninspiring win over Highland League outfit Lossiemouth presented Dumbarton with a tie against Premier Division Motherwell in the third round. After holding their opponents to a home draw, they battled fiercely in the replay only to lose by a single goal.
In the League Cup, old rivals Queen's Park were dispatched in the first round, before Dumbarton found Premier Division Aberdeen too hot to handle.
Finally, however, in the Challenge Cup, it was the same old story - eight seasons and eight first round defeats - Falkirk would be the victors this time.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the format reverted to group ties, but with only one win from three ties, Dumbarton failed to reach the final.
[1] Win Draw Loss
5 August 1997 Third Division | Cowdenbeath | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
McKinnon Reilly |
Attendance: 232 |
16 August 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Montrose | Boghead Park |
McKinnon Ward |
Winiarski Taylor |
Attendance: 395 |
23 August 1997 Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 5–3 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Forrester Walton |
McKinnon Mellis |
Attendance: 304 |
30 August 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Wilson | Attendance: 465 |
13 September 1997 Third Division | Albion Rovers | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
Watters Graham |
Brittain | Attendance: 495 |
20 September 1997 Third Division | Arbroath | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
Cooper Grant |
Gow | Attendance: 702 |
27 September 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 436 |
4 October 1997 Third Division | East Stirling | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Neill Hunter |
McKinnon | Attendance: 321 |
18 October 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Ross County | Boghead Park |
Ward | Golabek Adam |
Attendance: 452 |
25 October 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–4 | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
Glancy | Fraser Forrester Walton |
Attendance: 413 |
1 November 1997 Third Division | Montrose | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
McGlashan Higgins |
Brittain Sharp |
Attendance: 347 |
8 November 1997 Third Division | Alloa Athletic | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
McAneney | Sharp Grace |
Attendance: 424 |
15 November 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
McKinnon | Watters | Attendance: 425 |
22 November 1997 Third Division | Queen's Park | 2–3 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Edgar Conroy |
McKinnon Sharp |
Attendance: 548 |
29 November 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
Meechan | Crawford Spence |
Attendance: 379 |
13 December 1997 Third Division | Ross County | 2–3 | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
Wood | Meechan Glancy |
Attendance: 1,226 |
20 December 1997 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
Watt | Attendance: 323 |
27 December 1997 Third Division | Berwick Rangers | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Shielfield Park |
Walton | McKinnon | Attendance: 449 |
10 January 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Mooney | Holmes Mitchell |
Attendance: 338 |
17 January 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Attendance: 408 |
31 January 1998 Third Division | Arbroath | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
Burns Tindal |
Meechan Grace |
Attendance: 666 |
4 February 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–1 | Ross County | Boghead Park |
Adams | Attendance: 447 |
17 February 1998 Third Division | East Stirling | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Firs Park |
Hunter | Attendance: 181 |
21 February 1998 Third Division | Cowdenbeath | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
Stewart Winter |
Attendance: 255 |
25 February 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–3 | Montrose | Boghead Park |
Mooney McKinnon |
Taylor McGlashan |
Attendance: 315 |
28 February 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Cameron McKechnie |
Attendance: 396 |
7 March 1998 Third Division | Albion Rovers | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill Stadium |
Watters Donaldson |
Sharp Grace |
Attendance: 417 |
14 March 1998 Third Division | Queen's Park | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Hampden Park |
Sharp Grace |
Attendance: 528 |
21 March 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Arbroath | Boghead Park |
Sharp | Spence | Attendance: 383 |
28 March 1998 Third Division | Ross County | 0–0 | Dumbarton | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
Attendance: 1,475 |
21 March 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | East Stirling | Boghead Park |
Wilson | Attendance: 338 |
11 April 1998 Third Division | Alloa Athletic | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Recreation Park, Alloa |
Haddow Irvine McKechnie |
Attendance: 538 |
18 April 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–0 | Albion Rovers | Boghead Park |
Mooney Meechan |
Attendance: 398 |
25 April 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Berwick Rangers | Boghead Park |
Walton Neil |
Attendance: 310 |
2 May 1998 Third Division | Montrose | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
Henry Higgins |
Mooney | Attendance: 305 |
25 April 1998 Third Division | Dumbarton | 2–3 | Cowdenbeath | Boghead Park |
Mooney McKinnon |
Ritchie Welsh Murray |
Attendance: 413 |
2 August 1997 League Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6-5 p) | Queen's Park | Boghead Park |
Bruce | Edgar | Attendance: 544 Referee: G Allison |
9 August 1997 League Cup round 2 | Dumbarton | 1–5 | Aberdeen | Boghead Park |
McKinnon | Jess Miller Newell |
Attendance: 1,739 Referee: J McCluskey |
12 August 1997 Challenge Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 0-2 | Falkirk | Boghead Park |
Corrigan McGraw |
Attendance: 447 Referee: K Clark |
3 January 1998 Cup round 2 | Lossiemouth | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Grant Park, Lossiemouth |
McCuiag | Attendance: 509 Referee: K Bisset |
24 January 1998 Cup round 3 | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Motherwell | Boghead Park |
Sharp | McSkimming | Attendance: 2,412 Referee: B Tait |
27 January 1998 Cup round 3R | Motherwell | 1–0 | Dumbarton | Fir Park |
Coyle | Attendance: 4,202 Referee: B Tait |
22 July 1997 Group stage | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Stenhousemuir | Boghead Park |
Banks 48' (pen) Farrell 80' |
Attendance: 181 Referee: M McGarry |
26 July 1997 Group stage | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Alloa Athletic | Boghead Park |
Glancy 90' | McCulloch 28' Mathieson 70' |
18 August 1997 Group stage | Dumbarton | 4–1 | Stirling Albion | Boghead Park |
Grace Glancy Ward |
19 July 1997 Friendly | Dumbarton | 2–3 | Morton | Boghead Park |
Ward (pen) Glancy |
21 July 1997 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3–2 | Norwich City | Boghead Park |
Ward 25', 67' Mellis 82' |
Simpson 60' Marshall 83' |
28 July 1997 Friendly | Dumbarton | 0–0 | Clydebank | Boghead Park |
20 October 1997 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3–1 | Vanguard Hao Doa | Boghead Park |
Grace Glancy McKinnon |
Wu Wen Bing 50' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 |
7 | Queen's Park | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 41 |
8 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 38 |
9 | Montrose | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 38 |
10 | Dumbarton | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 31 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Third Division | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | SCO | Derek Barnes | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | SCO | Kenny Meechan | 36 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Craig Brittain | 29 | 2 | 23+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jamie Bruce | 27 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Tom Currie | 16 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Chris Dalrymple | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Billy Davidson | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Stevie Gow | 25 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Alex Grace | 32 | 4 | 23+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Stephen Hamill | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Stephen Jack | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Martin Melvin | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | David Reid | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Jim Meechan | 41 | 5 | 36+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Adrian Mellis | 19 | 1 | 5+11 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Billy Melvin | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | SWE | Robert Prytz | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Willie Wilson | 38 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Chris Ewing | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Marc Falconer | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Paddy Flannery | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Martin Glancy | 26 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
FW | ISL | Hrienn Hringsson | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ross McCuaig | 18 | 1 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Colin McKinnon | 39 | 11 | 32+1 | 10 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Martin Mooney | 36 | 5 | 26+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
FW | FIN | Tommi Orismaa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Robert Reilly | 10 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Lee Sharp | 40 | 8 | 34+0 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Hugh Ward | 26 | 3 | 9+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
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