1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

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.

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

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 & fixtures

[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

4 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McKinnon Flannery			Attendance: 291

15 August 1998 Third Division	Queen's Park	0–1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Sharp	Attendance: 656

22 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
			Hamilton	Attendance: 378

29 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 303

5 September 1998 Third Division	East Stirling	1–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	McNeill		King Robertson	Attendance: 217

12 September 1998 Third Division	Brechin City	0–0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
				Attendance: 355

19 September 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	5–0	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Sharp Melvin McKinnon Flannery			Attendance: 348

26 September 1998 Third Division	Montrose	1–1	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Coulston		Flannery	Attendance: 318

3 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Ross County	Boghead Park
	Flannery		McBain Ferries	Attendance: 538

10 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Flannery			Attendance: 343

17 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	3–0	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Glancy Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 456

24 October 1998 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–1	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
	Ramage Leask		Robertson	Attendance: 303

31 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–2	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Flannery Robertson		Muirhead  (OG)	Attendance: 309

7 November 1998 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	0–2	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
			Flannery	Attendance: 228

14 November 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Sorbie Dickson	Attendance: 357

28 November 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Montrose	Boghead Park
			Niddrie Paterson	Attendance: 240

28 November 1998 Third Division	Ross County	2–0	Dumbarton	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Taylor Ferguson			Attendance: 324

12 December 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 324

19 December 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–4	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Wilson		Baptie Gibson Hamilton Christie	Attendance: 283

16 January 1999 Third Division	Montrose	4–2	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Lyon Duffy Craig		Flannery	Attendance: 326

26 January 1999 Third Division	East Stirling	1–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Muirhead		Brittain Melvin	Attendance: 204

30 January 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Ross County	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 400

2 February 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Watt	Attendance: 242

13 February 1999 Third Division	Brechin City	3–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Sorbie Dickson McKellar		Grace Mooney Gow	Attendance: 360

27 February 1999 Third Division	Queen's Park	1–1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Martin		Bradford	Attendance: 516

6 March 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	East Stirling	Boghead Park
			Muirhead Paterson	Attendance: 246

9 March 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McKinnon		Blair	Attendance: 230

13 March 1999 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	0–1	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
			Flannery	Attendance: 321

20 March 1999 Third Division	Ross County	1–2	Dumbarton	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Tarrant		Robertson Bradford	Attendance: 2,374

3 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Robertson		Craig	Attendance: 541

5 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	6–1	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Jack Flannery King Smith Stewart		Brown	Attendance: 650

10 April 1999 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Stewart Milne		Smith	Attendance: 245

17 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Robertson Smith			Attendance: 562

24 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 629

1 May 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
			McGuffie	Attendance: 762

8 May 1999 Third Division	Albion Rovers	0–2	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
			Robertson Bruce	Attendance: 256

Scottish League Cup

1 August 1998 League Cup Round 1	Dumbarton	0–4	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
			Wilson Simpson McKechnie Cameron	Attendance: 352 Referee: E Martindale

Tennent's Scottish Cup

5 December 1998 Cup Round 1	Dumbarton	1–1	Livingston	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Miller	Attendance: 530 Referee: J Fleming

8 December 1998 Cup Round 1R	Livingston	3–0	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson  (OG) Fleming Bingham			Attendance: 1,449 Referee: J Fleming

Stirlingshire Cup

23 July 1998 Group stage	Stirling Albion	1–0	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium

25 August 1998 Group stage	Dumbarton	2–2	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Mooney Robertson

Pre-season Matches

25 July 1998 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–1	Ardeer Recreation	Boghead Park
	Flannery Sharp

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Stenhousemuir	36	19	7	10	62	42	+20	64	Promoted to Second Division 1999–00
3	Brechin City	36	17	7	12	47	44	+3	58
4	Dumbarton	36	16	9	11	53	40	+13	57
5	Berwick Rangers	36	12	14	10	53	49	+4	50
6	Queen's Park	36	11	11	14	41	46	−5	44

Source:

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Derek Barnes	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK		Peter Dennison	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Kenny Meechan	34	0	33+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Craig Brittain	26	1	22+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Jamie Bruce	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tom Currie	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Paul Finnigan	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Stevie Gow	12	1	6+3	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Alex Grace	23	1	18+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Stephen Jack	38	1	35+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Martin Melvin	12	0	2+9	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		David Reid	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Dave Stewart	10	1	9+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Barry Wilkinson	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Alan Brown	8	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Paul Harvey	11	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Billy Melvin	33	3	24+6	3	1+0	0	0+2	0
	MF		Willie Wilson	38	1	35+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		John Bradford	4	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Paddy Flannery	35	18	33+0	17	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW		Martin Glancy	10	1	5+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Toby King	31	3	29+0	3	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Colin McKinnon	30	3	27+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Keith Millar	11	0	2+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Martin Mooney	32	4	28+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Joe Robertson	28	8	21+5	8	0+0	0	0+2	0
	FW		Lee Sharp	18	2	17+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Chris Smith	10	3	3+6	3	1+0	0	0+0	0

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Transfers

[4]

Players in Player From Date Chris Smith Rutherglen Glencairn 31 Jul 1998 Joe Robertson Clydebank 14 Aug 1998 Alan Brown Yoker Athletic 4 Sep 1998 Keith Millar Yoker Athletic 4 Sep 1998 Paul Harvey Raith Rovers (loan) 1 Oct 1998 John Bradford Ayr United (loan) 22 Feb 1999 Paul Finnigan Ashfield 31 Mar 1999 Barry Wilkinson Cumnock 31 Mar 1999 Dave Stewart Ayr United (trialist)

Players out Player To Date Lee Sharp Dundee 3 Dec 1998 Paul Harvey Livingston 6 Feb 1999 Martin Glancy Inverness CT 18 Feb 1999 Colin McKinnon Stenhousemuir 13 Mar 1999 Marc Falconer Armadale Thistle Robert Reilly Cumnock Hrienn Hringsson KA Akureyri Tom Currie Kilwinning Rangers Billy Davidson Largs Thistle Chris Dalrymple Vale of Leven Ross McCuaig Vale of Leven Tommi Orismaa Stephen Hamill Jim Meechan

Trivia

• 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

• 1998–99 in Scottish football

References

1. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
2. Scottish Football League Review 1999-2000. The Scottish Football League. 2000.
3. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
4. Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

External links

• Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Peter Dennison (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Paul Finnegan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• David Reid (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Barry Wilkinson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Alan Brown (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Keith Miller (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Chris Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Scottish Football Historical Archive