2014–15 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Dumbarton's third consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football - the Scottish Championship, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.[2] The season marked Ian Murray's second full season as manager.

Dumbarton
2014–15 season
ChairmanAlan Jardine
ManagerIan Murray
StadiumBet Butler Stadium
ChampionshipSeventh place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Stranraer
League CupSecond round, lost to Hibernian
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorerLeague:
Garry Fleming (6)
All:
Garry Fleming (6)

Dumbarton finished seventh in the Scottish Championship. They continued their poor form in the Challenge Cup by losing in the first round to Stranraer, reached the second round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season
3 July 2014[3] Friendly Vale of Leithen 0 – 4 Dumbarton Victoria Park, Innerleithen
19:30 Report Kirkpatrick  4', 23'
Nish
Scott Taggart 		Attendance: 100
5 July 2014[3] Friendly Edinburgh City 0 – 2 Dumbarton Ainslie Park
15:00 Report Trialist
Kirkpatrick 		Attendance: 100
15 July 2014[3] Friendly Hamilton 3 – 1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
Antonie-Curier  20' (pen) 75' Report Kirkpatrick Attendance: 300
19 July 2014[3] Friendly Dumbarton 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 Prunty  57' Report Stevenson  79' Attendance: 600
29 July 2014[3] Friendly Dumbarton 0 – 2 Carlisle Bet Butler Stadium
19:45 Report Amoo  46'
Dempsey  89'		 Attendance: 353
Referee: Don Robertson

SPFL Championship
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Championship
9 August 2014 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Watson  56'
Conroy  78'
Nadé  81'		 Dumbarton Report
SPFL Report		 Agnew  90' Attendance: 1,642
Referee: Beaton
16 August 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 4 Queen of the South Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 SPFL Report Lyle  20'
Reilly  50'
Fowler  68'
Russell  77'		 Attendance: 958
Referee: D Robertson
23 August 2014 Championship Rangers 4 – 1 Dumbarton Ibrox Stadium
15:00 McCulloch  15'
McGregor  30'
Clark  54'
Turner  76' (Own goal)		 SPFL Report Mohsni  81' (Own goal) Attendance: 31,175
Referee: Colvin
30 August 2014 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 0 Livingston Bet Butler Stadium
15:00 Kane  89' SPFL Report Attendance: 814
Referee: Cook
13 September 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Salmond
20 September 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald  5' BBC Report Kane  90+2' Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Graham
27 September 2014 Championship Dumbarton 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Campbell  39'
Kirkpatrick  54'
Nish  78'		 Report Simmons  90+1' Attendance: 758
Referee: McLean
4 October 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 0 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming  79' Report Attendance: 851
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 October 2014 Championship Hibernian 0 – 0 Dumbarton Easter Road
15:00 Malonga  45'
Cummings  68'
Robertson  74'		 Report Agnew  9'
Graham  43'
Gilhaney  55'
linton  90+2'		 Attendance: 7,923
Referee: Barry Cook
18 October 2014 Championship Heart of Midlothian 5 – 1 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Sow  26'
Buaben  40' (pen.)
Holt  56'
Paterson  84'
King  88'		 Report Nish  25'
Fleming  42'  73'		 Attendance: 15,522
Referee: John McKendrick
25 October 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 3 Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Miller  26'
Wallace  61'
Boyd  73'		 Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Andrew Dallas
8 November 2014 Championship Queen of the South 3 – 0 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Baird  33'
Durnan  69'
Lyle  71'		 Report Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Craig Thomson
15 November 2014 Championship Livingston 1 – 2 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen  29' Report Fleming  62'
Megginson  70'		 Attendance: 1,020
Referee: Stephen Finnie
22 November 2014 Championship Dumbarton 3 – 6 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Kane  50'
Graham  61'
Fleming  71'		 Report Allan  23'
Malonga  25'
Hanlon  30'
Malonga  64'
Stanton  83'
Malonga  85'		 Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Calum Murray
6 December 2014 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Report Kane  9' Attendance: 666
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 December 2014 Championship Dumbarton 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Agnew  20'
Agnew  88'		 Report Stewart,M  63' Attendance: 764
Referee: Bobby Madden
20 December 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 3 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Loy  11'
Alston  80'
Sibbald  83'		 Attendance: 663
Referee: Des Roache
27 December 2014 Championship Cowdenbeath 1 – 3 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Sutherland  66' Report Nish  36'
Mair  68'
Fleming  73'		 Attendance: 556
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 January 2015 Championship Rangers 3 – 1 Dumbarton Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Daly  22'
Wallace  41'
Shiels  90+3'		 SPFL Report Graham  15' Attendance: 30,031
Referee: Colvin
10 January 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 5 Heart of Midlothian Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Kane  63' SPFL Report Nicholson  8'
Walker  26'
Zeefuik  52'
Nicholson  57'
Zeefuik  62'		 Attendance: 1,537
Referee: John Beaton
17 January 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Dumbarton Starks Park
15:00 Conroy  29'
Anderson  32'		 SPFL Report Megginson  81' Attendance: 1,474
Referee: John McKendrick
24 January 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 5 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 McCallum  87' SPFL Report White  5'
Mullen  63'
Mullen  73'
Jacobs  79'
White  82'		 Attendance: 793
Referee: Craig Charleston
31 January 2015 Championship Falkirk 3 – 3 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald  21'
Leahy  35'
Smith  80'		 SPFL Report Taggart  19'
Petrie  63'
Campbell  71'		 Attendance: 3,703
Referee: George Salmond
14 February 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 2 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Taggart  34' SPFL Report Brownlie  70'
Oyenuga  73'		 Attendance: 756
Referee: Don Robertson
21 February 2015 Championship Hibernian 3 – 0 Dumbarton Easter Road
15:00 Dja Djedge 29'
Malonga  32'
Malonga  56'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 8,370
Referee: Greg Aitken
28 February 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 0 Queen of the South Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SPFL Report Attendance: 904
Referee: Steven McLean
7 March 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 0 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming  42' SPFL Report Attendance: 791
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 March 2015 Championship Heart of Midlothian 4 – 0 Dumbarton Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Sow  53'
Wilson  69'
King  86'
King  90'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 15,631
Referee: John Beaton
21 March 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 2 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Sives  14' SPFL Report Agnew  80'
Fleming  88'		 Attendance: 831
Referee: John McKendrick
28 March 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 0 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Campbell  81' SPFL Report Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Greg Aitken
4 April 2015 Championship Cowdenbeath 3 – 0 Dumbarton Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Toshney  44'
Higgins  48'
Nish  79'		 SPFL Report Attendance: 515
Referee: Barry Cook
8 April 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 2 Hibernian Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Megginson  55' SPFL Report Hanlon  42'
Cummings  66'		 Attendance: 1,110
Referee: Craig Charleston
11 April 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 3 – 0 Dumbarton Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Flannigan  7'
Cawley  21'
Spence  71'		 SPFLReport Attendance: 535
Referee: Kevin Graham
18 April 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 3 Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Wilson  2' SPFLReport Hardie  10'
Hardie  48'
Vuckic  52'		 Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 April 2015 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 1 Dumbarton Palmerston Park
15:00 Holt  55'
McKenna  72'		 SPFL Report McCallum  80' Attendance: 1,865
Referee: Brian Colvin
2 May 2015 Championship Dumbarton 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Kirkpatrick  21'
Agnew  78'		 SPFL Report Stewart  53'
Vaughan  80'		 Attendance: 801
Referee: Mat Thorncroft

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup
26 July 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1 Stranraer 3 – 2 Dumbarton Stair Park
15:00 McKeown  64', 77'
Winter  90+4'		 Dumbarton Report
SPFL Report		 Kirkpatrick  4'
Gilhaney  45'		 Attendance: 355
Referee: Roache

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
2 August 2014 Scottish League Cup Round 1 Brechin City 0 – 1 Dumbarton Glebe Park
15:00 Dumbarton Report
SPFL Report		 Graham  59' Attendance: 379
Referee: Clancy
26 August 2014 Scottish League Cup Round 2 Hibernian 3 – 2 Dumbarton Easter Road
19:45 El Alagui  78', 84'
Stanton  90+1'		 BBC Report Megginson  52'
Gilhaney  59'		 Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Robertson

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
1 November 2014 Scottish Cup Round 3 Dumbarton 0 – 1 Rangers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Report Boyd  45' Attendance: 1,878
Referee: Bobby Madden

Stirlingshire Cup
17 March 2015 Round 1 Dumbarton 3 – 1 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45 Petrie  17'
Megginson  43'
Megginson  45'		 Report Sneddon  85' Attendance: 120
Referee: Colin Steven
15 April 2015 Semi Final East Stirling 2 – 0 Dumbarton Ochilview Park
19:45 Wallace  54'
Townsley  77'		 Report Attendance: 124
Referee: Gavin Duncan

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34
8 Livingston[lower-alpha 1] 36 8 8 20 41 53 −12 27
9 Alloa Athletic (O) 36 6 9 21 34 56 −22 27 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.

Player statistics
As of 16 July 2016[4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Jamie Ewings 302+000+000+001+00
GK Stephen Grindlay 100+001+000+000+00
GK Josh Lumsden 000+000+000+000+00
GK Danny Rogers 36034+000+002+000+00
DF Joseph Coleman 000+000+000+000+00
DF Stuart Findlay 15015+000+000+000+00
DF Andy Graham 38334+021+002+011+00
DF Scott Linton 32024+401+002+001+00
DF Lee Mair 15112+110+001+001+00
DF Kieran MacDonald 1304+900+000+000+00
DF Mark McLaughlin 402+100+000+001+00
DF Scott Taggart 35228+521+001+000+00
DF David van Zanten 23019+001+002+000+10
DF Mark Wilson 1119+210+000+000+00
MF Scott Agnew 40535+151+002+001+00
MF Ryan Clark 200+200+000+000+00
MF Dylan Easton 1308+500+000+000+00
MF Garry Fleming 34628+361+001+001+00
MF Mark Gilhaney 37227+601+012+011+00
MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 23315+521+010+200+00
MF Alistair McKerracher 000+000+000+000+00
MF Hugh Murray 200+101+000+000+00
MF Darren Petrie 815+310+000+000+00
MF Chris Turner 28021+400+002+000+10
FW Archie Campbell 38320+1430+100+201+00
FW Chris Duggan 704+300+000+000+00
FW Chris Kane 1058+250+000+000+00
FW Colin Nish 24214+620+102+001+00
FW Donald McCallum 520+520+000+000+00
FW Steven McDougall 1002+600+000+100+10
FW Mitchel Megginson 40426+1031+002+011+00
FW Bryan Prunty 500+200+101+100+00

Transfers

See also

References
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