Dumbarton F.C.

Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park (1867), Kilmarnock (1869) and Stranraer (1870). They come from the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire and play their home games at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium, next to Dumbarton Castle.

The club were one of the greatest clubs of the nineteenth century, winning the Scottish Football League in the first two seasons of the competition. Since then the club have spent the majority of their history outside the top flight, and last played at the top level in 1989.

In May 2009 Dumbarton were crowned Third Division champions after a late run of form; however, the following month club captain Gordon "Guido" Lennon died in an offroad car accident in Inverness. Despite an understandable difficult start to the 2009–10 campaign the team managed to consolidate their place in the Irn-Bru Second Division with a 6th place finish

Colours and Badge

Dumbarton play in gold & black strips, currently manufactured by Surridge. While these are the traditional colours of the club some of the most successful eras have seen the club play predominantly in white. For the 2010/11 season Dumbarton will have a new home strip chosen by the fans from 4 designs supplied by Surridge, the winning design is a gold shirt with black pinstripes harking back to the strips used in the 1970s.^[1] The away strip will continue to be the, also fan chosen, all white kit with black ang gold sash.

The clubs' badge features an elephant with a castle on its back, this represents Dumbarton Rock with Dumbarton Castle upon it, Dumbarton Rock, a volcanic plug is said to resemble an elephant & the teams nickname 'The Sons' is derived from the phrase 'Sons of The Rock' a term used for those born in the town of Dumbarton.

Stadium

Dumbarton play their home games at Strathclyde Homes Stadium (commonly referred to as "The Rock" by Supporters). The 2,025 all seated stadium has been used since December 2000. The main (and currently only) stand is overshadowed by Dumbarton Rock & sits aside the banks of the River Leven, which makes it one of the most picturesque stadiums in the UK. Prior to that the team played at Boghead Park from 1879 until the end of the 1999–2000 season, 131 years is currently the longest a senior British club has stayed at the same grounds. Between May and November 1801 Dumbarton ground shared with Albion Rovers in Coatbridge.

Attendances

Supporters

Dumbarton were the first league club in Scotland to have a supporters trust, which works to strengthen the links between the club & the fans. The trust own a significant number of shares in the club and currently the fourth largest shareholder. Following a £25,000 direct investment, the Trust also has a representative on the Club board of directors. The Supporters trust works with the club to produce the match programme & run the club website. As well as those important functions, the trust's main role at the club is that of overseeing commercial activity.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2012^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

For recent transfers, see Dumbarton transfers in 2011–12 season.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

• Note: Squad numbers are not currently used in the Scottish Football League

Hall Of Fame

Recently, the club and its fans named their "best player of all time" and a "Hall of Fame" including:

• Lawrie Williams
• Ray Montgomerie
• Murdo MacLeod
• Donald McNeill
• Colin McAdam
• Albert Craig
• Tom McAdam
• Johnny Graham
• William Wallace
• Kenny Wilson
• Steve Kerr
• Charlie Gibson

Staff

Alan Adamson Is Dumbarton's manager, he was assistant to Jim Chapman at the beginning of the 2010–2011 season but when Chapman stepped down to be Director of Community and Football Development, Adamson took the hot seat to be manager of Dumbarton. Alan Adamson was set to name Derek Ferguson as his assistant but he performed a 'U-Turn' as he had to fulfill his work commitments to the media. So instead, Adamson appointed Peter Allan as his assistant. Jim Gallacher Is the goalkeeping coach. His son, Paul Gallacher Is the 'shot stopper' for Dunfermline. Jim Gallacher used to play for Arbroath and made over 600 appearances for Clydebank. Dumbarton's physio Is Ahmed Habib, who formerly worked for Ross County and Falkirk.

Recent league history

Main article(s): Dumbarton F.C. seasons

Managerial history

Manager records for all league, League Cup, Scottish Cup & Challenge Cup games (i.e. not including friendlies & Stirlingshire Cup games)

As of Monday 2 January 2012 (Dumbarton 3-2 Arbroath: Sc Dv2)

Honours

• Scottish Football League:
  • Winners (2): 1890–91,^[3] 1891–92

• Scottish First Division^[4]:
  • Winners (2): 1910–11, 1971–72
  • Runners-up (2): 1907–08, 1983–84

• Scottish Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 1991–92
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

• Scottish Third Division:
  • Winners (1): 2008–09
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02

• Scottish Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1882–83
  • Runners-up (5): 1880–81, 1881–82, 1886–87, 1890–91, 1896–97

• Stirlingshire Cup:
  • Winners (15): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2009–10, 2010–11

• Dumbartonshire FA Cup
  • Winners (23): 1884–85, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94, 1894–95, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1908–09, 1914–15, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40,

• Festival of Britain St. Mungo Quaich:
  • Winners (1): 1951–52

Club records

Biggest league win: 13–2 v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (1888)

Biggest league loss: 1–11 v Albion Rovers (1926)

Biggest league cup loss: 1–11 v Ayr United (13 August 1952)

Biggest home attendance: 18,001 v Raith Rovers, (2 March 1957)

Most goals in a season: Kenny Ronaldo (38) , 1971–72

References

• [1] ontherocks.org.uk
• [2] dumbartonfootballclub.com

External links

• Official Website
• Supporters Trust Website