2011–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2011–12 season
Chairman Scotland Alan Jardine
Manager Scotland Alan Adamson
Stadium Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Scottish Second Division Third place
Challenge Cup Second Round, lost to Berwick Rangers
League Cup First Round, lost to Dundee
Scottish Cup Third Round, lost to Brechin City
Top goalscorer League:
Scotland Bryan Prunty (14)
All:
Scotland Bryan Prunty (17)
Highest home attendance 1,088 vs. Airdrie United, 21 April 2012
Lowest home attendance 406 vs. Airdrie United, 22 October 2011
Home colours
Away colours

The 201112 season was Dumbarton's third consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 200809 season.[1] Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Dumbarton finished third in the Second Division,[2] entering the play-offs winning 62 against Airdrie United on aggregate in the final and were promoted to the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the first round of the League Cup[5] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Second Division

First Division Play-offs

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
DF Paul Nugent[7] Scotland 36 Club captain
FW Bryan Prunty[7] Scotland 7 Vice-captain

Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 26 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Jamie Ewings 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland Stephen Grindlay 32 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
GK France Arnaud Gastal 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland James Creaney 37 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Robert Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Ross McKinnon 8 1 6+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Kevin Nicoll 34 1 26+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland Paul Nugent 39 0 30+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland Tony Wallace 30 3 16+6 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 4+2 3
DF Scotland Alan Lithgow 40 4 32+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
DF Scotland Jamie Lyden 8 2 5+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Dominic Kennedy 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Ryan Finnie 15 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Scott Agnew 42 13 35+0 13 0+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
MF Scotland Mark Lamont 13 0 8+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF Scotland Ryan Borris 17 0 6+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Mark Gilhaney 42 9 33+1 7 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 2
MF Scotland Martin McBride 8 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland Martin McNiff 35 2 28+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
MF Scotland Adam Monaghan 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland Gary McKell 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland David Gray 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF France Arlan Kadina Mptata 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Glen Thomson 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Ryan Metcalfe 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland Kieran Brannan 15 0 1+10 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland Bryan Prunty 41 17 32+1 14 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 3
FW Scotland Graeme Ramage 9 0 0+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
FW Scotland Patrick Walker 42 4 22+14 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
FW England John Hempstead 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland David Winters 13 1 2+10 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Ally Graham 19 2 10+7 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland Craig Dargo 12 7 7+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card

Scotland GK Jamie Ewings 0000000000
Scotland GK Stephen Grindlay 0000000000
France GK Arnaud Gastal 0000000000
Scotland DF James Creaney 6000001070
Scotland DF Robert Connolly 0000000000
Scotland DF Ross McKinnon 1000000010
Scotland DF Kevin Nicoll 100000030130
Scotland DF Paul Nugent 60101021101
Scotland DF Tony Wallace 2000002040
Scotland DF Alan Lithgow 3100000031
Scotland DF Jamie Lyden 1000000111
Scotland DF Ryan Finnie 0000000000
Scotland MF Scott Agnew 7000000070
Scotland MF Mark Lamont 0000000000
Scotland MF Ryan Borris 0000000000
Scotland MF Mark Gilhaney 5000101070
Scotland MF Martin McBride 0000000000
Scotland MF Martin McNiff 5000000050
Scotland MF Adam Monaghan 0000000000
Scotland MF Gary McKell 0000000000
Scotland MF David Gray 0000000000
France MF Arlan Kadina Mptata 1000000010
Scotland MF Glen Thomson 0000000000
Scotland FW Ryan Metcalfe 0000000000
Scotland FW Kieran Brannan 1000000010
Scotland FW Bryan Prunty 2000001030
Scotland FW Graeme Ramage 1000000010
Scotland FW Patrick Walker 1000001020
England FW John Hempstead 0000000000
Scotland FW David Winters 0000000000
Scotland FW Ally Graham 1000000010
Scotland FW Craig Dargo 2000002040

Awards

Last updated 27 February 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Alan Adamson[8] Second Division Manager of the Month January
Scotland Alan Adamson[9] Second Division Manager of the Month February

Team statistics

League Table

Team
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cowdenbeath 362011568293971
2 Arbroath 361712776512563
3 Dumbarton 36177126161058
4 Airdrie United 361410126860852
5 Stenhousemuir 36156155449551
6 East Fife 36146165557-248
7 Forfar Athletic 36119165972-1342
8 Brechin City 361011154762-1541
9 Albion Rovers 36107194366-2337
10 Stirling Albion 3697204670-2434
Promotion to the First Division Last updated: 00:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Qualification to the First Division Play-offs
Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs
Relegation to the Third Division

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Monaghan, AdamAdam Monaghan Scotland St Patricks FP Free[10]
Scotland Prunty, BryanBryan Prunty Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[11]
Scotland Borris, RyanRyan Borris Scotland Stirling Albion Free[12]
Scotland Agnew, ScottScott Agnew Scotland Stranraer Free[13]
Scotland Nicoll, KevinKevin Nicoll Scotland Stranraer Free[14]
Scotland Lithgow, AlanAlan Lithgow Scotland Clyde Free[15]
Scotland McBride, MartinMartin McBride Scotland Queen's Park Free[16]
Scotland Ewings, JamieJamie Ewings Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[16]
Scotland Ramage, GraemeGraeme Ramage Scotland St. Mirren Free[17]
Scotland Winters, DavidDavid Winters Vietnam Cần Thơ Free[18]
Scotland McKinnon, RossRoss McKinnon Scotland Motherwell Loan[19]
Scotland Kennedy, DominicDominic Kennedy Scotland St. Mirren Loan[20]
Scotland Ally Graham Scotland Falkirk Loan[21]
Scotland Lamont, MarkMark Lamont Scotland St. Mirren Loan[22]
Scotland Finnie, RyanRyan Finnie Scotland Hamilton Academical Loan[23]
Scotland David Gray United States Kitsap Pumas Free[24]
France Arnaud Gastal France LB Châteauroux Free[25]
Scotland Dargo, CraigCraig Dargo Scotland Partick Thistle Free[26]
France Arlan Kadina Mptata France Entente Sannois St Gratien[27] Free[26]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Andy Geggan Scotland Ayr United Free[28]
Scotland Nicky Devlin Scotland Motherwell Free[29]
Scotland Iain Chisholm Scotland East Stirlingshire Free[30]
Scotland Ross Campbell Free Agent Free[31]
Scotland Alan Cook Scotland Stirling Albion Free[32]
Scotland Liam Mushet Scotland Lanark United[33] Free[31]
Scotland Michael White Scotland Arbroath Free[34]
Scotland Derek Carcary Scotland Brechin City Free[35]
Scotland Scott Chaplain Scotland Albion Rovers Free[36]
Scotland Ben Gordon Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[37]
Scotland Ryan McStay Scotland Albion Rovers Free[38]
Scotland Martin McBride Scotland Queen's Park Loan[39]
Scotland Adam Monaghan Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside Loan[40]
Scotland Robert Connolly Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside Loan[40]
Scotland Adam Monaghan Scotland Kilbirnie Ladeside Loan[40]
Scotland David Winters Scotland Annan Athletic[41] Free[42]
Scotland Martin McBride Scotland Queen's Park Free[42]
Scotland Kieran Brannan Scotland Clyde Loan[43]
Scotland Graeme Ramage Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[43]
Scotland Ryan Borris Scotland Stranraer Loan[44]

See also

References

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