2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson.

The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th place finish was achieved.

In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer.

In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.^[1]

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2000	Hamilton	A	0-2		588
12 August 2000	Brechin City	H	0-2		370
19 August 2000	Peterhead	A	0-2		630
26 August 2000	Albion Rovers	A	1-0	Flannery	343
9 September 2000	East Stirling	H	1-2	Flannery	259
16 September 2000	Montrose	A	2-2	Brown;Flannery	317
23 September 2000	Cowdenbeath	H	2-4	King;Brown	348
30 September 2000	Elgin City	A	0-2		752
7 October 2000	East Fife	H	2-3	Dillon;King	256
14 October 2000	Hamilton	H	2-3	Robertson;Flannery	368
21 October 2000	Brechin City	A	1-3	McCann	455
28 October 2000	Albion Rovers	H	0-1		277
4 November 2000	East Stirling	A	1-1	Flannery	246
11 November 2000	Cowdenbeath	A	1-1	Bruce	341
18 November 2000	Montrose	H	1-0	Grace	238
25 November 2000	East Fife	A	0-1		465
2 December 2000	Elgin City	H	3-0	Flannery;Brown;Brittain	1,876
16 December 2000	Hamilton	A	0-2		485
23 December 2000	Peterhead	H	1-3	Brown	821
2 January 2001	East Stirling	H	3-0	Smith;Flannery;OG	658
27 January 2001	Albion Rovers	A	3-1	Brown;Flannery(2)	369
3 February 2001	East Fife	H	2-0	Stewart;Brown	711
24 February 2001	Brechin City	H	1-0	Flannery	722
7 March 2001	Cowdenbeath	H	3-0	Dillon;Brown;Flannery	507
10 March 2001	Albion Rovers	H	1-4	Flannery	808
13 March 2001	Elgin City	A	3-0	Dillon;Bruce;Brown	424
17 March 2001	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	Flannery(2)	369
20 March 2001	East Stirling	A	0-0		209
24 March 2001	Peterhead	A	1-0	Robertson	432
27 March 2001	Montrose	A	2-1	Brown;Flannery	165
31 March 2001	Montrose	H	1-2	Flannery	751
7 April 2001	East Fife	A	1-0	Lynes	313
14 April 2001	Elgin City	H	2-0	Brown;O'Neill	685
21 April 2001	Hamilton	H	1-2	Lynes	864
28 April 2001	Brechin City	A	0-1		510
5 May 2001	Peterhead	H	2-2	Stewart;Flannery	715

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 December 2000	1	East Stirling	H	1-1	Flannery	834
12 December 2000	1R	East Stirling	A	1-0	Robertson	170
6 January 2001	2	Stranraer	A	0-2		595

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2000	1	Ayr United	H	0-0*		421
22 August 2000	2	Livingston	H	0-4		357

* - won on penalties after extra time

Bell's Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 2000	1	Elgin City	A	4-2	Flannery(3);Brown	828
10 August 2000	2	Arbroath	A	0-2		459

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 July 2000	P	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	Brown
22 July 2000	P	Stenhousemuir	A	2-0	Brown;Smith

Player Statistics

Squad^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Hillcoat	34	0	27+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	GK		John Wight	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Craig Brittain	34	1	22+6	1	1+0	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
	DF		Jamie Bruce	33	2	29+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Michael Dickie	37	0	29+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Kevin McCann	33	1	23+4	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Martin Melvin	18	0	0+17	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Martin O'Neill	15	1	15+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Dave Stewart	38	2	32+0	2	0+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Steven Bonar	33	1	23+6	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Alan Brown	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		G Dempsey	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		John Dillon	30	3	20+5	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+2	0
	MF		Chris Gentile	8	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Alex Grace	19	1	12+2	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Stephen Jack	34	0	25+3	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Craig Lynes	8	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Brian McGinty	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		John Ritchie	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		S Wilson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Willie Wilson	16	0	11+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
	FW		Andy Brown	38	10	31+0	9	2+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0
	FW		Paddy Flannery	38	21	30+1	17	1+1	0	2+0	3	3+0	1
	FW		Toby King	13	2	9+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Steve McCormick	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Joe Robertson	38	3	27+6	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
	FW		Ryan Robinson	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Chris Smith	18	1	4+9	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+3	0

Transfers^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
John Hillcoat	Queen of the South	15 Jul 2000
John Wight	Beith	4 Aug 2000
Willie Wilson	Cowdenbeath	4 Aug 2000
G Dempsey	(trialist)	12 Aug 2000
Brian McGinty	Airdrie	12 Aug 2000
Steve McCormick	Stranraer	23 Sep 2000
S Wilson	(trialist)	14 Oct 2000
Ryan Robinson	St Mirren (loan)	24 Jan 2001
Martin O'Neill	East Fife	29 Jan 2001
John Ritchie	Queen's Park	5 Feb 2001
Craig Lynes	East Stirling	25 Feb 2000

Players out

Player	To	Date
Toby King	Cowdenbeath	13 Nov 2000
Derek Barnes	Cowdenbeath	1 Dec 2000
Alex Grace	Stranraer	20 Jan 2001
Willie Wilson	East Fife	30 Jan 2001
Paul Finnigan	Dalry Thistle
Hrienn Hringsson	KA Akureyri
Kenny Meechan	Largs Thistle
Billy Melvin	Lesmahagow
Scott McHarg	Shotts BA
Hugh Ward	Vale of Leven
John McCormack
Chris Gentile

Factfile

* The League match against Brechin City on 12 August marked Willie Wilson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 115th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against East Stirling on 9 September marked Craig Brittain's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 116th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Elgin City on 30 September marked Stephen Jack's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 117th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Elgin City on 2 December marked Alex Grace's and Paddy Flannery's 100th appearances for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 118th and 119th Dumbarton players respectively to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Albion Rovers on 10 March marked Jamie Bruce's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 120th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Montrose on 31 March marked Joe Robertson's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 121st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

References

1 2 Bell's Scottish Football League Review 2001/02. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2001. ISBN 1-903381-10-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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2000–01 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)
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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clydebank Forfar Athletic Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Hamilton Academical Montrose Peterhead

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