2003–04 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2003–04 was the 127th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 97th time, the Scottish Cup for the 109th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 57th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 13th time.

Overview

Notwithstanding the improvement in performances towards the end of the previous season, manager David Winnie set about a considerable change in playing staff. Unfortunately, despite an initial burst, it would take longer than expected for the new players to settle in, and by the end of October, only one league win had been recorded. However, from then until the end of the season, the league campaign saw a vast improvement in results and in the end a 3rd-place finish was achieved - missing promotion by just 2 points.

In the Scottish Cup, it would be a first round exit for the third season in a row, with a heavy defeat to Gretna.

In the League Cup, following a win over Ayr United in the first round, it would be Premier Division Aberdeen that would bring Dumbarton's interest in the competition to an end.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was back to old habits, with Ross County handing out a first round thumping.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost both of their opening group ties - however each tie was lost on a penalty shoot out.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

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

Scottish League

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2003	Alloa Athletic	A	2-1	Bradley;Flannery	446
16 August 2003	Arbroath	H	1-1	Flannery	1,050
23 August 2003	Morton	A	2-2	Flannery;Boyle	3,402
30 August 2003	Airdrie United	A	0-2		1,468
13 September 2003	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	Dillon	722
20 September 2003	Forfar Athletic	A	1-3	Collins	449
27 September 2003	Stenhousemuir	H	0-1		747
4 October 2003	East Fife	A	0-1		518
18 October 2003	Hamilton	H	0-3		890
25 October 2003	Arbroath	A	1-2	McEwan	506
1 November 2003	Alloa Athletic	H	1-0	McEwan	742
8 November 2003	Berwick Rangers	A	4-1	Bonar;English;Dillon(2)	722
16 November 2003	Airdrie United	H	2-0	Dillon(2)	1,361
6 December 2003	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	Bradley	588
13 December 2003	East Fife	H	3-1	Dillon;Bonar;Russell	653
3 January 2004	Morton	H	1-0	Russell	1,861
10 January 2004	Forfar Athletic	H	2-1	Dillon;Rodgers	803
17 January 2004	Alloa Athletic	A	0-3		423
24 January 2004	Forfar Athletic	A	0-1		540
7 February 2004	Berwick Rangers	H	4-1	McEwan;Herd;Brittain;Russell	722
14 February 2004	Airdrie United	A	1-1	Rodgers	1,379
21 February 2004	Hamilton	H	2-0	Bonar;Russell	1,046
6 March 2004	Arbroath	H	1-0	Rodgers	828
9 March 2004	Hamilton	A	0-2		949
13 March 2004	Morton	A	2-3	McEwan;Bonar	2,705
16 March 2004	East Fife	A	3-1	Russell;Herd;Boyle	439
23 March 2004	Stenhousemuir	H	4-0	Russell(2);Boyle;Bonar	552
27 March 2004	Airdrie United	H	1-2	Herd	1,536
30 March 2004	Berwick Rangers	A	2-1	Russell;Boyle	354
3 April 2004	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1	Ronald;Dillon	412
10 April 2004	Forfar Athletic	H	1-1	Herd	1,007
17 April 2004	Hamilton	A	1-2	Collins	1,343
24 April 2004	East Fife	H	1-0	Russell	827
1 May 2004	Morton	H	3-0	Ronald;Herd;Russell	1,861
8 May 2004	Arbroath	A	3-0	Ronald;Herd(2)	531
15 May 2004	Alloa Athletic	H	3-1	Rodgers;Skjelbred;Herd	1,439

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 November 2003	1	Gretna	A	0-4		652

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 2003	1	Ayr United	A	2-1	Flannery;Boyle	1,048
23 September 2003	2	Aberdeen	A	1-3	Obidile	3,944

Bell's Challenge Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 2003	2	Ross County	A	0-5		861

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 July 2003	P	Falkirk	A	0-0*		748
29 July 2003	P	Stirling Albion	H	1-1*	Herd

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
23 July 2003	Stranraer	A	2-3	unknown
26 July 2003	Queen of the South	H	1-0	unknown
27 July 2003	Sauchie	A	3-2	unknown
2 August 2003	Dundee United	H	0-0		389
8 September 2003	Partick Thistle	H	2-4	unknown	250
9 October 2003	Stranraer	A	2-0	Flannery;Donald
14 October 2003	Vale of Leven	H	5-1	Flannery(2);Russell;English;Christie
27 December 2003	Queen's Park	A	3-0	Rodgers(2);Mallan
8 January 2004	Stirling Albion	A	2-1	Mallan(2)

Appearances

Dumbarton used 27 players for the 40 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.^[2]

Player	Position	Appearances^[3]	Goals
Steven Bonar	MF	38(1)	6
Chris Boyle	MF	20(12)	4
Mark Bradley	MF	22(6)	2
Craig Brittain	DF	36	1
Neil Collins	DF	33(1)	2
John Dillon	MF	33(6)	8
Ian Dobbins	DF	14(6)
Barry Donald	MF	25(3)
Neil Duffy	DF	10(1)
Isaac English	FW	9(2)	1
Paddy Flannery	FW	10(3)	4
Stephen Grindlay	GK	38
Gordon Herd	FW	11(10)	8
Steve Laidler	MF	0(6)
Stevie Mallan	FW	3(2)
Craig McEwan	DF	21(4)	4
James McKinstry	DF	40
Emeka Obidile	MF	11(2)	1
James Okoli	DF	2
Steve Renicks	DF	7(11)
Kris Robertson	GK	2
Andy Rodgers	FW	7(4)	4
Paul Ronald	FW	13(1)	3
Iain Russell	FW	27(9)	10
Bjorn Skjelbred	FW	2(6)	1
Danny Smith	MF	6(1)
John Wight	GK	0(2)

References

↑ Scottish Football Review 2004/05. Burford: CRE8. 2004. ISBN 0-9548556-0-4.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

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2003–04 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 (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 2004 qualifying (Group 5, play-offs)

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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers

First Division	Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Stenhousemuir

Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion Stranraer

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