2006–07 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2006–07 was the 130th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 100th time, the Scottish Cup for the 112th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 60th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 16th time.

Overview

It was hoped that the return to the Third Division would be a short one and that Gerry McCabe would be the manager to help Dumbarton win an immediate promotion. Despite a slow start, by the end of December, Dumbarton were in pole position to claim at least one of the play off places in the league. However, the end of a successful loan spell for the club's top scorer - Stephen Dobbie - coincided with a slump in form and by the end of March a gap had opened up between the top four and the chasing group. Despite a run of 5 consecutive wins in April, 5th place would be the best that could be achieved 8 points adrift of East Fife in 4th.

In the Scottish Cup, an excellent away win over Second Division Raith Rovers was rewarded by a third round tie against Celtic. However it would be the Premier League side that would advance.

In the League Cup, Dumbarton had a decisive win over Second Division Stirling Albion, but it would be another Premier League side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle that would advance after a close fought second round tie.

Finally, it would be 'business as usual' in the League Challenge Cup, with another first hurdle fall, this time to Morton.

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

Results^[1]

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 2006	Montrose	A	1-1	Bagan	404
12 August 2006	East Stirlingshire	H	2-0	Bagan;Quintongo	631
19 August 2006	Queen's Park	A	0-1		884
26 August 2006	Berwick Rangers	A	0-3		465
3 September 2006	Arbroath	H	0-2		720
9 September 2006	Elgin City	A	2-0	Dobbie;Dillon	462
16 September 2006	Stenhousemuir	H	4-0	Winter(2);Dobbie(2)	903
23 September 2006	Albion Rovers	H	3-1	McNaught;Borris;OG	639
30 September 2006	East Fife	A	0-1		651
14 October 2006	Montrose	H	2-0	Dobbie(2)	634
21 October 2006	East Stirlingshire	A	2-0	Dobbie;Bagan	402
28 October 2006	Arbroath	A	0-0		718
4 November 2006	Berwick Rangers	H	2-0	Winter;Hamilton	740
11 November 2006	Stenhousemuir	A	0-1		517
25 November 2006	Elgin City	H	3-1	Borris;Dobbie;Winter	713
2 December 2006	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	Borris	504
16 December 2006	East Fife	H	2-1	Dobbie;Winter	798
23 December 2006	Montrose	A	5-0	Dobbie(2);Gentile(2);Hamilton	431
30 December 2006	Queen's Park	H	0-0		1,092
27 January 2007	Elgin City	A	1-0	Boyle	484
3 February 2007	Albion Rovers	H	3-1	Coyne(2);Borris	746
17 February 2007	Queen's Park	A	0-2		849
24 February 2007	East Stirlingshire	H	2-1	Coyne;Gentile	729
3 March 2007	Berwick Rangers	H	1-2	Coyne	866
7 March 2007	Berwick Rangers	A	1-2	Winter	425
10 March 2007	Arbroath	A	2-2	Geggan;Henry	810
13 March 2007	Stenhousemuir	H	1-1	OG	528
17 March 2007	Stenhousemuir	A	1-5	Craig	444
21 March 2007	East Fife	A	0-1		443
25 March 2007	East Fife	H	0-2		561
31 March 2007	Elgin City	H	1-0	Boyle	521
3 April 2007	Arbroath	H	1-0	Borris	528
7 April 2007	Albion Rovers	A	1-0	McQuilken	619
14 April 2007	Montrose	H	2-1	McQuilken(2)	530
21 April 2007	East Stirlingshire	A	5-1	McQuilken;Borris;McNaught;Boyle;Coyne	429
28 April 2007	Queen's Park	H	1-2	Coyne	928

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 December 2006	2	Raith Rovers	A	1-0	Gemmell	1,616
6 January 2007	3	Celtic	A	0-4		18,895

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2006	1	Stirling Albion	H	3-0	Bagan;Boyle;Gemmell	544
23 August 2006	2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1-3	Dobbie	1,088

League Challenge Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 2006	1	Morton	H	1-2	McNaught	932

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 July 2006	P	Alloa Athletic	H	2-1	Gemmell(2)	350
17 July 2006	P	Stirling Albion	A	1-1*	Boyle	287

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 July 2006	Hamilton	H	1-1	Boyle	250
19 July 2006	St Mirren	H	0-0
24 July 2006	Rangers XI	H	1-0	Gemmell	1,415
29 July 2006	Gretna	H	1-1	Dillon	215
31 January 2007	Celtic XI	H	2-2	Geggan;Bagan

Appearances

Dumbarton used 28 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and League Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Stephen Grindlay	GK	40
Peter Shaw	GK	1
Craig Brittain	DF	31(3)
David Craig	DF	41	1
Mark Dempsie	DF	1
Kevin McCann	DF	1
Jamie Smith	DF	3(1)
David Bagan	MF	30(3)	4
Chris Boyle	MF	35(5)	4
Mark Canning	MF	37(1)
John Dillon	MF	21(12)	1
Andy Geggan	MF	35(1)	1
Chris Gentile	MF	13(5)	3
Chris Hamilton	MF	12(17)	2
John Henry	MF	3(2)	1
John McKeever	MF	0(9)
Jason McLaughlin	MF	0(1)
Fergus Tiernan	MF	6(1)
Craig Winter	MF	33(1)	6
Ryan Borris	FW	36	6
Tommy Coyne	FW	10(6)	6
Stephen Dobbie	FW	18	11
John Gemmell	FW	3(5)	2
David McNaught	FW	28(7)	3
Paul McQuilken	FW	12(12)	4
José Quitongo	FW	0(4)	1

References

↑ Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007/08. London: Headline Publishing Group. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7553-1664-9.
↑ Substitute appearances in brackets.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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2006–07 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) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 2008 qualifying

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Gretna Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir

Major transfer deals 2006–07

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