Dumbarton F.C.

Dumbarton

Full name	Dumbarton Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Sons
Founded	1872 (1872)
Ground	Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium, Dumbarton
Ground Capacity	2,020
Chairman	Alan Jardine
Manager	Stevie Aitken
League	Scottish Championship
2015–16	Scottish Championship, 8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Dumbarton Football Club is a Semi-professional Scottish association football club based in the town of Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. Dumbarton is Scotland's 4th oldest senior 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 Dumbarton Football Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium, which is situated next to Dumbarton Castle.

The club were one of the most successful of the nineteenth century, winning the Scottish Football League in the first two seasons of the competition (the first jointly with Rangers). Since then the club have spent the majority of their history outside the top flight, and last played at the top level in 1985, thus being the only existing Scottish league champions never to have competed in the former breakaway, Scottish Premier League. The club were the only team to win at least one league title in each of the four tiers in the Scottish league system until Rangers achieved it in 2016.

Stevie Aitken is currently the club's manager, having been appointed on 27 May 2015.

Colours and Badge

For the 2016-17 season the team will wear strips from the Joma brand. The home strip is based on the popular strips from the 1970s and early-1980s, an all white kit with a single black and gold band across the front, whilst the away kit is still to be revealed.

The clubs' badge features an elephant with a castle on its back, this represents Dumbarton Rock with Dumbarton Castle upon it, based on the historic town crest. 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

Main articles: Dumbarton Football Stadium and Boghead Park

Dumbarton Rock & The Stadium

Dumbarton play their home games at The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium (commonly referred to as "The Rock" by Supporters). The 2,020 all seated stadium has been used since 2 December 2000. The main (and currently only) stand is overshadowed by Dumbarton Rock & sits aside the banks of the River Leven. The stadium has been named for sponsorship purposes for most of its existence:

• Strathclyde Homes Stadium (Dec 2000 – Sep 2011) until the receivership of Strathclyde Homes
• Dumbarton Football Stadium (Sep 2011 – Feb 2012)
• Dumbarton Football Stadium Sponsored by DL Cameron (Feb 2012 – Jul 2012)
• The BetButler Stadium (Jul 2012 – Sep 2014) until the liquidation of BetButler
• Dumbarton Football Stadium (Sep 2014 – June 2015)
• The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium (Jul 2015–Present)

Prior to December 2000 the team played at Boghead Park from 1879 until the end of the 1999–00 season, 121 years is currently the longest a senior Scottish club has stayed at the same ground. Between May and November 2001, Dumbarton shared Cliftonhill in Coatbridge with Albion Rovers.

In November 2014 the club formally announced its intention to move to a new ground, after only 15 years at their current home, to be situated in what is now Young's Farm to the North of Dumbarton between Dalreoch and Renton just off the A82 by-pass. The proposed new development, which had long been rumoured, will double the existing capacity to 4,000 in a mix of seating and terracing, add additional hospitality and non-footballing facilities, allow for training and community artificial pitches and increase access and parking facilities from the current site. The existing site would be used by Denny Homes to build 180 houses and a walkway along the River Clyde connecting the town centre with Dumbarton Rock.

Attendances

Season	League	Average	Highest
2015–16	Championship	1,033	1,978
2014–15	Championship	1,074	1,850
2013–14	Championship	938	1,469
2012–13	First Division	927	1,530
2011–12	Second Division	660	1,088
2010–11	Second Division	640	853
2009–10	Second Division	695	1,227
2008–09	Third Division	722	1,396
2007–08	Third Division	560	907
2006–07	Third Division	709	1,089
2005–06	Second Division	946
2004–05	Second Division	900
2003–04	Second Division	1,039
2002–03	Second Division	950

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 are 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 27 May 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Brown 3 DF Mark Docherty 4 DF Steven Saunders 5 DF Gregor Buchanan 8 MF Grant Gallagher 9 FW Garry Fleming (vice-captain) 14 DF Darren Barr (captain) 15 MF Donald McCallum

No. Position Player 19 GK Jamie Ewings 22 DF Frazer Wright 25 MF Daniel Lightbody 26 FW John Cunningham 27 FW Christian Nade — DF Craig Pettigrew — MF Andy Stirling — FW Robert Thomson

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 28 MF Ryan Clark (at Arthurlie)

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 – 180 app (1981–88)
• Murdo MacLeod – 87 app (1975–78) & 66 app (1993–95) as Player/Manager
• Donald McNeill
• Colin McAdam – 70 app (1969–75)
• Albert Craig – 138 app (1981–86)
• Tom McAdam – 76 app (1970–75)
• Johnny Graham
• William Wallace – 84 app (1972–75)
• Kenny Wilson – 74 app (1970–1972)
• Charlie Gibson

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Stephen Aitken
Assistant Manager	Stephen Farrell
Goalkeeping Coach	Jim Gallacher
Head of Youth Development	Richard Salveta
Head Scout	Stuart Millar
Physiotherapist	Claire Mitchell
Club Doctor	Dr Neil MacKay
Kit Man	Colm McKinley
Assistant Kit Man	Jimmy McLoughlin

Recent league history

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

Season	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos	League
2014–15	36	9	7	20	36	79	−43	34	7	Championship
2013–14	36	15	6	15	64	64	0	51	5	Championship
2012–13	36	13	4	19	58	83	−25	43	7	First Division
2011–12	36	17	7	12	61	61	0	58	3	Second Division
2010–11	36	11	7	18	52	70	−18	40	7	Second Division

Managerial history

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

• Permanent managers only. Stats include permanent managers who had initial caretaker spells.

As of match played Sunday 1 May 2016.

Name	Nat.	From	To	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	%won
Stevie Aitken		May 2015	Current	43	13	8	22
Ian Murray		November 2012	May 2015	108	41	15	52	37.96
Alan Adamson		October 2010	October 2012	83	32	16	35	38.55
Jim Chapman		December 2007	October 2010	113	40	27	46	35.39
Gerry McCabe		June 2006	November 2007	57	25	11	21	43.86
Paul Martin		December 2004	June 2006	67	12	15	35	17.91
Brian Fairley		March 2003	December 2004	66	30	10	26	45.45
David Winnie		June 2002	March 2003	34	11	6	17	32.35
Tom Carson		October 2000	June 2002	67	32	13	22	47.76
Jimmy Brown		March 1999	October 2000	66	26	10	30	39.39
Ian Wallace		November 1996	March 1999	95	26	24	45	27.37
Jim Fallon		September 1995	November 1996	50	2	6	42	4.00
Murdo MacLeod		June 1993	August 1995	88	28	24	35	31.81
Billy Lamont		April 1990	June 1993	138	54	30	54	39.13
Jim George		October 1988	April 1990	77	29	20	28	37.66
Bertie Auld		January 1988	September 1988	24	4	8	12	16.66
Mark Clougherty		July 1987	January 1988	30	9	7	14	30.00
Alex Totten		July 1986	April 1987	46	23	8	15	50.00
Derek Whiteford		May 1986	May 1986
Alex Wright (caretaker)		February 1986	May 1986	17	6	5	6	35.30
Davie Wilson		March 1984	February 1986	97	32	22	43	33.00
Billy Lamont		July 1981	February 1984	124	44	26	26	35.48
Sean Fallon		July 1980	May 1981	43	14	12	17	32.56
Davie Wilson		July 1977	April 1980	127	51	38	38	40.16
Alex Wright		March 1973	May 1977	192	66	42	84	34.37
Jackie Stewart		November 1968	January 1973	190	89	34	67	46.84
Ian Spence		September 1967	October 1968	46	13	11	22	28.26
Willie Toner		October 1964	September 1967	131	47	27	57	35.88
Jackie Fearn		May 1962	September 1964	100	41	17	42	41.00
Bobby Campbell		July 1961	May 1962	43	10	10	23	23.26
Bobby Combe		May 1959	November 1960	63	28	14	21	44.44
Peter McGown		May 1954	April 1959	216	108	33	75	50.00
William Irvine		June 1950	May 1954	155	51	32	72	32.90
William Guthrie		August 1946	June 1950	153	42	27	84	27.45
Jackie Milne		June 1945	August 1946	38	14	6	18	36.84
William Guthrie (secretary)		1944	1945
Fred Donovan (secretary)		1940	1944
Jimmy Smith		1939	1940
Fred Donovan (secretary)		1931	1939
Donald Colman		1922	1931
Paddy Travers		1921	1922
James Collins		September 1920	May 1921
George Livingstone		March 1919	September 1920
James Collins		May 1914	March 1919

Honours

• Scottish Football League:
  • Winners (2): 1890–91, 1891–92
• Scottish First Division:
  • 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
  • Play-Off Winners (1): 2011–12
• 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
• Scottish Qualifying Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1911–12
• Scottish Consolation Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1907–08, 1910–11
• Scottish Supplementary Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1945–46
• Scottish Combination League:
  • Winners (1): 1905–06
• Festival of Britain St. Mungo Quaich:
  • Winners (1): 1951–52
• Stirlingshire Cup:
  • Winners (16): 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, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (6): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2001–02, 2011–12
• Stirlingshire Consolation Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1950–51
• Dumbartonshire Cup
  • Winners (20): 1884–85 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94, 1894–95, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1914–15, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40
  • Runners-up (17): 1895–96, 1896–97, 1900–01, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1913–14, 1917–18, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35
• Dumbartonshire Association Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1885–86
• League Charity Cup
  • Winners (1): 1890–91
• Glasgow Charity Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1881–82, 1884–85
• Greenock Charity Cup
  • Winners (2): 1889–90, 1890–91
  • Runners-up (2): 1888–89, 1891–92
• Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
  • Winners (5): 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23
  • Runners-up (3): 1918–19, 1924–25, 1925–26
• Clydebank Charity Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1918–19
• United Abstainers F.C. Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1889–90
• Scottish Second XI Cup
  • Winners (1): 1881–82
  • Runners-up (3): 1883–84, 1886–87, 1889–90
• Glasgow & District Reserve League
  • Runners-up (2): 1942–43 (First Series), 1943–44 (First Series)
• Scottish Alliance Reserve League
  • Winners (1): 1956–57 (First Series)
  • Runners-up (1): 1956–57 (Second Series)
• Combined Reserve League
  • Winners (1): 1958–59 (Second Series)
  • Runners-up (1): 1958–59 (First Series)
• Scottish Reserve League (West)
  • Runners-up (1): 1985–86
• Glasgow & District Reserve League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1942–43
• Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup
  • Winners (5): 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93

Club records

Biggest win:
(Scottish Cup): 13–2 v Kirkintilloch Central (1 September 1888)

Biggest loss:
Scottish Football League: 1–11 v Albion Rovers (30 January 1926)
Scottish League Cup: 1–11 v Ayr United (13 August 1952)

Biggest home attendance:
Boghead Park: 18,001 v Raith Rovers, (2 March 1957)
Dumbarton Football Stadium: 1,978 v Rangers, (19 September 2015)

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

External links

• Official website
• Supporters Trust Website