1997–98 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1997–98 was the 121st football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 91st time, the Scottish Cup for the 103rd time, the Scottish League Cup for the 51st time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the eighth time.

Overview

In Ian Wallace's first full season at the helm, Dumbarton's poor financial status meant that the team was almost unchanged from the one that had dropped from the Second Division the previous season. Nevertheless initial results were promising, but this was soon to be replaced with that well known sinking feeling as the season went on. From January, Dumbarton registered just 3 league wins, and from the end of February till the end of the season propped up the rest of the league - easily Dumbarton's worst league performance in its history.

In the national cup competitions, however, the five year wait for some progress was brought to an end. In the Scottish Cup, an uninspiring win over Highland League outfit Lossiemouth presented Dumbarton with a tie against Premier Division Motherwell in the third round. After holding their opponents to a home draw, they battled fiercely in the replay only to lose by a single goal.

In the League Cup, old rivals Queen's Park were dispatched in the first round, before Dumbarton found Premier Division Aberdeen too hot to handle.

Finally, however, in the Challenge Cup, it was the same old story - eight seasons and eight first round defeats - Falkirk would be the victors this time.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, the format reverted back to group ties, but with only one win from three ties, Dumbarton failed to reach the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 August 1997	Cowdenbeath	A	2-0	McKinnon;Reilly	232
16 August 1997	Montrose	H	2-2	McKinnon;Ward	395
23 August 1997	Berwick Rangers	H	3-5	McKinnon(2);Mellis	304
30 August 1997	Alloa Athletic	H	0-1		465
13 September 1997	Albion Rovers	A	1-2	Brittain	495
20 September 1997	Arbroath	A	1-2	Gow	702
27 September 1997	Queen's Park	H	0-0		436
4 October 1997	East Stirling	A	1-3	McKinnon	321
18 October 1997	Ross County	H	2-2	Ward(2)	452
25 October 1997	Berwick Rangers	H	1-4	Glancy	413
1 November 1997	Montrose	A	2-2	Brittain;Sharp	347
8 November 1997	Alloa Athletic	A	2-1	Sharp;Grace	424
15 November 1997	Albion Rovers	H	1-1	McKinnon	425
22 November 1997	Queen's Park	A	3-2	McKinnon;Sharp(2)	548
29 November 1997	Arbroath	H	1-2	Meechan	379
13 December 1997	Ross County	A	3-2	Meechan(2);Glancy	1,226
20 December 1997	East Stirling	H	0-1		323
27 December 1997	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	McKinnon	449
10 January 1998	Cowdenbeath	H	1-2	Mooney	338
17 January 1998	Queen's Park	H	0-0		408
31 January 1998	Arbroath	A	2-2	Meechan;Grace	666
4 February 1998	Ross County	H	0-1		447
17 February 1998	East Stirling	A	0-1		181
21 February 1998	Cowdenbeath	A	0-2		255
25 February 1998	Montrose	H	2-3	Mooney;McKinnon	315
28 February 1998	Alloa Athletic	H	0-3		396
7 March 1998	Albion Rovers	A	2-2	Sharp;Grace	417
14 March 1998	Queen's Park	A	2-0	Sharp;Grace	528
21 March 1998	Arbroath	H	1-2	Sharp	383
28 March 1998	Ross County	A	0-0		1,475
4 April 1998	East Stirling	H	1-0	Wilson	338
11 April 1998	Alloa Athletic	A	0-3		538
18 April 1998	Albion Rovers	H	2-0	Mooney;Meechan	398
25 April 1998	Berwick Rangers	H	0-2		310
2 May 1998	Montrose	A	1-2	Mooney	305
9 May 1998	Cowdenbeath	H	2-3	Mooney;McKinnon	413

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 January 1998	2	Lossiemouth	A	1-0	McCuaig	509
24 January 1998	3	Motherwell	H	1-1	Sharp	2,412
27 January 1998	3R	Motherwell	A	0-1		4,202

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2 August 1997	1	Queen's Park	H	1-1*	Bruce	544
9 August 1997	2	Aberdeen	H	1-5	McKinnon	1,739

* - won on penalties after extra time

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1997	1	Falkirk	H	0-2		447

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
22 July 1997	P	Stenhousemuir	H	0-2
26 July 1997	P	Alloa Athletic	H	1-2	Glancy
18 August 1997	P	Stirling Albion	H	4-1	Grace(2):Glancy;Ward

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
21 July 1997	Norwich City	H	3-2	Ward(2);Mellis
28 July 1997	Clydebank	H	0-0
20 October 1997	Vanguard Hao Doa	H	3-1	McKinnon;Grace;Glancy

Appearances

Dumbarton used 30 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below. Jim Meechan was best by appearing in all but one of these matches.^[1]

Player	Position	Appearances^[2]	Goals
Derek Barnes	GK	6
Craig Brittain	DF	29	2
Jamie Bruce	DF	26(1)	1
Tom Currie	DF	16
Chris Dalrymple	DF	3
Billy Davidson	DF	4(2)
Chris Ewing	FW	1(1)
Marc Falconer	FW	6(2)
Paddy Flannery	FW	7(6)
Martin Glancy	FW	14(12)	2
Stevie Gow	DF	25	1
Alex Grace	MF	24(8)	4
Stephen Hamill	MF	0(1)
Hrienn Hringsson	FW	2
Stephen Jack	MF	11(1)
Ross McCuaig	FW	14(4)	1
Colin McKinnon	MF	38(1)	11
Jim Meechan	MF	41	5
Kenny Meechan	GK	36
Adrian Mellis	MF	7(12)	1
Billy Melvin	MF	7
Martin Melvin	DF	2(1)
Martin Mooney	FW	32(4)	5
Tommi Orismaa	FW	0(1)
Robert Prytz	MF	3
David Reid	DF	15(2)
Robert Reilly	FW	6(4)	1
Lee Sharp	FW	40	8
Hugh Ward	FW	11(15)	3
Willie Wilson	MF	36(2)	1

References

↑ 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

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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1997–98 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division 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 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup

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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

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Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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