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Dumbarton
2002-03 season
ManagerDavid Winnie/ Brian Fairlie
StadiumStrathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 26th
Scottish CupFirst Round
Scottish League CupFirst Round
Bell's Challenge CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Flannery/ Gary McCutcheon (8)
All: John Dillon (9)
Highest home attendance1,501
Lowest home attendance480
Average home league attendance950

Season 2002–03 was the 126th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 96th time, the Scottish Cup for the 108th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 56th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 12th time.

Overview

Season 2002-03 began with yet another new manager at the helm. Following the success of promotion the season before, Tom Carson had fallen out with the board and left the club, to be replaced by David Winnie. The league campaign, as was so often the case with Dumbarton, started well and then fell away. By March there were some concerns of a return to Division 3, resulting in David Winnie's departure as manager. Fortunately his replacement Brian Fairlie had the desired effect and a final unbeaten 7 game run ensured a creditable 6th place.

In the Scottish Cup, for the second year running, it would be a first round exit, this time to Raith Rovers.

In the League Cup, Inverness Caledonian Thistle were to prove too much to handle in the first round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was a case of 'role reversal'. In the competition which had seen just one win in ten attempts, this season would see a mini cup run before Queen of the South would bring it to an end in the third round.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton played just one group tie, losing to Falkirk on penalties after a drawn game.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

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

Scottish League

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Football League
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
3 August 2002 Stenhousemuir A 2-2 Bonar;Flannery 419
10 August 2002 Brechin City H 1-0 Collins 735
17 August 2002 Raith Rovers H 0-1 1,866
24 August 2002 Airdrie United H 3-1 Brown,A;Dillon;Collins 1,417
31 August 2002 Berwick Rangers A 2-1 McCutcheon(2) 509
14 September 2002 Forfar Athletic H 1-2 McCutcheon 827
21 September 2002 Stranraer A 0-1 563
28 September 2002 Hamilton H 1-1 Brown,A 1,202
5 October 2002 Cowdenbeath A 1-3 McCutcheon 363
26 October 2002 Stenhousemuir H 0-0 819
29 October 2002 Brechin City A 1-1 Brown,T 250
2 November 2002 Berwick Rangers H 1-2 Lynes 768
9 November 2002 Airdrie United A 1-0 Flannery 1,352
16 November 2002 Forfar Athletic A 0-2 556
23 November 2002 Stranraer H 3-0 Flannery;McCutcheon;Bonar 740
30 November 2002 Cowdenbeath H 1-1 McCutcheon 754
14 December 2002 Hamilton A 0-1 1,062
28 December 2002 Raith Rovers H 0-1 1,244
1 January 2003 Airdrie United H 2-1 Obidile;Dillon 1,024
11 January 2003 Berwick Rangers A 1-0 Dillon 580
18 January 2003 Forfar Athletic H 1-2 Dillon 867
25 January 2003 Stenhousemuir A 1-2 Dillon 483
1 February 2003 Stranraer A 2-1 McCutcheon;Scally 405
8 February 2003 Hamilton H 3-1 Scally;Collins;McCutcheon 1,107
1 March 2003 Raith Rovers H 1-2 Scally 1,780
8 March 2003 Airdrie United A 1-2 Flannery 1,136
11 March 2003 Brechin City H 1-3 Flannery 480
15 March 2003 Berwick Rangers H 2-2 Brown,A;Bonar 915
18 March 2003 Cowdenbeath A 0-2 218
1 April 2003 Stranraer H 1-1 Donald 596
5 April 2003 Forfar Athletic A 1-0 Scally 450
12 April 2003 Cowdenbeath H 3-1 Flannery;Dillon;Obidile 1,203
19 April 2003 Hamilton A 2-2 Flannery;Brown,A 1,270
26 April 2003 Stenhousemuir H 3-1 Flannery;Russell;Scally 906
3 May 2003 Brechin City A 1-1 Obidile 895
10 May 2003 Raith Rovers H 4-1 Russell(3);Dillon 1,501

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
7 December 2002 1 Raith Rovers A 0-1 1,639

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish League Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
10 September 2002 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 0-2 667

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Challenge Cup
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 August 2002 1 East Fife H 1-0 Duffy 452
13 August 2002 2 Ayr United H 3-0 Brown,T;Dillon(2) 938
20 August 2002 3 Queen of the South A 0-2 1,128

Stirlingshire Cup

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
16 July 2002 P Falkirk H 1-1* Brown,T

* - lost on penalties

Other Matches

Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
6 July 2002 Dumbarton Academy A 1-0 Crilly
10 July 2002 Queen's Park A 2-1 Bonar;OG
20 July 2002 Dunfermline Athletic A 1-2 Robertson
27 July 2002 Wycombe Wanderers H 3-2 Duffy;Flannery;Lynes 442
15 October 2002 Neilston A 3-0 Scally;Lynes;Crilly
24 October 2002 Arthurlie A 2-1 Flannery;Dillon
21 December 2002 St Mirren A 4-3 McCutcheon;Scally;Dillon;McKelvie
5 March 2003 St Mirren A 2-1 Flannery;Lynes
15 April 2003 Albion Rovers A 3-0 McCutcheon;Obidile;trialist

Appearances

Dumbarton used 24 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.[2]

Player Position Appearances[3] Goals
Scotland Steven Bonar MF 29(10) 3
Scotland Craig Brittain DF 28
Scotland Andy Brown FW 23(10) 4
Scotland Tom Brown FW 26(4) 3
Scotland Neil Collins DF 38 3
Scotland Mark Crilly MF 15(2)
Scotland Michael Dickie DF 23(4)
Scotland John Dillon MF 39(1) 9
Scotland Barry Donald MF 3(4) 1
Scotland Neil Duffy DF 27 1
Scotland Paddy Flannery FW 22(9) 8
Scotland Stephen Grindlay GK 38
Scotland Craig Lynes MF 5(13) 1
Scotland Kevin McCann DF 3(4)
Scotland Gary McCutcheon FW 24(8) 8
Scotland Craig McEwan DF 25(3)
Scotland Danny McKelvie FW 1(7)
Scotland John McKeown DF 12(4)
Nigeria Emeka Obidile MF 9(5) 3
Scotland Joe Robertson FW 5(10)
Scotland Iain Russell FW 8(3) 4
Scotland Neil Scally FW 25(4) 5
Scotland Dave Stewart DF 20(5)
Scotland John Wight GK 3(1)

See also

References

  1. ^ Scottish Football Review 2003/04. Epsom: PPL Sport & Leisure. 2003. ISBN 1-903381-14-2.
  2. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  3. ^ Substitute appearances in brackets.
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