| 2011–12 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Alan Jardine | ||
| Manager | Alan Adamson | ||
| Stadium | Strathclyde Homes Stadium | ||
| Second Division | 3rd | ||
| Challenge Cup | Second round (eliminated byBerwick Rangers) | ||
| League Cup | First round (eliminated byDundee) | ||
| Scottish Cup | Third round (eliminated byBrechin City) | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Bryan Prunty (14) All:Bryan Prunty (17) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 1,088 vs.Airdrie United, 21 April 2012 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 406 vs.Airdrie United, 22 October 2011 | ||
The2011–12 season wasDumbarton's third consecutive season in theScottish Second Division, having been promoted from theScottish Third Division at the end of the2008–09 season.[1] Dumbarton also competed in theChallenge Cup,League Cup andScottish Cup.
Dumbarton finished third in theSecond Division,[2] entering the play-offs winning 6–2 againstAirdrie United on aggregate in the final and were promoted to theScottish First Division.[3] They reached the second round of theChallenge Cup,[4] the first round of theLeague Cup[5] and the third round of theScottish Cup.[6]
Win Draw Loss
| 7 July 2011 | Dumbarton | 6–3 | Cambuslang Rangers | East Kilbride |
| Agnew Prunty McElroy Ramage | Dumbarton Report | Unknown Unknown Unknown |
| 9 July 2011 | Dumbarton | 0–5 | Motherwell | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Dumbarton Report | Murphy Law McHugh Saunders | Attendance: 814 |
| 12 July 2011 | Dumbarton | 0–2 | St Mirren | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Dumbarton Report | Teale Thomson | Attendance: 954 Referee: Gary Hilland |
| 16 July 2011 | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Alloa Athletic | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Craig Sutherland | Dumbarton Report | Campbell |
| 19 July 2011 | Dumbarton | 4–1 | Partick Thistle | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Sutherland Agnew Scully Brannan | Dumbarton Report | Burns | Attendance: 686 Referee:Steve Conroy |
| 4 October 2011 | Clyde | 0-5 | Dumbarton | Broadwood Stadium |
| Prunty Walker Nichol |
| 15 November 2011 | East Stirling | 2-3 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Walker |
| 24 January 2012 | Falkirk | 1-2 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
| Graham Pearson |
| 7 February 2012 | Stranraer | 0-2 | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
| Graham McNiff |
| 24 July 2011Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 3–2 | East Stirlingshire | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Prunty Gilhaney Walker | BBC Sport | Love Turner | Attendance: 454 Referee: Paul Robertson |
| 9 August 2011Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Berwick Rangers | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| BBC Sport | Greenhill Currie | Attendance: 334 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 30 July 2011Scottish League Cup round 1 | Dumbarton | 0–4 | Dundee | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| BBC Sport | Milne McCluskey Lockwood | Attendance: 870 Referee: John Beaton |
| 6 August 2011Scottish Second Division | Airdrie United | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Excelsior Stadium |
| Johnston Donnelly | BBC Sport | Attendance: 887 Referee:Norcroft |
| 13 August 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–5 | Stirling Albion | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Agnew | BBC Sport | Smith Cook Flood Dillon Crawley | Attendance: 706 Referee:Richmond |
| 20 August 2011Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 3–3 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park |
| Fusco McManus McKenna | BBC Sport | Agnew Lyden Lithgow | Attendance: 427 Referee:Roache |
| 27 August 2011Scottish Second Division | East Fife | 0–6 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
| BBC Sport | McBride Prunty Lyden | Attendance: 635 Referee:McLean |
| 10 September 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 3–4 | Arbroath | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Prunty Gilhaney Nicholl | BBC Sport | Sibanda Swankie Doris | Attendance: 640 Referee:Finnie |
| 17 September 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 0–4 | Cowdenbeath | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| BBC Sport | McKenzie Robertson Morton Linton | Attendance: 615 Referee:Tumilty |
| 24 September 2011Scottish Second Division | Forfar Athletic | 0–2 | Dumbarton | Station Park |
| BBC Sport | Winters Prunty | Attendance: 493 Referee:Norris |
| 15 October 2011Scottish Second Division | Stenhousemuir | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| Rodgers McMillan | BBC Sport | Agnew | Attendance: 529 Referee: Somers |
| 18 October 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Albion Rovers | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| McKinnon Agnew | BBC Sport | Lawless | Attendance: 406 Referee:Roache |
| 22 October 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Airdrie United | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Gilhaney | BBC Sport | Stevenson Green | Attendance: 775 Referee: Somers |
| 29 October 2011Scottish Second Division | Stirling Albion | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Doubletree Dunblane Stadium |
| BBC Sport | Agnew | Attendance: 602 Referee:Northcroft |
| 5 November 2011Scottish Second Division | Arbroath | 4–3 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| McAnespie Malcolm Swankie Doris | BBC Sport | McNiff Agnew | Attendance: 723 Referee:Northcroft |
| 12 November 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 3–0 | East Fife | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Agnew Gilhaney Lithgow | BBC Report | Attendance: 678 Referee: Hilland |
| 26 November 2011Scottish Second Division | Cowdenbeath | 0–0 | Dumbarton | Central Park |
| BBC Report | Attendance: 271 Referee:Crawford |
| 3 December 2011Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–1 | Forfar Athletic | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Walker | BBC Report | Motion | Attendance: 443 Referee:Richmond |
| 10 December 2011Scottish Second Division | Albion Rovers | 3–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
| Gemmell Love | BBC Report | Prunty | Attendance: 489 Referee:Colvin |
| 2 January 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 3–2 | Arbroath | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Prunty Lithgow Walker | BBC Report | Doris Falkingham | Attendance: 585 Referee:Roache |
| 14 January 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Brechin City | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Prunty | BBC Report | Attendance: 572 Referee:Conroy |
| 21 January 2012Scottish Second Division | Airdrie United | 2–3 | Dumbarton | Excelsior Stadium |
| Donnelly Boyle MacDonald | BBC Report | Lithgow Agnew Walker | Attendance: 743 Referee:Northcroft |
| 11 February 2012Scottish Second Division | Stenhousemuir | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Ochilview Park |
| McMillan McKinlay Smith | SFL Report | Lithgow Devlin | Attendance: 539 Referee:Beaton |
| 14 February 2012Scottish Second Division | Forfar Athletic | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Station Park |
| Hilson | SFL Report | Prunty | Attendance: 284 Referee:Clancy |
| 18 February 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Albion Rovers | Strathclyde Homes Stadium |
| Prunty | SFL Report | Attendance: 657 Referee: Somers |
| 21 February 2012Scottish Second Division | East Fife | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
| Linn | SFL Report | Gilhaney Graham | Attendance: 397 Referee:Finnie |
| 25 February 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 4–1 | Stirling Albion | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Graham Agnew Gilhaney | SFL Report | Davidson Davidson | Attendance: 722 Referee:Winter |
| 28 February 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 3–0 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Prunty Gilhaney Agnew | SFL Report | Attendance: 557 Referee:Charleston |
| 3 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Brechin City | 2–2 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park |
| McManus McKenzie | SFL Report | Prunty Agnew | Attendance: 459 Referee:Robertson |
| 6 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Cowdenbeath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| SFL Report | Mbu McKenzie | Attendance: 812 Referee: Hilland |
| 10 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Arbroath | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| Innes Doris | SFL Report | Attendance: 842 Referee:Northcroft |
| 17 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 0–4 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| SFL Report | Wallace Grindlay Dalziel | Attendance: 713 Referee:Richmond |
| 24 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Cowdenbeath | 4–1 | Dumbarton | Central Park |
| McKenzie Coult Mbu | SFL Report | Dargo | Attendance: 380 Referee:Tumilty |
| 31 March 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Forfar Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Paterson | SFL Report | Attendance: 513 Referee:O'Reilly |
| 7 April 2012Scottish Second Division | Albion Rovers | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Cliftonhill |
| Ferry | SFL Report | Agnew | Attendance: 471 Referee:Roache |
| 14 April 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 0–2 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| SFL Report | Ferguson Rodgers | Attendance: 728 Referee:Clancy |
| 21 April 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Airdrie United | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Prunty Lovering | SFL Report | McLaren Donnelly | Attendance: 1,088 Referee:McKendrick |
| 28 April 2012Scottish Second Division | Stirling Albion | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Doubletree Dunblane Stadium |
| Davidson | SFL Report | Jacobs Dargo | Attendance: 709 Referee:McDermott |
| 5 May 2012Scottish Second Division | Dumbarton | 4–2 | Brechin City | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Dargo Thomson | SFL Report | King Molloy | Attendance: 636 Referee:Winter |
| 9 May 2012Play-offs SF R1 | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Arbroath | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Wallace Prunty | SFL Report | Malcolm | Attendance: 911 Referee:Charleston |
| 12 May 2012Play-offs SF R2 | Arbroath | 0–0 (1 – 2agg.) | Dumbarton | Gayfield Park |
| SFL Report | Attendance: 1,454 Referee:Thomson |
| 16 May 2012Play-offs F R1 | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Airdrie United | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| Prunty Wallace Nugent | SFL Report | Bain | Attendance: 1,746 Referee:Brines |
| 20 May 2012Play-offs F R2 | Airdrie United | 1–4 (2 – 6agg.) | Dumbarton | Excelsior Stadium |
| Holmes Bain | SFL Report | Dargo Gilhaney Wallace | Attendance: 2,914 Referee:Muir |
| 19 November 2011Scottish Cup R3 | Brechin City | 3–0 | Dumbarton | Glebe Park |
| Molloy King McManus | BBC Report | Attendance: 447 Referee:Beaton |
| 20 August 2011Stirlingshire Cup SF | Dumbarton | 6–2 | Stenhousemuir | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| McBride Winters Walker Wallace Metcalfe | [1] | Plenderleith Quinn | Attendance: 223 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 1 November 2011Stirlingshire Cup F | Falkirk | 1 – 1 (5 – 4 on penalties) | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
| Graham | [2] | Winters | Attendance: 923 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Paul Nugent[7] | 36 | Club captain | ||
| FW | Bryan Prunty[7] | 7 | Vice-captain |
Last updated: 16 May 2012
Source:Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality;No.: Squad number;P:Position;Name: Player name;No. Games: Number of games started as captain.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Jamie Ewings | 11 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Stephen Grindlay | 32 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Arnaud Gastal | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | James Creaney | 37 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Robert Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Ross McKinnon | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Kevin Nicoll | 34 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Paul Nugent | 39 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Tony Wallace | 30 | 3 | 16+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 | ||
| DF | Alan Lithgow | 40 | 4 | 32+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Jamie Lyden | 8 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Dominic Kennedy | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Ryan Finnie | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Scott Agnew | 42 | 13 | 35+0 | 13 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mark Lamont | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Ryan Borris | 17 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mark Gilhaney | 42 | 9 | 33+1 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 | ||
| MF | Martin McBride | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Martin McNiff | 35 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Adam Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Gary McKell | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | David Gray | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| MF | Arlan Kadina Mptata | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Glen Thomson | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Ryan Metcalfe | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Kieran Brannan | 15 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bryan Prunty | 41 | 17 | 32+1 | 14 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 3 | ||
| FW | Graeme Ramage | 9 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Patrick Walker | 42 | 4 | 22+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | ||
| FW | John Hempstead | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| FW | David Winters | 13 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Ally Graham | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Craig Dargo | 12 | 7 | 7+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | ||
Includes all competitive matches.
| Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Second Division | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | |||||
| GK | Jamie Ewings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | Stephen Grindlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GK | Arnaud Gastal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | James Creaney | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| DF | Robert Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | Ross McKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Kevin Nicoll | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| DF | Paul Nugent | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| DF | Tony Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | Alan Lithgow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| DF | Jamie Lyden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | Ryan Finnie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Scott Agnew | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| MF | Mark Lamont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Ryan Borris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Mark Gilhaney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| MF | Martin McBride | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Martin McNiff | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | Adam Monaghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Gary McKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | David Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Arlan Kadina Mptata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | Glen Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | Ryan Metcalfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | Kieran Brannan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | Bryan Prunty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | Graeme Ramage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | Patrick Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | John Hempstead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | David Winters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | Ally Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | Craig Dargo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Nation | Name | Award | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Adamson[8] | Second Division Manager of the Month | January | |
| Alan Adamson[9] | Second Division Manager of the Month | February |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowdenbeath(C, P) | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 71 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 63 | Qualification for theFirst Division play-offs |
| 3 | Dumbarton(O, P) | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 58[a] | |
| 4 | Airdrie United(P) | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 52[b] | |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 |
* The League match against Airdrie United on 21 January markedRyan Borris's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 132nd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.