1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1998–99 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 93rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 104th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 52nd time.

Dumbarton

1998–1999 season
Manager	Ian Wallace/Jimmy Brown
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 3	4th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Scottish League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Flannery (17) All: Paddy Flannery (18)
Highest home attendance	650
Lowest home attendance	230
Average home league attendance	391
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Overview

Following three successive seasons of failure, Dumbarton produced what would be a marginally better league performance. Indeed, up until the beginning of April it was still technically possible for Dumbarton to have gained promotion, but in the end ran out of games. The season was improved by an end of season streak which saw 7 wins taken from the last 9 games, and eventually a 4th place was achieved. The winning run coincided with Ian Wallace's replacement by Jimmy Brown as manager, this following a suspension and subsequent internal investigation.

In the national cup competitions, it was a return to first round exits. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Livingston after a creditable drawn match.

In the League Cup, there was a disappointing first round defeat to Alloa Athletic.

Note that due to the lack of sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was not played.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton managed a draw from two ties and thus failed to reach the final.

Results & fixtures

^[1]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Third Division

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

4 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McKinnon Flannery			Attendance: 291

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

15 August 1998 Third Division	Queen's Park	0–1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
			Sharp	Attendance: 656

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

22 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
			Hamilton	Attendance: 378

Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers

29 August 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 303

East Stirling v Dumbarton

5 September 1998 Third Division	East Stirling	1–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	McNeill		King Robertson	Attendance: 217

Brechin City v Dumbarton

12 September 1998 Third Division	Brechin City	0–0	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
				Attendance: 355

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

19 September 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	5–0	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Sharp Melvin McKinnon Flannery			Attendance: 348

Montrose v Dumbarton

26 September 1998 Third Division	Montrose	1–1	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Coulston		Flannery	Attendance: 318

Dumbarton v Ross County

3 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Ross County	Boghead Park
	Flannery		McBain Ferries	Attendance: 538

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

10 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–0	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Flannery			Attendance: 343

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

17 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	3–0	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Glancy Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 456

Berwick Rangers v Dumbarton

24 October 1998 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	3–1	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
	Ramage Leask		Robertson	Attendance: 303

Dumbarton v East Stirling

31 October 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–2	East Stirling	Boghead Park
	Flannery Robertson		Muirhead (OG)	Attendance: 309

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

7 November 1998 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	0–2	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
			Flannery	Attendance: 228

Dumbarton v Brechin City

14 November 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–2	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Sorbie Dickson	Attendance: 357

Dumbarton v Montrose

28 November 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	Montrose	Boghead Park
			Niddrie Paterson	Attendance: 240

Ross County v Dumbarton

28 November 1998 Third Division	Ross County	2–0	Dumbarton	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Taylor Ferguson			Attendance: 324

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

12 December 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 324

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

19 December 1998 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–4	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Wilson		Baptie Gibson Hamilton Christie	Attendance: 283

Montrose v Dumbarton

16 January 1999 Third Division	Montrose	4–2	Dumbarton	Links Park
	Lyon Duffy Craig		Flannery	Attendance: 326

East Stirling v Dumbarton

26 January 1999 Third Division	East Stirling	1–2	Dumbarton	Firs Park
	Muirhead		Brittain Melvin	Attendance: 204

Dumbarton v Ross County

30 January 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–0	Ross County	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 400

Dumbarton v Berwick Rangers

2 February 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Berwick Rangers	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Watt	Attendance: 242

Brechin City v Dumbarton

13 February 1999 Third Division	Brechin City	3–3	Dumbarton	Glebe Park, Brechin
	Sorbie Dickson McKellar		Grace Mooney Gow	Attendance: 360

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

27 February 1999 Third Division	Queen's Park	1–1	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Martin		Bradford	Attendance: 516

Dumbarton v East Stirling

6 March 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–2	East Stirling	Boghead Park
			Muirhead Paterson	Attendance: 246

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

9 March 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	McKinnon		Blair	Attendance: 230

Berwick Rangers v Dumbarton

13 March 1999 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	0–1	Dumbarton	Shielfield Park
			Flannery	Attendance: 321

Ross County v Dumbarton

20 March 1999 Third Division	Ross County	1–2	Dumbarton	Victoria Park, Dingwall
	Tarrant		Robertson Bradford	Attendance: 2,374

Dumbarton v Montrose

3 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Montrose	Boghead Park
	Robertson		Craig	Attendance: 541

Dumbarton v Cowdenbeath

5 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	6–1	Cowdenbeath	Boghead Park
	Jack Flannery King Smith Stewart		Brown	Attendance: 650

Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

10 April 1999 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Dumbarton	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	Stewart Milne		Smith	Attendance: 245

Dumbarton v Brechin City

17 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Brechin City	Boghead Park
	Robertson Smith			Attendance: 562

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir

24 April 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–0	Stenhousemuir	Boghead Park
	Flannery Mooney			Attendance: 629

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

1 May 1999 Third Division	Dumbarton	0–1	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
			McGuffie	Attendance: 762

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

8 May 1999 Third Division	Albion Rovers	0–2	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill Stadium
			Robertson Bruce	Attendance: 256

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1998-99 Scottish League Cup

Dumbarton v Alloa Athletic

1 August 1998 League Cup round 1	Dumbarton	0–4	Alloa Athletic	Boghead Park
			Wilson Simpson McKechnie Cameron	Attendance: 352 Referee: E Martindale

Tennent's Scottish Cup

Main article: 1998-99 Scottish Cup

Dumbarton v Livingston

5 December 1998 Cup round 1	Dumbarton	1–1	Livingston	Boghead Park
	Flannery		Miller	Attendance: 530 Referee: J Fleming

Livingston v Dumbarton

8 December 1998 Cup round 1R	Livingston	3–0	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson (OG) Fleming Bingham			Attendance: 1,449 Referee: J Fleming

Stirlingshire Cup

Stirling Albion v Dumbarton

23 July 1998 Group stage	Stirling Albion	1–0	Dumbarton	Forthbank Stadium

Dumbarton v Falkirk

25 August 1998 Group stage	Dumbarton	2–2	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Mooney Robertson

Pre-season Matches

Dumbarton v Ardeer Recreation

25 July 1998 Friendly	Dumbarton	3–1	Ardeer Recreation	Boghead Park
	Flannery Sharp

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
2	Stenhousemuir (P)	36	19	7	10	62	42	+20	64	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Brechin City	36	17	7	12	47	44	+3	58
4	Dumbarton	36	16	9	11	53	40	+13	57
5	Berwick Rangers	36	12	14	10	53	49	+4	50
6	Queen's Park	36	11	11	14	41	46	−5	44

Source: "1998-1999 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Player statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Derek Barnes	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK	SCO	Peter Dennison	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Kenny Meechan	34	0	33+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Brittain	26	1	22+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jamie Bruce	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Currie	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Paul Finnigan	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stevie Gow	12	1	6+3	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Grace	23	1	18+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stephen Jack	38	1	35+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Martin Melvin	12	0	2+9	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	David Reid	11	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Stewart	10	1	9+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Barry Wilkinson	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Alan Brown	8	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Paul Harvey	11	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Melvin	33	3	24+6	3	1+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Wilson	38	1	35+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	John Bradford	4	2	4+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Paddy Flannery	35	18	33+0	17	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Martin Glancy	10	1	5+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Toby King	31	3	29+0	3	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Colin McKinnon	30	3	27+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Keith Millar	11	0	2+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Martin Mooney	32	4	28+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Robertson	28	8	21+5	8	0+0	0	0+2	0
	FW	SCO	Lee Sharp	18	2	17+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Chris Smith	10	3	3+6	3	1+0	0	0+0	0

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Transfers

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Players in Player From Date Chris Smith Rutherglen Glencairn 31 Jul 1998 Joe Robertson Clydebank 14 Aug 1998 Alan Brown Yoker Athletic 4 Sep 1998 Keith Millar Yoker Athletic 4 Sep 1998 Paul Harvey Raith Rovers (loan) 1 Oct 1998 John Bradford Ayr United (loan) 22 Feb 1999 Paul Finnigan Ashfield 31 Mar 1999 Barry Wilkinson Cumnock 31 Mar 1999 Dave Stewart Ayr United (trialist)

Players out Player To Date Lee Sharp Dundee 3 Dec 1998 Paul Harvey Livingston 6 Feb 1999 Martin Glancy Inverness CT 18 Feb 1999 Colin McKinnon Stenhousemuir 13 Mar 1999 Marc Falconer Armadale Thistle Robert Reilly Cumnock Hrienn Hringsson KA Akureyri Tom Currie Kilwinning Rangers Billy Davidson Largs Thistle Chris Dalrymple Vale of Leven Ross McCuaig Vale of Leven Tommi Orismaa Stephen Hamill Jim Meechan

Trivia

• The League match against Brechin City on 12 September marked Lee Sharp's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 112th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
• The League match against Cowdenbeath on 7 November marked Toby King's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 113th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

See also

• 1998–99 in Scottish football