2004–05 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 2004–05 was the 128th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 98th time, the Scottish Cup for the 110th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 58th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 14th time.

Overview

The near miss in gaining promotion the previous season had ensured that there was considerable confidence in the team going into season 2004-05 to make that further step. However, despite a successful opening spell, results were not as good as anticipated, and in December Brian Fairlie would make way for Paul Martin in the manager's seat. There was to be no great resurgence in results and in the end a disappointing 7th place was achieved.

In the Scottish Cup, after defeating Cowdenbeath in the first round, it would be Berwick Rangers that would advance from the second round tie, after a drawn match.

In the League Cup, Ross County would prove to be too strong in the first round.

Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, it was another first round exit, this time to Stirling Albion.

Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their opening group ties, and would take no further part in the competition.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

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

Scottish League

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Football League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 2004	Ayr United	H	1-0	Dillon	1,016
14 August 2004	Arbroath	A	2-0	Russell(2)	505
21 August 2004	Morton	H	0-3		1,505
28 August 2004	Forfar Athletic	H	0-1		723
4 September 2004	Berwick Rangers	A	4-0	Annand(3);Donald	412
11 September 2004	Stranraer	H	1-3	Annand	851
18 September 2004	Alloa Athletic	A	2-3	Rodgers;Russell	505
25 September 2004	Stirling Albion	H	1-1	Russell	982
2 October 2004	Brechin City	A	0-4		503
16 October 2004	Arbroath	H	1-3	McEwan	772
23 October 2004	Ayr United	A	1-0	Rodgers	1,533
30 October 2004	Forfar Athletic	A	2-0	Dunn(2)	486
6 November 2004	Berwick Rangers	H	3-1	Boyle;Rodgers;Holmes	790
13 November 2004	Stranraer	A	0-1		557
30 November 2004	Alloa Athletic	H	0-1		522
4 December 2004	Stirling Albion	A	0-1		688
27 December 2004	Ayr United	H	1-1	Russell	1,118
1 January 2005	Morton	H	0-3		2,736
3 January 2005	Forfar Athletic	H	1-1	Rodgers	714
15 January 2005	Berwick Rangers	A	3-0	Dillon;Rodgers;Annand	322
29 January 2005	Alloa Athletic	A	2-4	McKinstry;Rodgers	608
5 February 2005	Stirling Albion	H	0-2		965
12 February 2005	Brechin City	A	2-0	Annand;McKinstry	595
19 February 2005	Morton	H	3-0	Ronald;Russell(2)	1,446
26 February 2005	Arbroath	A	1-2	Annand	502
1 March 2005	Brechin City	H	1-1	McEwan	554
5 March 2005	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	McEwan	690
12 March 2005	Forfar Athletic	A	0-6		443
19 March 2005	Stranraer	A	1-2	McEwan	455
26 March 2005	Stranraer	H	1-1	Russell	848
2 April 2005	Alloa Athletic	H	3-2	Russell(3)	787
9 April 2005	Brechin City	H	1-1	Dillon	773
16 April 2005	Stirling Albion	A	0-3		705
23 April 2005	Morton	A	0-0		3,229
30 April 2005	Arbroath	H	3-0	Boyle;Dillon;Gemmell	1,197
7 May 2005	Ayr United	A	1-1	Gemmell	1,277

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
27 November 2004	1	Cowdenbeath	A	3-2	McEwan;Dunn;Russell	279
11 December 2004	2	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	Dillon	622
18 December 2004	2R	Berwick Rangers	A	1-3	Annand	318

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 2004	1	Ross County	H	1-3	Russell	437

Bell's Challenge Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Challenge Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
31 July 2004	1	Stirling Albion	H	1-2	Bonar	709

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 August 2004	P	Falkirk	H	1-2	McEwan	403
17 August 2004	P	East Stirling	A	3-0	Rodgers;Herd;Russell	162

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 July 2004	Royal Navy XI	A	1-1	Russell
17 July 2004	Billingham Town	A	2-1	Ronald;Russell
20 July 2004	St Mirren	H	3-1	Ronald(2);Russell
24 July 2004	Macclesfield Town	H	0-4		389
27 July 2004	Pollok	A	0-3		250
25 January 2005	St Mirren	H	2-1	Gemmell;Holmes

Appearances

Dumbarton used 25 players for the 41 League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Challenge Cup matches, as detailed below.^[2]

Player	Position	Appearances^[3]	Goals
Derek Allan	DF	5(1)
James Allan	MF	10(2)
Karl Anderson	DF	1
Eddie Annand	FW	24(7)	8
Steven Bonar	MF	20(2)	1
Ryan Borris	FW	8(9)
Chris Boyle	MF	19(7)	2
Mark Bradley	MF	3(14)
Craig Brittain	DF	37(1)
Mark Dempsie	DF	14
John Dillon	MF	31(5)	5
Ian Dobbins	DF	28(2)
Barry Donald	MF	24(4)	1
Robert Dunn	MF	9(7)	3
John Gemmell	FW	8(8)	2
Stephen Grindlay	GK	35
Gordon Herd	FW	2(2)
Graeme Holmes	MF	8(4)	1
Craig McEwan	DF	36	5
Chris McGroarty	MF	4(3)
James McKinstry	DF	33(4)	2
Andy Rodgers	FW	19(17)	6
Paul Ronald	FW	22(5)	1
Iain Russell	FW	29(8)	13
Robert Walker	DF	16
John Wight	GK	6

References

↑ Bell's Scottish Football Review 2005/06. Burford: CRE8. 2005. ISBN 0-9548556-1-2.
↑ 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

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2004–05 in Scottish football

« 2003–04 2005–06 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League 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 (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)

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Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir

Major transfer deals 2004–05

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