Dumbarton FC

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Dumbarton FC
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Basic data
Surname Dumbarton Football Club
Seat Dumbarton , Scotland
founding 1872
president ScotlandScotland Alan Jardine, Colin Hosie
Website dumbartonfootballclub.com
First soccer team
Head coach ScotlandScotland Alan Adamson
Venue Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
Places 2,025
league Scottish League One
2019/2020 6th place, ( Scottish League One )
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The Dumbarton Football Club is a Scottish football club . The association is based in the town of Dumbarton , West Dunbartonshire . The club's team currently plays in the second-rate Scottish Championship . Dumbarton Football Club is the fourth oldest football club in Scotland after Queen's Park FC (1867), Kilmarnock FC (1869) and Stranraer FC (1870).

history

1872 to 1899

In 1872 a small group of young men founded Dumbarton FC. The association became a member of the SFA as early as 1873 .

The first successes came quickly and Dumbarton was one of the most dominant clubs in Scotland at the end of the 19th century. In 1879 they moved into a permanent home, Boghead Park. In five years, Boghead Park was unbeaten.

In 1883 the club won its first title with the Scottish Cup . They played a total of six times in the final, leaving the field as a loser five times. The Scottish Cup winners met the English Cup winners Blackburn Olympic and won the game 6-1.

In 1890 the Scottish League was introduced and Dumbarton was able to win the title in its first year. At the end of the season they were tied with Rangers FC. The playoff ended 2-2, so the title went to both clubs. In terms of goals and conceded goals, Dumbarton would have been the sole champion. Just a year later, the Dumbarton Football Club was the sole champion with 37 points. In the course of the season, the Rangers brought the highest league defeat in the club's history, when they could be defeated 6-0.

1900 to 2015

In 1911 Dumbarton won the second division, but at that time there was still no athletic promoter. Dumbarton had to remain in the second division. Sports promotion was only introduced in 1921 after the end of the First World War . In this case, however, it was not in Dumbarton's favor, because at the end of the season you had to relegate. It would be 50 years before Dumbarton could play a top division again.

In 1954 the association was almost at an end, a new board had to be elected, and only a fundraising campaign could keep the association alive. When Dumbarton ran into financial difficulties again in the mid-1960s, a local business boss was asked to join the presidium. Through him, more and more professional structures came into the club.

In 1972 they rose to the top division again after almost 60 years with a win on the last day of the match over the Berwick Rangers .

During the 1972/73 season, coach Jackie Stewart moved to St. Johnstone FC . His assistant Alex Wright took over. Dumbarton was only able to save himself from relegation on the last day of the match. In the following years it was possible for Dumbarton for the first time to train and promote his own players. These were players like Murdo MacLeod , Graeme Sharp or Ian Wallace, who was sold for a million pounds .

Due to a restructuring of the league and the associated introduction of the Scottish Premier League, Dumbarton then had to start again in the second division. However, you could reach the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup this season. There you had no chance against the Heart of Midlothian .

In 1983/84 the club rose again to the first division and promptly relegated. From then on, the remaining years in the 1980s were just a struggle for survival. In a very short time they were relegated to the lowest Scottish league. Even when things went up, the club ended up in the lowest league again in 1997/98.

Renewed promotions and relegations followed in the next few years, and at the end of the 2007/08 season they found themselves in eighth place in the fourth division. A year later, they were again promoted to the third division .

In the 2011/12 season, the club rose again to the second division via the promotion playoffs .

Coat of arms and nickname

The club's coat of arms adorns an elephant with a lock behind it. It symbolizes the Dumbarton Rock with the Dumbarton Castle . They say the rock resembles an elephant. The nickname of the association "The Sons" is derived from the term "Sons of the Rock", which means the residents of Dumbarton.

The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium

Stadion

In 1879 the Boghead Park Stadium was inaugurated. Until May 2000 you should play in this stadium, setting a record in British football by playing on the same pitch for 121 years. Since then, the club has played its home games at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium .

successes

Player and coach

Hall of Fame

Recently the club and its fans named their "Best Player of All Time". These players were inducted into a "Hall of Fame".

  • Lawrie Williams
  • Ray Montgomerie
  • Murdo MacLeod
  • Donald McNeill
  • Colin McAdam
  • Albert Craig
  • Tom McAdam
  • Johnny Graham
  • Willie Wallace
  • Kenny Wilson
  • Charlie Gibson

Other players worth mentioning

  • ScotlandScotland Ralph Aitken
  • IrelandIreland Harry Chatton
  • ScotlandScotland Finlay speedie
  • ScotlandScotland Graeme Sharp
  • ScotlandScotland Alex Jackson
  • ScotlandScotland Hughie Gallacher
  • ScotlandScotland John Prentice
  • ScotlandScotland Walter Smith
  • ScotlandScotland Erich Schaedler
  • IrelandIreland Owen Coyle
  • ScotlandScotland Paddy Flannery
  • ScotlandScotland Neill Collins
  • AngolaAngola Jose Quitongo

Coach chronicle

Surname Nat. From To record
P S. U N % Victories
Alan Adamson ScotlandScotland October 2010 50 19th 10 21st
Jim Chapman ScotlandScotland December 2007 October 2010 113 40 27 46 35.39
Gerry McCabe ScotlandScotland June 2006 November 2007 70 27 16 27 38.57
Paul Martin ScotlandScotland December 2004 June 2006 69 12 15th 37 17.39
Brian Fairley ScotlandScotland March 2003 December 2004 75 33 11 31 44.00
David Winnie ScotlandScotland June 2002 March 2003 36 12 6th 18th 33.33
Tom Carson ScotlandScotland October 2000 June 2002 72 34 13 25th 47.22
Jimmy Brown ScotlandScotland March 1999 October 2000 71 27 10 34 38.02
Ian Wallace ScotlandScotland November 1996 March 1999 105 30th 26th 49 28.57
Jim Fallon ScotlandScotland September 1995 November 1996 51 3 6th 42 05.88
Murdo MacLeod ScotlandScotland 1993 September 1995
Billy Lamont ScotlandScotland April 1990
Jim George ScotlandScotland 1988 April 1990
Bertie Auld ScotlandScotland January 1988 April 1990
Mark Clougherty ScotlandScotland January 1988
Alex Totten ScotlandScotland
Derek Whiteford ScotlandScotland May May
Davie Wilson ScotlandScotland August 1985
Billy Lamont ScotlandScotland
Sean Fallon IrelandIreland 1980 1981
Davie Wilson ScotlandScotland May 1977 1980
Alex Wright ScotlandScotland January 1973 May 1977
Jackie Stewart ScotlandScotland November 1968 January 1973
Ian Spence ScotlandScotland October 1968
Willie Toner ScotlandScotland October 1964
Jackie Fearn ScotlandScotland May 1962 September 1984
Bobby Campbell ScotlandScotland April 1961 May 1962
Bobby Combe ScotlandScotland May 1959 November 1960
Peter McGown ScotlandScotland May 1954 April 1959
William Irvine ScotlandScotland June 1950 May 1954
William Guthrie ScotlandScotland August 1946 June 1950
Jackie Milne ScotlandScotland June 1945 August 1946
Jimmy Smith ScotlandScotland January 1939 June 1940
Donald Colman ScotlandScotland 1931
Pat Travers ScotlandScotland May 1921 December 1920
James Collins ScotlandScotland September 1920 May 1921
George Livingston ScotlandScotland March 1919 September 1920
James Collins ScotlandScotland May 1914 March 1919

Web links

Commons : Dumbarton FC  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Explanations and individual evidence

  1. ↑ The championship was shared with Rangers FC. At the end of the season both had 29 points. A playoff between the two clubs ended 2-2