2012–13 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
2012–13 season
Chairman	Alan Jardine
Manager	Alan Adamson (Until 22 October 2012); Ian Murray (From 22 November 2012)
Stadium	Dumbarton Football Stadium
First Division	Seventh place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to Queen of the South
League Cup	Second round, lost to Livingston
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Hamilton Academical
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jim Lister (12); All: ; Jim Lister (15)
Highest home attendance	1,528 vs Partick Thistle First Division, 4 May 2013
Lowest home attendance	446 vs East Stirlingshire Scottish Cup, 3 November 2012
Average home league attendance	League: 928
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Dumbarton's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season.^[3] Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Season[edit]

Dumbarton finished seventh in the Scottish First Division.^[4] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,^[5] the second round of the League Cup^[6] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.^[7]

Management[edit]

They began the season under the management of Alan Adamson.^[8] But on 22 October 2012, Adamson was sacked by the club following what was deemed a number of unacceptable results.^[9] Jack Ross took over as interim manager following Adamson's departure, while the club looked for a replacement.^[9] On 22 November, Ian Murray was appointed as player-manager.^[10] Jack Ross was named as his assistant, and he remained in charge for their game that weekend against Dunfermline Athletic.^[11]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season[edit]

10 July 2012^[12] Friendly (Closed Door)	Dumbarton	2 – 1	Brechin City
19:15	Fleming Lister	Report

14 July 2012^[12] Friendly (Closed Door)	Dumbarton	0 – 0	Queen's Park
		Report

17 July 2012^[12] Friendly (Closed Door)	Dumbarton	3 – 3	Albion Rovers
	Lister Agnew	Report

21 July 2012^[12] Friendly	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Clydebank	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Gilhaney 41' Lister McDougall 58' Prunty 73'	Report	Strachan 31'	Referee: Anderson

24 July 2012^[12] Friendly	Dumbarton	0 – 0	St Mirren	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		Dumbarton Report Report		Referee: Cook

Scottish First Division[edit]

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	4 – 1	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Boyle 14', 25', 31' Di Giacomo 88'	SFL Report	Lister 62'	Attendance: 897 Referee: Beaton

18 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 3	Cowdenbeath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Coult 9' Stewart 17' McKenzie 82' (Penalty)	Attendance: 695 Referee: Muir

25 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 16' Erskine 63' Bannigan 70'	SFL Report		Attendance: 2,944 Referee: Finnie

1 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
15:00	Archie Campbell 43', 54' (Penalty), 76'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Madden

15 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Kirk 41' Jordan 52'	Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Madden

22 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3 – 3	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Kilday 34' (Own goal) Lister 73' Prunty 77'	Report	Crawford 21' Keatings 88', 95'	Attendance: 695 Referee: McKendrick

29 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Livingston	5 – 0	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	McNulty 9', 36' Barr 12' Booth 65' Jacobs 77'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Salmond

6 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Dumbarton	Stark's Park
15:00	Graham 23' Spence 69'	SFL Report	Lister 52' Prunty 90'	Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Tumilty

20 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 2	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Taylor 16' Weatherston 32'	Attendance: 1,041 Referee: Finnie

27 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3 – 4	Airdrie United	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Prunty 23' Lister 27' McDougall 75'	SFL Report	Stallard 65' Watt 68' Forsyth 89' (o.g.) Blockley 90+5'	Attendance: 774 Referee: Collum

10 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Cowdenbeath	0 – 1	Dumbarton	Central Park
15:00		SFL Report	Gilhaney 29'	Attendance: 415 Referee: Tumilty

17 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	1 – 5	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Prunty 84'	SFL Report	Hardie 3' (pen.), 17' Weatherson 37', 61' Graham 54'	Attendance: 1,188 Referee: O'Reilly

24 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	Dumbarton	East End Park
15:00	Falkingham 31' Graham 37' (Own goal) Wallace 69' (pen.) Cardle 90'	SFL Report	Grindlay 67'	Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Roache

8 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P – P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report

15 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	P – P	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		BBC Report

18 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P – P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45		SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to Scottish Cup

22 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	P – P	Raith Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch^[13]

29 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	3 – 4	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Taylor 43', 86', 89' Dods 67'	SFL Report	Lister 45+2', 79' Agnew 67' (pen.), 76' Creaney 82'	Attendance: 3,097 Referee: Salmond

2 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	0 – 3	Dumbarton	Cappielow
15:00		SFL Report	Fleming 32' Agnew 39' Prunty 79'	Attendance: 2,414 Referee: Beaton

5 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Barrowman 1'	Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Brines

12 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Balatoni 21' (Own goal) Prunty 63'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Roache

19 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	1 – 2	Dumbarton	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Donnelly 11'	SFL Report	McCusker 24' Lister 33'	Attendance: 844 Referee: Murray

26 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Turner 34' Gilhaney 56' Page 90+1' (Own goal)	SFL Report	May 60'	Attendance: 878 Referee: Muir

2 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3 – 4	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Gilhaney 71' Lithgow 90' Prunty 90+4'	BBC Report	Russell 43', 82' Scougall 47' Morton 86'	Attendance: 744 Referee: McKendrick

9 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2 – 3	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Morton 22' Russell 45+2' (pen.)	SFL Report	Prunty 4' Graham 23' Agnew 69' (pen.) Gilhaney 79'	Attendance: 1,170 Referee: Robertson

16 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	3 – 2	Dumbarton	Stark's Park
15:00	Walker 39' Clarke 52' Graham 90'	SFL Report	Prunty 45+2', 58'	Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Charleston

23 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 2	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Grant 25' Weatherston 30'	Attendance: 997 Referee: Somers

26 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	P – P	Raith Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:45		BBC Report

2 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	2 – 2	Cowdenbeath	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Prunty 66' Agnew 84'	SFL Report	Stevenson 11' Moore 90'	Attendance: 742 Referee: Tumilty

9 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Lawless 9', 74' Doolan 81'	SFL Report		Attendance: 2,715 Referee: Brines

12 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P – P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

16 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 3	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Tidser 32' Hardie 38' MacDonald 81'	Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Robertson

23 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 4	Dumbarton	East End Park
15:00	Wallace 41' Barrowman 49', 56'	SFL Report	McDougall 51', 84' Turner 59' Agnew 65'	Attendance: 3,409^[14] Referee: Muir

27 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	4 – 2	Raith Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30	Lister 36', 64', 84' Agnew 70' (pen.)	SFL Report	Spence 4' G.Anderson 25'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Madden

30 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2 – 3	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Fisher 34' Ryan 63' May 87'	SFL Report	McDougall 24' Agnew 48' McGinn 84'	Attendance: 943 Referee: Murray

2 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45	May 79', 85'	SFL Report	Lister 12'	Attendance: 775 Referee: Charleston

6 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 3	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Lander 32' Watson 46' Mullen 77'	Attendance: 705 Referee: Collum

9 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	1 – 2	Raith Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30	Gilhaney 70'	SFL Report	Spence 14' Graham 75'	Attendance: 553 Referee: Somers

16 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	1 – 3	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium
19:45	Taylor 33'	SFL Report	Gilhaney 19' Fleming 21', 65'	Attendance: 2,288 Referee: McKendrick

20 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Airdrie United	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Graham 6' McGinn 43' McDougall 48' Agnew 74'	SFL Report	Buchanan 64'	Attendance: 828 Referee: Salmond

27 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Cowdenbeath	2 – 3	Dumbarton	Central Park
15:00	Moore 15' Miller 88'	SFL Report	Agnew 35', 44' (pen.) Lister 39'	Attendance: 659 Referee: Finnie

4 May 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Beaton

Ramsdens Cup[edit]

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Dumbarton	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Clark 69'	Attendance: 684 Referee: Hilland

Scottish Communities League Cup[edit]

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1	Dumbarton	2 – 0	Albion Rovers	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Prunty 45' Lister 84'	SFL Report		Attendance: 479 Referee: Salmond

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2	Livingston	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell 39' (Penalty) Barr 96' Easton 102'	SFL Report	Lister 36' Gilhaney 110'	Attendance: 493 Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup[edit]

3 November 2012 Scottish Cup round 3	Dumbarton	4 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Graham 13' Lister 45' Prunty 76' Lithgow 89'	BBC Report	Greenhill 44'	Attendance: 446 Referee: Charleston

1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		BBC Report

4 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

10 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

12 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

17 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	1 – 3	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30	Turner 58' 78'	BBC Report	Crawford 24' Devlin 41' Gillespie 75'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Madden

Stirlingshire Cup[edit]

8 September 2012 Semi Final	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Stirling Albion	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Lister Lister Lister 80'	[1]		Attendance: 200

23 July 2013 Final	Dumbarton	3 – 2	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium
	Gilhaney 15' McCallum 31' Prunty 32'	[2]	Bia-Bi 66' Blair 68'	Attendance: 323 Referee: Kevin Graham

Player statistics[edit]

Captains[edit]

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	DF	Bryan Prunty		27	Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2013
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.

Squad[edit]

Last updated 5 May 2013^[15]^[16]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Jamie Ewings	16	0	14+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	SCO	Stephen Grindlay	28	0	22+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	James Creaney	27	0	18+6	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Nicky Devlin	19	0	15+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ross Forsyth	16	0	9+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Graham	35	3	30+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
	DF	SCO	Josh Horne	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Alan Lithgow	36	2	29+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
	DF	SCO	Jamie Lyden	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jason Marr	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Paul McGinn	14	2	14+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Nicoll	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Smith	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stuart Urquhart	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Agnew	41	11	33+3	11	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Adam Asghar	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Garry Fleming	33	3	26+2	3	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ross Forbes	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Gilhaney	38	6	30+3	5	1+0	0	1+1	1	1+1	0
	MF	SCO	Phil Johnston	13	0	4+5	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Lamont	27	0	11+12	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
	MF	SCO	Steven McDougall	35	5	24+6	5	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Gary McKell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Martin McNiff	11	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ryan Metcalfe	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Nick Phinn	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Reese Pearson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Glenn Thomson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NIR	Chris Turner	30	3	28+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Jim Lister	39	15	30+4	12	1+0	0	2+0	2	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Marc McCusker	9	1	1+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Bryan Prunty	39	13	22+12	11	1+0	0	2+0	1	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Owen Ronald	6	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Patrick Walker	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2013

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	First Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	GK	Jamie Ewings	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	Stephen Grindlay	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	James Creaney	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	DF	Nicky Devlin	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Ross Forsyth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Andy Graham	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
	DF	Josh Horne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Alan Lithgow	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	DF	Jamie Lyden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Paul McGinn	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	Kevin Nicoll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Scott Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	Stuart Urquhart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Scott Agnew	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	Adam Asghar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ross Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Garry Fleming	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
	MF	Mark Gilhaney	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Phil Johnston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Mark Lamont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Steven McDougall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Gary McKell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Martin McNiff	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Ryan Metcalfe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Nick Phinn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Reese Pearson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Glenn Thomson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Chris Turner	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
	FW	Jim Lister	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
	FW	Marc McCusker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Bryan Prunty	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	Owen Ronald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Patrick Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Robbie Winters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
5	Hamilton Academical	36	14	9	13	52	45	+7	51
6	Raith Rovers	36	11	13	12	45	48	−3	46
7	Dumbarton	36	13	4	19	58	83	−25	43
8	Cowdenbeath	36	8	12	16	51	65	−14	36
9	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	36	14	7	15	62	59	+3	34^[a]	Qualification for the First Division Play-offs

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.^[17]

Division summary[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D
Position	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	7^[a]	7	7	7	7

^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.^[19]

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2013. Source: ^[18]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers[edit]

Players in[edit]

Player	From	Fee
Jim Lister	Brechin City	Free^[20]
Phil Johnston	Airdrie United	Free^[20]
Andy Graham	Greenock Morton	Free^[21]
Ross Forsyth	Greenock Morton	Free^[22]
Steven McDougall	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[23]
Garry Fleming	Irvine Meadow XI	Free^[24]
Mark Lamont	St Mirren	Loan^[25]
Nicky Devlin	Motherwell	Loan^[26]
Chris Turner	Shamrock Rovers	Free^[27]
Marc McCusker	Queen of the South	Free^[28]
Scott Smith	Hibernian	Loan^[29]
Mark Lamont	St Mirren	Free^[30]
Paul McGinn	St Mirren	Loan^[31]
Owen Ronald	Queen's Park^[32]	Free^[33]
Nick Phinn	Stranraer	Free^[34]
Stuart Urquhart	Rangers	Loan^[35]
Adam Asghar	Motherwell	Loan^[36]
Robbie Winters	Peterhead	Free^[37]

Players out[edit]

Player	To	Fee
Adam Monaghan	Queen's Park^[38]	Free^[39]
Robert Connelly	Free Agent	Free^[39]
David Gray	Montrose^[40]	Free^[39]
Ryan Borris	Stranraer^[41]	Free^[39]
Paul Nugent	Free Agent	Free^[39]
Graeme Ramage	Annan Athletic^[42]	Free^[39]
Kieran Brannan	Albion Rovers^[43]	Free^[39]
Arlan Kadina Mptata	Free Agent	Free^[39]
Arnaud Gastal	Free Agent	Free^[44]
Tony Wallace	Greenock Morton	Undisclosed^[45]
Craig Dargo	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[46]
Grant Howarth	Beith Juniors^[47]	Free^[48]
Phil Johnston	Stirling Albion	Loan^[49]
Kevin Nicoll	Clyde	Loan^[50]
Jamie Lyden	Clyde	Loan^[50]
Martin McNiff	Annan Athletic	Loan^[51]
Ross Forsyth	Stirling Albion	Loan^[52]
Patrick Walker	Albion Rovers^[53]	Free^[54]
Marc McCusker	Clyde	Loan^[55]
Gary McKell	Free Agent	Free^[56]
Robbie Winters	Free Agent	Free^[56]

Factfile[edit]

* The League match against Dunfermline Athletic on 23 March marked Mark Gilhaney's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 133rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

References[edit]

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[table_hth_DNF0.14231691097017-18] Dunfermline Athletic were deducted 15 points for entering administration.^[17]

[note3_rnd_32-21] Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.^[19]

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