Dumbarton F.C.

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Nickname(s) The Sons Chairman Alan Jardine Manager Stephen Aitken Founded 1872		Ground Capacity 2,020 Website Club home page League Scottish Championship Location Dumbarton, United Kingdom

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Dumbarton Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Dumbarton, Scotland. Founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park (1867), Kilmarnock (1869) and Stranraer (1870), they play home games at the Dumbarton Football Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium, next to Dumbarton Castle.

The club were one of the most successful of the nineteenth century, winning the Scottish Football League in the first two seasons of the competition (the first jointly with Rangers). Since then, the club have spent the majority of their history outside the top flight, and last played at the top level in 1985, thus being the only existing Scottish league champions never to have competed in the Scottish Premier League. The club were the first team (and one of only two) to win at least one league title in each of the four tiers in the Scottish league system.

Stevie Aitken is the club's manager, having been appointed on 27 May 2015.

Colours and Badge

For the 2016–17 season, the team will wear strips from the Joma brand. The home strip is based on the popular strips from the 1970s and early-1980s, an all white kit with single black and gold bands across the front, whilst the away kit is red and black stripes in tribute to the original colours of Dumbarton Athletic.

The clubs' badge features an elephant with a castle on its back, this represents Dumbarton Rock with Dumbarton Castle upon it, based on the historic town crest. Dumbarton Rock, a volcanic plug, is said to resemble an elephant. The teams nickname 'The Sons' is derived from the phrase 'Sons of The Rock', a term used for those born in the town of Dumbarton.

Stadium

Dumbarton play their home games at The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium (commonly referred to as "The Rock" by Supporters). The 2,020 all seated stadium has been used since 2 December 2000. The main (and currently only) stand is overshadowed by Dumbarton Rock & sits aside the banks of the River Leven. The stadium has been named for sponsorship purposes for most of its existence:

Strathclyde Homes Stadium (Dec 2000 – Sep 2011) until the receivership of Strathclyde Homes

Dumbarton Football Stadium (Sep 2011 – Feb 2012)

Dumbarton Football Stadium Sponsored by DL Cameron (Feb 2012 – Jul 2012)

The BetButler Stadium (Jul 2012 – Sep 2014) until the liquidation of BetButler

Dumbarton Football Stadium (Sep 2014 – June 2015)

The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium (Jul 2015–Present)

Prior to December 2000 the team played at Boghead Park from 1879 until the end of the 1999–00 season, 121 years is currently the longest a senior Scottish club has stayed at the same ground. Between May and November 2001, Dumbarton shared Cliftonhill in Coatbridge with Albion Rovers.

In November 2014 the club formally announced its intention to move to a new ground, after only 15 years at their current home, to be situated in what is now Young's Farm to the North of Dumbarton between Dalreoch and Renton just off the A82 by-pass. The proposed new development, which had long been rumoured, will double the existing capacity to 4,000 in a mix of seating and terracing, add additional hospitality and non-footballing facilities, allow for training and community artificial pitches and increase access and parking facilities from the current site. The existing site would be used by Denny Homes to build 180 houses and a walkway along the River Clyde connecting the town centre with Dumbarton Rock.

Supporters

Dumbarton were the first league club in Scotland to have a supporters' trust, which works to strengthen the links between the club and the fans. The trust own a significant number of shares in the club and are currently the fourth largest shareholder. Following a £25,000 direct investment, the trust also has a representative on the club board of directors. The supporters' trust works with the club to produce the match programme & run the club website. As well as those important functions, the trust's main role at the club is that of overseeing commercial activity.

Current squad

As of 21 February 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Hall Of Fame

Recently, the club and its fans named their "best player of all time" and a "Hall of Fame" including:

Lawrie Williams

Ray Montgomerie – 180 app (1981–1988)

Murdo MacLeod – 87 app (1975–1978) and 66 app (1993–1995) as Player/Manager

Donald McNeill

Colin McAdam – 70 app (1969–1975)

Albert Craig – 138 app (1981–1986)

Tom McAdam – 76 app (1970–1975)

Johnny Graham

William Wallace – 84 app (1972–1975)

Kenny Wilson – 74 app (1970–1972)

Charlie Gibson

Managerial history

Manager records for all league, league play-offs, League Cup, Scottish Cup & Challenge Cup games (i.e. not including friendlies & Stirlingshire Cup games)

Permanent managers only. Stats include permanent managers who had initial caretaker spells.

As of match played Saturday 4 March 2017.

Honours

Scottish Football League:

Winners (2): 1890–91, 1891–92

Scottish First Division:

Winners (2): 1910–11, 1971–72

Runners-up (2): 1907–08, 1983–84

Scottish Second Division:

Winners (1): 1991–92

Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Play-Off Winners (1): 2011–12

Scottish Third Division:

Winners (1): 2008–09

Runners-up (1): 2001–02

Scottish Cup:

Winners (1): 1882–83

Runners-up (5): 1880–81, 1881–82, 1886–87, 1890–91, 1896–97

Scottish Qualifying Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1911–12

Scottish Consolation Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1907–08, 1910–11

Scottish Supplementary Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1945–46

Scottish Combination League:

Winners (1): 1905–06

Festival of Britain St. Mungo Quaich:

Winners (1): 1951–52

Oban Saints Keyline Trophy:

Winners (1): 2005–06

Stirlingshire Cup:

Winners (16): 1952–53, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995–96, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13

Runners-up (6): 1969–70, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2001–02, 2011–12

Stirlingshire Consolation Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1950–51

Dumbartonshire Cup

Winners (20): 1884–85 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94, 1894–95, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1914–15, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40

Runners-up (17): 1895–96, 1896–97, 1900–01, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1913–14, 1917–18, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35

Dumbartonshire Association Tournament

Winners (1): 1885–86

League Charity Cup

Winners (1): 1890–91

Glasgow Charity Cup

Runners-up (2): 1881–82, 1884–85

Greenock Charity Cup

Winners (2): 1889–90, 1890–91

Runners-up (2): 1888–89, 1891–92

Dumbartonshire Charity Cup

Winners (5): 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23

Runners-up (3): 1918–19, 1924–25, 1925–26

Clydebank Charity Cup

Runners-up (1): 1918–19

United Abstainers F.C. Gold Cup

Runners-up (1): 1889–90

Scottish Second XI Cup

Winners (1): 1881–82

Runners-up (3): 1883–84, 1886–87, 1889–90

Glasgow & District Reserve League

Runners-up (2): 1942–43 (First Series), 1943–44 (First Series)

Scottish Alliance Reserve League

Winners (1): 1956–57 (First Series)

Runners-up (1): 1956–57 (Second Series)

Combined Reserve League

Winners (1): 1958–59 (Second Series)

Runners-up (1): 1958–59 (First Series)

Scottish Reserve League (West)

Runners-up (1): 1985–86

Glasgow & District Reserve League Cup

Runners-up (1): 1942–43

Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup

Winners (5): 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93

Club records

Biggest win:
(Scottish Cup): 13–2 v Kirkintilloch Central (1 September 1888)

Biggest loss:
Scottish Football League: 1–11 v Albion Rovers (30 January 1926)
Scottish League Cup: 1–11 v Ayr United (13 August 1952)

Biggest home attendance:
Boghead Park: 18,001 v Raith Rovers, (2 March 1957)
Dumbarton Football Stadium: 1,978 v Rangers, (19 September 2015)

Most goals in a season: Kenny Wilson (38), 1971–72

References

Dumbarton F.C. Wikipedia

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