| 2019–20 season | |||
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| Chairman | John Steele | ||
| Manager | Jim Duffy | ||
| Stadium | C&G Systems Stadium | ||
| Challenge Cup | First round (lost to St Mirren Colts) | ||
| League Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round (lost to Aberdeen) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 279 (vsSt Mirren Colts, August 13 2019) | ||
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Season 2019–20 was Dumbarton's second in the third tier of Scottish football having finished sixth in the division in 2018–19. Dumbarton will also compete in the Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Dumbarton's first transfer business of the 2019–20 season saw defender Cammy Ballantyne leave the club for Montrose.[1] Ballantyne was followed by Craig Barr and Brian McLean who turned down new deals, along with Grant Adam, Willie Dyer, Ross Perry, Michael Paton and Ryan Thomson who were released at the end of their contracts.[2] After lengthy negotiations it was eventually revealed on May 29 that Jim Duffy would remain as the club's manager - having guided the club from a relegation battle to sixth place in Scottish League One the previous season.[3] The same day the club were drawn against Motherwell. Greenock Morton, Queen of the South and Annan Athletic in the group stages of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup.[4] The following day club captain Ross Forbes departed for Forfar Athletic.[5] On May 31 the club announced their first two signings of the summer - with Stefan McCluskey[6] and Morgyn Neill[7] signing from Pollok and Stenhousemuir respectively.
June opened with Bobby Barr leaving the club to join Lowland League outfit East Stirlingshire.[8] Shortly after Kyle Hutton became the first member of the previous season's squad to sign-up for the new campaign, inking a new one year deal.[9] Meanwhile friendlies were arranged for July with Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee United and Hamilton Academical.[10][11] Jordan Pettigrew became the club's third signing of the summer, joining from Livingston[12] and he was followed by midfielder Conor Scullion from Cumbernauld United[13] and forward Ryan Tierney from Edusport Academy.[14] Top scorer from the previous two season Calum Gallagher departed the club for Airdrieonians however.[15] The following day Isaac Layne became the club's sixth new signing of the window[16] whilst goalkeeper Conor Brennan also agreed a new deal.[17] Player of the Year Stuart Carswell was next to renew his contract, penning a new one-year deal.[18]
Defender Jordan McMillan was the club's next addition,[19] signing on the same day as the club's first pre-season match with Dunfermline Athletic was cancelled.[20] Defender Lewis Crawford was next to sign up, joining from junior side Petershill.[21] He made his debut the following day, in a 3-2 victory against Dundee United with all three goals coming from trialists - Muhammadu Faal, Joe McKee and Mati Zata.[22] The Sons final pre-season game ended in defeat, 2-0 to a young Hamilton Academical side. On July 11, just two days before the start of the Scottish League Cup, Duffy added four players: Mati Zata, Ruaridh Langan, PJ Crossan and Rico Quitongo to his squad.[23] The club's new kit was revealed the following day, with a return to a yellow and black home kit after seven seasons in white and gold.[24] Ryan McGeever then became the Sons 13th signing of the summer.[25] The competitive season started with a 1-0 victory against Annan Athletic with Ryan Tierney scoring the only goal of the game.[26] On Monday July 15 Matthew Shiels became the club's first loan signing of the summer, joining on a deal until January 2020.[27] After a heavy defeat to Greenock Morton in the Scottish League Cup Duffy moved into the transfer market again - signing Joe McKee on a one-year deal.[28] The League Cup campaign ended with defeats to Queen of the South and Motherwell.
Before the start of the new season Rory Loy left the club having not made an appearance for 11 months following a serious back injury.[29] The Sons league season opened with a 1-0 defeat to Raith Rovers. A heavy defeat to Falkirk followed, before a humiliating defeat to St Mirren under-21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup. The Sons recorded their first victory of the new season on August 17, coming from 2-0 down to defeat Peterhead 3-2 at Balmoor Stadium thanks to goals from Ruaridh Langan, PJ Crossan and Isaac Layne. Prior to the next game against Stranraer Reghan Tumilty became the club's 16th signing of the summer, joining on loan until January from Greenock Morton.[30] Tumility scored his first goal for the club in the afternoon, with Layne continuing his good from with a brace as Sons recorded a first home win of the campaign. The game also marked Stuart Carswell's 100th Dumbarton appearance. The month ended with a 2-1 victory against Montrose, where Layne again scored a double.
September opened with defeat to Airdrieonians. That was followed by a 2-2 draw with East Fife where Ryan McGeever scored his first goal for the club, with Isaac Layne taking his total to six for the season from the penalty spot. A defeat to Clyde followed, before Adam Frizzell became the club's 17th signing of the summer - joining on loan from Kilmarnock.[31]
Frizzell made his debut in a 3-1 victory against Forfar Athletic where he scored twice, meaning that the Sons ended the first quarter of the season in fifth place with 13 points from their first nine games. Two more positive results followed to ensure that the Sons ended the month undefeated, a 0-0 draw with Stranraer and a 1-0 victory against Peterhead with Ryan McGeever scoring his second goal of the campaign.
November began with a 3-1 defeat to Airdrieonians, with Calum Gallagher giving the hosts the lead after just 27 seconds. Another defeat followed, this time by four goals to two at home to East Fife. A 1-1 draw with Falkirk saw Isaac Layne score for the first time since September - with his 30th minute strike being cancelled out by Declan McManus's injury time penalty. Before the next game Lewis Crawford and Mati Zata left the club on loan, joining Junior side Rossvale until January.[32]
A 2-0 home defeat to Montrose opened December, before a 4-3 comeback victory against Forfar Athletic where Sons had been 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 down but came back to win with strikes from Joe McKee, Reghan Tumilty and a PJ Crossan brace. Defender Jordan McMillan was next leave, joining Pollok on a short-term loan,[33] before the Sons defeated table-topping Raith RoversatStark's Park with goals from Crossan and Ryan McGeever. The year ended with a 1-1 draw against Stranraer where the Sons were able to name just one outfield sub. Ryan Tierney, on his first start since August, got the goal.
January began with Mati Zata and Lewis Crawford being recalled from their loan spell with Rossvale[34] after an injury crisis left the duo as the only outfield substitutes for the 3-0 defeat to Falkirk. Dumbarton's squad then took another hit when defender Reghan Tumilty returned to Greenock Morton at the end of his loan spell.[35] The following week a waterlogged pitch caused the postponement of a home tie with Clyde.[36] Callum Wilson became the first signing of the winter window, joining from Partick Thistle.[37] A controversial late penalty then saw the Sons exit the Scottish Cup at the hands of Aberdeen. Sam Wardrop became the club's second signing of the window, joining for a second loan spell on January 23 - this time on a temporary deal from Dundee United until the end of the season.[38] Wardrop debuted two days later in a 1-0 defeat to Peterhead that left the Sons without a win, or a goal, in the month of January. After the match Jim Duffy confirmed that winger Conor Scullion was to leave the club.[39] Two days later assistant manager Craig McPherson left the club[40] and was replaced by former Dundee manager Barry Smith.[41] Jai Quitongo became the club's second signing of the winter, joining after leaving Persian Gulf Pro League side Machine Sazi.[42]
| Player | To | League | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cammy Ballantyne
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Montrose | Scottish League One | Free |
| Craig Barr
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Cowdenbeath | Scottish League Two | Free |
| Grant Adam
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Downfield | SJFA North Region Superleague | Free |
 Brian McLean
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Greenock Morton | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Ross Perry
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Darvel | SJFA West Region Championship | Free |
| Michael Paton
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Queen of the South | Scottish Championship | Free |
| Ryan Thomson
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Stranraer | Scottish League One | Free |
| Willie Dyer
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East Stirlingshire | Scottish Lowland League | Free |
| Ross Forbes
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Forfar Athletic | Scottish League One | Free |
| Bobby Barr
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East Stirlingshire | Scottish Lowland League | Free |
| Calum Gallagher
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Airdrieonians | Scottish League One | Free |
| Iain Russell
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Pollok | SJFA West Region Premiership | Free |
| Rory Loy
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Free agent | Free | |
 Boris Melingui
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Free agent | Free | |
| Lewis Crawford
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Rossvale | SJFA West Region Premiership | Loan |
 Mati Zata
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Rossvale | SJFA West Region Premiership | Loan |
| Jordan McMillan
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Pollok | SJFA West Region Premiership | Loan |
| Conor Scullion
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Free agent | Free |
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
| 6 July 2019 Friendly | Dumbarton | 3 - 2 | Dundee United | Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Muhammadu Faal (T)  48', Joe McKee (T) 65', Mati Zata (T) 80' |
Report | Lawrence Shankland 58',Louis Appéré 77' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 9 July 2019 Friendly | Dumbarton | 0 - 2 | Hamilton Academical | Dumbarton |
| 19:30 | Report | Cunningham 2', Breen 44' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Referee: Colin Steven |
| 3 August 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Grant Anderson 79' |
Attendance: 870 Referee: Duncan Williams Man of the Match: Stefan McCluskey |
| 10 August 2019 League One | Falkirk | 6 – 0 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
| 15:00 | Conor Sammon 7', 53', Declan McManus 11', 34', 42', Charlie Telfer 38' |
Report | Referee: Graham Beaton |
| 17 August 2019 League One | Peterhead | 2 – 3 | Dumbarton | Balmoor Stadium |
| 15:00 | Gary Fraser 3', Jason Brown 36' |
Report | Ruaridh Langan 42', PJ Crossan 68', Isaac Layne 79' |
Attendance: 688 Referee: David Dickinson |
| 24 August 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 3 – 1 | Stranraer | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Isaac Layne 25' 76', Reghan Tumilty 63' |
Report | Leon Murphy 20' |
Attendance: 583 Referee: Barry Cook Man of the Match: Isaac Layne |
| 31 August 2019 League One | Montrose | 1 – 2 | Dumbarton | Links Park |
| 15:00 | Blair Lyons 75' |
Report | Isaac Layne 21' 34' |
Attendance: 480 Referee: Peter Stuart |
| 14 September 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 0 – 1 | Airdrieonians | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Paul McKay 44' |
Attendance: 813 Referee: Steven Kirkland Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton |
| 21 September 2019 League One | East Fife | 2 – 2 | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
| 15:00 | Stewart Murdoch 58', Scott Agnew 73' (pen.) |
Report | Ryan McGeever 38', Isaac Layne 48' (pen.) |
Attendance: 719 Referee: Lloyd Wilson |
| 28 September 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 1 – 2 | Clyde | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | PJ Crossan 41' |
Report | Chris McStay 61' Chris Johnston 75' |
Attendance: 851 Referee: Steven Reid Man of the Match: Stuart Carswell |
| 5 October 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 3 – 1 | Forfar Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Morgyn Neill 11', Adam Frizzell 28' 34' |
Report | Jordan Kirkpatrick 48' |
Attendance: 532 Referee: David Dickinson Man of the Match: Adam Frizzell |
| 19 October 2019 League One | Stranraer | 0 – 0 | Dumbarton | Stair Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 289 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 26 October 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 1 – 0 | Peterhead | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Ryan McGeever 54' |
Report | Attendance: 600 Referee: Steven Kirkland Man of the Match: Ryan McGeever |
| 2 November 2019 League One | Airdrieonians | 3 – 1 | Dumbarton | Excelsior Stadium |
| 15:00 | Calum Gallagher 1', Dale Carrick 35' 39' |
Report | Reghan Tumilty 16' |
Attendance: 727 Referee: Craig Napier Man of the Match: Dale Carrick |
| 9 November 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 2 – 4 | East Fife | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Ryan McGeever 33', OG 38' |
Report | Danny Denholm 8', Liam Watt 30' 65', Steven Boyd 54' |
Attendance: 702 Referee: Chris Graham Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton |
| 16 November 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Isaac Layne 30' |
Report | Declan McManus 90' (Pen.) |
Attendance: 982 Referee: Barry Cook Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton |
| 30 November 2019 League One | Clyde | 1 – 2 | Dumbarton | Broadwood Stadium |
| 15:00 | Chris Johnston 7' |
Report | Joe McKee 17', Isaac Layne 48' |
Attendance: 721 Referee: Chris Graham |
| 7 December 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 0 – 2 | Montrose | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Andrew Steeves 35', OG 76' |
Attendance: 459 Referee: David Munro |
| 14 December 2019 League One | Forfar Athletic | 3 – 4 | Dumbarton | Station Park |
| 15:00 | Michael Travis 2' 29', Dale Hilson 45' (pen.) |
Report | Joe McKee 22', PJ Crossan 44', 73', Reghan Tumilty 58' |
Attendance: 431 Referee: Scott Lambie Man of the Match: Michael Travis |
| 21 December 2019 League One | Raith Rovers | 0 – 2 | Dumbarton | Stark's Park |
| 15:00 | Report | PJ Crossan 28', Ryan McGeever 41' |
Attendance: 1504 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 28 December 2019 League One | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Stranraer | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Ryan Tierney 85' |
Report | James Hilton 88' |
Attendance: 656 Referee: Barry Cook Man of the Match: Kyle Hutton |
| 4 January 2020 League One | Falkirk | 3 – 0 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
| 15:00 | Charlie Telfer 38', Declan McManus 63' 85' |
Report | Attendance: 3807 Referee: Euan Anderson Man of the Match: Morgaro Gomis |
| TBC 2020 League One | Dumbarton | – | Clyde | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 |
| 26 January 2020 League One | Peterhead | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | Balmoor Stadium |
| 15:00 | Ben Armour 82' |
Report | Attendance: 531 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 1 February 2020 League One | East Fife | – | Dumbarton | Bayview Stadium |
| 15:00 |
| 23 November 2019 Third round | Dumbarton | 3 - 1 | Forfar Athletic | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Adam Frizzell 9', Ryan McGeever 72', Isaac Layne 78' |
Report | Callum Tapping 20' |
Attendance: 424 Referee: Chris Fordyce |
| 18 January 2020 Fourth round | Aberdeen | 1 - 0 | Dumbarton | Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Sam Cosgrove 86' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,010 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
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| 13 July 2018 Group stage | Annan Athletic | 0 – 1 | Dumbarton | Annan |
| 15:00 | Report | Ryan Tierney 63' |
Stadium: Galabank Stadium Attendance: 264 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 16 July 2018 Group stage | Greenock Morton | 6 - 1 | Dumbarton | Greenock |
| 19:45 | OG 15', Peter Grant 17', Kyle Jacobs 23', Lewis Strapp 31', John Sutton 45', Bob McHugh 69' |
Report | Morgyn Neill 63' |
Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,257 |
| 20 July 2018 Group stage | Dumbarton | 1 - 4 | Queen of the South | Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | PJ Crossan 8' |
Report | Michael Paton 10', Gary Oliver 13', Stephen Dobbie 18', Connor Murray 22' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 27 July 2018 Group stage | Dumbarton | 0 - 2 | Motherwell | Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Report | Christian Ilić 42', Peter Hartley 76' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 13 August 2019 2nd round | Dumbarton | 0 – 1 | St Mirren U21s | Dumbarton |
| 19:45 | Report | Josh Jacks 31' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 279 Referee: Craig Napier |
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| # | Position | Player | Starts | Subs | Unused subs | Goals |
Red cards  |
Yellow cards 
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| 1 | GK | Conor Brennan |
25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Stuart Carswell |
23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | DF | Lewis Crawford |
8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | PJ Crossan |
21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Adam Frizzell |
10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Kyle Hutton |
26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Ruaridh Langan |
15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | FW |  Isaac Layne |
16 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | FW | Rory Loy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Stefan McCluskey |
17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | Ryan McGeever |
25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Joe McKee |
23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | Jordan McMillan |
5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Morgyn Neill |
28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | GK | Jordan Pettigrew |
3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TBC | FW | Jai Quitongo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rico Quitongo |
24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Conor Scullion |
6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Matthew Shiels |
4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ryan Tierney |
9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Reghan Tumilty |
17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | DF | Sam Wardrop |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Callum Wilson |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Mati Zata |
4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
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| 6 | MF | Stuart Carswell |
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| 8 | MF | Kyle Hutton |
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Last updated: As of match played 25 January 2020
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.
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