Season 1999–2000 was the 116th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 94th time, the Scottish Cup for the 105th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 53rd time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the ninth time.
Overview The 1999-2000 season marked the last that the club would play at Boghead Park. The ground, which opened in 1879, was the oldest stadium in Scotland in continuous use, before being sold to accommodate a housing development. The following season the club would move into their new stadium, now known as The Rock.
The season itself was unremarkable. Three promotion places were up for grabs due to the addition of Elgin City and Peterhead the following season, however despite an encouraging start there was never a real chance of a top three finish and in the end a midtable 6th place was achieved. It would be the final game however that would define the whole campaign. As it was a crowd in excess of 3,000 turned out to bid farewell to the old ground and with it a fine victory over promoted East Fife.
In the national cup competitions, there was little to cheer. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Stenhousemuir in the second round.
In the League Cup, after a win over Brechin City, Dundee would easily dispatch Dumbarton in the second round.
With newfound sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was re-instated, but the same old failures beset Dumbarton - yet another first round defeat, this time to Airdrie.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton lost their two group ties.
Results & fixtures
Scottish Third Division
Bell's Challenge Cup
CIS League Cup
Tennent's Scottish Cup
Stirlingshire Cup
Friendlies
League table
Player statistics Squad
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromDate Hugh Ward East Stirling 26 May 1999 Michael Dickie Dundee 11 Jun 1999 Scott McHarg Partick Thistle 23 Jun 1999 Andy Brown Clydebank 21 Jul 1999 John Dillon Clyde 30 Jul 1999 John McCormack Alloa Athletic 30 Jul 1999 Chris Templeman Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 17 Sep 1999 John Bradford Ayr United (loan) 23 Oct 1999 Kevin McCann Partick Thistle (loan) 26 Nov 1999 Dave Stewart Ayr United 1 Dec 1999 Hrienn Hringsson KA Akureyri 11 Dec 1999 Chris Gentile Dundee United 25 Feb 2000 Willie Watters Stenhousemuir (loan) 25 Feb 2000 Steven Bonar Albion Rovers 30 Mar 2000
Players out PlayerToDate Willie Wilson Cowdenbeath 23 Jul 1999 Chris Ewing Clydebank 30 Jul 1999 Martin Mooney Stenhousemuir 31 Jul 1999 Colin McKinnon Stenhousemuir 13 Mar 1999 Peter Dennison Vale of Leven Stevie Gow Vale of Leven Keith Millar Oban Saints David Reid Cumnock Barry Wilkinson Cumnock
Youth Team Dumbarton played an under 19 team in the Scottish Youth Division B, and with 6 wins and 4 draws from 26 games, finished 9th of 10.
Trivia The League match against Albion Rovers on 8 August marked Kenny Meechan's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 114th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
See also 1999–2000 in Scottish football
References
External links Derek Barnes (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Paul Finnegan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Alan Brown (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Hrienn Hringsson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Chris Smith (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive) Scottish Football Historical Archive