# 2010–11 Dumbarton F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Dumbarton's second consecutive season in the Scottish Second Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Third Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Dumbarton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Dumbarton finished seventh in the Second Division. They reached the first of the Scottish Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

Dumbarton began the 2010–11 season under the management of Jim Chapman. On 27 October 2010, Chapman resigned as manager, with Alan Adamson being appointed as interim manager. In April 2011, after six months as interim manager Adamson was appointed on a permanent basis.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season Matches
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | East Fife | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 52 | |
| 6 | Airdrie United | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 48 | |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 40 | |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 38 | |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |

## Player statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Second Division | Second Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Stephen Grindlay | 33 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Michael White | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Chisholm | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | James Creaney | 26 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Nicky Devlin | 24 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ben Gordon | 34 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jordan Halsman | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jonathan Lindsay | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin McGowan | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Allan McManus | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul Nugent | 34 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stirling Smith | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tony Wallace | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Carcary | 24 | 4 | 8+14 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Chaplain | 11 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alan Cook | 11 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Geggan | 37 | 5 | 33+1 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Gilhaney | 29 | 9 | 24+5 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig McLeish | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Martin McNiff | 30 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan McStay | 33 | 2 | 25+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graham Wilson | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kieran Brannan | 16 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ross Campbell | 20 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Roddy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul Maxwell | 9 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ryan Metcalfe | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jon McShane | 31 | 13 | 25+4 | 13 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gary Smith | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Patrick Walker | 24 | 9 | 24+0 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan White | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Transfers
## Trivia

* The League match against Arbroath on 26 February marked Stephen Grindlay's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 30th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
* The League match against East Fife on 30 October marked Ben Gordon's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 131st Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.