# 1998–99 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1998–99 was the 115th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 93rd time, the Scottish Cup for the 104th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 52nd time.

## Overview

Following three successive seasons of failure, Dumbarton produced what would be a marginally better league performance. Indeed, up until the beginning of April it was still technically possible for Dumbarton to have gained promotion, but in the end ran out of games. The season was improved by an end of season streak which saw 7 wins taken from the last 9 games, and eventually a 4th place was achieved. The winning run coincided with Ian Wallace's replacement by Jimmy Brown as manager, this following a suspension and subsequent internal investigation.
In the national cup competitions, it was a return to first round exits. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Livingston after a creditable drawn match.
In the League Cup, there was a disappointing first round defeat to Alloa Athletic.
Note that due to the lack of sponsorship, the Scottish Challenge Cup was not played.
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton managed a draw from two ties and thus failed to reach the final.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season Matches
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 2 | Stenhousemuir (P) | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 64 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 3 | Brechin City | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 58 | |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 57 | |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 44 | |

## Player statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Third Division | Third Division | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Derek Barnes | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Peter Dennison | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Kenny Meechan | 34 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Brittain | 26 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Bruce | 17 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Currie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul Finnigan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stevie Gow | 12 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Grace | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Jack | 38 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin Melvin | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Reid | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Stewart | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Barry Wilkinson | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alan Brown | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Harvey | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy Melvin | 33 | 3 | 24+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Wilson | 38 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Bradford | 4 | 2 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Flannery | 35 | 18 | 33+0 | 17 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Martin Glancy | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Toby King | 31 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Colin McKinnon | 30 | 3 | 27+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Keith Millar | 11 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Martin Mooney | 32 | 4 | 28+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Robertson | 28 | 8 | 21+5 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lee Sharp | 18 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Chris Smith | 10 | 3 | 3+6 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Transfers
## Trivia

* The League match against Brechin City on 12 September marked Lee Sharp's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 112th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* The League match against Cowdenbeath on 7 November marked Toby King's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 113th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.