Gordon Lennon Memorial Match

Thank you to the various sources who have publicised the Memorial Match for Sons skipper Gordon Lennon who died in a tragic accident in June.
There has been good coverage today from The Scottish League and also an excellent piece by my friend Willie Cochrane in The Sun.
There also has been terrific support from Alan Findlay [...]

Just in Case You Missed This

Tucked away in the comments section of the Dumbarton Stenny game is this gem from my old friend Shanghai Jimmy. Stuff like this makes blogging worthwhile.
“If the Sons beat Cowdenbeath on Saturday, they will equal the club record of five consecutive away league wins, set on 19th March 1892, when they won 3-2 at St [...]

Stenhousemuir 0 Dumbarton 3

Business commitments meant I couldn’t make it through to Stenny yesterday. However Sons fine run of away victories continued. Here’s what the BBC say:
Dumbarton turned in a fine second-half performance to come away with the points at Ochilview.
Roddy Hunter took advantage of some poor defending to place the ball into the bottom corner on 49 [...]

Sons 0 Brechin City 0

I have seen much worse 0-0 draws than this. Two teams looking good going forward and a couple of lucky escapes at both ends.
Honours even and a fair outcome I’d say, and the ref handled the game well too.
Sons should be looking towards the top of the league rather than the bottom I feel, and [...]

Sons 1 Arbroath 0

Dumbarton kept up their good recent run yesterday with a victory against the Lichties.
The crucial goal came just before half time from Scott Chaplain who was playing in an attacking midfield role.
I’m not convinced by different formations (i.e. departing from 4-4-2) at this level but the 3-4-1-2 deployed by Jim Chapman looked pretty effective yesterday, [...]

Dumbarton Win a Trophy!

No this is not a misprint!
The Sons picked up their second piece of silverware of 2009 last night. As the club website explains:
SONS beat Stenhousemuir 2-0 to win the Stirlingshire Cup at Ochilview tonight.
The deserved victory ended a barren spell in the competition for Dumbarton with their last triumph in season 1995/96.
It was an eventful [...]

East Fife 0 Dumbarton 1

Wasn’t at the game but by all accounts the Sons deserved their victory and the no goals against is definitely a bonus. A vital win, well done to Jim and the lads.

Great Goal

The Sons fans haven’t had much to cheer about this season so I think we’re entitled to a little bask in the glory before this week’s rather tricky visit of top team Stirling Albion. The Evening Times has a feature on the fine goal scored in the 90th minute by Derek Carcary which won Saturday’s [...]

Peterhead 1 Dumbarton 2

Yes, at long last a league victory for the Sons. Thanks to my friend and BLFP correspondent Tomahawk Kid, scores were texted to me. I was going to try to make the trip but staff holidays meant I was stuck here.
When I heard that the home side had taken the lead I feared the worst. [...]

Sons 0 Cowdenbeath 3

When I attend games I text the Scores to a Sons fan in exile. It’s always quite an amusement when the predictive text for ’sons’ comes up as ‘poor’! Never was that more apt than yesterday.
Cowdenbeath’s squad was assembled to compete in the third division but thanks to Livingston’s enforced relegation they got a surprise [...]