Dumbarton 2 - 2 Queen of the South
League - ChampionshipTuesday, November 28th, 2017, 7:45 PM at YOUR Radio 103FM Stadium
Attendance: 474
Referee: Alan Newlands
Dumbarton | Queen of the South |
Goalscorers |
Callum Tapping (o.g.) (11) Greg Morrison (81) |
Stephen Dobbie (70) Pen Sam Wardrop o.g. (84) |
Team Managers |
Stevie Aitken | Gary Naysmith |
Starting Eleven |
Scott Gallacher Sam Wardrop Craig Barr Chris McLaughlin Andy Dowie Dimitris Froxylias Tom Walsh Calum Gallagher Kyle Hutton Stuart Carswell Mark Stewart |
Alan Martin Jason Kerr Darren Brownlie Jordan Marshall Callum Fordyce John Rankin Callum Tapping Connor Murray James McFadden Lyndon Dykes Stephen Dobbie |
Bench |
Jamie Ewings Dougie Hill Kyle Prior Chris Johnston Greg Morrison Christian Nade Ally Roy |
Scott Mercer Shaun Rooney Andy Stirling Chris Kane Jack Leighfield Jesse Akubuine Owen Bell |
Substitutions |
Greg Morrison for Dimitris Froxylias (67) Christian Nade for Mark Stewart (75) Ally Roy for Calum Gallagher (79) |
Shaun Rooney for Callum Fordyce (24) Chris Kane for James McFadden (59) Andy Stirling for Callum Tapping (68) |
Bookings |
Ally Roy (90) |
Shaun Rooney (43) |
Red Cards |
None. | None. |
Appearances & Goals To Date
Scott Gallacher (GK) |
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23 apps | - |
Craig Barr |
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20 apps | 2 goals |
Chris McLaughlin |
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22 apps | 1 goal |
Andy Dowie |
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21 apps | - |
Sam Wardrop |
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19 apps | 1 goal |
Calum Gallagher |
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26 apps | 1 goal |
Kyle Hutton |
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19 apps | - |
Stuart Carswell |
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28 apps | 1 goal |
Dimitris Froxylias |
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11 apps | 4 goals |
Tom Walsh |
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36 apps | 3 goals |
Mark Stewart |
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20 apps | 4 goals |
Greg Morrison (sub) |
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11 apps | 1 goal |
Christian Nade (sub) |
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46 apps | 12 goals |
Ally Roy (sub) |
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20 apps | 2 goals |
Starting Lineup
Youngest Player: | Chris McLaughlin (19 years 256 days) |
Oldest Player: | Andy Dowie (34 years 257 days) |
Average Player Age: | 25 years 272 days |
Domestic Players: | 10 (90.91 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
Youngest Player: | Kyle Prior (18 years 95 days) |
Oldest Player: | Andy Dowie (34 years 257 days) |
Average Player Age: | 25 years 293 days |
Domestic Players: | 16 (88.89 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
Greg Morrison scored his first goal for the Club. |
THIS was the type of game you could ask 10 people about and they'd all give you a different account of it.
About how this was or wasn't a penalty, that goal was or wasn't offside, this team should have done that, the others should have done this.
They say the beauty of football is the range of opinions. This game brought that alright.
But if you were to ask 10 people from Dumbarton, their 10 different views would all centre on one thing. Frustration.
Whether it was because, for the second game in a row, Sons led twice and could only take a point; or whether it was circumstances outwith their control.
The men who established the lead were Calum Tapping - putting through his own net - and Greg Morrison. The two Queen of the South players who cancelled it out each have Dumbarton connections.
But while it is 11 years since Stephen Dobbie wore the shirt, Sam Wardrop still wears it. His late own goal gave the Doonhamers a share of the points.
A third lead definitely could have been gained when Ally Roy's goal was chalked off for offside. He wasn't the player in such a position - Greg Morrison, who made a move, but made no contact with Tom Walsh's cross, was.
For the second time in three days, it was 'Good point, but...'
With Walsh and Lyndon Dykes already having gone close for each side, Sons gained the lead when Wardrop sent over a cross from the right.
It glanced off Tapping and spun out of the reach of Alan Martin, whose clean sheet on his return to G82 had lasted only eight minutes.
What followed was a stuffy first half which saw Sons hold their own, apart from one slack moment.
Eight minutes from half time, a short passback was intercepted, but Scott Gallacher kept Dykes out at close range.
Right on half time, Mark Stewart cut into the area from the left only for Jason Kerr to challenge from behind. Dumbarton's penalty appeals went unheard.
Stewart and, on two occasions, Dykes, had further chances in the second half, but still nobody was able to put the ball in the net at the right end.
Then Kyle Hutton had a shot from distance which was just too high, before Queens introduced Andy Stirling as a substitute. They now had four ex-Sons on the field.
And it was one of them, Chris Kane, who was at the centre of the next incident with 20 minutes left. Carswell's challenge from behind in the area was punished with a penalty, which Dobbie converted.
Gallacher then did well to save from Kerr, but with nine minutes left Dumbarton were in front again. Walsh's cross found Morrison at the near post and he headed his first goal for the club.
However, three minutes later, Wardrop deflected the ball into his own net. All square again.
And after the further incident when Roy volleyed in another Walsh cross, it ended that way.
Match report by Andy Galloway
Photography by Donald Fullarton
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