Programme cover / Team sheet
Stranraer 3 - 2 Dumbarton
League - League 1Saturday, October 6th, 2018, 3:00 PM at Stair Park
Attendance: 305
Referee: Barry Cook
| Stranraer | Dumbarton |
| Goalscorers |
|
Grant Anderson (9) David Brownlie (34) Paul Crossan (65) |
Ross Forbes (12) Dom Thomas (60) |
| Team Managers |
| Stevie Farrell | Stevie Aitken |
| Starting Eleven |
|
Max Currie David Smith David Brownlie Jamie Hamill Adam Cummins Andrew McDonald Connor McManus Kyle Turner Grant Anderson Luke Donnelly Paul Crossan |
Robbie Mutch Scott Allardice Ross Perry Andy Dowie Ryan Thomson Bobby Barr Brad Spencer Ross Forbes Dom Thomas Calum Gallagher Iain Russell |
| Bench |
|
Daniel Higgins Isaac Layne Ian Smith Lyle Avci Cameron Elliott Innes Cameron Ciaran Diver |
Jamie McGowan Stuart Carswell Andy Little Michael Paton |
| Substitutions |
|
Isaac Layne for Grant Anderson (79) Daniel Higgins for Luke Donnelly (86) Innes Cameron for Paul Crossan (90) |
Michael Paton for Ross Forbes (68) Andy Little for Calum Gallagher (72) |
| Bookings |
| David Brownlie (52) |
Ross Perry (76) |
| Red Cards |
| None. | None. |
Appearances & Goals To Date
| Robbie Mutch (GK) |
|
1 app (debut) | - |
| Scott Allardice |
|
5 apps | - |
| Ross Perry |
|
8 apps | - |
| Andy Dowie |
|
63 apps | 2 goals |
| Ryan Thomson |
|
14 apps | - |
| Bobby Barr |
|
15 apps | 3 goals |
| Brad Spencer |
|
7 apps | 2 goals |
| Ross Forbes |
|
34 apps | 4 goals |
| Dom Thomas |
|
1 app (debut) | 1 goal |
| Calum Gallagher |
|
62 apps | 10 goals |
| Iain Russell |
|
144 apps | 37 goals |
| Michael Paton (sub) |
|
10 apps | 1 goal |
| Andy Little (sub) |
|
9 apps | - |
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Robbie Mutch (20 years 52 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Iain Russell (35 years 335 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 27 years 13 days |
| Domestic Players: | 11 (100.00 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Robbie Mutch (20 years 52 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Iain Russell (35 years 335 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 26 years 320 days |
| Domestic Players: | 14 (93.33 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
|
Dom Thomas | (Signed September 30th, 2018) |
|
Robbie Mutch | (Signed October 5th, 2018) |
Milestones
| Dom Thomas scored his first goal for the Club. |
IT started with a 3-2 win at the ground where his playing career began.
It ended with a 3-2 defeat in the arena where he started as a manager.
Stevie Aitken's spell with Dumbarton was closed by the team they recruited him from back in May 2015.
Nearly three and a half years after he started against Morton, his tenure closed at Stranraer on another afternoon of deep frustration.
Grant Anderson and David Brownlie had the home side ahead twice, but those goals were equalised by Ross Forbes and Dom Thomas.
But there was no leveller to PJ Crossan's goal on 66 minutes which proved to be the home side's winner.
And with that, a chapter closed.
The scoring was opened in 11 minutes when Anderson took control of a long ball and ran in to lob the ball over debuting keeper Robbie Mutch.
But the deficit lasted only two minutes. Bobby Barr's cross was flicked on by Calum Gallagher ahead of the keeper and Forbes scrambled the ball away.
Forbes tried again from distance but saw his shot saved.
Then 10 minutes from half time, Brownlie was left unmarked at a corner and converted from six yards.
On the hour mark Sons were level again, Thomas marking his debut with a deflected shot which found the net.
However, six minutes later Crossan's run was not tracked, and he shot home from 15 yards.
Thomas tried again twice, but his efforts were saved, and that was as close as Dumbarton got to a third equaliser.
Match report by Andy Galloway
Photography by Donald Fullarton