Changing room chat: Decade landmark still on ice for Sons

Published on Tuesday 4 January 2011 14:08

DUMBARTON are finally hoping to celebrate a decade at Strathclyde Homes Stadium this Saturday when Forfar come calling after being kept waiting for more than a month to mark the occasion because of the weather.

The first game at the ground took place on 2 December, 2000 when the Sons recorded a 3-0 win over Elgin City and to make the occasion all the more special the match with the Loons will also be the 200th competitive game at the stadium.

During this time the club have enjoyed two promotions, employed seven managers including caretakers, and have a home record of played 199, won 91, drawn 43, lost 65, scored 303 goals and conceded 235 times. Thirty different sides have provided the opposition to Dumbarton including Gretna and Clydebank, who have since dropped out of the senior ranks with Highland League Forres Mechanics the only non Senior side to play there, going down 4-1 in a Scottish Cup tie. One other notable statistic during the decade is that out of the 303 goals that Dumbarton have scored there, the 100th, 200th and 300th goals have all been penalties to open the scoring.