Dumbarton 3 - 1 Inverness CT

League - League 1
Saturday, October 26th, 2024, 3:00 PM at Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 872
Referee: Graham Grainger
Dumbarton Inverness CT

Goalscorers
James Hilton (14)
Ryan Blair (63)
James Hilton (72)
Jake Davidson (28)

Team Managers
Stevie Farrell Scott Kellacher

Starting Eleven
Brett Long
Ryan Blair
E Brown
Michael Miller
Mark Durnan
Mouhamed Niang
Carlo Pignatiello
D Wilson
Matthew Shiels
James Hilton
Michael Ruth
Musa Dibaga
Connall Ewan
Jake Davidson
Remi Savage
Adam Mackinnon
Keith Bray
Paul Allan
James Nolan
Robbie Thompson
Luis Longstaff
Billy Mckay

Bench
Cameron Clark
Joel Mumbongo
Patrick O'Neil
Greg Young
Aron Lynas
Findlay Gray
Tony Wallace
Kalvin Orsi
Craig McGuffie
Szymon Rebilas
Sam Thompson
Matthew Strachan
Calum MacKay
Calum MacLeod

Substitutions
Finlay Gray -> Matthew Shiels (55)
Tony Wallace -> James Hilton (77)
Joel Mumbongo -> Michael Ruth (81)
Kalvin Orsi -> Carlo Pignatiello (81)
Craig McGuffie -> David Wilson (81)
Calum MacLeod for Robbie Thompson (76)
Calum MacKay for Keith Bray (78)
Matthew Strachan for Adam Mackinnon (87)

Bookings
David Wilson (80) James Nolan (21)
Remi Savage (56)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Musa Dibaga (GK) 10 apps -
Connall Ewan 4 apps -
Jake Davidson 35 apps2 goals
Remi Savage 34 apps1 goal
Adam Mackinnon 13 apps2 goals
Keith Bray 23 apps1 goal
Paul Allan 8 apps1 goal
James Nolan 9 apps1 goal
Robbie Thompson 21 apps -
Billy Mckay 310 apps113 goals
Luis Longstaff 48 apps2 goals
Matthew Strachan (sub) 15 apps -
Calum MacLeod (sub) 17 apps1 goal
Calum MacKay (sub) 11 apps -

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Keith Bray (18 years 213 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (36 years 13 days)
Average Player Age:22 years 278 days
Domestic Players:6 (54.55 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Keith Bray (18 years 213 days)
Oldest Player:Szymon Rebilas (2026 years 92 days)
Average Player Age:22 years 1 days
Domestic Players:10 (62.50 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Handicap Hurdles



And they're off. With a fifteen point deduction because of Administration, we started our League1 campaign again at Dumbarton under the guidance of Scott Kellacher and Billy Mckay for the first time. Danny Devine and Charlie Gilmour were missing which would make Scott Kellacher's team selection more difficult. The Son's were along similar lines to last weeks excellent win at Arbroath. It would be an uphill battle after James Hilton fired the Sons ahead but Jake Davidson headed us level after half an hour and that's how it was at the break. Ryan Blair restored the Sons lead and Hilton added a third to push the Sons 15 points ahead of Inverness.

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Not much to shout about in the opening exchanges until James Hilton smacked in the opening goal from the edge of the box to put the hosts ahead quarter of an hour into the game. Inverness responded with player coach Billy Mckay firing over the bar. On the half hour and it was all square. Jake Davidson scored following a corner with a close range header, Paul Allan with the assist. The visitors upped the pressure on the home goal and Billy Mckay headed over before Adam MacKinnon's header was saved by Brett Long in the home goal. MacKinnon fired wide moments later. Mathew Shiels brought Musa Dibaga into action as the keeper saved comfortably. Five minutes before the break a neat move from a corner ended with the Sons defence having to block from Robbie Thompson as he offloaded. Hilton missed the target with a header just before the break as the ball bounced wide. All to play for in the second period.

HALF TIME: 1-1

No changes at the interval. Brett Long saved from Mckay's low shot five minutes after the restart and the defenders mopped up the loose ball. Dibaga again denied Hilton just before the hour. Ryan Blair edged the hosts ahead after a corner was recycled. Blair finished with a curling shot behind the keeper. Hilton had been causing problems and he notched his second of the game and Dumbarton's third after driving forward and shooting into the bottom corner. A late flurry of activity saw Remi Savage head over from a corner and Sons sub Mumbongo shooting wide on the run. The last action had Long saving from Nolan as time ran away.
FULL TIME: 3-1

Match report written by tm4tj



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Cove Rangers 11 5 2 4 18 15 3 17
2. Stenhousemuir 11 5 2 4 15 13 2 17
3. Alloa Athletic 11 4 5 2 11 10 1 17
4. Montrose 11 4 4 3 11 8 3 16
5. Kelty Hearts 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 15
6. Arbroath 11 4 3 4 13 14 -1 15
7. Queen of the South 11 4 2 5 9 12 -3 14
8. Annan Athletic 11 4 1 6 8 16 -8 13
9. Dumbarton 11 2 6 3 17 18 -1 12
10. Inverness CT 11 2 6 3 8 10 -2 -3