Written by Administrator Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:45

I had planned on doing a full match report, but the weekend seemed to vanish in an instant.

I was going to write about the strange Shire fans, the solo singing, the crumbling terracing, Shire's number 11 child-like tantrums but not enough time. So, to summarise - it was a walk in the park. Or more accurately, a walk in the farmer's field as the pitch was a disgrace.

Stephen Dobbie got the first for Dumbarton scoring from the penalty spot after 13 minutes after David Bagan was bundled over. I wasn't sure it was a penalty at all. The challenge looked shoulder to shoulder. Plus it was outside the box. But the lino gave it and Dobbie slotted it away.

Not much to report in terms of Dumbarton action for the rest of the first half. In fact, Shire were starting to dominate and threatened on a couple of occasions. But half time came (as did the rain) and it was 1-0 to the Sonsteam.

Second was pretty much all Sons. The second goal came after Shire's number 11 took far too long clearing the ball from the edge of his own penalty box. David Bagan dispossessed him and hit a cracking shot low to the goalie's right.

That was that really. The only real talking point after that was Craig Winter's red card with two minutes to go. Nobody in the crowd knew what had happened but I'm sure Craig Winter did. After the referee has finished consulting with the stand side linesman, I looked across at the Dumbarton players and there was Craig Winter, kneeling down, tieing his lace in that "Crap, I'm done for - maybe if I keep out of sight he won't see me" sort of way. Twenty seconds later he was off.

Anyway, the victory saw Sons move up to third place, one point behind Berwick Rangers and seven behind East Fife. Not bad at all.