Dumbarton couldn’t find a way past Spartans on Tuesday night
Sons started on the front foot, and would remain so for much of the evening, as Michael Ruth had a goal disallowed, Marc Kelly hit the post from close range, and David Wilson forced the goalkeeper into an impressive save all in the first five minutes.
The hosts had to be aware of the threat that Spartans offered on the break, however, with Jay Hogarth making a smart stop with his feet through a crowded penalty box midway through the half to deny Sam Newman.
In the second-half, Tony Wallace forced Mason McCready into action once again as he pushed away his driven effort before the follow-up came back off the post and behind.
Sons pushed for a winner in the closing stages but couldn’t create a clear-cut opportunity in front of goal as it ended goalless. Dumbarton travel to Clyde on Saturday.
Meanwhile, there appears to be considerable concern about what is going on of the field at the Rock stadium.
Sons chairman Dr Neil Mackay set the ball rolling when he issued a statement from the club stating that they had given up the idea of moving away from the Rock.
The local football club had no intention, he said, of pursuing a plan to flit to a site on the Renton Road between Young’s Farm and Dalreoch Station.
What they hoped to do now was to give over the Rock car park to a housing development, which is not something favoured by the Sons’ fans.
However, it slipped out at the weekend – whether that was intentionally or not – that work is already underway with the housing plan which could put Dumbarton FC out of business altogether.
The rumour mill began to turn when the club website said that fans attending Tuesday’s match against Spartans gave a clear indication that work for the housing development had already started.
Fans became curious when it was announced by the club that parking would be for disabled persons only.
They were told by a fellow fan on social media, Alistair Thorn: “So there will be no access to the usual parking areas for fans attending the game tonight? The areas we pay £3 to park in? Why has this changed from Saturday?”
Another fan, Peter E Storch, appeared to let the cat out of the bag: “They are doing investigative boring and levelling measurements for the soon-to-be-built flats at the Castle Road end.”
Up to that point disgruntled fans had been complaining about the “pay before you go” system of entry for themselves to the stadium.