PAST players, fans and friends gathered at the Dumbarton Football Stadium on Sunday afternoon for the Stephen Grindlay Testimonial Match.
A Dumbarton XI of mostly current first team players beat a Testimonial XI 8-1 in this the second of four events organised by the independent Testimonial Committee in recognition of the big goalkeeper’s service to Dumbarton.
But the score did not matter on an entertaining afternoon. Stephen and his young son Shay led out the teams, and they saluted the fans at the final whistle as they were applauded off the pitch by the players.
Stephen Grindlay Testimonial Match 10.05.15
Exclusive copyright photos by Donald Fullarton. Prints can be ordered by emailing dsf@btinternet.com.
McNiff, Dickie, Keenan, Borris, Murray, Ross, Dillon, Creaney and Prunty warm up (1)
Joe Robertson and John Dillon (3)
Andy Brown and Paddy Flannery (4)
Stephen Grindlay, with son Shay, leads out the teams (5)
Stephen Grindlay and son Shay (6)
Select XI: Dickie, Ross, Prunty, Grindlay, Murray, Roberts, Borris, Keenan, McNiff, Creaney, Dillon (7)
Sons XI: Taggart, Kirkpatrick, Lightbody, Grindlay, Ewings, D.McCallum, Turner, Fleming, Agnew, Megginson, Linton, C.McCallum (8)
Keenan, Fleming, Creaney, Murray, McNiff (11)
Donald McCallum opens the scoring for the Dumbarton XI (14)
Bryan Prunty, Chris Turner, Coll McCallum (15)
Michael Dickie, Mitch Megginson, Jack Ross (16)
Martin McNiff’s effort went over the bar (17)
Donald McCallum outsprints Hugh Murray and John Dillon (18)
Ryan Borris watches Mitch Megginson on the ball (19)
Martin McNiff clears from Garry Fleming and Graeme Ramage (21)
Scott Agnew on the ball and Dean Keenan share a joke (23)
Mark Roberts sees Garry Fleming hold off Martin McNiff (25)
Martin McNiff, Jack Ross, James Creaney and Graeme Ramage close in on Jordan Kirkpatrick (26)
Mitch Megginson, in his last game for Sons, hammers home a fine goal (27)
Jordan Ki
rkpatrick takes on Martin McNiff and Jack Ross (29)
Chris Turner and Jack Ross in friendly battle (31)
Neil Scally takes on Donald McCallum (32)
Scott Linton closes down Paddy Flannery (34)
Scott Linton runs between Bryan Prunty and Neil Scally (36)
Paddy Flannery beat Coll McCallum (37)
Paddy Flannery nets the Select XI’s only goal (39)
Alex Grace on the ball (41)
Joe Robertson passes (42)
Select XI manager Craig Brittain calls for calm (44)
Sons fans applaud the action (45)
Andy Geggan on the ball with Chris Turner and Hugh Ward (46)
Hugh Ward beats Coll McCallum, watched by Stephen Grindlay (48)
Jim Meechan passes forward (50)
Paul Ronald takes on Glenn Eadie (51)
The players applaud Stephen Grindlay and son Shay as they leave the field (53)
An emotional moment for Stephen Grindlay with his son Shay (56)
Jim Meechan and Hugh Ward applaud the fans (57)
The players applaud Stephen Grindlay as he leaves the pitch (58)