Another poor start to a league season, with a single win and a draw from the first eight matches, resulted in the sacking of manager Ian Spence.
His replacement, Jackie Stewart took charge on 1 December, and although results were to improve, nonetheless Dumbarton finished in a disappointing 14th place, with 27 points, 37 behind champions Motherwell.
In the League Cup, two wins from the six sectional games were never going to be enough to qualify for the knock out stages of the competition.
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton scrapped past non-league Vale of Leithen in the second preliminary round, but were not disgraced in their single goal defeat to First Division opponents St Mirren in the first round proper.
Dumbarton undertook a 'mini' pre-season tour across the border - the first games played in England by the club for almost a decade.