[5] The same day the Sons were drawn to face East Kilbride, Airdrieonians, Aberdeen and Queen of the South in the Scottish League Cup.
[7][8] Sons made a double signing on June 1 with Cameron Clark joining from Stirling Albion and Michael Miller from Broomhill.
[12] The same day, winger Ross MacLean left the club - joining Forfar Athletic for an undisclosed fee[13] - but goalkeeper Patrick O'Neil signed a new season long deal.
[14] On June 8 defender Aron Lynas extended his stay - signing a season long deal to take him into a third campaign with the club.
Again Pignatiello and the trialist striker got on the scoresheet, with David Wilson, Finlay Gray and Michael Ruth's brace completing the scoring.
[25] On July 25 Swedish striker Joel Mumbongo became the Sons' sixth new signing of the summer, joining on a season long deal having left Hamilton Academical.
[26] He made his debut on July 27 as the Sons' League Cup campaign ended with a 6–0 defeat to Aberdeen - with the Dons scoring all six goals in the second-half.
The first league game of the new season ended in a 1–1 draw with newly relegated Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Highlands, with Carlo Pignatiello on target and Mouhamed Niang sent-off for two bookings.
[28] A first win of the competitive season arrived in the Scottish Challenge Cup, 4–0 against Berwick Rangers with Craig McGuffie scoring a brace.
Thomas O'Brien put the hosts in front, but that was cancelled out by strikes from Carlo Pignatiello, Ethan Brown and Finlay Gray.
[37] Sons extended that gap to 15 points with victory at home to The Caley Jags on October 26, thanks to a double from Jinky Hilton and first of the season for Ryan Blair.
Sons dominated the first-half, but couldn't find the net, with the away side taking the lead early in the second period through a Mark Durnan own goal - which was added to by strikes from Mitch Megginson and Adam Emslie.
An away game with Alloa Athletic opened December, with Tony Wallace marking his 100th appearance by scoring a double in 2-2 draw - ensuring Sons put their first points on the board since entering administration.
January opened with a 2-0 defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in which Brett Long picked up a serious achilies injury that ended his season.
Goalkeeper Milosz Sliwinski joined the club on loan from Queen's Park on February 7 with Owen Hayward ruled out for the remainder of the season and returning to Falkirk.
The winless run continued against Montrose on February 15 - with Sons suffering a 3-2 defeat where Michael Ruth and Carlo Pignatiello found the net.