GARRY Fleming was four years old the last time Dumbarton beat Queen of the South at home.
But he insists that records are made to be broken.
And the striker hopes to help Sons record their first home win against the Dumfries side in more than 22 years.
Disneyland Paris was yet to open the last time Queens lost in G82 – a 3-1 win for Dumbarton on Saturday, February 1, 1992 to be precise.
Sons then won 2-1 at Palmerston Park the following month, on the way to clinching the Second Division title.
Since that day, Garry and team-mate Chris Turner are the only players to score for Dumbarton in a competitive victory over Queens.
They did so in September last year, when the 2-1 scoreline was repeated at Palmerston in the sides’ first meeting of the season.
Now, after last week’s 3-1 defeat to Raith Rovers, Garry is aiming for Sons to start the series against Queens by beating them again.
He said: “I’m confident about the game and feel we have the players to win it.
“We don’t have a good record against Queens but that will give us a bit extra. We’re due to beat them and if we can take our chances that will give us encouragement.
“When we beat them last season we took our chances and that was what got us the win.
“We made chances in the two home games as well but they punished us for not scoring. Hopefully we can change that tomorrow.
“Last week against Raith Rovers I thought we played brilliantly in the first half. We just couldn’t get ourselves in front.
“Getting the goal helped settle everything down for Raith and after scoring the free kick, they caught us on the break to seal the game.
“Tomorrow, the middle of the park will be interesting. Both teams have players who look to create chances.
“They have some big players in their team but so do we and we’re confident we can deal with them.”
Tomorrow’s game is also the Sons squad’s last chance to make an impression on manager Ian Murray’s plans for next Saturday’s match against Rangers.
And Garry hopes that the prospect of a game in front of 45,000 fans at Ibrox can be a motivation to his team-mates.
With Hibernian also ahead in the League Cup, and an imminent league visit from Hearts to the Rock, Sons are facing a tough schedule.
Garry added: “We want to play well so we can put ourselves in contention for next week.
“With the size and ability of squad we have, everyone is fighting for places.
“It’s tough to stay in the starting 11 but if we win tomorrow then that will give us a chance.
“You go into every game looking to win and three points tomorrow will give us a bit of momentum going into the trip to Ibrox.”
Footnote: Tomorrow is Queen of the South’s eighth visit to Dumbarton since their last defeat there in February 1992. They drew on both visits to Boghead Park during Sons’ ‘Forthbank season’ of 1994/95, and have won all of their last five visits. Sons’ only goal in those five defeats has been an own goal by Queens’ George Rowe.
However, the Doonhamers did lose a friendly at the Rock 1-0 in July 2003 and, as above, records are made to be broken.
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