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DUMBARTON have been inundated with applications for their vacant manager’s job ... but most of them come from video game geeks.

Sons chief executive Gilbert Lawrie revealed he has had dozens of applications for the post from people who have led teams to promotion on the Playstation or Xbox.

Dumbarton sacked Alan Adamson on Monday and put assistant manager Jack Ross in temporary control until a new boss is appointed.

Lawrie asked interested candidates to contact him via e-mail but didn’t expect his inbox to fill with applications from punters who know everything about gaming but nothing about the beautiful game.

Lawrie said: “I can tell you I’ve had dozens and dozens of applications and it takes a while to shift through the CVs of people who have won the Champions League on FIFA 12.

“Probably 75 per cent of the applications so far are from people who have taken a team from a low ebb to great heights on a computer screen, which is a great achievement for them but perhaps not what we are looking for at this time.

“Thankfully we have had a good number of applications from people with genuine experience in the game as well and we will take our time going through them.”

Caretaker Ross will be in charge for tomorrow’s home game against Airdrie United and is hoping to get the job permanently. He said: “It’s a big challenge for me.”