ThisS was Cowdenbeath’s fifth consecutive home defeat and it left manager Jimmy Nicholl thinking that he will have to change the style of play to get results.
The defeat pushed the Blue Brazil seven points behind Queen of the South, who hold eighth spot in the table, and with another Central Park game this coming weekend against play-off prospects Falkirk, it could hardly be more difficult.
Nicholl is finding it very frustrating that his side can play so well away from home then concede goals and points on their own park.
On Saturday, Cowden got the boost of a goal in only three minutes through Kyle Miller but veteran Dumbarton striker Colin Nish levelled within 120 seconds, then the visitors took the lead through Mitch Megginson in 22 minutes, after a kind break of the ball just outside the home box.
But the equaliser came five minutes later after a mistake by Dumbarton goalkeeper Stephen Grindlay was pounced upon by Jamie Stevenson.
The second-half saw Cowdenbeath have chances to put the Sons under pressure but in 50 minutes slack defensive work allowed loan signing Chris Kane to put the visitors ahead then in 83 minutes Megginson slotted in number four after the home rearguard failed to pick him up.
“That really was so very frustrating,” said Nicholl. “It was a game where both sides were creating chances but some of the goals we lost were very poor from our angle.
“The same team which has defended so well in three recent away games loses another four goals at home, which has been the story for the past five matches here.
“It is as if they are a different team away from Cowdenbeath but the fact is that if we want to imp-rove our position in the table we will have to win home games.
“We have been trying to play football and have been scoring goals at home but conceding heavily at the other end.
“Maybe we will have to look at changing the style of play on our park if we want to get results, starting with Falkirk on Saturday.”
Not surprisingly Sons boss Ian Murray was very pleased with the three-point haul which puts his team in touch with the top four.
“This was a very important game for both clubs and I was very pleased with the way we came back from giving away two goals from defensive errors,” he said.
“I felt we played some really good football and were constantly asking questions of the Cowden defence and it was great to see Chris Kane and Mitch Megginson get amongst the goals.
“Our top aim is to stay in this division but clearly if we keep stringing results together a play-off place might be within touching distance.”