Dumbarton had another man to thank for the win, Danny Rogers pulled off a number of saves to keep the Bairns at bay, including a tremendous one handed stop from a John Baird effort.

Sons boss Ian Murray made one enforced changed to his lineup from the 2-1 win over Livingston, Campbell replaced the injured Darren Petrie as Sons looked for their first league win over Falkirk this season.

Following their 1-0 win at Cowdenbeath Peter Houston made two changes to his team for their visit to the Rock. David McCracken replaced Tom Taiwo and Taylor Morgan replaced Botto Bia-Bi.

With a ferocious wind swirling around the stadium, conditions were going to be tricky for both sides. A point illustrated by Danny Rogers’ first goal kick being blown out of play not much more than 25 yards from where he had put his laces through the ball. As the half wore on that pattern would continue with the ball being blown back towards the Sons keeper every time he tried to launch it upfield.

The opening 10 minutes produced little in the way of goal mouth action. Every high ball was proving to be a lottery as the wind wreaked havoc. Falkirk were lining up in a 4-4-2 formation, Sons went for a 4-2-3-1 shape with Garry Fleming playing deeper than lone striker Archie Campbell.

After 14 minutes the crowd were treated to their first shot of the game. Will Vaulks found himself in space 30 yards out and decided to have a strike. His low effort was on target but Rogers touched it round the post.

After the half hour mark Sons had their first attempt. Scott Agnew picked out Mark Gilhaney on the right wing, Gilhaney cut in and fired a shot with his left foot but it was high and wide.

Moments later, after a bout of Sons pressure, Mark Wilson had a pop from the left side of the box but he dragged it wide.

The game threatened to break into something vaguely entertaining as half-time approached with a few strong challenges going in and a quicker tempo to proceedings. Falkirk had the best chance of the half when Peter Grant got clear of Andy Graham from a Blair Alston corner, his header flew just wide from no more than eight yards out.

Alston did manage to test Rogers himself moments later, his strike from just outside the box had the pace but not the direction to trouble the on-loan Aberdeen keeper.

Craig Sibbald had a chance before the whistle but again it missed the target. On a day where aerial balls could go anywhere, neither side had managed to play enough football with the ball on the floor to make any impression on the game.

Falkirk started the second half on the front foot. A cross by Luke Leahy from the left deflected into the path of Mark Kerr at the penalty spot, he looked to have a free strike at goal but Chris Turner got across brilliantly to block his effort.

The game then descended into the lull which had been so evident in the first half. On the hour the Bairns had a clear look at the Sons goal. John Baird was played through by a long ball, Dumbarton were looking for offside but Stuart Findlay had played the striker on. Baird was one-on-one with Rogers and blasted a strike at goal but the Ireland under-21 star palmed it over.

Rogers would come up with the save of the match a few minutes later. It was Baird once again who cut in from the left onto his right foot, his strike looked destined for the bottom corner but Rogers got across well and at full stretch pulled off a wonderful one handed save to deny the forward once again.

With 20 minutes to go Ian Murray made a positive switch, withdrawing Chris Turner and putting on striker Chris Duggan.

Stuart Findlay, who got back from Scotland under-21 duty on Friday, was showing no sign of fatigue in a flawless performance. He was alert when Andy Graham couldn’t reach a Taylor Morgan through ball for Baird. The on-loan Celtic defender read the situation and blocked the shot.

After a largely dreary afternoon for the Sons’ faithful one moment was to put a shine on proceedings. With nine minutes to go Archie Campbell cut in from the left onto his right foot. Having chased and harried all day he fancied a pop himself. From the corner of the box he unleashed a powerful drive and the ball flew into the top corner.

The home support’s delirium gave way to nerves moments later. After a Falkirk corner the ball was cleared and delivered back in by the away side. The Sons back line emptied the box leaving Baird free at the back post, as they waited for the offside flag to go up. It stayed down and Baird seemed as surprised as anyone, his header was a tame one straight at Rogers when he had all the time in the world.

Dumbarton hung on for their first successive wins since December.