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Mario Lapointe

Mario Lapointe

Owner of Dumbarton FC and co-owner and technical director of SMT-ASSY Electronique; also a singer-songwriter performing as Vintage Lapointe.

Aug 28, 2026

2:17
Just give us a bit of background and first of all, how you got involved in Dumbarton and how you see the progress of the women's team going?
2:25
Well, okay, so it's two big questions there.
2:28
We could be doing this for a half hour.
2:30
So how did I...
2:31
First, the Dumbarton.
2:33
Why the Dumbarton? So many people ask me, and that's why I'm writing my memoirs now, to explain to you guys why Dumbarton.
2:41
But basically, if you do the...

16 MINS LATER

18:52
Perfect.
IbrahimHOST
11:25
What exactly were you looking for when you started your search? Was it a sporting project, undervalued asset? Was it a community institution or just a personal challenge?
11:35
Okay, so...
11:37
There was a few things that you've mentioned that that clip for sure.
11:41
OK, so so a lot of the places had you try to measure the potential without going there, you know, so you have to look at the potential of the assets.
11:52
OK, so so that was one thing.
11:54
The other thing was the assets.
11:56
Do they come with debt? You know, they can have losses, but do they come with debt? Okay.

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IbrahimHOST
18:19
Is it, were you trying to communicate, you know, your commitment? Was it, you know, are you trying to show that I'm risk averse? Yeah, yeah,
14:07
It
14:07
depends on the month.
14:09
uh my highest was 25 i think and and if you remember the guy that did the dumb and dumber Yes.
14:17
Okay.
14:17
Remember, there's Jim Carrey and then there's the other guy.
14:21
Can't remember his name, but the other guy is an amazing musician and a great writer.
14:26
Okay.

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25:30
Before you... well took control of Dumbarton you were looking at other countries to buy a football club in so England Scotland Portugal were some of the places that I saw online could you could you speak to me about the potential leagues that some of these clubs were in because I'm not expecting you to say who and what club they are but you know are you looking at you know championship league one or national league

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