1879–80 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1879–80 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Cup Semi Final

Season 1879–80 was the seventh Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the seventh time.

Overview

At the beginning of the season, Dumbarton moved to Boghead Park, which was to be the club's home ground for the next 121 years.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton began by beating the previous season's champions, Vale of Leven, in the first round. Thereafter Dumbarton enjoyed some big wins, including an 11–0 thrashing of Clyde, to reach the semi final, only to lose out to eventual winners, Queen's Park, Scotland's top side at the time.[1]

Elsewhere, Dumbarton were one of the four invitees to take part in the Glasgow Charity Cup but lost out to Rangers in the semi final.

Overall, Dumbarton's fixture list continued to grow and expand across the country, with home and away fixtures being played against local rivals Vale of Leven, Rangers (Glasgow), Hearts (Edinburgh) and Ayrshire Cup holders, Kilmarnock Athletic. In all, 15 'other' matches were played during the season, of these 7 were won, 2 drawn and 6 lost, scoring 46 and conceding 27.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
20 September 1879R1Vale of LevenH4-3Lawrence;unknown(3)5,000
11 October 1879R2HelensburghH7-0Lindsay;OG;unknown(5)
1 November 1879R3RentonH5-0unknown
22 November 1879R4ClydeH11-0unknown
20 December 1879R5KilbirnieH6-2unknown
3 January 1880R6HibernianH6-2unknown2,000
17 January 1880SFQueen's ParkA0-18,000

Glasgow Charity Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 April 1880SFRangersA1-3Lawrence

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
6 September 1879Vale of LevenH3-4Lindsay(2);unknown
13 September 1879AlcluthaA4-0unknown
4 October 1879Alexandra AthleticA2-2Carruthers;unknown
18 October 1879GovanH8-0Lindsay;unknown(7)
23 October 1879HibernianA4-0Hartley(2);Lindsay;Carruthers2,500
8 November 1879ParkgroveH4-2unknown
15 November 1879Kilmarnock AthleticA1-4unknown
29 November 1879RangersA0-1
7 February 1880Vale of LevenA0-1
14 February 1880HeartsA0-4500
21 February 1880RangersH3-3Lawrence;Hartley;unknown
28 February 1880Kilmarnock AthleticH7-1Hartley;Carruthers;unknown(5)
13 March 1880LennoxA5-0unknown
20 March 1880HeartsH5-2unknown500
27 March 1880JamestownA0-3

Player statistics

Squad[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland John Kennedy 7070
DF Scotland Jock Hutcheson 7070
DF Scotland Archie Lang 7070
MF Scotland J Anderson 7070
MF Scotland Peter Miller 7070
FW Scotland Robert Brown 7070
FW Scotland J Carruthers 7070
FW Scotland David Hartley 7070
FW Scotland Alex Lawrence 7171
FW Scotland Joe Lindsay 7171
FW Scotland William McKinnon 7070

International Caps

International trial matches were played on 28 February and 20 March 1880 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games against England and Wales. J Anderson, Archie Lang, Alex Lawrence and Joe Lindsay all took part.

As a result, Dumbarton's first international caps were awarded when Archie Lang and Joe Lindsay were selected to play for Scotland against Wales on 27 March 1880. The match resulted in a 5-1 win for Scotland with Lindsay scoring one of the goals.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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