1908–09 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1908–1909 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	4th
Top goalscorer	League: William Greer (11); All: Johnny Hill (15)

Season 1908–09 was the 32nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 10th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the seventh time.

Overview

Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second Division for the third successive season and finished 4th with 25 points, 6 behind champions Abercorn.^[1]

Again qualification for the Scottish Cup proved fruitless, losing to Ayr Parkhouse in the third round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup.

Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup continued to be played on a league basis. Following the 'league' stage, in a repeat of the previous year, Dumbarton and Renton reached the final, and yet again Dumbarton had to give second best to their rivals.

During the season 2 'friendly' matches were played, recording 1 win and 1 loss, scoring 3 goals and conceding 3.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1908	Raith Rovers	A	1-1	Hill	4,000
22 August 1908	E Stirling	H	4-1	Grier(3);Hill
29 August 1908	St Bernard's	A	2-4	Grier(2)	1,500
12 September 1908	Vale of Leven	H	3-1	Grier(2);Hill
26 September 1908	Albion Rovers	A	4-2	Grier(2);Teasdale;Hill
10 October 1908	Leith Athletic	H	1-1	Grier
17 October 1908	Arthurlie	H	2-0	Walker,R;Grier
24 October 1908	Abercorn	A	0-1		3,000
31 October 1908	Ayr	A	0-5
7 November 1908	Albion Rovers	H	1-3	Teasdale
21 November 1908	Cowdenbeath	H	0-0
28 November 1908	St Bernard's	H	1-0	Taylor
12 December 1908	Abercorn	H	1-0	Walker,R
19 December 1908	Leith Athletic	A	0-2
26 December 1908	Raith Rovers	H	2-1	Hill(2)
2 January 1909	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	Taylor;Walker,R
9 January 1909	Ayr Parkhouse	H	3-2	Kane;Brander;Hill	2,000
23 January 1909	Arthurlie	A	0-2
30 January 1909	Ayr	H	4-3	Hill(2);Teasdale(2)
13 February 1909	Vale of Leven	A	1-0	Hill	5,000
20 February 1909	E Stirling	A	0-1		1,500
27 March 1909	Ayr Parkhouse	A	2-2	Brander;Nisbet	2,000

Promotion/Relegation Election

Dumbarton together with Raith Rovers applied for promotion from the Second Division, but for the third year in succession, it was the bottom two First Division clubs - Morton and Partick Thistle - that maintained their' top flight' status in the end-of-season elections.

Scottish Qualifying Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 September 1908	R1	Renton	H	4-1	Hill(2);Brander;Grier
19 September 1908	R2	Johnstone	H	4-1	Hill(3);OG	3,000
3 October 1908	R3	Ayr Parkhouse	A	0-2		3,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 November 1908	P	Renton	A	0-3
31 December 1908	P	Lennox	H	5-1	unknown
4 January 1909	P	Dumbarton Harp	A	2-1	Hill(2)	2,000
6 February 1909	P	Renton	H	1-1	unknown
13 March 1909	P	Dumbarton Harp	H	4-0	Hill(3);Brander	2,000
20 March 1909	P	Lennox	A	4-0	Hill(2);Walker;Gordon
3 April 1909	P	Vale of Leven	H	1-1	Lipton
15 April 1909	P	Vale of Leven	A	0-3		2,000
24 April 1909	PO	Dumbarton Harp	H	2-1	Gibson;Gordon
29 April 1909	F	Renton	A	0-1		3,000

Final league table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Renton	8	5	1	2	18	7	11	11
2	Dumbarton	8	4	2	2	17	10	7	10
3	Vale of Leven	8	3	2	3	10	7	3	8
4	Dumbarton Harp	8	4	0	4	15	13	2	8
5	Lennox	8	1	1	6	8	31	–23	3

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 April 1909	Motherwell	H	0-3		2,000
17 April 1909	Stenhousemuir	H	3-0	Hill(2);Brander

Player statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Qualifying Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		David Blair	21	0	18	0	3	0
	GK		Alexander Fraser	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		William Monteith	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Alex McCulloch	16	0	14	0	2	0
	DF		John O'Neil	24	0	21	0	3	0
	DF		Robert Thomson	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF		Bob Gordon	23	0	20	0	3	0
	MF		John Lipton	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF		Charles O'Neill	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		George Ritchie	8	0	7	0	1	0
	FW		William Blair	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		John Brander	16	3	13	2	3	1
	FW		Michael Cannon	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Charles Chalk	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		George Galbraith	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		James Gillespie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		William Greer	16	12	13	11	3	1
	FW		Johnny Hill	25	15	22	10	3	5
	FW		Edward Kane	23	1	21	1	2	0
	FW		Ewart Kinnon	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		John Maginnes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Robert Nisbet	9	1	6	1	3	0
	FW		Peter Taylor	15	2	13	2	2	0
	FW		Matt Teadale	23	4	20	4	3	0
	FW		James Walker	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Robert Walker	14	3	14	3	0	0
	FW		James White	1	0	1	0	0	0

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:^[3]

Players in

Player	From	Date
William Greer	Clyde	12 Jun 1908
John O'Neil	Clydebank	13 Jun 1908
Robert Thomson	Hearts (loan)	8 Aug 1908
John Lipton	Shettleston	26 Dec 1908

Players out

Player	To	Date
William Greer	QPR	14 Dec 1908
Peter Taylor	Barrow	19 March 1909

Reserve Team

Dumbarton lost in the semi final of the Scottish Second XI Cup to Falkirk.

Scottish Second XI Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result
5 September 1908	R1	Queen's Park	A	1-1
24 October 1908	R2	Third Lanark	H	4-1
31 October 1908	SF	Falkirk	A	1-3

References

↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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[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.

[3] Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

1908–09 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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