1909–10 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1909–1910 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 4th
Scottish Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Johnny Hill (13)
All: Johnny Hill (16)

Season 1909–10 was the 33rd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 11th time, the Scottish Cup for the 28th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the eighth time.

Overview

For the fourth successive season, Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Second Division, finishing 4th with 23 points, 10 behind champions Leith Athletic.[1]

For the first time in five years the club was successful in qualifying for the Scottish Cup, by reaching the semi final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Bathgate. The first round draw in the Scottish Cup was however unkind to Dumbarton, but they put up a stiff resistance in losing only by the odd goal to Celtic.

Locally, the Dumbartonshire Cup continued to be played on a league basis. Dumbarton qualified for the final but as in the five previous seasons lost out, this time to Dumbarton Harp.

During the season there were also 3 'friendly' matches played, winning 1 and losing 2, scoring 5 goals and conceding 5.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
21 August 1909Vale of LevenH1-1Spence3,500
28 August 1909Raith RoversA1-2Brander3,000
11 September 1909ArthurlieH3-2Ritchie;Spence;Hill3,000
25 September 1909St Bernard'sA1-2Gibson1,000
23 October 1909AbercornH1-1Hill4,000
6 November 1909Albion RoversA1-3Brander
20 November 1909Vale of LevenA3-3Speedie(2);Brander4,000
27 November 1909Ayr UnitedH3-1Brander;Lipton;Hill2,000
4 December 1909ArthurlieA2-1Brander;Anderson
11 December 1909Albion RoversH0-0
18 December 1909E StirlingA2-3Gibson(2)
25 December 1909CowdenbeathA3-1Hill;Brander;Speedie
1 January 1910Raith RoversH4-1Hill(2);Speedie;Brander
15 January 1910Leith AthleticH1-1Urquhart
5 February 1910Ayr ParkhouseH5-0Speedie(2);Brander;Anderson;Ritchie
12 February 1910AbercornA2-5Hill;Urquhart
19 February 1910St Bernard'sH1-0Hill2,000
26 February 1910Ayr ParkhouseA2-4Hill(2)
12 March 1910Leith AthleticA1-2Gordon,AE
19 March 1910Ayr UnitedA1-3Gibson
2 April 1910CowdenbeathH1-0Speedie1,500
23 April 1910E StirlingH5-2Hill(3);Brander;OG

Promotion/Relegation Election Results

Port Glasgow Athletic resigned their First Division place, which was taken by Raith Rovers in the end of season election. A vote to introduce automatic promotion and relegation was defeated.

Team Votes Result
Morton 16 Re-elected to First Division
Port Glasgow Athletic Resigned from the League
Raith Rovers 13 Promoted to First Division
Ayr United 2 Not promoted to First Division
Abercorn 1 Not promoted to First Division
Dumbarton 0 Not promoted to First Division

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
22 January 1910R1CelticH1-2Gordon,AE10,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
4 September 1909R1Vale of LevenA2-1Ritchie;Hill4,000
18 September 1909R2JohnstoneH5-1Hill(2);Ritchie;Brander;Gibson5,000
2 October 1909R3DykeheadH3-1Speedie;Brander;Gibson
16 October 1909R4Bo'nessA1-0Ritchie5,000
30 October 1909R5Ayr UnitedH1-0Gibson5,000
13 November 1909SFBathgateA0-14,000

Dumbartonshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
9 October 1909PLennoxH8-0McNee(4);Brander(3);Spence
3 January 1910PDumbarton HarpH2-1Hill;Speedie3,000
5 March 1910PRentonH3-0Hill;Brander;Speedie
26 March 1910PVale of LevenA0-0
16 April 1910PVale of LevenH4-2Hill(2);Speedie;Brander
19 April 1910PDumbarton HarpA0-0
21 April 1910PRentonA0-11,500
30 April 1910FDumbarton HarpA1-2Hill5,000

League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dumbarton Harp 8 5 2 1 18 7 11 12
2 Dumbarton 7 4 2 1 17 4 13 10
3 Renton 7 2 2 3 6 10 –4 6
4 Vale of Leven 8 2 2 4 10 14 –14 6
5 Lennox[2] 6 1 0 5 5 21 –16 2

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 August 1909RentonH2-0Brander(2)
31 December 1909Vale of LevenH0-11,000
5 January 1910RentonA3-4Brander;Hill;Gibson1,000

Player statistics

Squad[3]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish CupQualifying Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Daniel Forrester 70500020
GK Scotland Joe McCormick 2201701040
DF Scotland Bob Gordon 2201601050
DF Scotland Robert Muirhead 2702001060
DF Scotland John O'Neil 80400040
MF Scotland David Hynds 2802101060
MF Scotland John Lipton 1311110020
MF Scotland Willie Lithgow 1601501000
FW Scotland David Anderson 2121821020
FW Scotland John Brander 28112191062
FW Scotland William Gibson 1671140053
FW Scotland Allister Gordon 93821100
FW Scotland Johnny Hill 271620131063
FW Scotland Edward Kane 90600030
FW Scotland John McNee 20100010
FW Scotland Duncan Ritchie 1951221063
FW Scotland Finlay Speedie 2081571041
FW Scotland Alexander Spence 112720040
FW Scotland Arthur Urquhart 1421420000

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[4]

Factfile

Willie Gibson's second goal in the league match against East Stirling on 18 December represented Dumbarton's 1,000th in all national competitions.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smailes, Gordon (1995). The Breedon Book of Scottish Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-020-X.
  2. ↑ The results of Lennox's home matches against Renton and Dumbarton are missing.
  3. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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