1911–12 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1911–1912 season
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two 3rd
Scottish Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: John Rowan (11)
All: Hill/Speedie/Potter (12)

Season 1911–12 was the 35th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 13th time, the Scottish Cup for the 29th time and the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the 10th time.

Overview

Dumbarton were unable to maintain a bright start to their sixth successive Second Division campaign but finished 3rd with 27 points, 8 behind champions Ayr United.[1]

Qualification for the Scottish Cup was successful, by reaching the final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup before losing to Dunfermline Athletic. In the Scottish Cup itself however Dumbarton lost out in the first round to East Stirling.

Locally, Dumbarton decided not to enter the Dumbartonshire Cup due to an otherwise busy schedule.

During the season 8 'friendly' matches were also played, including a 'benefit' game for Herbert MacPherson whose bright career was ended by a leg break in the New Year game against Dundee Hibs. Of these matches, 6 were won, 1 drawn and 1 lost, scoring 17 goals and conceding 5.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
19 August 1911St Bernard'sH3-0Speedie(2);Menzies3,000
26 August 1911Vale of LevenA4-2Rowan;MacPherson;Menzies;Hill3,000
9 September 1911CowdenbeathH2-0Rowan;MacPherson3,000
23 September 1911ArthurlieA2-4Menzies;OG
30 September 1911AbercornH1-5Brown2,000
14 October 1911Leith AthleticA2-2Rowan;MacPherson2,000
21 October 1911AbercornA1-2Ferguson
4 November 1911St JohnstoneA1-0Hill
16 December 1911Vale of LevenH2-0Rowan;Speedie3,000
2 December 1911Ayr UnitedA1-2Brander
9 December 1911ArthurlieH1-0Speedie2,000
23 December 1911St Bernard'sA1-2Hill3,000
30 December 1911Albion RoversH2-0McGillivray(2)
2 January 1912Dundee HibsH1-0Speedie3,000
6 January 1912CowdenbeathA3-0Brander;Speedie;Hill
13 January 1912Leith AthleticH5-2Hamill(3);Speedie;Hendry2,000
27 January 1912E StirlingH2-1Rowan;Robertson
10 February 1912Ayr UnitedH6-1Rowan(3);Hill(2);Brander
17 February 1912Dundee HibsA2-4Brander;Speedie2,500
24 February 1912St JohnstoneH4-1McGillivray(2);Hill;OG
2 March 1912Albion RoversA1-2Rowan
9 March 1912E StirlingA0-12,000

Promotion/Relegation Election

There were no applicants from the Second Division for promotion. It had however been agreed that the bottom First Division club - St Mirren - would be replaced by the Second Division champions - Ayr United - but in the end for financial reasons this did not take place.

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
20 January 1912R1E StirlingA0-34,000

Scottish Qualifying Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
16 September 1911R1Port GlasgowH1-0Hill
7 October 1911R2GalstonA3-2MacPherson(2);Hill
28 October 1911R3RentonH5-0MacPherson(3);Hill(2)
11 November 1911R4E StirlingH4-1Rowan(2);MacPherson;Speedie5,000
18 November 1911SFAyr UnitedH4-1Speedie(3):Hill6,000
25 November 1911FDunfermline AthleticA0-19,000

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
15 August 1911Vale of LevenH3-0Brander(2);Hill2,000
16 March 1912AbercornH2-1Speedie;Potter
30 March 1912MotherwellH3-1Hill;Rowan;Haggerty
6 April 1912Raith RoversH3-0Speedie(2);Hamill
13 April 1912Third LanarkH3-0Robertson(2);Speedie
17 April 1912Queen's ParkH1-2Rowan2,500
20 April 1912Glasgow PerthshireH2-1Potter;Hill
27 April 1912HamiltonH0-0

Player statistics

Squad[2]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSecond DivisionScottish CupQualifying Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland John B Miller 100900010
GK Scotland Willie Muir 80501020
GK Scotland Hugh Wallace 110800030
DF Scotland Andrew Cochrane 2001401050
DF Scotland Willie Lithgow 2101701030
DF Scotland Robert Muirhead 2201601050
MF Scotland George Fyfe 50500000
MF Scotland Matthew Haggerty 2401801050
MF Scotland Andrew Potter 2712001061
MF Scotland William Wilson 30300000
FW Scotland John Brander 1241041010
FW Scotland William Brown 31310000
FW Scotland James Ferguson 2111511050
FW Scotland David Hamill 63630000
FW Scotland Samuel Hendry 2111510060
FW Scotland Johnny Hill 25121871065
FW Scotland Herbert MacPherson 1891230066
FW Scotland Alex McGillivray 74740000
FW Scotland Alex Menzies 43430000
FW Scotland Andy Robertson 21111000
FW Scotland John Rowan 23111790062
FW Scotland Finlay Speedie 26121981064

Transfers

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

Factfile

* Johnny Hill would set 2 records during the season. First, his appearance in the league match against St Johnstone on 4 November was his 123rd competitive match for the club - overtaking Bob Gordon's record set in the previous season. Second, the league match against East Stirling on 9 March would be Hill's final game for the club - during his six seasons with the club he set a new record of 139 appearances in all national competitive matches.

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

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