1938–39 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1938–1939 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division Two	11th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: J McBride (19); All: J McBride (20)

Season 1938–39 was the 62nd Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 40th time and the Scottish Cup for the 51st time.

Overview

Dumbarton went into their 16th successive season in the Second Division encouraged by the positive performance from the previous campaign, and indeed with 6 wins and 3 draws from their first 10 games, it seemed that at last a challenge on the title could be mounted, but as before, the good results couldn't be maintained, and with only one win from the next 12 games the chance was gone. In the end, Dumbarton finished a disappointing 11th out of 18, with 30 points - half of that gathered by champions Cowdenbeath.^[1]

In the Scottish Cup, the story was no better as Dumbarton fell at the 'first hurdle' to non-league minnows Blairgowrie.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1938	East Stirlingshire	H	4-0	Smith,Jm(2);Cameron;OG	4,500
20 August 1938	Brechin City	A	3-0	Fraser(2);Smith,Jm
27 August 1938	Morton	H	1-3	Fraser	7,000
3 September 1938	Leith Athletic	A	2-1	Smith,Jm;Cameron	2,000
10 September 1938	Forfar Athletic	H	2-0	Smith,Jm;Cameron	4,000
17 September 1938	Edinburgh City	A	2-2	Hughes(2)
24 September 1938	Dundee United	H	1-0	Murray	4,000
1 October 1938	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Smith,Jm;Bulloch	2,000
8 October 1938	Stenhousemuir	H	2-2	Smith,G;Smith,Jm	4,000
15 October 1938	King's Park	H	2-1	Cameron;Yuill	4,000
22 October 1938	East Fife	A	1-5	Smith,G	5,000
29 October 1938	Dundee	H	4-4	McBride(2);McArdle;Murray	4,500
5 November 1938	Montrose	A	2-2	McBride;trialist	1,000
12 November 1938	Airdrie	H	0-0		4,000
19 November 1938	Cowdenbeath	H	1-4	Yuill	5,000
26 November 1938	St Bernard's	A	4-2	McBride(2);McKillop(2)	1,000
3 December 1938	Alloa Athletic	H	2-3	McKillop;Yuill	4,500
10 December 1938	Dundee United	A	2-4	McBride(2)	3,000
17 December 1938	Montrose	H	2-2	McBride(2)	2,500
31 December 1938	Leith Athletic	H	1-1	McKillop
2 January 1939	Forfar Athletic	A	6-6	McBride(3);Yuill;McKillop;McArdle
14 January 1939	Cowdenbeath	A	1-3	McKillop	1,000
28 January 1939	East Fife	H	2-0	Smith,G;McArdle	3,000
4 February 1939	Brechin City	H	1-3	Smith,G	2,000
11 February 1939	Airdrie	A	1-6	Bulloch
18 February 1939	East Stirlingshire	A	4-6	McBride(3);McArdle
25 February 1939	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2-2	McAllister(2)	2,000
4 March 1939	Stenhousemuir	A	0-2
18 March 1939	Morton	A	1-2	Yuill	1,200
1 April 1939	St Bernard's	H	1-2	Cameron
8 April 1939	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Yuill
15 April 1939	Dundee	A	1-1	McBride	1,700
22 April 1939	Edinburgh City	H	5-1	McBride(4)Yuill
26 April 1939	King's Park	A	2-2	Speedie;McBride

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 January 1939	1	Blairgowrie	A	2-3	McAllister;McBride	1,500

Player statistics

Squad^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Andrew Cumming	12	0	11	0	1	0
	GK		William Morrison	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF		Thomas Bilsland	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF		Walter Bulloch	23	2	23	2	0	0
	DF		John Casey	27	1	26	1	1	0
	DF		John Newton	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF		John Smith	16	0	16	0	0	0
	MF		Frank Campbell	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		James McAllister	23	3	22	2	1	1
	MF		Patrick McArdle	29	4	28	4	1	0
	MF		William Monaghan	18	0	17	0	1	0
	MF		Stephen Murray	29	2	28	2	1	0
	FW		William Cameron	17	5	17	5	0	0
	FW		John Craig	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		John Forsyth	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW		N James Fraser	3	3	3	3	0	0
	FW		W Hughes	1	2	1	2	0	0
	FW		Alistair MacKillop	20	7	19	7	1	0
	FW		John McBride	25	20	24	19	1	1
	FW		McLean	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Gavin Smith	27	4	26	4	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Smith	11	7	11	7	0	0
	FW		Robert Speedie	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW		John Yuill	28	7	27	7	1	0
	FW		Trialist	1	1	1	1	0	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
John Yuill	Duntocher Hibs	13 Jun 1938
Patrick McArdle	Belfast Celtic	1 Sep 1938
John McBride	Ardrossan Winton Rovers	19 Oct 1938

Players out

Player	To	Date
Gavin Smith	Barnsley	25 Feb 1939
Stephen Murray	Freed	30 Mar 1939

Factfile

* The league match against Brechin City on 4 February marked John Casey's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 33rd Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.
* Jimmy Smith was appointed manager in January 1939.

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.

1938–39 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton St Bernard's Stenhousemuir