1940–41 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1940–1941 season
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish Southern League	14th
Summer Cup	Semi Final
League Cup South	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Stan Williams (11); All: Stan Williams (16)

Season 1940–41 was the second Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Overview

It was the intention of the Scottish League to start up operations again this season, but after the fall of France, it was decided that the League would cease all operations until the war was over. Nevertheless, it was left to the clubs themselves to organise themeselves and to this end the clubs in the 'central belt' established the Scottish Southern League. 13 of the clubs who had played in the Western Division the previous season competed, along with Falkirk, Hearts and Hibernian, who took the places of Ayr United, Kilmarnock and Queen of the South. Dumbarton finished 14th out of 16 with 24 points - 32 behind champions Rangers.

To complete the fixture list, two further competitions were introduced restricted to the 16 league members.

First a knock-out Summer Cup was played, with Dumbarton reaching the semi final before losing to eventual champions Hibernian.

Second, the League Cup South was established, beginning with 4 sections of 4 teams playing on a 'home and away' basis, followed by semi finals and a final. Unfortunately Dumbarton did not progress beyond the section prelims.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish Southern League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1940	Partick Thistle	A	2-5	Drysdale;Gilmour
17 August 1940	Motherwell	H	2-3	Drysdale;Gilmour
24 August 1940	Airdrie	A	1-6	Williams
31 August 1940	Third Lanark	H	6-4	Shields(2);McGrogan(2);Telfer;Williams
7 September 1940	Falkirk	A	3-3	Ferguson;Shields;McGrogan	3,000
14 September 1940	St Mirren	H	3-4	Cheyne;Drysdale;Williams
21 September 1940	Celtic	A	0-1
28 September 1940	Hibernian	H	2-0	Cheyne;Shields	4,500
5 October 1940	Clyde	A	2-2	Gilmour;Shields
12 October 1940	Queen's Park	H	2-1	Cheyne;McGrogan	4,000
19 October 1940	Morton	A	1-2	Williams
26 October 1940	Rangers	H	1-4	Drysdale	9,000
9 November 1940	Hearts	H	1-4	Milne	3,500
16 November 1940	Hamilton	A	0-3
23 November 1940	Partick Thistle	H	2-0	Williams(2)
30 November 1940	Motherwell	A	1-4	Taylor
7 December 1940	Airdrie	H	3-3	Mathie(2);McGrogan
14 December 1940	Third Lanark	A	1-4	McGrogan
21 December 1940	Celtic	H	2-3	Milne;Brown	4,500
28 December 1940	St Mirren	A	0-4
1 January 1941	Falkirk	H	2-1	Milne;Williams	2,000
11 January 1941	Clyde	H	2-1	Henderson;OG	5,000
18 January 1941	Queen's Park	A	3-2	Milne(3)	1,000
25 January 1941	Morton	H	2-4	Jeffrey(2)	2,500
1 February 1941	Rangers	A	1-1	Jeffrey	7,500
8 February 1941	Albion Rovers	H	4-1	McGrogan;Jeffrey;Smith;OG	2,000
15 February 1941	Hearts	A	1-3	Jeffrey	3,000
22 February 1941	Hamilton	H	5-1	Milne(2);Williams(2);Drysdale	2,000
26 April 1941	Hibernian	A	1-3	Williams	2,000
3 May 1941	Albion Rovers	A	2-1	Jeffrey;Williams

League Cup South

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1 March 1941	P	Third Lanark	A	2-4	Milne;Jeffrey	3,000
8 March 1941	P	Rangers	H	1-8	McGrogan	6,000
15 March 1941	P	Falkirk	A	0-1		4,000
22 March 1941	P	Third Lanark	H	2-0	Williams(2)	2,500
29 March 1941	P	Rangers	A	3-6	Jeffrey;Williams;Shields	4,000
5 April 1941	P	Falkirk	H	3-0	Williams(2);Jeffrey	2,000

Summer Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
7 June 1941	1(1)	Motherwell	A	2-2	Rodger;Ross	2,000
14 June 1941	1(2)	Motherwell	H	3-0	Savage;Milne;Rodger	5,000
21 June 1941	2(1)	Third Lanark	A	1-0	McGrogan	8,000
28 June 1941	2(2)	Third Lanark	H	4-0	Jeffrey(3);Ross	6,000
5 July 1941	SF	Hibernian	A	0-1		15,000

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Summer Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Hill	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jock Wallace	35	0	24	0	5	0	6	0
	DF		James Bulloch	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Andy Cheyne	32	3	26	3	0	0	6	0
	DF		Henry Dornan	33	0	27	0	0	0	6	0
	DF		Jimmy Hickie	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	DF		Johnny Soutar	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		William Aird	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		William Brown	31	1	25	1	0	0	6	0
	MF		John Casey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Drysdale	29	5	24	5	0	0	5	0
	MF		Charlie Ferguson	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Charlie Gavin	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Hart	34	0	28	0	0	0	6	0
	MF		Frank Moulds	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Willie Savage	5	1	0	0	5	1	0	0
	MF		Willie Telfer	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		George Urquhart	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	FW		Thomas Gilmour	12	3	12	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Hay	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Henderson	10	1	8	1	0	0	2	0
	FW		George Jeffrey	21	12	10	6	5	3	6	3
	FW		Geoffrey Lockwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		David Mathie	6	2	5	2	0	0	1	0
	FW		Felix McGrogan	33	9	23	7	5	1	5	1
	FW		Jackie Milne	35	10	24	8	5	1	6	1
	FW		Fally Rodger	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
	FW		Sammy Ross	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
	FW		James Shields	24	6	20	5	0	0	4	1
	FW		Smith	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Steele	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Archibald Taylor	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stan Williams	34	16	28	11	0	0	6	5
	FW		Trialist/s	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0

Factfile

* On 8 February, Jackie Milne played for Scotland in an unofficial international match against England at Newcastle - the Scots winning 3-2.
* The number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 100, the eighth time the unwanted 'century' had been broken.

References

↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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[1] McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.

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