1944–45 Dumbarton F.C. season

Season 1944–45 was the sixth Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed in regional football during World War II.

Overview

Four seasons of improving performances were not to be continued, with Dumbarton suffering a disastrous start to their fifth season in the Southern League campaign which saw only 3 points earned from the first 11 games. Things were not helped by a high 'turn-over' of playing staff and Dumbarton slumped to 13th out of 16 in the Scottish Southern League with 21 points - 38 behind champions Rangers.

The cup results were no better, with Dumbarton again failing to escape from their qualifying section in the League Cup South.

In the Summer Cup, Dumbarton suffered another first round defeat, this time to Partick Thistle.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Motherwell v Dumbarton

12 August 1944 Scottish Southern League	Motherwell	4–3	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Gibson  19' Kilmarnock  44' (pen) Gillan  61' Mathie  82'		Stead  8' Brooks  35' Reid  38'	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Motherwell

19 August 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	4–1	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Brooks  48', 55' Reid  52' Timmins  78'		Sharp  6'	Attendance: 5,500

St Mirren v Dumbarton

26 August 1944 Scottish Southern League	St Mirren	4–2	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Linwood  47', 59' Lindsay  50' McKenna  58'		Brooks  28' McLean  77'	Attendance: 7,000

Dumbarton v Hibernian

2 September 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	0–3	Hibernian	Boghead Park
			Cheyne  44' (OG) Colvan  55' Smith  73'	Attendance: 3,500

Falkirk v Dumbarton

9 September 1944 Scottish Southern League	Falkirk	5–1	Dumbarton	Brockville Park
	Fitzsimmons  20', 65', 69' Inglis  32' Bagan  42' (pen)		McLean  27'	Attendance: 4,000

Dumbarton v Celtic

16 September 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	0–3	Celtic	Boghead Park
			Gallacher  10' (86) Delaney  17'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: C R Blae

Airdrie v Dumbarton

23 September 1944 Scottish Southern League	Airdrie	2–1	Dumbarton	Broomfield Park
	Aitken  40' Ferguson  49'		Brooks  23'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Third Lanark

30 September 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	2–5	Third Lanark	Boghead Park
	Timmins  40', 42'		McIntosh  15' Dawson  18', 67', 85' Orr  25'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: W Livingston

Dumbarton v Queen's Park

7 October 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	2–2	Queen's Park	Boghead Park
	Mooney  35' (pen) Timmins  58'		Hodge  11', 44'	Attendance: 2,500

Hearts v Dumbarton

14 October 1944 Scottish Southern League	Hearts	4–0	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Conn  29' Kelly  68', 77' Urquhart  80'			Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Morton

21 October 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	0–4	Morton	Boghead Park
			McAloon  19', 38' Kelly  29' Crum  70'	Attendance: 5,000

Albion Rovers v Dumbarton

28 October 1944 Scottish Southern League	Albion Rovers	2–4	Dumbarton	Cliftonhill
	McIlhatton  21', 44'		Reid  1' Hepburn  72', 85' Brooks  74'	Attendance: 1,000

Rangers v Dumbarton

11 November 1944 Scottish Southern League	Rangers	5–2	Dumbarton	Ibrox Park
	Duncanson  30' Waddell  33', 53' Symon  35' Watkins  78'		Dolan  31' Brawley  71'	Attendance: 12,000

Dumbarton v Clyde

18 November 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	3–0	Clyde	Boghead Park
	Reid  28', 42' Milne  55'			Attendance: 6,000

Partick Thistle v Dumbarton

2 December 1944 Scottish Southern League	Partick Thistle	1–2	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Sharp  43'		Reid  30' Brooks  86'	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v St Mirren

9 December 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	3–1	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Murphy  47' Reid  49' Pritchard  75'		Linwood  29'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: C R Blues

Hibernian v Dumbarton

16 December 1944 Scottish Southern League	Hibernian	0–0	Dumbarton	Easter Road Stadium
				Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Airdrie

23 December 1944 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	2–0	Airdrie	Boghead Park
	Reid  5' (pen), 79'			Attendance: 2,500

Celtic v Dumbarton

30 December 1944 Scottish Southern League	Celtic	2–1	Dumbarton	Celtic Park
	McLaughlin  16', 28'		Marshall  75'	Attendance: 9,000

Dumbarton v Falkirk

1 January 1945 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	1–4	Falkirk	Boghead Park
	Brawley  (pen)		Fizsimmons  10' Henderson  23' Bagan

Clyde v Dumbarton

2 January 1945 Scottish Southern League	Clyde	7–1	Dumbarton	Broadwood Stadium
	Johnstone Johnstone,L		Timmins

Third Lanark v Dumbarton

6 January 1945 Scottish Southern League	Third Lanark	0–2	Dumbarton	Cathkin Park
			Marshall  44' McMillan  52'	Attendance: 5,000

Queen's Park v Dumbarton

13 January 1945 Scottish Southern League	Queen's Park	2–0	Dumbarton	Hampden Park
	Harris  32', 88'			Attendance: 4,000

Dumbarton v Albion Rovers

3 February 1945 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	3–2	Albion Rovers	Boghead Park
	Filshie  8' Pritchard  35', 60'		Hannah  45', 80'	Attendance: 2,000

Hamilton v Dumbarton

10 February 1945 Scottish Southern League	Hamilton	3–3	Dumbarton	Douglas Park
	Jarvie  5' Jones  50' Burns  59' (pen)		Reid  26', 31' Murphy  58'	Attendance: 1,000

Dumbarton v Rangers

17 February 1945 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	3–6	Rangers	Boghead Park
	Milne  41' Murphy  85' Gray  88' (OG)		Gillick  10', 28' Duncanson  17', 57', 61' Young  81' (pen)	Attendance: 4,000

Morton v Dumbarton

7 April 1945 Scottish Southern League	Morton	2–1	Dumbarton	Cappielow Park
	Henderson  26' McInnes  74'		Reid  55'	Attendance: 5,000

Dumbarton v Hearts

21 April 1945 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	3–2	Hearts	Boghead Park
	Hepburn  12' Boyd Reid  72' (pen)		Walker Kelly  88'	Attendance: 1,300

Dumbarton v Hamilton

28 April 1945 Scottish Southern League	Dumbarton	0–2	Hamilton	Boghead Park

League Cup South

Main article: 1944–45 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

Motherwell v Dumbarton

24 February 1945 Group D	Motherwell	2–1	Dumbarton	Fir Park
	Mathie  5', 19'		Murphy  44'	Attendance: 4,000

Dumbarton v Hearts

3 March 1945 Group D	Dumbarton	0–0	Hearts	Boghead Park
				Attendance: 4,000

Dumbarton v St Mirren

10 March 1945 Group D	Dumbarton	5–1	St Mirren	Boghead Park
	Hepburn  20' Murphy  25' Brawley  52' (pen), 87' (pen) Reid  80'		Feeham  40'	Attendance: 3,000

Dumbarton v Motherwell

17 March 1945 Group D	Dumbarton	2–2	Motherwell	Boghead Park
	Hepburn  48' Pritchard  51'		Kilmarnock  55' (pen) McCulloch  89'	Attendance: 7,000

Hearts v Dumbarton

24 March 1945 Group D	Hearts	6–2	Dumbarton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Kelly  2', 19', 82' McCrae  8' Miller  41' (pen) McClure  73'		Reid  47' Brawley  80' (pen)	Attendance: 15,000

St Mirren v Dumbarton

31 March 1945 Group D	St Mirren	3–1	Dumbarton	Love Street (stadium)
	Linwood  5' Feehan  25', 36'		Filshie  21'	Attendance: 3,000

Summer Cup

Main article: Summer Cup (Scottish football)

Partick Thistle v Dumbarton

26 May 1945 1st Rnd 1st Leg	Partick Thistle	4–4	Dumbarton	Firhill Park
	Stockdale  16', 57' Shankley  31' (pen) McGeachie  75'		Murphy  7', 58' Hepburn  9' Browning  85'	Attendance: 7,000

Dumbarton v Partick Thistle

2 June 1945 1st Rnd 2nd Leg	Dumbarton	1–2 (5–6 agg.)	Partick Thistle	Boghead Park
	Timmins  5'		Johnson  24', 60'	Attendance: 5,000

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern Division		Summer Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Brendan Bell	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		James Dover	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Stan Gullan	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Jim Hoey	16	0	8	0	2	0	6	0
	GK		David Watson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Andy Cheyne	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		James Hoy	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alex Kay	26	0	18	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		John Mulvaney	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Wallace	25	0	19	0	0	0	6	0
	MF		Tom Brawley	28	5	23	2	0	0	5	3
	MF		John Browning	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
	MF		John Craig	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Bobby Donaldson	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		Frank Douglas	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Andrew Easton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Hart	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Cliff Mansley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Andrew McAlpine	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Gordon McFarlane	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Jackie Milne	22	2	14	2	2	0	6	0
	MF		Willie Reid	33	15	27	13	0	0	6	2
	MF		Jimmy Timmins	23	6	22	5	1	1	0	0
	FW		Robert Torrance	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andrew Boyd	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Brooks	20	7	19	7	0	0	1	0
	FW		George Campbell	27	0	19	0	2	0	6	0
	FW		Dolan	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alexander Filshie	9	2	6	1	2	0	1	1
	FW		John Hepburn	28	6	21	3	2	1	5	2
	FW		Donald MacMillan	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ernest Marshall	15	4	11	4	1	0	3	0
	FW		Victor McAloney	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jimmy McGowan	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Albert McLean	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Mooney	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Robert Murphy	26	7	19	3	2	2	5	2
	FW		Vince Pritchard	8	4	4	3	0	0	4	1
	FW		Angus Stead	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trialists	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Factfile

* Jackie Milne was appointed manager in June 1945.
* The number of goals conceded in all games during the season was 104, the 11th time the 'century' had been broken.

Reserve Team

Dumbarton's Second XI had similar disappointing fortunes during the season to the first team.

In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Falkirk, and finished 9th (of 11) in the Glasgow & District Reserve League.

See also

• 1944–45 in Scottish football

References

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

External links

• James Dover (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Jim Hoey (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• David Watson (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Andy Cheyne (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• James Hoy (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Alex Kay (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• James Mulvaney (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Robert Wallace (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Tom Brawley (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• John Craig (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Frank Douglas (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Andrew Easton (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Hugh Hart (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Andrew McAlpine (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Gordon McFarlane (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Willie Reid (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Jimmy Timmins (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Robert Torrance (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Andrew Boyd (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• George Brooks (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Dolan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Andrew Filshie (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• John Hepburn (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Donald MacMillan (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Ernest Marshall (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Victor McAloney (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Albert McLean (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Mooney (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Robert Murphy (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Vince Pritchard (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Angus Stead (Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive)
• Scottish Football Historical Archive