1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1949–1950 season
Manager William Guthrie
Stadium Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division 15th
Scottish Cup Second Round
Scottish League Cup Prelims
B Division Supplementary Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Joe Spiers (7)
All: Tom Donegan / Joe Spiers (8)

Season 1949–50 was the 66th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 44th time, the Scottish Cup for the 55th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 4th time and the Supplementary Cup for the 5th time.

Overview

If the 1948-49 league campaign was a disappointment, this season was to prove a disaster, with just 16 points being won and a 15th-place finish - a distant 31 behind champions Morton. Things might have been worse, however, with only 4 points separating them from relegation to Division C.

In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost out in the second round to Stirling Albion, after two drawn games.

The League Cup sectional games were no more successful, finishing 3rd of 4, with two wins and a draw being taken from their 6 games.

The Supplementary Cup again saw a first round exit, this time to Stenhousemuir.

In the Stirlingshire Cup, Alloa were to prove too strong for Dumbarton in their first round clash.

Finally, two 'benefit' matches were played against strong Rangers and Clyde sides, resulting in wins in both cases.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
10 September 1949ArbroathA1-1Grant3,500
17 September 1949StenhousemuirH3-0Donegan;Goldie;McLean
24 September 1949Queen's ParkA1-4Goldie8,000
1 October 1949CowdenbeathH1-2Cook
8 October 1949Dundee UnitedA0-512,000
15 October 1949Ayr UnitedH2-0Carson;McLean1,000
22 October 1949HamiltonH0-13,000
29 October 1949Alloa AthleticA0-15,000
5 November 1949MortonH3-4Spiers(2);Leitch
12 November 1949Albion RoversA1-2Cantwell2,000
19 November 1949Dunfermline AthleticA0-55,000
26 November 1949KilmarnockH0-12,000
3 December 1949AirdrieA2-5Grant;Johnston6,000
10 December 1949Forfar AthleticA1-2Donegan2,000
17 December 1949St JohnstoneH0-21,200
24 December 1949ArbroathH4-2Donegan(2);Spiers(2)
31 December 1949StenhousemuirA2-1Spiers;Dunbar2,000
2 January 1950Queen's ParkH1-3Johnston
3 January 1950CowdenbeathA2-3Johnston;Dunbar
7 January 1950Dundee UnitedH3-0Spiers;Johnston;McLaren3,000
14 January 1950Ayr UnitedA2-4Stirling;OG6,000
21 January 1950HamiltonA1-1Grant3,000
4 February 1950Alloa AthleticH4-0Stirling(2);Peden;Sheridan3,000
18 February 1950Albion RoversH0-31,500
4 March 1950KilmarnockA1-1Johnston9,000
11 March 1950AirdrieH0-15,000
18 March 1950Forfar AthleticH1-1Johnston2,000
25 March 1950St JohnstoneA1-2Spiers4,000
1 April 1950MortonA0-15,000
8 April 1950Dunfermline AthleticH2-4Peden;Stirling2,000

Scottish Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
28 January 19501Queens ParkH1-0Stirling8,500
11 February 19502Stirling AlbionA2-2Tait;Johnston10,072
15 February 19502RStirling AlbionH1-1Grant9,700
22 February 19502R2Stirling AlbionA2-6Dunlop;Spiers16,000

Scottish League Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
13 August 1949PArbroathH5-1Donegan(2);Goldie;Leitch;Dunbar3,000
17 August 1949PDundee UnitedA1-5Goldie10,000
20 August 1949PAirdrieA2-2Donegan;Dunbar8,000
27 August 1949PArbroathA1-3Dunbar4,500
31 August 1949PDundee UnitedH3-1Goldie(2);Cantwell1,000
3 September 1949PAirdrieH0-46,000

Supplementary Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
29 April 19501StenhousemuirA1-2Donegan

Stirlingshire Cup

DateRdOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
23 August 19491Alloa AthleticA2-3Gillies;Neill

Other Matches

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance
5 September 1949RangersH7-1Goldie(2);Cantwell(2);Grant;McLean;Dunbar
12 September 1949ClydeH5-2Goldie(3);Carson;McLean

Player statistics

Squad[1]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalB DivisionScottish CupLeague CupSupplementary Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Ian Ogilvie 15090006000
GK Scotland George Paton 260210400010
DF Scotland George Ferguson 390280406010
DF Scotland Jack McNee 300200406000
DF Scotland John Turnbull 140130000010
MF Scotland Bobby Donaldson 190130006000
MF Scotland Ian Hepburn 9030006000
MF Scotland Jim McGown 3030000000
MF Scotland Willie McLaren 251201400010
MF Scotland Jim Peden 222172400010
MF Scotland John Sharp 220170400010
MF Scotland Andy Tait 131100210010
FW Scotland Jackie Cantwell 202151004110
FW Scotland George Carson 5151000000
FW Scotland Ian Cook 6141002000
FW Scotland Tom Donegan 358264404311
FW Scotland Roy Dunbar 215142006310
FW Scotland Rex Dunlop 7160110000
FW Scotland Donald Gillies 4000004000
FW Scotland Hugh Goldie 9632006400
FW Scotland Peter Grant 254203114000
FW Scotland Willie Johnston 207166410000
FW Scotland Willie Leitch 4211003100
FW Scotland Neil McLean 172152002000
FW Scotland John Sheridan 3121100000
FW Scotland Joe Speirs 228187311000
FW Scotland Alex Stirling 165114410010

Transfers

Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:[2]

Reserve Team

Dumbarton played a reserve team for the first time in many seasons and competed in Division C (South West) finishing 18th and bottom, recording 6 wins and 8 draws from 34 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first team of Stranraer also competed in this league.

In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton were dumped out in the first round by Queen of the South.

See also

References

  1. ↑ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  2. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

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