1952–53 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1952–1953 season
Manager	William Irvine
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League B Division	10th
Scottish Cup	First Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Jackie Malloch (17); All: Jackie Malloch (18)

Season 1952–53 was the 69th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 47th time, the Scottish Cup for the 58th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 7th time.

Overview

An uncharacteristic good start to the league campaign saw 5 points taken from the first 3 games, but this form was unable to be maintained and Dumbarton finished in a mid-table 10th place, 16 behind champions Stirling Albion.

In the Scottish Cup, there was a quick exit at the first hurdle with Dumbarton losing to Cowdenbeath.

Despite an unbeaten home record in the League Cup sectional games, with two wins and a draw - three away defeats, including a 1-11 thrashing by Ayr United (matching Dumbarton's heaviest defeat recorded in the 1925-26 season) ensured that Dumbarton finished 3rd of 4, resulting in no further progress in this competition.

However, silverware was achieved, with a first win in the Stirlingshire Cup, where Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the final.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 September 1952	Albion Rovers	H	1-0	Irwin	3,500
13 September 1952	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2-2	Malloch(2)	4,000
20 September 1952	Queen's Park	H	2-1	McCaffrey;Finnie	4,000
27 September 1952	Ayr United	A	0-5		7,000
4 October 1952	Forfar Athletic	H	2-1	Irwin(2)
11 October 1952	Morton	A	1-6	Irwin	5,000
18 October 1952	Dundee United	H	1-3	Frame	2,500
25 October 1952	Alloa Athletic	A	1-4	Finnie
1 November 1952	Arbroath	H	5-5	Malloch(3);Gibbons(2)	2,000
8 November 1952	Kilmarnock	A	1-2	Frame
15 November 1952	Hamilton	A	1-3	Tait
22 November 1952	Cowdenbeath	H	4-0	Shaw;Donegan;Malloch;Frame
29 November 1952	St Johnstone	A	2-3	McCaffrey;Tait
6 December 1952	Stenhousemuir	H	1-0	Irwin
13 December 1952	Stirling Albion	A	1-2	Finnie
20 December 1952	Albion Rovers	A	1-3	Malloch
27 December 1952	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1-1	McCaffrey
1 January 1953	Queen's Park	A	0-1
3 January 1953	Ayr United	H	2-2	Shaw;Swan
10 January 1953	Forfar Athletic	A	2-5	Shaw;Donegan
17 January 1953	Morton	H	4-2	Malloch(2);Shaw;Donegan
31 January 1953	Dundee United	A	3-2	Irwin(2);Malloch	15,000
14 February 1953	Alloa Athletic	H	4-2	Donegan(2);McCaffrey;Malloch
21 February 1953	Arbroath	A	1-2	Scott
28 February 1953	Kilmarnock	H	4-2	Shaw;Bell,T;Maxwell;Scott
7 March 1953	Hamilton	H	1-2	McCaffrey
14 March 1953	Cowdenbeath	A	2-2	McCaffrey(2)	2,000
21 March 1953	St Johnstone	H	2-2	Malloch;OG
28 March 1953	Stenhousemuir	A	2-1	Malloch(2)
4 April 1953	Stirling Albion	H	4-1	Malloch(3);Finnie

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 January 1953	1	Cowdenbeath	H	1-3	Shaw	6,000

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 1952	P	Dundee United	H	3-1	Donegan;Finnie;OG	3,000
13 August 1952	P	Ayr United	A	1-11	Donegan
16 August 1952	P	Stirling Albion	A	0-3		7,000
23 August 1952	P	Dundee United	H	0-1		7,000
27 August 1952	P	Ayr United	H	1-1	Finnie	3,000
30 August 1952	P	Stirling Albion	H	2-1	Irwin;Malloch

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
25 April 1953	SF	Alloa Athletic	H	2-2	Scott;Malloch
28 April 1953	SFR	Alloa Athletic	A	4-1	Malloch(2);Scott;Frame
9 May 1953	F	East Stirling	A	3-1	Finnie(2);unknown

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		B Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Wallace Murdoch	30	0	25	0	1	0	4	0
	GK		George Paton	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Danny Bell	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Jack Cameron	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		George Ferguson	33	0	27	0	1	0	5	0
	DF		Jack McNee	16	0	11	0	0	0	5	0
	MF		Tommy Irwin	27	8	23	7	0	0	4	1
	MF		Don McDonald	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Shaw	37	6	30	5	1	1	6	0
	MF		Andy Tait	31	2	25	2	1	0	5	0
	MF		Jimmy Whyte	31	0	25	0	1	0	5	0
	FW		Tommy Bell	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tom Donegan	24	7	17	5	1	0	6	2
	FW		Jim Finnie	21	6	15	4	0	0	6	2
	FW		Jimmy Frame	11	3	10	3	1	0	0	0
	FW		W Gaston	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Gibbons	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Glover	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jackie Malloch	31	8	24	7	1	0	6	1
	FW		Jim Maxwell	6	1	2	1	0	0	4	0
	FW		Gerry McCaffrey	33	7	28	7	1	0	4	0
	FW		Jimmy Scott	20	1	16	1	0	0	4	0
	FW		Jackie Swan	10	1	9	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Trialist	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Jim Maxwell	Albion Rovers	23 May 1952
Jackie Malloch	St Johnstone	4 Jun 1952
Don McDonald	Stirling Albion	11 Sep 1952
John Gibbons	Ayr United	25 Oct 1952
Jackie Swan	Arbroath	11 Dec 1952
Danny Bell	Cambuslang Rangers	17 Dec 1952
Tommy Bell	Duntocher Hibs	9 Mar 1953

Players out

Player	To	Date
Peter Murphy	Airdrie	16 Jul 1952
Jackie Swan	Ballymena Un	16 Jan 1953
Jim Maxwell	Freed	30 Apr 1953
George Paton	Freed	30 Apr 1953

Reserve Team

Dumbarton only played one competitive 'reserve' fixture - in the Second XI Cup - but lost in the first round to St Mirren.

Factfile

* The League Cup match against Kilmarnock on 28 February marked Jimmy Whyte's 100th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 38th Dumbarton player to reach this milestone.

References

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

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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.

[2] Litster, John. Record of Post-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.

1952–53 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Coronation Cup Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark
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