1963–64 Dumbarton F.C. season

Dumbarton
1963–1964 season
Manager	Jackie Fearn
Stadium	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
Scottish League Division 2	6th
Scottish Cup	Second Round
Scottish League Cup	Prelims
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Halliday (9); All: Don Bowie/ Tommy Halliday (12)

Season 1963–64 was the 80th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 58th time, the Scottish Cup for the 69th time and the Scottish League Cup for the 17th time.

Overview

While never really considered at any time as serious challengers, manager Jackie Fearn guided Dumbarton to a respectable 6th place in Division 2 with 38 points, a distant 29 behind champions Morton.

In the Scottish Cup, after an easy first round win, Dumbarton were not disgraced in their loss in the second round to Division 1 opponents Motherwell.

In the League Cup, with 2 wins and a draw from their sectional ties, Dumbarton failed to qualify for the knock out stages.

Locally Dumbarton lost out to Stenhousemuir in the first round of the Stirlingshire Cup.

Results

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dumbarton's score first.

Scottish League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4 September 1963	Morton	A	1-5	Halliday
7 September 1963	Stirling Albion	H	5-2	Halliday(2);Hodgson(2);Fraser	1,000
14 September 1963	Queens Park	A	1-2	Hodgson	2,000
18 September 1963	Albion Rovers	H	0-2
21 September 1963	East Fife	H	1-3	McLuskie	1,500
25 September 1963	Albion Rovers	A	3-3	Black(2);Bowie
28 September 1963	Forfar Athletic	H	3-1	Bowie;Masse;Halliday
5 October 1963	Stenhousemuir	A	1-0	Halliday	500
12 October 1963	Stranraer	H	4-1	Halliday(2);Lawlor;Bingham	1,300
19 October 1963	Raith Rovers	H	4-0	Hodgson(2);Lawlor;Bingham	1,000
26 October 1963	Montrose	A	1-2	Harra	1,500
2 November 1963	Hamilton	A	3-1	Taggart(2);Black	2,500
9 November 1963	Ayr United	H	3-1	Harra;Fraser;Lawlor	3,000
16 November 1963	Arbroath	A	0-4		1,800
23 November 1963	Brechin City	H	1-1	Bowie	1,400
30 November 1963	Cowdenbeath	A	1-0	McDonald	500
7 December 1963	Berwick Rangers	A	3-2	Harra;Black;Lawlor
14 December 1963	Alloa Athletic	H	2-1	Black;Callaghan
21 December 1963	Clyde	H	0-1		1,500
1 January 1964	Stirling Albion	A	1-1	Fraser
2 January 1964	Queens Park	H	1-4	Harra
4 January 1964	East Fife	A	2-2	Bowie;Black	1,400
18 January 1964	Forfar Athletic	A	2-0	Callaghan(2)	500
1 February 1964	Stenhousemuir	H	3-2	Bowie(2);Lawlor	900
8 February 1964	Stranraer	A	2-2	Smith;Veitch	1,050
15 February 1964	Raith Rovers	A	1-2	OG	1,000
22 February 1964	Montrose	H	2-1	Harra;Slaven	900
29 February 1964	Hamilton	H	2-0	Harra;Brown	1,000
7 March 1964	Brechin City	A	1-2	Lawlor
14 March 1964	Arbroath	H	1-0	Kelly	350
28 March 1964	Cowdenbeath	H	8-0	Callaghan(3);Fraser(2);Bowie;Veitch;Lawlor
4 April 1964	Berwick Rangers	H	1-1	McEwan	1,000
13 April 1964	Morton	H	0-2
18 April 1964	Alloa Athletic	A	1-2	Brown	500
23 April 1964	Clyde	H	2-4	Bowie;McKenna
29 April 1964	Ayr United	A	0-1

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 January 1964	1	Raith Rovers	H	4-0	Bowie(2);Callaghan;Black	3,200
25 January 1964	2	Motherwell	A	0-1		7,500

Scottish League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1963	P	Arbroath	A	1-1	Bowie
14 August 1963	P	Raith Rovers	H	3-0	Halliday;Hodgson;Coyle
17 August 1963	P	East Fife	A	2-3	Halliday;Hodgson	3,000
24 August 1963	P	Arbroath	H	1-2	Halliday	3,000
28 August 1963	P	Raith Rovers	A	2-1	Bowie;Black
31 August 1963	P	East Fife	A	2-4	Brown(2)

Stirlingshire Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 November 1963	1	Stenhousemuir	A	1-2	Harra

Other Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
19 August 1963	Forth & Endrick League XI	A	8-2	Black(2);Wilson(2);Hodgson;Fraser;Halliday;OG
11 September 1963	Airdrie	H	2-1	unknown
5 November 1963	Erskine XI	H	1-1	Lawlor
12 April 1964	Ross County	H	2-3	Harra;Callaghan

Player statistics

Squad^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		George Brinkworth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Andy Crawford	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Doug Robertson	35	0	27	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Alan Black	31	8	27	6	2	1	2	1
	DF		Tommy Govan	43	0	35	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Andy Jardine	32	0	24	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Jim Lachlan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Tommy Sturgeon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Billy Corrigan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Ronnie Curran	38	0	31	0	2	0	5	0
	MF		George Gallagher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hugh Harra	38	6	31	6	2	0	5	0
	MF		George Masse	7	1	4	1	0	0	3	0
	MF		Tom Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Gerry Quinn	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		George Taggart	29	2	27	2	2	0	0	0
	MF		Jimmy Veitch	14	2	13	2	1	0	0	0
	MF		Joe Wilson	8	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	FW		Alec Bingham	21	2	19	2	1	0	1	0
	FW		Don Bowie	39	12	31	8	2	2	6	2
	FW		Tommy Brown	7	4	5	2	0	0	2	2
	FW		Willie Callaghan	24	7	22	6	2	1	0	0
	FW		Don Carswell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Johnny Coyle	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	FW		Gordon Douglas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jim Fraser	16	5	13	5	0	0	3	0
	FW		Stephen Gnaulati	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
	FW		Tommy Halliday	14	12	8	9	0	0	6	3
	FW		Jimmy Hodgson	14	5	10	3	0	0	4	2
	FW		Jimmy Horne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Kelly	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kenny Knox	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Lawlor	27	7	25	7	2	0	0	0
	FW		Jim McDonald	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Malcolm McEwan	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Norrie McKay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John McKenna	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		John McLuskie	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Willie Munn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Slaven	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Smith	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0

Transfers

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

Players in

Player	From	Date
Alec Bingham	Irvine Meadow	29 Jul 1963
Andy Crawford	Arsenal	29 Jul 1963
Ronnie Curran	Irvine Meadow	29 Jul 1963
George Taggart	Berwick Rangers	25 Sep 1963
John Lawlor	Stirling Albion	10 Oct 1963
Willie Callaghan	Aberdeen	12 Oct 1963

Players out

Player	To	Date
Benny Friel	Southend United	25 May 1963
Tommy Halliday	Cardiff City	19 Oct 1963
Jimmy Hodgson	Starnraer	12 Dec 1963
Joe Wilson	Alloa Athletic	12 Dec 1963
Alec Bingham	Freed	30 Apr 1964
Willie Callaghan	Freed	30 Apr 1964
George Taggart	Freed	30 Apr 1964

Factfile

* The League Cup match against Arbroath on 24 August marked Tommy Govan's 200th appearance for Dumbarton in all national competitions - the 9th Dumbarton player to break the 'double century'.
* Andy Jardine's appearance in the League match against Ayr United on 9 November was his 232nd competitive match for the club - overtaking Hugh Gallacher's record set two seasons earlier.

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.

1963–64 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) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer